The Sunday globe., 1901-07-28
A BIG SCOOP!
Hon. Perry Heath Compelled Mr..
Machen TO Resign.
the PRESIDENT IkTERFERES
a. the Solicitation Of Brother AbneT" and
Induces Mr.. Heath 10 Withdraw His Ac-
ueplanos Of The ReslgnatIun-ReCent De-
VsIOpments in Rural Free Delivery Boxes
PSstmaslers as Agents on Commission. -


The Globe has been admonished tnat
Perry Heath dropped into Washington
the past week. We are pleased mat
this is SO, as we desire to make use OF
Mr.. Heath's corroborative testimony TO
some startling information, which, Ter
tbe first time, is laid before an unso'
phisticated public. That this matter
has been concealed successfully, is due
to the high personages involved in the
matter, r,.,.
II appears that Mr.. Perry Heath,
satisfving himself after the inVestiga-
tion that for the good of the service
Mr. A. w. Machen should be removed,
or else that the superintendent, to save
the ship, should be sacrificed, demand
ed and had placed in his hands the
restgndtioR Of Mr.. Mdchen, Supef1n-
tendent Of the Free DeHUery,
Mr.. Machen, before preparing to va
cate. resolved to make fight and hold
on to the last gasp He summoned Alb
ner Mckinley to his assistance, ana
pretty broadly and plainly informed
the brother of the President that he
must save him. Abner hied him TO the
White House, and after a prayertul In
terview with the President, Mr.. Heath
was summoned into the imperial pres
ence In the soothing and diplomatic
manner characteristic of the President
he soon made Mr.. Heath aware OF the
impolitic position he had taken, the
scandal to his Administration Whlcn
would inevitably result If the FIRST AS
sistant Postmaster-General insisted IN
his course. and a polite but firm re-
nuest to postpone or hold up the reslg-
nation, r,.-,
MIR, Machen, Mr.. Abner Mckinley
and the President know that the fore
going is an absolute truth; so does Mr..
Perry Heath Now, the question
arises why was this resignation held
up?" The other question of why 1t
was demanded" is more easily an
swered.
Hypothesising, purely on why the
acceptance of the resignation was with
drawn and Mr.. Machen permitted to
continue in his position, we have
right to assume that it was because
Mr.. Abner Mckinley could not afford
10 'ncur the enmity Of the decapitated
superintendent. Why should Abner
Mckinley interfere otherwise?
And why should the President stand
between MIR. Machen and his chief, Mr..
Perry Heath, if his brother was not
involved? The resignation of Mr.
Macben was demanded by Mr.. Heath,
rendered and accepted. Why has this
acceptance been withdrawn and Mr..
Machen continued in office?
The public is assuredly interested in
This iuggling, in which the Chief EX-
ecutive OF the nation acted as umpire,
peace-maker, intercessor, and Indirect
iv pardoner, and in which his brother
acted the part of pleader petitioner
and advocate. The public must be
aware that the Sunday Globe realizes
the seriousness of its charge that First
Assistant Postmaster-General Heath
demanded and obtained the resigna'
tion of Mr.. Machen for cause
If such a statement is not true, The
Globe is doing Mr.. Machen a grave IN
Justice which it will confess, II either
one of the four gentlemen named de-
nies and we fail to establish the truth
of the allegation.
What then?
Simply this: Here is a high public
official, of whom man acquainted
with the possibilities of Mr. Mad'
ems position said:
"Nachen is either d fool or ne
is worth S50O,00o,
We confess that this language, or It's
deductory inference does little credit
to the man who uttered 1t, as his alter
native indicates, very low estimate
of human nature, but we repeat, here
is a high official forced to hand in his
resignation and the President of the
United States, at the request of his
brother, induces or orders the with
drawal OF the acceptance ofithe resig-
nation in a special interview with his
First Assistant Postmaster-General. Is
this true or false? We asert it is the
truth, and the whole truth and chal-
lenge its successful contradiction.
Passing this for the present only, as
we shall, until disqualified, persistent
ly reiterate "Why was MIR. Machens
resignation demanded and why was its
acceptance withdrawn we come to
the matter Of free delivery boxes, ana
the latest phase Of the absorbing sub
ject, o.,
The local press, on the 18th, pub
lished a musty chestnut, the old order
to special agents, forbidding them TO
recommend rural letter boxes for sale
by manufacturers. If Machen succeeds
in having this old order printed onOe
more it will be the fourth publication
of 1t ia two years What is the mat
ter, we would like to know, with his
special agents, that they persist in the
practice Of recommending certain ru-
raj boxes? If they have violated this
standing order, is there no remedy?
Dismiss the offenders and engage 9th
ers. There are plenty of ide people,
male and female, out Of jobs, particu-
larly rural delivery Snaps" The Globe
has made a critical examination Of
this order, as well as the circum-
stances connected with its frequent
promulgation, and we want to say
right here, there is nothing in it. 1t
is very doubtful If any Of the agents
ever meddled with the sale of rural
letter boxes. The superintendent
knows very we'll MAT his order is bun
comb chiefly designed to cover up and
hiGt something else he don't want the
public to know.
The Globe has recently discovered
this hidden, mysterious secret. I'm
fortunately for them, the postmasters
at the large distributing Offices are the
innocent little lambs" They sell the
rural boxes to farmers, and the special
agents, eautioned by Mr.. Machen, have
nothing to do with the matter, and
they never had Hundreds of postmas-