Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-03

until life was made so miserable that
one sought refuge from such intoler-
able conditions by suicide.
Fifth. He retains men and women at
.gh salaries who are absolutely worth
less, while intelligent, hard.worhng
clerks are reduced to the lowest salar-
les. AS a rule he has rewarded the
drones and punished the workers.
Sixth He is not bound or governed
by any fixed rules i'm his administra-
tion of the Office, but by his passions
and prejudices and political and social
influence He will discharge or reduce
a clerk to-day and a month hence in
obedience to political or social influ-
ence viii reinstate him. This has
been done in scores Of instances.
Seventh. Although he is continually
denouncing Washington pension at
torneys as sharks" he maintains the
attorneys room for their sole bene.
At at the enormous cost of $4,000 per
year. The maintainence of this insti-
tuition is an unjust discrimination in
favor Of the Washington attorneys
Eighth. He has ignored the act of
May 9, 1900, directing him to rate pen.
sions under the act Of June q, 1890,
on the aggregate ratings of the dis
abilities founded by the Boards of Ex-
amining Surgeons.
Eleventh. He has encouraged lying,
talebearing, falsehood, Hypocrisy, ETC.,
until to-day the working force is COM
pletely demoralized and the work so
carelessly and slovenly performed that
ii is a burning, blistering disgrace to
the American people.
Twelfth He does not seek for intel
ligence and executive ability in his
chiefs. but brutal tyranny and a sub
missive acuuiesence in his shameful
wrong doing.
Thirteenth. There is circumstan-
tial evidence sufficient to satisfy an i'm.
partial mind that he has appointed
men to positions in the classified serv-
ice who have not passed a civil service
examination. For instance c. IT.
Paige drove the Pension ONCE wagon
for over a year and was then transfer
red to the Southern Division. He is
now receiving 81 200 per year. How
driving a wagon prepares and qualities
a man for clerical duties is one Of the
questions that Mr.. Evans must answer.
Fourteenth. He has transferred eX-
cement examiners from adjudicating
divisions to the rejecting section Of the
Board of Review to crafty the petty
spite Of a narrOw-minded and preju-
diced section chief
Fifteenth That the men that he has
promoted from Pennsylvania are all
machine men and are now at their re-
spective homes to secure the election
Of candidates whom Postmaster Hicks,
Of Philadelphia, has denounced as can
didates representing a combination
that stands for political highway rob
berry, blackmail jobbery in public con-
tracts, stolen franchises protection Of
vice and everything in politics calcu.
lated to bring shame upon the fair
name of our state.
These are a few Of the charges The
Globe presents to you Mr.. President
with a view to a thorough investigation
of Mr. Evans administration Of the
Pension Bureau
We are perfectly satisfied that II you
could realize how this man has prosti'
tuted his official authority to advance
the interests Of his relatives and
friends, you would not tolerate him
another day, you would drive him
from the position he has disgraced as
Christ drove the money changers from
the temple. He has not manifested
any interest in the public welfare or
the slightest desire to do justice You
cannot order an investigation a NOM
ent too soon. It will show that Evans,
Davenport, Warfeld, Bayly, Dalton,
Campbell, Garrison and scores Of
others have conspired to utterly de-
stroy every vestige Of the merit system.
AS long as they retain a shred Of Off
cial authority. the Office cannot be ad-
ministered as you would have it ad-
ministered.
Turn the rascals out and let the
American idea Of equal and exact JUS
tice supersede the EyansDayenport
Anglo-Saxon idea Of personal favorit-
ism and oppression.
JUSTICE.