Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-03
IN MACHEN'S Case
We Have Been Barking up the
Wrong Tree and
HAVE DISCOVERED OUR MISTAKE

HAVE DISCOVERED OUR MISTAKE
And Now On Tho Right Trail Expect 10 Run the
Slick Superintendent Of tho Rural Free De-
livery 10 Cover" "OerIlIsh Shy is Mr. Ma
Ohen and Perfect MaOhaeII as a Politician
Her Persecution Of Hanna and Heath Men.
August W. Machin, superintendent
Rural Free Delivery, whose name is
becoming familiar, If not his title, to
our readers, would make a typical Ital-
ian secretary Of state If the Machival-
ian policy Of that kingdom was still
in diplomatic vogue, AS a rule Aug
ust says nothing and saws wood he
Smiles at criticism, as he puts
through his pet schemes of steal boxes
and things, but when he does open his
cherub mouth it is to deceive, and Mr..
Machen could deceive the devil himself.
He has deceived us, and, no doubt,
Mr.. Machen traces blood relationship
between The Globe and the devil.
How has this willy chief Of the rural
free delivery pulled the wool over our
eyes? Purely Machivalian methods.
the same as he applies in all his Off
cial dealings. His henchmen led us
on to suppose that August stood pat
with Perry Heath and Senator Hanna,
and acting on the principal that the
head and not the tail should be held
responsible, The Globe has been firing
into those two gentlemen, when, as
matter Of fact, neither the one nor the
oJher has as much use for August as
The Globe has. We need him I'm our
business, but Senator Hanna and Mr..
Heath do not. For instance. the
(forced) resignation of Mr.. Machen
would deprive The Globe of a perennial
subject when more exciting news is
dull. August is always good for fea-
ture article. because he is always in
some devilment and skulldudgery Of
an official kind. strictly.
Again The Globe has been Identify
ing the agents Of the rural free deliv-
cry with Mr. Machens official shenan-
agen, when, as a matter Of fact. there
is not one Of them outside OF the few
here in Washington but despises him
and would rejoyce In the interests of
the service to see him removed To
these agents he is ever tryannical and
capriciously unfair and prosecuting.
They are as a body honest. worthy Off
cials and resist all in their power his
systematic attempts to demoralize the
service to his own gain and personal
aggrandizment. These agents know
Mr. Machen to be spiteful, mean and
deceitful, and incapable of rendering
honest and efficient service to the Gov
ernment. For instance. He mas gotten
up a system Of reports in which these
special agents must account for every
moment Of their time. A single loop
hole is made the excuse to dock their
pay, and those among them indebted
to Heath or Hanna for their appoint
ments have to watch their p. s and Q. g
or lose their scalps,
Mr. Machen holds his job as a gold
Democrat, but whether he knows the
difference between a Cleveland gold
bug and a Bryan silver grasshopper,
one thing is sure and certain, he has
no use for a Hanna or a Heath Repub-
lican, and he persecutes all SUCH and
watches them with an Argus eye,
How he manages to square himself
w-,n the powers that be- and hold his
position is a mystery to the Republican
officials and rural free delivery agents
whom he does everything in an
official way to bring to grief.
While Mr.. Machen "stood in" with
Abner Mckinley, it was easy enough
to enact the role of Democratic per-
secutor of Heath or Hanna Republican
officials and play administration hench-
man at the Executive Mansion But
now that President Roosevelt is short
a brother to lift fat contracts and form
co.partnership with Mr.. Machen, the
mystery deepens how he holds on.
h.s official record is a black one,
even for a Republican to carry and
hons his job, much less an Ohio Demo
crat like Mr.. Machen. This official
record, too, is quite extensively spread
out on the pages Of the Congressional
Record, and is easily obtainable.
Sufficient therein exists for any Repub-
lican President, minus a brother Abner.
to remove from the public service such
an official as Mr. Machen. How long
IItblueul hOoheNell Will allow Inlb
Ohio (gold bug) Democrat to run the
Rural Free Delivery as his private
snap, and fine, persecute and remove
Republican agents and officials whom
he cannot use to do his dirty work is
at present problematcal inasmuch as
there is so much of the Augean stable
to clean in other quarters But that
Mr.. Mechen win be reached by the new
broom he can rest assured, for the pres
ent chief executive Of the nation has
the well-earned reputation of never for
getIng names or persons whose official
records are violations Of not only the
civil service law, but the law Of COM
mon honesty The Globe believes that
this Republican admistration will not
only assume cheerfully the responsible
ity Of conducting the government, but
that il will do so without the aid and
assistance Of Democrats who betrayed
their own party for the spoils Of Office
It Is a poor brand of patriotism, and
argues ill for the public service when
man will deliberately sell out his
party and its candidate for a political
Job This is precisely what Mr..
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