XM1S .HVXUAY 'OKJSGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 20, liK)8.
METZ TAKES RAP
AT CIVIL SERVICE
New Yorker-Says' It Js All
Wrong and Worse Than
Oldtime Spoils System.
CLERK. HUMAN VEGETABLE
Man W ho Works In Department for
30 Year and Proud of It Only
Worthy of Pity Roasts
. . . the Loafer. ,
BT MOTP r. LOXEROAN.
XEWTORK, Dpi-- - 1 (Special.)
Cumptrolier Herman A. Met, who re
rently let-trlflv-1 officeholders by add
ing- an four to 'be dally labors of each
and every one of his employes. Is an
a-aged In a new crunade. He Is trying-
to keep young men out-of political
office and advances many striking- ar
guments to support his contention.
. Metx Sot a Politician.
Mr. Meti Is not politician and ad
mits it- He . .1 successful business
man and' resiJ-nt of a manufacturing
concern which owes Its development
to his energy and industry. His
amusemeRts arc, politics and the study
of Dickens, in.l he has probably the
finest and most --xprnsive collection In
existence of the- Sngliiih author s work.
The comptroiK-r hns finally been con
vinced that off: holders are the best
paid and most j- -less class of employes
In the world. When he took charga
as Edward M. Grant's successor, he
found that city workers were sup
posed to "labor from A. M. to 4 P. M.,
with an hour lor lunch. On Saturday
everybody disappears at noon.
Regular Watchman's Clock.
It didn't take him long to discover
that the i o'clock regulation was sel
dom observed, while tne men generally
"beat the clock" at the other end of
the day. la t!:e course of time, how
ever, he indue ! mthtt of them to obey
the rules, altbonirli it caused a lot of
grumbling.
Now he has added to his unpopularity
by extending Hie working day until
6 P. M-
"A man who has a decent set of
brains In his h-nd has no business In a
municipal clerksnip- nor In a state or
Federal clerkship, either." says Mr.
Metx. "Nobody but a laiy man or a
man without ambition would try to get
one of these life, positions. If they do
get In they ought to be made to work
so hard that they will be glad to get
out and do something for themselves."
,' Civil Service Wrong.
The-Comptroller Is convinced that the
civil service system Is all wrong, and.
In fact. Is much .worse than the spoils
system. '
"There Is no turn re In It for a young
man.'". he announces. . "A clerk may
work as- hard ns he p tenses and show
all kinds of intelligence, but he can
not get - advancement - on that score.
He must wait' until the stupid old
clock watcher anead of him Is moved
up a peg. and tfaat.jnay take years.
Whole System a Narcotic.
"The smart young fellow Is unable
to hurry it anr. Why, the whole sys
tem la a narcotic that drugs the am
bition 'Of everybody who becomes a
part of it. Th-.y all develop into clock
watchers, with every Incentive to be
as laxy- as posnlol.'.
"Now.' In my . private business, I will
not have a tlmv clock in my office. I
do not care anything about office
hour. I do not care what time a man
Is at hjs desk,-or what time he quits.
All r want is results.
"If one of ny men came to me and
asked- for a uay off I'd fire him.
"He should know himself whether
or not . he cao take time off without
bothering me about lt He ought to
know mure about his ' particular Job
than I do. That is what I pay him for,
and 1 don't cara when he goes fishing,
so long as he sV away with his work.
But if min will Insist on putting
himself in the class of day laborers
If he is contented to be a dub you
have to .make tint ring a time clock.
Salaried Men Are Cowards.
"I have no use for this kind of a
fellow, particularly if he is young, and
I make.lt as hard a- I can for him.
"The trouble with, salaried men Is that
they are cowards. They are afraid to
lake responsibility and are always try
ing to' put It up to somebody eUie. and
1 will not have that kind in my business
if I can "get onto' them.
"As soon as I find a man Is running to
me with 'What shall I about this.
51 r. MetxT or bothering me or the man
just .above him with details, I Are him.
And the' result is that every fellow in
jny business oiQce feeia lila responsibility
and has th -nerve to carrjr It on his own
ahouUerJ. . " -
Keep Out of Public Service.
"Now, you cannot get this kind of a
spirit In a municipal department run by
civil service rules, and that is why I ad
vise every young man to keep out of the
public service if he ever expects to be
anybody.
"And for the same reason I advise him
to keep out of the big firms. I don't
know why It Is, but every young fellow
wants to work for a big concern.
"It sounds fine to tell about, maybe,
but there's nothing in it. Let bim start
In young with a small concern and grow
up with It. Let htm begin as an office
boy and pull off his coal, and get his
hands dirty. If he has to, but let him
learn the business from the ground up.
No Office-Boys Any More,
"By the way. did It ever strike you
that there are not any good office boys
any more? I mean nervy little chaps,
who will come for three dollars a week
and make themselves part of the busi
ness. You might almost say that there
are not any ofllce boys at all; nowadays.
"If you advertise for one, you get a
whol flock of hulking lS-y.ar-olds with
high collars and college clothes, who
think ttuy are worth six or eight dollars
a week, when ilK-y are not worth their
alt.
"They are too old to be office boys and
too young and callow to be anything else
Blames Scliool System.
"The school system is to blame for
this," added the Controller energetically,
and It is of Interest to note that for sev
eral years he was a member of the Board
of Education. "There are too many
high schools, and they are turning out
regiments of Incompetents. Common
school education without frills is all a
boy needs to succeed In commercial life.
"He ought to go into business at 14 to
fit himself for even a clerkship at 18, and
yet he is encouraged no matter how poor
he la. to apend tboee four years In high
chool acquiring a taste for neckties and
fancy shirts. What good Is he when he
goes Into a business house?
' ' Not Enough Trade Schools.
There are too many high schools and
not enough trade schools. The city is
filled with small-salaried, discouraged
men, afraid of their Jobs, who, instead
of being mediocre clerks, ought to be
good self-respecting carpenters, plumb
ers and electricians. And they might
have been If the city had wiped out two
thirds of the high schools and made the
pupils put in the four years learning how
to do something to make themselves Inde
pendent of clerkships.
Human Vegetable.
"Why. there is a man In the Finance
Department, wltn brains enough to have
been a success, and he has plugged away
there for .52 years, and the pathetic part
of It Is that he Is proud of it! Proud of
being a human vegetable!
"I have no use for the chap who haa
brains but Is looking for a soft berth
where for the rest of his life he will
not be expected to think. He will never
make a good routine man with that Idea
In his head. I wouldn't have such a
mollusc In my own business,- and I don't
see why the taxpayers should have him
In theirs. '
"With the present condition of affairs.
It Is no wonder that New York with
the rest of the country Is full of men
who complain that they cannot get along,
and that they have no show nowadays.
"They have good manners and a gen
tleman's education, but they cannot seem
to make good. They fail to understand
that It is special training, and not gen
eral culture and boiled shirts that make
a roan valuable. 9o the poor devils try
and ke?p on trying to make punctuality
and neatness and regular hablta and all
the other chap virtues pay a dividend."
Mr. Mets started In life with practically
nothing. He la now worth considerably
over J1.000.O30. In view of this, his 'Tips
to the Poverty Stricken" possess a good
deal of interest.
CALIFORNIA FIGHTS RATES
(Continued trom Flrt Pae.)
traffic officials the necessity for with
drawal of tho proposed rates."
Iietrlment Xot to Pay More.
A formal statement of the reasons
for Its action Issued by the executive
committee today Is as follows:
Primarily th- California co-operstlve
ma. mellns will be f'r the purpose of
demonstrating to the trnnsmntlnental rail
roads and to the United Slates tiat the
people of California have no Intention of
pavlna: th Increase of frelcht rates which
It Is proposed to put into effort January 1.
Th ahinnrji' executive committee has se
riously questioned the advisability of pend
ing more than t.is coat or me siaia ocm
mont. a sum eatlmated at SlO.lMiO.wiO. be
cause the railroad, have concluded that
they require additional revenue!. And in
th at-tlnn which haa been takan the ex
ecutive committee has the approval of the
arc art. rhlppers and business lr.en or. ma
entire state
Our aub-commltteea are already at work
In Los Anxelea. Frfsno. San DIko. Bakera
rteld. San Luis oblaDO. Santa Barbara. an
Jose. Wataonvllle. Hanta Crua. Htockton. Mo
desto, Henecls. Vallejo. Santa Itoaa. peia
luma. Sacramento. Maryavllle intl Chlco
and meetings will be held on rate day.
December SO.
Will Invoke Every Force.
It la worthy of note that every member
of xhe sub-committee In avery city la a
man vhn la necunlarllv interested in Ihta
matter, an orcharritsl, grower, broker, ship
per or business man. Our plans have been
formulating for weeka and are now-perfected.
The organization extends from one
border of the state to another and It will
work as a unit under the direction of the
executive committee.
The committee at this time does not csre
to divulge Ha complete plana Suffice It
to say that the business men of the stats
propoae to Invoke every force at their com
mand to resist these projected Increases of
freight rates and In Invoking these forcee
they have ihe unstinted co-operation of
the Individual consumer, who, the railroad
offlcera themselves have s1mllt-d. must
pay this $lo.oeo.ooo tax. They have tha
Inclination, tna organization ana tne monej
to flght this rase on any ground, under any
ausDlces. in lha courts or before th? Inter
state Commerce. Conunlsslon.
Favors Government Steamers.
The committee has other plans which. If
adopted, will. It believes, have a salutary
effect on tha action of tho traffic men in
deciding this special question. There, pcr-
nsps. win rje no oojtction to saying mm
rather than to pay this $10.1(00.000 to the
transcontinental rallroada, the shippers of
California will encourage the Government
In establishing flrst-clasa steamer service on
the Pacific, as It has done on the Atlantic
to the Isthmus of Panama
It Is the height of folly for tne railroads
to plead poverty and at the same time to
leave the settlement of this question en
tirely to themselves. If In their opinion
the trafTIe will bear It, the advance of rates
will be made and we apparently are to have
no recourse In the matter. This Is unsatis
factory. If. aa has been said, the railroads
have ateadlly lost ln-ome. the shippers of
California who have been asked to make up
the deficit demand to know and propose
to know what the deficit ia, and In what
Instances and to what extent the earnings
of the railroads hsve been Impaired.
Jtoads' Earning Power Greater.
It Is common knowledge that certain
economies, such as the reduction of grades
and curvature, the Improvement of roadbed.
motive power and equipment ana the adop
tion of cheaper fuel have greatly lessened
tha cost of maintenance and operation of
the railroads. Their earning - power on the
other hand has been greatly increased by
tha Increases of minimum shipments and
the development of California s trade wltn
the commensurate development of the vol
ume of trafTIe. The anti-pass law and the
abolition of rebates have both served to
enrich the rallroada Their published state
ments of earnings show that their lncomaa
have not been seriously Impaired. While It
Is true that working forces have beon re
duced end a great aavlng made as s result
of this. It Is futile to suggest that the
money Item Involved is at an comparaoie
with the Increase of earnings. It Is aafe
to say that the savings by the reduction of
working forces does not represent more
than a small percentage of the Increase of
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CaL
NT RIDER WILL
TELL OF
Ferhinger to Make Complete
Confession of Ranken's
Death on Stand.
KNOWS NAME OF EVERY MAN
Witness Was Present at Hanging
and Slate Will Corroborate -EvidenceColonel
Taylor Recites
His Terrible Experiences.
UNION CITY. Tenn.. Dec. IBWhen
court adjourned .this afternoon until Mon
day the state had nearly completed Its
case against the eight alleged Night
Riders, now on trial for the murder of
Captain Quentin Ranken.
Knows Every Man's Name.
On Monday It will put Frank Ferhinger
on the stand. He was one of the Rid
ers, it Is said, and has made a com
plete confession. He says he was pres
ent when the murder was committed and
knows the name of every man there.
After Ferhinger's testimony the atate
will merely fill In with corroborative evi
dence. The defense will depond solely
upon alibis and for that purpose has
summoned nearly 100 citizens of the Reel
foot Lake district to testify as to the
whereabout of the indicted men on the
night of October 9. .
Warns Ministers Xot to Comment.
Following his caution to the press yes
terday not to print the testimony, Judge
Jones cautioned the ministers of the local
churches not to refer to the cases in their
sermons Sunday, since a Juror might be
present.
The first witness today was Colonel R.
Z. Taylor, the companion of Captain
Quentin Ranken on the night of the mur
der. Colonel Taylor Is 65 years old and a
Confederate veteran and a wealthy man.
Colonel Taylor and Captain Ranken went
to Reelfoot Lake to lease some lands.
They drove over the property and return
ing to the hotel left orders for horses
the day following. Then they retired.
Saw Ranken Murdered.
Colonel Taylor was awakened by
Ward's call and the same Instant a rear
window of his room was raised. Two
pump guns wre thrust In, followed by
two black masked heads. Not a word
was said until the leader oi tne band
entered the room by the door. The Night
r i .i . r. , .. .1 Tuvlne frnrn Ranken
IUUCIO tj. .1.1 U.VV. i . . . .
and Taylor did not see Ranken from the
time they left their room until ne saw
Ranken murdered.
They told Taylor they proposed to kill
him.
Shoot Into Air.
Then one of the riders fired a shot Into
the body of Ranken, even as he pleaded
for life. Instantly a fusilade came, most
of the riders, however, shooting into the
air.
Taylor turned to his captors and said:
"I am tired, gentlemen; let me sit
down."
When the night riders reached the
forked ash tree on the bank of the
slough they halted Taylor and marched
Ranken to the loot, of a tree. The
rope was adjusted and thrown over
the fork, then some night rider said:
"Give him time to pray."
"I have attended to that," was Ran
ken's quiet reply.
Hears Muffled Plea.
Some one of the masked band seized
the rope and drew Ranken up. The
tree was inclined a trifle and they
ratsed the body until the toes scarcely
touched the ground. From the lips of
the swaying figure came the muffled
appeal :v
"Yon are choking me. gentlemen. I
pray you to let me down."
Taylor crouched to his knees, ready to
spring, waited until the guns were
empty, then when the firing stopped he
Jumped Into the waters of the slough.
Instantly the firing was resumed. Tay
lor dived, but heard the bullets striking
the water. He rwam under water to a
big log. He did not know whether It
was fast or not. He knew If ft were
loose that when Jie grasped It for sup-
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port It would splash and his life would
be forfeited. But he was exhausted and
fainting and hadto take the risk.
Endures Terrible Experience.
From the 'bank came cries, yells and
shouts. Silently he swam to the log,
reached for It. and It was fast In the
slough. He was safe. The bullets struck
the log like hall In a storm, but grad
ually they ceased. For two hours this
aged veteran of many battles lay In the
water, grasping the log, and when all
sounds -had ceased he swam to the op
posite side and took to the woods. He
wandered all day, following a course
marked by the moss, which he knew was
heaviest on the north side of the trees.
His eyesight began to fall, and he suf
fered fearfully from thirst. Then he Im
agined that he saw masked men In every
thicket.
Taylor realized that he was suffering
from delusions, but hta experiences had
been so frightful that he could not control
hla feelings or dispel the hallucinations.
He hid In the canebrake until Wednesday,
when thirst drove him out and Into the
arms of his friends.
Pleads for Friend.
Just before the Night Riders killed Ran
ken. Taylor said:
"Gentlemen. I am an old man. I can
not expect to live many years more. By
killing me you will not be cheating me of
much. But Captain Ranken Is a young
man. with many years before him. Do
not kill him."
The leader curtly replied: "Shut up."
The aged witness made a most pro
found Impression. At times his emotion
mastered him, and once he half turned,
dropped his head Into his hands and
sobbed audibly as the scenes of that
awful night passed again before his eyes.
The old gentleman was asked only one
question on cross-examination:
"Did you recognize any of the Riders
positively the night of the crime?"
He did not.
RULER TALKS LIKE POET
Prince Nicholas Has Bearing of
Warrior In All Save Speech.
LONDON, Dec. 19. The Dally Mail's
Cettinje -correspondent 'telegraphs an
Interview with Prince Nicholas, the
ruler of Montenegro. In which he Is de
scribed as a picturesque figure in native
dress, with a pistol In his belt, looking
like a warrior and talking like a states
man or a poet.
Piince Nicholas spoke bitterly of the
dashing of the Montenegrans hopes. He
said that one day the Slav ambitions
would be realized, and that the prov
inces they had conquered would be re- j
stored to them. He deciarea tnai oniy
the cession of this territory would sat
isfy his people's needs. He had under
taken to restrain his people until the
International congress determined their
fate.
"If this last hope fails," said he, "I
must make a great sacrifice. I know the
small chance we would have in war,
but we would rather end our five hun
dred years of glorious Independence In
battle than die a miserable, lingering
death."
The Prince intimated that he would
be satisfied with the possession of
Spezzla and the granting of autonomy
to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
ORDER DENIED ADDICKS
Wants Receiver Restrained From
Transferring, Deed.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 19. The United
States Court today denied the applica
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an order to show cause why an Injunction
should not be Issued to restrain Receiver
J. N. Rice, of the Arizona Smelting Com
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property to E. S. Hawley and Thomas
Ackerman. Mr. Addlcks based bis appli
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000 contract with the Bluebell mine.
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November U In Arizona. The purchase
price was 3300,000. The deed will pass on
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Indorsement
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United States from Austria-Hungary to
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sent to Congress today by President
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Governor-Elect Shallenberger
to Sit on Lid.
WILL BE NO STORMY TIMES
Days of Populism Not to Be Repeat
ed Favors Bank Guaranty Bill,
but Opposes Unlimited Li
ability Feature.
LINCOTJf. Kb.. Dec. 19. (Spe
clal.) Governor-elect Shallenberger I
talks frankly of his plans, and what he i
says gives . reasonable assurance that
there will be no repetition of the stormy
times witnessed during the Populist in
cumbency of the Statehouse In the early
90c. lir. Shallenberger believes in
csrrylng out platform pledges, aqd some
of these are a little radical, even for
Nebraska, but in the main he will favor
conservative action.
Mr. Shallenberger has outlined his at
tftude on bank guaranty, a plank
which was made prominent in the Dem
ocratic state platform, and which, cut
an important figure In the campaign.
"I shall be opposed to the unlimited
liability feature,' he said, "believing
that every banker is entitled to know
what he will have to pay; and that or
dinary business piudence demands that
he should know. The liability ought to
be fixed and definite In the form of a
tax sufficient to provide absolute se
curity.' He is understood not to favor the Ok
lahoma law In its entirety. Some flaws.
It is understood, have been shown him !
In that state's enactment, and he will ,
try to have the Nebraska Legislature j
steer clear of these defects. On this j
feature he said:
"The experience in other states is not !
the best guide for use in Nebraska in j
framing a guaranty law or miscellan
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INSURGENTS HOPE TO WIN
Expect to Change House Rules.
Democrats Shy of Alliance.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The insur
gents against the present House rules
are leaving Washington for their homes.
Jubilant over the progress that they have
made In stirring up an Insurrection In
the Republican ranks. They will tell their
constituents that before the end of the
session the rules will be amended. j
One of the Insurgents expressed him
self today as certain that at least one '
change will be made In the rules. He
said that he believed there would be
no opposition to It at a Republican cau- ,
cus. That amendment would provide j
for a day each week for the call of :
committees of bills on the House cal- i
endar and on the Senate calendar. Some
of the optimistic say this is all that ,
is. necessary to get relief from . the
present miss. A call of the committees
would enable the committee to get be
fore the House all of the important
bills of the various kinds It has urged
and would relieve the Speaker of lia
bility to charges of preventing legis
lation which was demanded by the peo
ple. Inasmuch as the House would
have nn opportunity td pass on the
bills in the course of a short period,
surely during a session of Congress,
the packing of a committee against a
bill would have no other effect than
the Influence of the opinion of its
members upon those who had not in
vestigated tne subject thoroughly.
It is acknowledged by some of the
leaders of the Insurgents that the only
hope of amending the rules lies In the
action of the minority. Ever since
Congress convened. enutaries from
the Insurgents have been in conference
with the Democrats. The new minor
ity leader. Representative Champ
Clark, of Missouri, does not feel him
self justified in binding his party to any
programme until he sees how the Re
publicans will line up. He objects to
forming an alliance with the Insur
gents, which lie fears may eventually
be broken when the majority of them
might recognize they are losing and
"leave the ' Democrats holding the bag
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trousers is included. Then, again, perhaps
you have just concluded that a new business
suit is due. No place like the Columbia
shop for that. Here, again, comes in the
free-trousers proposition. And all are made
in true Columbia fashion and style.
GRANT PHEGLEY, Manager
Denver Convention, but It would like to
get Just as much credit as possible for
the reforms.
BONDS
FOR
INVESTMENT
FRANK ROBERTSON
Failing Building
Third and Washington Sis.
FROM $1.00
tv lis Cl
CM
mi
suit
you get
n $ e(
Seventh and
Stark Streets
S3'
'.WARD
Thai ma will b pm& for t m-tiiln dollar: $50A
for ft certain half dollar) $SOO for certain gold
piece; 6715 for certain Ave cent piece; 10 fer
certain cent and other preraitima ranging from Ave
to Ave thousand per cent, upon the face value of
half-cente, cento, two-cent. three-centK, rtve-centa,
dimes, quarters, halree, dollars and other U.S. and col
onlal coins of very many tin tea prlar t 1 000 and on
ome coins ftum?u even since then buying prices be
la.T baswd upon the rarity and condition of the cola.
We also bur freis?i eeine of all count rips. Con
federate and other old or curioun paper currency, etc.
We buy weed pontnr at-impe of cvpry kind, in
cluding the commonest varieties now in une (these)
are wanted by us for export) and in fact every stamp
ha a distinct money value.
The atherina of old coins by a New Jersey man
, were recently sold at $12.iw.C0; tlurse of a Salcin
(Mass.) miu for $37.rW.00 and we could Ail thii Jour
nal entirely with lntereatli.fr drralln Knowing wlitia
Kntons (not dealers) have earned auit are caining
-ge to enormous premiums tor old cointt and
tamps which they gather.
A pamphlet giving a great amount of interesting
Information, figures, etc., will h sent pofrtpnl ' upon
app11fation a postal will do. Mar be worth many
! -til -. perbana a fortune to yon. Address,
MONEY STAMP BROKERAGE CO.,
1M Natvuta St., 1&9, New York. N. V.
1 'wr
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