The Sunday globe., 1901-05-05

I oNSry capltatOt Europe, knows them not
ana Tor the good and sufficient reason
that they are not TO be found.
ketrospectively, we are compelled 10
unoervalue our present greatness and
glory as republic when we contrast IL
with the period when McKinlev was a
sergeant and the writer a private soldier.
and, when Abraham Lincoln. mis- cabi
net MS senate, ana his Congress were
easier Of approach than the sixth auditor
of the Treasury is now, thew we're am M
phatically, good old timesD-.decent
honest, and genuine democratic times
that knew not civil service for the noor
applicant for a clerkship and class dis
tinction for the higher Offices OF the Gov
ernment. We recognize and accept the
change periorce, but not without protest
ana adding our present, impoteEt indip-
nation TO the gathering volume, which
we predict, as we foreshadowed to Mr..
Pendleton the present corrupt and mon
archial result of his civil. service law
will sweep.the whole hypocritlcal pre-
tense OF republican free Government to
the d rear!
One of the many phases resultant from
this clvil-service law, besides the more
greVious and capital one of making life
oihce-holding classes of lettered clerks
and demoralizing the still lower strata
fpoorer- paid employees, is the ineyitable
tendency to foster and encourage the
bringing up OF ambitionless families.
qualified in breeding and bone to syco-
phantly serve government in which
they have no other interest, pride. or
criticism than the semi-monthlv draw
ing of their salaries.
a cursOry glance through the blue
book containing the names Of appointees
IN the various departments reveals the
iact mat IN some cases not only is an en-
tire family on the Government nav-roil
but even the hoary old grandsire of The
Hook holds down some petty position
required. WIN
The name of Moore appears in the LIST
OF employees at the Bureau of Engravs
ing and Printing, and at the address
glVSsn sT mere is another Moore, a clerk in
tne treasury Department, while still an
other OF the same name and address is
assigned to another department. The
same may be said of the Nolans, two are
in the Bureau of Engra wing and Printing
and another is in the Post-Otiice Departs
ment. In the District and in the depart-
ments the Taylors are well represented.
one is in the Geological Survey. one in
the Weather Bureau, and still another i'm
the Navy Yard, all living at the same
address, and, presumably, the same
family.
The Collins clan is well and ably rem
resented; one is in the Government
Printing Office, another is a chief clerk,
one is in the District government. and
the fourth member is in the Census OF
hce' These are also, presumably, all
members OF the same family, as their
residence is given as the same street and
number. The Bealls make up i'm quality
what they lack in quantity, for we only
ma two living at the same address,
poth IN the employment Of the District
government and holding down Very
comparable jobs. These few names are
only given at this time to illustrate our
text ana have been picked out random
iashlon, but 1t is the intention. In due
time, to be more specific and furnish the
readers OF The Sunday Globe with long
ana detailed lists of Government en-
ployees, their names and address ss
Where more than one member of the
same family is in the employment of the
government, the object being to direct
the. attention of "the powers that be''
and the public at large TO the growing
evil OF this demoralizing nepotism in
the public service, for il is assumed that
either by influence or direct tappointment
one mem Der OF the same family lands
the others--"hs sisters, his cousins, and
MS aunts"-at the Government trough.
Notwithstanding that one representa-
i've In family holding down a Govern
ment Job ought to be considered a fair
representation, considering that therear0
several millions of families in our 75,.
OOO,OOO population unrepresented in Of
nee, this nepotlsm is not, from The
Globes point of view, as reprehensible
ana condemnatory as the practice so
common in the departments OF fostering
men ana women who pursue their pro
tesslons IN petition with outside phv.
slclans, dentists, and lawyers after Office
hours This class is called "sundown-
ers," as their practice is confined, neces-
sarily, to the evening and early night.
Then, again, there are rich, or compara
lively rich, residenters filling clerical
positions which some needy, worthy. and
competent man or WON q should have.
Now, The Sunday GloDe proposes to
carefully cOllate the names OF the "sun-
downers" and give them the free adver-
tlsement OF a public announcement i'm
the near future. They have less excuse
TO take bread out o. the mouths OF the
outside members of their respective pro-
iesslon than even the officials who make
a family affair of serving the Govern
ment The "sundowner," in the first
place, has a regular salary, and is thus
enabled to offer his professional services
for. less than the outside, struggling ply
sician, dentist, lawyer, etc. And, In the
second place, as rule, the Government
furnished him the means of acquiring
his profession while drawing a clerical
salary Having graduated in his pro-
iSSSlOns uo 10 lOO SELFISH 10 l6t 90 MS
clerkship, and he thus keeps some other
citizen who needs it out in the cold, and,
In addition, underbids his fellow -practi-
toner who has to depend solely for sup
port on the public clientage he may be
able to work up or secure.
The many evils existing in the Gov
9rnment service will be aired from time
10 time in The Sunday q lnha, s.ssd the
lists will be published of families serv-
ing their country on the semi-monthly
payroll, as well as the names OF those
danes who work for pin
other words, who fill posi-
tions the salaries Of which they do not
need for maintenance, being amply pro-
vided for in comfortable homes.
There are some brazen individuals
who will come in for rougher combing
when we get the facts thoroughly au-
because this class-Which,
II is superiiuOus to state, belongs to the
softer seX-has been the means OF bring
ing upon the vlrtuous and respectable
the large majority element of their sex
in Government employ undeserved crit
cism and uptruth ful Misrepresentation,
nor shall the boasted Influence" of the
1ames referred to, prevent an expose, as
our pen cannot be controlled by such
Influence"
A hero Of to-day has no title deed for
tomorrow.
Painless dentistry is merely the art
)f drawing it mild.
A kiss by moonlight is one of loves