Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1905 — CAN’T HAVE A HALF HOLIDAY [ARTICLE]

CAN’T HAVE A HALF HOLIDAY

Secretary Boneparto Says Keonomy 1* peadlturee b Neeesonrjr for the Government. Washington, July 14. Secretary Bonaparte has forwarded his decision in the matter of the half-holiday for the employes of the Washington navy yard on Saturdays during the summer to the department from Baltimore. He saye: “The secretary of the navy has carefully reconsidered the subject, and concludes that the half holiday requested cannot be granted with due regard to the public Interest. "The necessity for strict economy on the part of this department is obvious and so urgent that the department would not be justified in recommending to the president action involving serious additional expense to the government, whatever might be its desire to meet the wishes and promote the pleasure of its employes.”