New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-23
AN EPIDEMIC OF "REFORM."
THE WHOLE PENSION BUREAU ATTACKED.

MONROE BLEEDING" ALL THE VICTIMS
THE NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION DODGE
TO HELP THE WHITE VOTERS
BACK TO FLORIDA
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washington. Oct a2.-The Pension Bureau To-Day
was seized with vir,lent but not whony uneApcc
attack OF REFORM a Ia Cleveland Inc n'' ss"p
toms appeared soon after the work OF the Gay pesa
Clerks and messengers in the vcin"y oi inc enici
clerks room were FIRST attacked ana pefore 'nc en-
p,oycs had been released for the day the epidemic had
snead tbroug bout the great building. No nook nor
corner ESCAPED. and neither man nor woman was
spared.
promu, relief measures adopted and an ex-
perenced professional refcrmer named Monroe. wear
ing diploma signed by Calvin J. Brice was called In
TO prescribe for the afflicted persons This Monroe
was furnished with messenger from the chief clerks
Office. named Mcdonald and the two visited the
various rooms in the Pension Office building during
Office hours The messenger had a list intended 10
contain only the names OF known Democratic male
clerks and female clerks who had Democratic shack
fngp and these were called upon by the pair.
Mr. Monroe set forth to them the necessity Of their
contributing one years subscription to The New
York Graphic- which, no said. was good Democratic
newspaper and was doing excellent service for the
party the campaign The price Of subscription for
men was fixed at %. but from the women he asked
only s. for six months subscription No receipts
for the amounts received given, nor was 1t under
stood that the paper to be delivered In fact no
addresses were taken by Mr.. Monroe from his sub
scrbers, and to some Of them he threw of the mask
entirely and said This is all right You know what
it's for. 1t goes to the campaign fund"
To others he explained that the money was to be
forwarded to Florida, to pay the expenses of white
voters who are away from homo and who wish
to return to vote He stated that the National Demo-
cratic Committee greatly alarmed over the pros
pect Of Republicans carrying the state of Florida,
the negroes consequence of the yellow fever scare
now being largely In the majority in the State. The
white voters who have left the State in great num-
bers he explained would not be able to return with
out aid. The Democratic National Committee had
calculated that least would be necessary TO
get the white voters back into the State before the
election. The subscriptions were quite liberal 1t
Is said that last week the same man worked" the
Treasury Department In the same way and realized
about s., 600 in subscriptions. To day he made two
or three mistakes and called out Republican clerks
who informed him that they now taking all
the newspapers they cared to take.
Not a department or bureau in this city has
caped the Democratic collector, and even in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, presided by
that most excellent Of Civil Service reformers f. o.
Graves, there Is posted up In the plate printers
dressing room circular urging subscriptions TO The
New York Graphic Mr.. Monroe IS the latest col
lecto and he stated today that last Saturday $4,000
collected from the departments-was forwarded to
the Democratic National Committee, and that much
more was needed from Washington