The Sunday globe., 1901-08-04

tions reached us the past week con-
cerning Sixth Auditor Castles Depart
nent and exclusively confined to Big
Chief Johnson's division.
The following are only a few of the
many extracts we would like to insert
but want Of space prevents us giving
this division more attention at this
time
The first is from a iady clerk. She
says;
"To EDITOR OF THE SUNDAY GLOBE:
Accept the thanks of many clerks
who read your paper and eSclaim, The
Globe is fearless, but that is because
it tells the truth, but your correspond
ent of the A. and c. division is not on
the eighth floor surely, or else he would
tell how the clerks are treated by john
son and his assistant chief, Northcut
(since when can a chief have an as
sistantO this is the only division al
lowed same don't think the latter is
human; at least he ought not to be
allowed to domfieer over ladies or gen
tlemen. His way of treatment is vile
At seven, sometimes ten minutes Of
A. NJ, he stands with his watch in
hand waiting for o'clock, and woe be
unto the one who is not working then.
When a lady leaves her desk he takes
his watch and times her, how long it
takes to go into dressing room these
hot days, with the thermometer regis
tering 81 degrees, as early as 10 A, NJ
Old women who have been in Office 20
years are treated with such discourtesy
that if that N we're not a cripple
he would have been struck on several
occasions. What right has Johnson to
put spies around? He has a messenger
or laborer who is put in charge to re-
port, and he does his duty faithfully
only he never reports foxes when they
go out in the morning and make tea or
in the evening when they change
waists. Johnson and Northcut have
deyiled the life of the clerks long
enough. and the Secretary Of Treas
ury Department ought to make a
change. Johnson treats his friends Of
seventh floor quite different. Why? |
could tell so much Of the partiality
shown by this 'turncoat'
This is also from lady;
"Where is the humane association?
Get them to come to Auditor for Post
Office, where a man is employed who
swings around on a pair Of crutches,
called captain; where he gets the title
from is not known, unless it is because
he is over a set Of ladies and drives
them like mules. He looks more like
a --- than anything else. He has no
work to do; has two to wait on him.
Then he expects the poor women not
to get up out of their seats unless by
his permission. If he sees anyone out
Of their seat he calls them up like they
were dogs. He had one spy employed
who wore one Of Mahoney's eye
shades
How did Captain W lose his
pearl? Auditor Rittman turned her
into a diamond. Poor, blind mother.
Better have an eye on the Maryland
widow. Would not read your paper
because it is too low, beneath her no
tice; that was her remark to one Of
her fellow clerks. am glad she is
getting so particular. The captain of
the Spanish War brought his wife and
children here. He is a good man, and
deserves credit for bringing his fam
lily. Why don't the chief bring his
wife? No; she must work. Can not
afford to stay here. VIII the New
York widow, whose father is connected
with the railroad, furnish him tickets
to go to G. A. r, encampment, or Will
he travel on his army record? | could
give you a great deal more, but will try
and come to your Office some time next
week."
Some Of the foregoing is too obscure
for us to comprehend exactly but the
latter portion of the letter smells
strongly OF scandal. The Globe wants
anything and everything but scandal,
and hence the letter is cut off where it
began to develop this tendency. Scan
dals, of course, that are Of such a pub
lie character as to bring criticism upon
the decent women in the Departments
will be aired by The Globe to the end
that the virtuous may be protected.
Scandals, however, for scandal sake,
and which cater to the vicious and
lecherous-minded, salaciously retailed,
are barred in these columns.
Two special delivery letters reached
us late Saturday night containing
notes of warning Of Johnsons attempt
to impose spon The Globe and to be on
the lookout for dummy" articles
which he would have written and mail.
ed The Globe to catch it mapping.
Passing, for the present, from John
son & Castles Department to notice a
letter from a lady in the Pension OF.
flee, the same answer will apply to
her communication. It details the sus.
picious intimacy Of a lady in the rec
ord division with married clerk, and
their love-making, which is sickening
she says. Also a lady "on the shady
side of so, with titan locks" gets
rap, as does "a lanternjawed grass
widow" This is all very wrong on the
part Of our correspondent. Suspicious
must not be tortured into guilt and
aired in a public journal Nothing but
conduct which reflects on the discip.
line Of the Department, the diserepect.
full behavior Of chiefs, and the immOd.
est or immoral actions of male and fe-
male clerks, where such exhibitions
scandallze the reputable and virtuous,
are proper subjects for newspaper crit
ieism. In such cases as these The
Globe will be fearless, If not merciless,
but It positively will not go into the
business Of inuendo, slander and blast
ing Of character on the mere suspicion
Of anybody, man or woman, in the De-
partments, or outside Of them
AS 10 Mr.. Castles Department i'm
general, and JohnsOn's division in par
IlCuldI, Inc NlODe Is DeluB ONeIWnelu-
ed with communications but few facts
Wading through a mass Of these to Sc
lect a specific fact here and there is
wearisome, especially when facts are
so easy to obtain aHd takes such few
words in the telling. From all Of this
mass Of matter it Is evident that the
assistant chief to Johnson Is a chip of
the same block, and has thoroughly
earned the disgust and dislike of every
clerk in the division Especially are