The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-07
4 Shameless Infamy.

scssmcnt circular 10 al government cm
ployees, including scrub women and boy
water. r.carricr5 nj scvcnty.hvc cents Il day,
Jay Iiubbeli has ordered an advance all
along the line, and his agents are now
engaged in Canvas>iug the department
Offices and demanding payment from the
clerks who have hitherto refused or neg
cctcd to contribute. This di-poscs u
the transparent lnlschnod put forth by
IIubbcll and his associated robbers that
the contributions were 10 b" voluntary
and that those vino were unwilling to pay
were not 10 be hara>scd with impof,uni-
ties or threats. The fact that these dele
gated road agcn:s are allowed 10 operate
in the departments proves 70 tic employ
cvs tha, the sympathy Of the chief officers
is with the steal, and the suborlinatcs
no longer dare to oppose the demands Of
the assessors. \ Kew l'oIk letter Of
Wednesday, says:
Each Of the eleven i,und:c, c!'rss, in
-pcctorS, store keepers and other cmp!uy
ecs in the CustCm House all o.! whom
have failed to rcmi, their assessments Ia
Hubbcil'. Congressional Committee at
WashiugtOn, got a second circular from
ti.ni body to day. The circular says that
the fsilarr a! he EMPLOYEES 10 respond
t. the circular Of May IL i noted with
surprise and that il is hoped that the
only reason for such f,ilurc j. that Inc
matter escaped tic attention of the 'm.
piuyccs in tho prc-, "f other cares. Then
The committee says: Great political
battles canno, be won in thi, way. This
committee cannot hope 80 suc""c.! i: tic
pcnding struggle if those most directly
benefited hy success are unwilling "r ncg.
lect 10 aid in - substantial manner. We
are or. Tie Skirmi-i line Of 1851 with =
conflict bciur" lis this fall Of great mo-
mcnt TO the Republic, and YOU must know
that a rrpulsr mow Is full oi danger IN
the next i'rcnidcn.inI campaign. Unless
you think that our grand old party ought
not to succeed, help it now in liz struggle
to build up new south, in which there
shall be. a3 in the North, free ballot
and a fair count, and to maintain such
liold in the North ~ shai! insure good
government to tic country. 1t il hoped
that by return mail you will send Il vol
untary contribution, equal to two per
cent. Of your annual salary, "a a substnn.
tial proof Of your earnest desire for the
success of the Republican party"
Il Washington letter uf Wednesday
says:
"Tlc assessment rnundcls are zcalou7ly
az WIN. NY sNNiii ~ 7thC tiit l'hlNI
and get the percentage on collections.
The interior, postoilicc and Treasury dc.
pnrlmcnts nr, worked systematically and
thoroughly and with profit. The clerks
see that it Is Of no use aud Of great hag.
ard TO resist. Said one OF the victims to-
day i paid my assessment OF $?i
to day like man why did you give
in asked n friend who is a reformcr in
politics. Well, said the clerk, i WAS
discharged several years ago from anoth-
cr department for declining TO pay an
assessment, and thought would pay
this time Such confessions nre fire.
1uent. The clerks sncer at the prctcncc
Of an option. They feel ~ never before
that to refuse to contribute is to pu, their
places in jeopardy"
a Washington dispatch to the New
York SIM says
"On Thirteenth street near l. street, in
this city, ib y large, handsome four story
brick building 1t is one of the finest
houses in the street. The twelve front
windows are all shaded by neat new
parli.colored awnings, and there is gen
cral air Of thrift and activity observable
throughout the building. A pnsser.by
sees through the open front door clerks
in their shirt sleeves passing from one
room to another, while disordcry piles
of documents and desks loaded with
heavy books and strewn with miscela-
neous papers show that the opprcssively
hot weather of midsummer in Washing
ton has no power to check the active
spirit of the occupants. The scene of
this activity is tho headquarters of the
Republican Congressional Committee
IN former years this committee occupied
more modest quarters. Even in the
Presidential campaign Of 1880 small
house on L street was sufficient for its
accommodation, bu, under The manage.
ment of Chairman Ilubbell it now re-
luircs one Of the most spacious dwellings
in the city. Moreover, so useful has the
committee become that it is now con-
tcmplatcd to organize it into pcrma-
nent party bureau, and to purchase for
its accommodation the fine large building
on thirteenth street, which it now rents.
Thus the Republican Congressional Com
mittee may become one OF the permanent
institutions of the capital and occupy
quarters which would accommodate any
one Of several of the smaller bureaus Of
the government. The Thirteenth street
house is more commodious, for instance,
than that occupied by the geological sur.
vcy or by the bureau Of education, aud
almost AZ roomy as the buildings where
the 250 census clerks yet in the service of
the government are completing the clcr-
ical work on that enumeration. 1t is
much larger thnn tho early buildings of
the bureau Of agriculture and the depart
ment of justice.
"The principle that ali government en-
ployees must voluntarily contribute . per
cent. of their salaries is now officially
sanctioned by the law officer of the gov
ernment and is accepted by the army of
ofiiceholders with scarcely AN exception.
The work of corresponding with 100000
oi1iceholders, or keeping their accounts
with the government and checking their
names from the list, must be very cOnsid.
cradle. Then, again, the work involved
In sending vast quantities Of documents
all over the country requires the services
of many Jealous clerks. The contribu.
tions that have come To tho committee
since it began operations this campaign
already exceed Sl,000,0On in hard cash,
and the amount is being increased daily.
There are about 100000 officeholders in
the United States. Probably their aver.
age compensation is 81 900 year. The
salaries paid by the government there
fore yearly aggregate about Isl 00, 100000.
Two per cent. of this sum is S2,0D0,00O.
while the other members of the ad.
minislration are taking their vacations
afloat or ashore, the indefatigable secre.
tary of assessments has been here aud
hard Mt work, until within. few days,