Sunday morning globe., 1901-08-18
THINGS DUG UP.
Some Testimony of Superintendent
Machen, Free Delivery.
HIS DAMNING ADMISSIONS.
Two Cases Of Official VIIIIanI in Which Tho
Names Of Tho Officials Arc at Present Sup
uesssd-The Ono Forces a Lady to Pay
$3.50 for Her lob, tho Other Tries 10 Dis
honor His Victim Who Turns Tho Tables

SJ5O Tor h9I J00, inc Uln6I lU6S 10 us
honor His Victim Who Turns Tho Tables
Il has come to the knowledge Of The
Globe that Mr.. A. w. Machen, in the
presence Of several high officials of the
Postofice Department, emphatically
denied that his brother William A.
was employed in Cleveland's Admins
tration under am assumed name. The
amazing bOundless cheek, gall ana
nerve of this political acrobat is IN
comprehensive. Is he daft? DO he
and his friends think that the Senate
Committee on Civil Service and Re
trenchment made no report Of their
investigation? Do they think the com
mittee held that important investiga-
tion for public amusement?
To refresh his perverse, or treacher-
Gus memory, The Globe, in charity for
his forgetfulness, reproduces that part
of his testimony pertaining to MI
VIM. A. Clarke:
THE CHAIRMAN. Information has
reached the committee that some Of
these men were employed under as
sumed names; that w. A. Clarke, at
Richmond, Va had assumed that
name?
Mr.. MACHEN: That is true.
THE CHAIRMAN: What is his
name?
MIR. MACHEN. His uameis Machen.
Il was for the purpose Of secrecy OF
inyestig CATION.
THE CHAIRMAN: He was your
bTother2
MR.. MACHEN. Yes sir
THE CHAIRMAN. And was employ
ed under am assumed name?
MR.. MACHEE: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: And Il was done
for that purpose?
MIR. MACHEN: / want to explain
here that at the time We found the
| auditor could accept vouchers under
| assumed names on a certificate from
the First Assistant PostmasterIiener-
al. Mr. Clarke was dropped out of the
service under that name.
MIR. CHAIRMAN: And he went In
! under his true nance
MR. MACHEN: no, sir; he did not
/ 20 I'm at all But 10 was done for the
/ purpose Of secrecy of investigation, as
/ IL could not be- continued under the
| name Of Machen. I'm fact, all the
| agents went under assumed names In
different places.
i ruE CHAIRMAN: And it was for
.1e DucpOso OF kroplal tN-..., f'-e''' .7i7
. losing their IDENTIFY
MR. MACHEN: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: In order to make
their service more effective?
This humiliatng and mortifying
confession was wrung from Brother
Gus i'm the presence of Senators
| Pritchard Chiffon. Lodge and Elkins;
eX-Rep. Baker of New Hampshire;
John r. Proctor, prest civil Service
Commission; Mr.. Hyams clerk of the
committee, and several other gentle
men.
We have case under investigation
wherein a certain Department official
charged a certain lady $3.50 for a po-
sltion. The lady In question is the
wife of an officer who served on Gen
eral Howard's staff i'm the Civil War
She had five brothers killed In action,
and, securing a position i'm the Depart.
| mont referred TO. under the initials OF
her baptisimal name, she was carried
ON the rolls as a man or male employe
| and received the salary accordingly,
three hundred and fifty dollars ($35O)
| of which she paid the official, who, for
the present, Is nameless but who Is as
well known to Mr. MaChen as his own
! brother. However, to avoid misunder.
standing. right here The Globe would
state that Mr. Machens brother was
not the official who received the $3.50
per. We make this rather supertiuous
statement to prevent anybody from de.
ductiug by inuendO that we were try
ing to attach suspicion to Mr. Machen 8
brother. We repudiate any such In.
| tention, and state most positively that
| MI Machens brother is not. and was
not. the official who received the $3.50
per. But we reiterate, Mr.. A. w.
Macheu is acquainted with the official
who raked in the $3.50 per.
This is such an Infamous outrage
that we will not make the name of the
official public until the lady is pre-.
pared-which she is not at present
to come forward and substantiate the
charge. An official of the Census and
the writer are. so far, the only conf
dants of the lady, the former direct
and the latter indirectly. The matter
will keep for a week or two, but, mean.
while. let the guilty official tremble
for his days are numbered In the serV
ice of Uncle Sam.
Another case is that of lady who
! has directly COU0dpd i'm us to the et