Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-11-04

WAsHrseron. Oct, 20, 1888.

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Deputy Commissioned Pension
: Mclean, in the picturesque laBxuag
LOT slang, deserves to be awards
the bakery for uublushing cheek i
compelling The clerks Of the o. S
Psnsien Office to contribute to tn
Democratic fund. called by courtes.
the campaign fund, but which 10 il
reality : corruption fund. 1t wa
thought that the poor clerks has
been already sufficiently bled b.
having to give mp 5 per cent OF tho;
annual salaries, but this week 81
entirely new scheme was sprung
upon them, in the shape OF an agen
for that bankrupt newspaper, ths
| New York Graphic, which is being
run as a campaign sheet by tht
| Democrat National Committee
This agent was provided By Deput,
Commissioner Mclean with a list
containing tue nanes OF the clerks
employed IN the Pension Office, and
lest any of the clerks should misun-
derstand the official nature OF this
agents call upon them. Mr.. Mclean
detailed his private messenger, q
man we'll known 10 every clerk in
the office, to accompany him i'll
his rounds for the purpose OF calling
the clerks out of their rooms one by
one, in order that tho agent might
privately bleed them. The modus
operandi as given me by several Of
the clerks, was about as follows:
The agent who was stationed out in
tho corridor would send the private
messenger of the Deputy Commits
sioner into the rooms, With a mess
age informing the clerk that . gen
tleman wished to sec him. When
the clerk came out, the smiling
agent would advance with out
stretched hand, and after giving the
hand Of the victim q hearty shake,
would inform him that he was So
Letting subscriptions for the Graphic.
In nearly every case the clsik at
first declined to subscribe. Here it
was that the agent proceeded to get
in his fine work. Dropping his
voice to q whisper, he would inform
the clerk that "this is only dodge,
you know, to get around the law
which prevents CD Government
employees being solicited to make
political contributions. This So
(Which was the sum demanded in
every csse) is really for the National
Democratic Committee, which 10 in
urgent need of the menev." At
this stage Of the proceedings the
agent would hand the victim an
autograph letter from Chairman
Brics, stating that the agent was
authorized to receive contributions.
The next proceeding was usually
the paymsnt Of the IS by the clerk.
This is no fancy sketch but an actual
description Of what took place in
the U. s. Pension Office this week. |
Public Printer Benedict is close
second to Mclean in his bulldozing
Every salaried man in
the Government Printing Office has
been compelled to contribute 8 per |
cent. of his annual salary to swell |
The Democratic corruption fund. |
Under the Republican Administers
ions previous to Arthur's there was
no law against soliciting campaign
from Government en-
ployes, but there was never any
hing done in that line that even
the methods now re-
sorted to BY this Democratic Ad-
ministratlon, and this too in spite of
The fact that there is very string
mt law on our Statute books against
It. The desperation Of the Demo-
:rats ~ they daily observe their
chances growing smaller and
il causing them to disre-
gard Law, right and everything else
n the vain hope Of retaining tho
power which they have SO notori-
ously abused.
All the members Of the Cabinet
except Aessrs Endicett and Gar
and are on the stump for free trade.
And the only reason they are not
out, is that Endicott il no speaker,