Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1910 — Different Now, of Course. [ARTICLE]

Different Now, of Course.

“Civil service reform has given us a splendid army of civil servants. It wasn’t always bo.” The speaker. Mayor Whitlock of Toledo, smiled. “When I was writing ray first short stories,” he resumed, "we had civil servants of a different stamp. An elderly resident of my native Urbana, back in those days, sought out his congressman. “ ‘Congressman,’ he said, ‘1 supported you at the polls, and now I expect you to get my boy a good civil service Job.’ “ ‘All right, friend.’ the congressman answered. ‘What can your boy dor . ‘“Do?’ snorted the other. ‘What can he do? By crinus! man, if he could do anything, do you think I’d be bothering your ”