Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
INTERNAL Trouble
In the Internal Revenue Office Just
Come to Light.
SECRETARY GAGE TAKES A HAND
And SOIOmOn-IIte Settles The Difficulty By
Transfer - The Gay and Festive Officials
and Certain Female Clerks lnCIte a Wlfes
Jealousy and She Brings The Matter Before
the Secretary

Two lady clerks were transferred
by order Of Secretary Gage from the
Internal Revenue Office Thursday last
on representations made by the wife Of
an official in the Internal Revenue Of
fee.
OF course the usual story is not
wanting Of hubbys inhdelity. a wifes
jealousy and the spinster's designing
raid upon the pocketbook and affec-
tions of the official. but The Globe
while willing to assume every risk and
even to take long shots in an effort to
purify the public service, cannot CON
scientiously particularize by name the
offending parties when no legal action
has been taken by the aggrived per
son. In the present case Secretary
Gage must have found some mitigating
circumstances, for it is stated that he
ordered the dismissal from the service
OF the two female clerks but subse-
quently reconsidered his decision
and had them simply transferred to
Keep peace in the family. Now this
transfer may mean catering to an ex-
citable woman's unfounded jealousy
and an unjust suspicion Of the accused
clerks or IL could be construed into
Scotch verdict of guilty but not
proven" and people will take their
choice according TO their tempera-
ments and knowledge of the facts.
The Globe prefers to remain neutral
on the facts coming to its knowledge
of this detachable scandal in the Inter.
nal Revenue Office. And these facts
are in brief
That several Of the male officials
and of the female clerks have been
noticably intimate, insofar as being
seen in divers and sundry places Of
resort and recreation together: that
the diamonds worn by the ladies' are
increasing in size, brilliancy and
quantity, while their fortunate pos.
SCISSORS are becoming daily more in.
efficient as clerks and more independ-
ent Of Office restraint and dis
cipline and that the other spinsters in
he Office are jealous and disgruntled,
thereby practically disorganizing the
Office force.
Such in substance, is the ground
work, so to speak. Of the official drama
with only a few stars but a numerous
support of envious and tale bearing
tittle-tattle, big and little. and male
and female members of the company
ltwas through the medium Of those lat
ter that the wife of one Of the accused
officials had her eyes opened and her
ears blistered with alleged specific acts
on the part Of her husband which
would not look well even I'm a member
of the Grumbine inner circle in the
order Of the White Rose, and she there
upon visited the scene, and "PaTson"
Gage as the boys irrevently desig-
nate the dignihed secretary Of the
Treasury, with the result stated, Of a
compromise verdict; or rather a separa-
tion Of the offending parties. Thus
the Solomon Of the Treasury peace
fully settled what might have been de-
veloped into a great public scandal,
divorce, correspondents, etc. There is
nobody seriously hurt in the scrimage
and as Washington is a good sliced
though quiet town. those who are tenn
porarily separated can take heart
they may meet again. Having had some
experience in indiscreet manifestations
Of their preferences, thereby exciting
the jealousy Of the envious and disap. |
pointed. they will for the future be
more circumspect and cease giving |
cause for oficial scandal, wife's ieal. |
ousy and The Globes notice Of names |
dates, charges and persons.
And the curtain Is, therefore, rung |
down on the first act, the only real |
sufferer being The Globe which will |
now be accused Of Selling out" be- |
cause It has withheld the names and |
other assumed facts placed in its pos
session. No bouquets for us either
way-but an approving conscience.