Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01
short EXCERPTS
On Several of the Departments for
Cause.
SWAN, MATSEN, HESS, AND EVANS
Facts Concerning Their Official Acts Which
Are Proper Subjects for CrIilOlsm-A For
elgner In Charge Of Tho Medals Of Honor
In The War 0epartment-An Offer Of One
Thousand Dollars 10 Evans,


The mystery connected with the dis
charge, resignation or annual leave Of
Chief Clerk Swan, Bureau Of Engrav-
| ing and Printing, deepens. No infor-
nation can be obtained from even our
| usual fearless sources, touching the
| trouble in the bureau, If trouble there
| is.
One who has always been fearless
| and reliable when pressed by The Globe
| for particulars, would only reply:
MY lips are sealed I must not
| speak and I can tell you nothing"
This is exceedingly strange, but it de-
| monstrates undoubtedly that there IS
/ something to tell. What is it? Has
| the chief clerk been charged with any
| offense? Us he discharged? Has he
| resigned, and the why and the where
| fore? Surely the bureau is entitled to
/ the prize for reticience and keeping
| faith with whoever pledged its en-
/ ployes to silence. The rumors are so
| many, so thick and so varied that The
/ Globe refrains from printing or accept
| ing any or all of them, and will not,
| until better authenticated, give the al
| legged facts in its possession to the pub
lic
Here is a sample Of the many letters
received the past week:
To EDIToR: Please do not forget this
man Gerodette, Swans lieutenant and
sneak. He used to torture his men
| through his dirty tyranny. He is book
ed to go. Investigate, and every man
| i'm his room will tell you the same.
IC-SEAP-TYRANUs.
Here is another:
"You will sell a thousand Globes in
the bureau by writing Swan up good
and hard The facts are all right, and
they have him dead to rights"
And this correspondent like the rest,
sends his favor with the admonition,
"Now, the first page for all he Is
worth"
Mr.. Swan is immune, so far as The
! Globe is concerned, as we are not in
possession of any authenticated facts
which would warrant us in publishing
him or his alleged misdeeds.
Turning from the Bureau Of Engrav-
| ing and Printing to Mr.. Matsen, acting
| First Assistant p. M. General, we re-
spectfully ask that official II he will
retract what he said to the lady from
! Scranton, Pa, now that the debt of A.
| w. Machen has actually been paid?
This paper has always been willing
to accept any explanation from the
above official, even his explanation Of
why he gave up a S2,5OO position in
| the Brooklyn postofiice to accept 81
! 600 position as chief clerk to the First
! Assistant p. M. General, and we would
reluctantly believe he would try to
shield any Of the shortcomings Of Mr..
| Machen, Lewis & Co. But he was so
prompt to tell this lady that he disbe-
| lieved her 1t leads us to ask, DO you
believe the facts that have come to
light as regards the manner in which
A. ". Machen has conducted the free
delivery system and the letter box
| steal?
After reading the evidence in the
| King investigation as to the plans that
we're laid to loot the Government
through the division of Postofice sup
plies. can you still have confidence in
Perry Heaths cook, bootblack, etc.
| Mikey Lewis?
Now, a little good friendly advice
may not come amiss to you, Mr.. Mas
/ ten. DO not be too over-contident, for
recollect you have stepped into a nest
that IL they could have had their way
would have double discounted Neely &
Co. and some time not far distant the
Department may be asked why they
shield this crew, and 1t will take more
than Mark Hanna to hush 1t up.
we hope it is unnecessary to remind
Mr.. Masten that 1t was anything but
chivalrous to inform a lady that he dis
believed her statement. He is given
credit for not brutally, like Big Chief
Johnson. telling her she lied, but 1t is
all the same in Dutch. The lady IN
formed Mr.. Masten OF facts easily sus-
ceptible Of proof by unimpeachable
witnesses II he choosed to end the
matter, all we'll and good; he could
so have stated and the lady would
have retired without having her sensi-
bilities wounded by the rather ungen-
tlemanly and very blunt information
that he disbelieved her.
Does Mr. Matsen know who the lady
IL and her antecedents? For his In
formation The Globe would state that
she is the widow Of a distinguished Of
fcer on General Howard's staff, who
made a record in civil as in military
life as a widely known and accomplish
ed engineer. He has left monuments
of his engineering skill in more than
one State in the Union, and we very
plainly inform Mr.. Matsen that In life
the gentleman and his wife belonged to
a rank In society which even an Acting
Flrst Assistant Postmaster General
might be very proud to secure recogni.
ton from or an entree into its charm
ed circle. The lady told Mr., Matsen
the absolute truth, and he was not JUS
tiaed either as an official or a gentle
man in informing her that he dlsbe-
lieved her statement without proper
investigation. And there we leave 1t
for the present.
A friend OF The Globe called at the
War Department 10 make some inquir-
les touching a medal Of honor to
which he is entitled. His captain had
written the Department recommending
the issuance OF the same for a brave
and gallant deed OF valor In front Of
the enemy tie was referred to an Of
fetal named Hess, which ia an abbre-
Walton, II will be seen, OF "Hessian.' %
| This Hess he found to be a forel gner
with three or four other Hesses IN Of
| ice.
Making known his business to Mr..
| Hess or Hessian, that lofty tax-eater