The evening times., 1895-12-11
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the SPIES bat 1 have a complete list of
them. and the public will soun know, espe-
ciaIly the prosecuted letter carriers OF the
country, whu these gentlemen are and what
relations, ar relationships, they sustain to
the highest officials in the Pust-officc De-
partment.
I'VE can wei afford to bide our time.
Hill, Sullivan and myself were removed,
according t. the published statements of
Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Machen, for tampering
with the records in the office and giving
Official information to outsiders. The na-
tnre of the Information which these Off
cjals allege We have given to outsiders
they have thus far failed to disclose, and
thereby hangs a tale
.'If they are ashamed of their own work,
afraid to have the truth published tn the
world, it is evident they are unfit to
hold public positions and have forfeited
the confidence uf the public. III we have
conspired tn .helittle the Postoffice De
partment,' IL has been Ia the interest of
the government, and this fact VIII be abun-
dainty verified in the near future MI
Jones will have an opportunity TO defend
and vindicate his secret agency bureau of
the free delivery service before the repre-
sentatives of the people in Congress, and
he will also have the very excellent "pp"r-
tunity afforded him to- demonstrate how
money not warranted by law.
A MISSING ITEM.
LET him show, if he can, what became
of the S702,Oo0, item g. of the iteinized
estimates for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1896. Ninety-three postoffices, under
the law, were entitled to the free delivery
service, and more than thirty had made
application for it. Two, and only two, re-
cejved the service, and both near the clnse
of the fiscal year-Bcrkelcy, Cal, and
Kingston, n. Y. Seven offices were dis
continued-I mean the free delivery ser
vice-AbiIene, Newton and " ellington,
Kan; Aspen, Col; Nanticuke, Pa; Port
Townsend, WASH, and Huron, s. ID.
"During the fiscal year from July 1. 1894,
to June 80, 1895, nearly 1000 additional
letter carriers We're appointed at the Oldest
offices, and twenty three of the great
cities OF the country received nearly all of
them.
The cunning duplicity OF n big official
was fully developed at the Philadelphia
office. On the 10th of October, 1894,
that city obtained eighty-one additional
carriers. In the winter following, one year
ago, the spies or spoilers We're sent there
to inspect (?l the service. On the basis of
their reports, a reduction of the force FOL
lowed, but for reasons best known 10 tne
high Officials of the Postoffice Department.
the greater portion of the decapitauon did
not take place until after the letter ca rriers'
convention OF September last. One hun
dred carriers We're removed-reducedt TO the
substitute roll seventy eight 81 900 and
twenty two $500 men.
"The record will show that not single
carrier appointed October 10, 1894, was
hit in the reduction. Was this an accident?
Can it be possible that carriers in the serv-
ice less than a year were more competent
to serve the people of Philadelphia than
those who had been in the service for years,
and among them comrades in the war of the
rebellion? This reduction was made for
no other reason under the canopy or high
heaven than to create fund out of which
the spoilers might be paid during this fiscal
year. Twenty four of the 100 carriers
had been removed July 31st, but the bal
ance Of the list was withheld, although it
had undoubtedly been made up, until the
carriers convention had adjourned.
SAVED FOR THE SPOTTERS.
an this connection $76,5TS was saved
for the spotters-not for the government,
not $1-unless this Congress intervenes and
abolishes Mr.. Jones' secret agency bureau
before it is quite all gone. The spies are
ow in New England and some OF them in
Texas, towering near the boundary lines
of Canada and Mexico.h Some OF them
have lost much of their vigor and hilarity
since the Ohio election.
lone more item, and I am through for
the present interview. 1t will be just as
well for the 'spotter chef" Mr.. Ma
chen's tool, to place as great distance be-
tween himself and the National Capital as
the railroads of the continent can carry him.
II his friends desire to know why, / refer
them to the three concluding sections of the
United States civil service law. We have
conclusive evidence, and he had better not
return to tins bailiwick very soon."
1t has been rumored that the National
Letter Carriers Association was seeking
to accomplish legislation to abolish the
present spy system in the postal service.
Secretary John F. Victory OF the asso.
citation denies that tue association is seek
ing to do this. It Is true he says, that the
have sent a protest to Postmaster
General Wilson, claiming that the system
Is unfair and un-Amerlcan. They have
not, however, considered bringing the mat.
ter before Congress In any form.
Chairman Charles II. Cutler OF Boston and
William j. Morrison of Brooklyn, members
Of the legislative committee OF the National
Association of Letter-carriers, who have
been In this city, returned home yesterday
in obedience to the order OF the Postmaster
General.
They did it under protest, as they claim
that constitutional right Of tie carriers
has been violated.