The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09
SIMPLY AWFUL!
Public Printer Palmer Places in
Charge Of Women
THE EX.PARTNER AND HUSBAND
OF the Pro rIetresS Of an Indianapolis BagIno.
Discharged by Mr. Benedict. He is Again
RenStated by Mr. PaIner-A Recent Inde-
cent Occurrence in The G. p. 0.-ML Palmer
VIII Have 10 Take Action


The Globe suppresses the names In
this article to afford Mr.. Palmer the
Public Printer, a chance to investigate
the charges, and dismiss the men en-
planned Of from the Government
Printing Office. The names Mr.. Palm
er knows himself, quite we'll, but IL he
pleads ignorance, the editor Of The
Globe will furnish them, and also a
marked copy Of the Indianapolis Sen
tinel of the date indicated.
The charges The Globe makes are.
that a certain employee Of Mr.. Palm
ers, holding responsible position
where decent and virtuous women
come in daily contact with him, and
are subject to his orders, is the hus-
band of woman who for quarter of
a century or more was the proprietress
OF a house of public prostitution in
the city Of Indianapolis.
The gravity Of this charge makes
The Globe seriously responsible If the
facts alleged are untrue, but that they
are true in every particular VIC have
only to recall to Mr.. Palmer notice
the fact that the man complained of
was discharged by Public Printer
Benedict, and reinstated by Mr. Palm.
er himself!
The second charge we desire to d.
rect the attention Of the Public Prin.
ter to is the case Of another employee
who was recently reported for d..
tempting liberties with a female EN-.
ployee who worked under the super
vision of the husband Of the Indian.
apolis prostitute. This man was re.
ported to Mr. Palmer by the insulted
lady and after a full inves sLgation
he was discharged or rather, reduced
and assigned to work elsewhere at
laborers wages, with this distinction.
however that he receives one dollar
per diem more compensation for the
work he is doing than has been here
tofore paid to men employed on this
particular work Now, I'm reference
to this man, it is possible, and pei
haps pardonable, to overlook his Of
tense, and that he has been pun.
ished enough in being reduced from
his former position. There Is, there.
fore, no demand particularly for any
further discipline in his case, except
that he be paid the same wages as
other laborers on similar work.
It is different, however, in the case
of the aforementioned party. He may
have reformed, it is true. and his wife
may also have changed her immoral
mode of life Mary Magdalene, and
other distinguished examples of re.
formed women, would apparently jus.
tify the supposition that the ex-bag.
MO proprietress is now or may be a
reformed and honest woman. OF this
The Globe has no knowledge. Our
information simply covers the fact
that she kept one Of the most notori.
Gus houses in Indianapolis for almost
thirty years, and that her husband
shared in the profits Of the nefarious
traffic, that he was her copartner in
the vile business, and that he Is now
i'm authority over virtuous women in
department Of the Federal Govern
ment. The indianapolis Sentinel Gov
cred the entire ground Of the charges
here made with the additional details
which we are prevented from repro
ducing now for obvious reasons. A
valued correspondent writing The
Globe on this topic, pertinently OBJ
serves:
Now, how are we to expect any
improvement in the morals of depart
mental employment when the heads
of departments will appoint such men
When they will cite a man to answer
the charge of taking improper liber
ties with females while employed al
their duues in this office, and after
his failure to refute the charge, put
him back to work again? 1t matters
not that they degraded him, and put
him to menial labor; it is an offense
against public morals and public de-
cency to allow him in the building at
all. Besides, he is being paid SO per
day for the same class of work other
men are doing for So. In the Lame
Of all decency, Mr.. Palmer, unload
these men. Give us a higher type of
manhood 1t is an insult to decent
men and women to assign them 70
work under a foreman who has know
ingly allowed his wife to run a brothel
for years! Cleanse you Office, and
make it respectable!
II MI IdllutI lBuUlte lulb al llClt
a copy of which we shall send to his
address, the editor Of The Globe will
be compelled, in the interests Of pub.
lice morality, to address a personal
communication to President McKin'
ley
If the Indianapolis expartner Of a
bagnio must be kept in the employ
ment of a Republican administration,
let him be assigned to duties where
he will not come in contact with or
have authority over pure women.
We believe in reformation, and this
man and his wife may be now re-
formed; as stated, we do not know
that such is a fact but true or false,
reform is going a little too far in Sc
lecting a man with his former reputa-
tion, environments, and business" for
the care Of and supervision over wo.
men who shudder at the very sugges-
tion Of contact with the partner Of
brothel
It is Mr. Palmer's move.