Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-27
Another List

Another List.
The GLOBES exposure of the Aagrant VIC
lations of the Civil Service law in the Pen.
sion Office is beginning to arouse our daily
contemporaries to a sense of journalistic
duty
The STIR, for instance, had this to say ON
Thursday
I'VE hope it will occur to Commissioner
Foulke to look into the matter of promo.
uons. That phase of the situation needs
attention. He can ascertain, If he cares TO,
that in some Of the departments merit
counts for very little when opposed by the
political pull or personal fayoritisml
"The Star owes a duty to the public IN
general, and to Washington business men,
who dll its pages with wen paid advertise.
ments, in particular, to aid Mr. Foulke iu
asccrtaiuiug the departments where pro.
motions are based on political pull and per
sonal favortism. The S.ay is well aware,
and has been since June, 1896 that Evans
was tramplng ON the merit system in the
Pension Office, and still it has maintained
an unpardonable silence The direct bene-
ficiaries of the merit system are Washing.
ton business men, and they have a right 20
expect that papers in which they advertise
their goods ought TO support any system
that will enable them TO sell the goods ad-
vertised. Had the dailjes of this city been
true TO the interests of their patrons men
with families would not have been discrim-
mated against In the Pension Bureau as
they have been. Examiners would not be
paid $1,000 year and copyist sL4oo. Good
clerks would not be hustled from pillar to
post to crafty the veuomous spite of am
ignorant uarrow-minded section chief
Nor would excellent examiners be re-
duced from 81 200 TO 5000 and their salaries
given TO ignorant file clerks as was done in
the Eastern Division In July 1897.
The best clerks in the Office would not be
sent to what is styled Botany Bay to write
letters of rejection, while others are kept
in adjudicaung divisions who don't know
a pension claim from a dog fight. However
the day of deliverance is at hand. Beyond
the horizon we behold the eifugent rays Of
a brighter day. Evans and Davenport and
the whole breed of parasites must 60 The
Augean stables will be cleansed And is It
not high time? Examine these two lists
one is composed of married old soldiers;
the other of spinsters
Gen. d. T. KIRBY, an examiner, ST. ooo
He wears a medal of honor conferred by
Congress for gallant, distinguished services
on the field of battle.
N4Ygg.r
duced by Evans from sL4oo He was a
surgeon in the 39th Illinois Volunteer In
fautry, and served during the entire war
Anderson Gill, $1,000 reduced by Evans
from ST. 400, and removed from the position
of letter critic where DC had given perfect
satisfaction for years and sent TO the Mail
Division The petty persecution he has
been subjected to has shattered the old
mans health and although me furnished a
physicians certificate, they would not ap-
prove his application for sick leave, but de-
Quoted the time lost from bis small salary
Mr. Gill served in the navy during the en-
tire war of the rebellion
Geo B. Fleming, an examiner 5000. He
is also am ex-soldier with fine military
record
John Buckley, am examiner $1,000 am
excellent clerk and an eN soldier
Robert Strong, an examiner, $1,000.
A. b. 2. Palmer, the best examiner in the
Eastern Division, $1,000
John p. O'Neill, the only lawyer in the
Law Division, 5000.
Now look at this list Of spinsters, all
copyists work that any ten-year--ld school
boy can do, all receiving 400:
Miss Gertrude Grosvenor copyist 81, 400;
Miss Virginia T. Landstreet, copyist, sf,4oo;
Miss Annie P. Luttrell, copyst, 81 400; Miss
Mary T. Powell, copyist, sI,4oo; Miss Annie
r. Williamson, copyist sL4oo; Miss Cleo
S Burnett, copyist $1,000 Miss Mary s.
Hartwell copyist $1,000; Miss Annie f.
Redmond, copyist, $1,000 Miss Annie A.
Holohan, copyist, sI4oo; Miss Sallie f.
Chandler, copyist sI,4ooi Miss Medora Full
Ter, copyist, sr,4oo; Miss Bessie Aspril,
Miss Georgeanna A. Chamberlain.
And the half has not been told, but will
be in our next