The times., 1898-11-07
$4,000 FOR OHIO.
Government Employees Forced to
Contribute to the Hanna Fund.

Government Employees Forced 10
Contribute to the Hanna Fund.
From the Government emp'oyes In
Washington who calm residences In the
Buckeye State $1,000 has been collected
as a contribution to the Ohio campaign
fund. There are 700 Ohio people in the
Government service here, and of these
loc have responded to the demands Oh
their party bosses. their contributions
ranging from IS to $50. and averaging sl5
each.
These figures are as accurate as care
fu, canvass of the victims OF party abuse
can make them, and have been compiled
bv men who will presently lay the facts
before the Civil Service Commission ana
demand an Investigation
chairman Dougherty. of the Ohio state
Republican Committee. together Win rs
assistants, are responsible Tor the COZ &c
tion of the money from the ohloais III
washington, and their operations nave
been conducted for some weeks with
holiness which other State uaLasers
have hardly dared initiate, the reasons
for which may be guessed.
They visited every office and department
,,ho-e Ohio people are employed, and
r,ada their requests for money with an
.-,,r.,,ca that elected no little indlSr a
,ion on the part of the victims, many oi
,.hor objected that they rad taken up
r..;dsnces in Virginia and Mary iaho' am
,h.refo-e could hardly be expected 20 col
tr,hute TO the campaign fund OF the b. scA-
eye State. ara ,,et with
nut these objections Were me- W..
rg,,mants which could not De ans" s.eu ,.
h., those who felt themselves oepenue
mon the Administration Tor thei, US
lions and hence it was not oiiiicuis
t,sk to raise the 5000. Ihe wra.h %
those who felt themselves ioieeu 70
dowr deem into their pockets for the sup
or. of Hanna and his party in Ohio wiii'
!, ,s said. find vent in the future IN tne
renewal of hundreds of names from the
ohio roll of Government employees III
Washington who will henceforth claim
nerrnan neut residences In nearby states.
The Hanna bosses Will find revenge In
danvinr their influence to these poiters
when influence will be most desirable TO
retain Government jobs
The Administration Is fully cognizant OF
the methods tt;employed by Chairman
Dougherty in squeezing funds from those
who might Srightfully expect to claim pro-
tection under civil service laws. but no
nrOteSI- naS p1cn entticN h6dAhs'e eaSAA
operations. This viii only make matters
more interesting when the civil service
commissioners begin their investigation.
Although more money has been
squeezed from the Government clerks for
the Ohio campaign than for the political
funds of otnerf States. It Is not to be sup
posed that. the Rso slicans from other
parts of the cpSstry has been inactive.
The same investigators who Interested
themseIves,in the extent of the Ohio Of
ferings on ties altar OF Hannaism have
now tarnea their attentiou to those who
y ere victiuf~sd In various ways by men
asom other St2s,s wis used he Admins
tration to cevss their violations of civil
service laws II exciting tFibute from
Government employees.
The RepaoEican committees in every
State thls side OF the Mississippi have
succeeded IN collecting from $500 to s2.509
from Government clerks. and the sum to-
tai contributed to. the Republican cam
paign from Washington will, 1t is esti-
mated, amount to something over $25 900.