The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-18
"STAND AND DELIVER I"
High Handed Methods of Repub-
lican Campaign Managers.
DEMAND so PER GENT OF SALARIES

Doer Enveys Were Received By
MP. Dryan-suggestion For n Joint
DeSate-Concerning the Open Door
In CAiaa-Ths Democratic Leaders.
| Especial Washington Letter.I
"Stand and deliverr' was the ominous
command which Paul Clifford and his
Irobber crew used to thunder into the
ears Of travellers on Hounslow heath
and In the pleasant lanes Of England.
''Stand and deliverv' are the dreadful
words whispered In the ears of govern
ment employees at Washington and,
las for that matter. oil over the country,
for there Is no Republican officeholder
big enough or small enough tc escape
the modern highwaymen-the Repub-
lican campaign managers. RathbOne.
Nicely & Co. steal on huge scale In
Cuba: the Republican campaign man.
ayers hold up and sandbag the defense
less employees here at homo. Civil
service rules don't count when a cam.
pc sn Is on-no. not on your life. they
don't!
Blackmailers appear to grow with
what they feed on. In 1850 one Jay
Hubbell made his name loathed until
1t became hiss and byword by black
mailing employees out Of 10 and 90 per
cent Of their wages In order to raise
the slush with which to buy Garfield's
election. The hatred Of the American
people drove Hubbell into private life,
but Hubbell was timld ut the business
compared with latter day Republican
managers. who demand and get 80 per
cent! "'Tis true. and pity tits tits
truer-that Is. II the Washington Post
Ii to be believed. and remember that 1t
is stanch friend to Mckinley.
Robbery and Blackmail.
Here Is short extract from a two
column expose which The Post makes
OF a transaction which involved both
robbery OF the public and blacknail of
the employees:
Congress took $4,000 out Of the treasury tust
before adiournmeN aud presented Il to the em.
ployees OF the senate and house. This was in
pursuance OF an old established custom--a custom
more generous than. crsditable--of voting an ex.
IRA months salary TO each man on the capi,ol
pay roll. Nobody has ever seriously contendcd
that there is any real justification for this giving
away OF the peoples money. but both political
parties do 10. and it has been done SO often and
% long that he big annual gift-it Is aNclear
ght-bas ceased TO provoke more than feeble
and passing protest from even the watchdogs OF
che treasury.
But this years presentation to the force OF cap.
ttol employees has had a sequel more scan,ialous
than the presentation ITSELF Congress having lib.
srsily voted $4,000 In the shape Of extra salaries
thc Republican congrcssiona. committee has step
ped In and asksd the tene6ciarcs on the house
roll to give up one-hai OF the sum they received
sor use In the campaign. In other words. an es
sort has been made TO utilize 80 per cent OF q
large appropriation Of public money as NJ cleus
os fund needed by the congressiop., committee
70 aid In the election Of Republicans to the Fifty
seventh congress A failure TO respond freely by
The employees has prevented the complete con-
summation OF this remarkable project. but IL is
no fault OF the congressional committee that ii
JAILED TO get hold Of q considerable share OF the
v6o.oo0 20 generously donated. There was q telief
that $4,000 st least would be voluntarily sur.
rendered. but II Is understood that less than half
81 this amount viii be realized.
Give Up or Get Out.
How do the taxpayers Of the land
Ike to have $4,000 Of their money pre.
sented In one COB to job lot Of Repub-
lican officeholders and then have the
omceholders plundered Of one-half Of
IT to hold the frecbootlng admlnIstra.
t'on In power for four years more? It's
pity that resolutc prosecuting at
torney does not get hold Of the black
mailers and send them to the peniten.
tiary! We had to pass q new extradi.
ton law I'm order TO get Rathbone and
Neely back here from Cuba. but these
piackmailers are carrying on their nc
farious operations I'm the full light of
day at the Raleigh hotel. on Pennsyl.
vania avenue. I'm the nations capital.
We are told that +. 4. Schradcr, who
10 doing this precious business for the
Republican congressional committee.
assures a startled public that no coer.
cion In used. Oh. no! Perish the
thought! But there Is not an employee
who responds to Schrader's invitation
to walk into his parlor at the Raleigh
who does not know that IL he refuses
TO come down with the dust to the
tune OF 30 per cent Of his salary he will
lose his ofiicial head. So rather than
give up his Job he whacks up.
Schrader has been caught In the act
and In history will Join Jay uubbell.
OF odoriferous memory. but no doubt
there are others at work In every de-
partment OF the government. busy as
bees bleeding the employees I'm order
to re-elect this administration Of purI.
ty. sweetness and light. Assassination
In Kentucky. blackmail In Washing.
ton. plain but colossal stealing In Cuba.
are the starters In campaign destin-
ed to be the corruptcst In the history
OF the republic. All decent 'oik will be
compelled to hold their noses long be-
dorc the frost Of November nlps the
Republicans on election day.
Like Banaso's Ghost.
The Cuban scandals. like the ghost
OF the late inmentcd Banquo. Will not
Town. The stencil IL so strong that even