Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-03
AN Open letter
To the PreSident of the United
States by a Clerk.
THE THINGS HE KNOWS OF
And Which He Specifically Lays Before Mr.
Roosevelt for Redress and Reformation An
Able Expose With Facts and Figures From tho
Inside Of tho Pension Office, Which Are Thor
Oughly Authenticated.

NNHIlI NANNWNNNANNH
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT: You have as
sumed the duties and responsibilities
of your high Office under circumstances
which should command the respect
and earnest support of every true, pa
triotic citizen in the country. In a
certain sense you are the peoples
President. You have reached your ex-
alCed position by virtue Of your noble
Impulses and high qualities. By sheer
force Of character and fidelity to high
ideals you have broken the power of
corrupt and selfish politicians, and
marched bravely up to the head Of
nation that has absolute confidence in
your ability, honesty and courage.
This trinity Of high qualities is es.
sential in a chief magistrate who must
rely upon the people in his struggle
aaginst the diabolical intrigues and de-
testable Vaccinations of the enemies
Of honest decent government. That
you will be Utterly assailed as you pro-
ceed in your reform work by every
prince Of privilege and beneficiary Of
monopoly no one can doubt who has
observed their past efforts to fustrate
and nullify everything that is made for
purity of politics, honesty in legisla-
tion or justice in the administration
of government. You are under no OBJ
legation to any man, faction or party.
You are absolutely free and untram-
melled. No man ever entered the
White House so entirely free from poll
cal obligations.
Your nomination for the Office Of
Vice.president was made against your
earnest protest. You sought by every
honorable means in your power to pre-
vent your name being presented to the
convention, but when the nomination
came to you unanimously, you bowed
graciously to the will of the party to
which you had been always loyal, and
entered upon the campaign with char
acteristic vigor. Your tour across the
country was greeted by immense
crowds anxious to see and hear, not
N4ce-president, but to see and hear the
man who, next to Admiral Schley, was
the most talked Of man in connection
with the war in Cuba.
On the very threshold Of your ad-
ministration you are confronted with
certain magnificent opportunities
which your well-known independence,
your fearless, frank democracy and
your record as an executive in the city
and state of New York offer abundant
hope that you will be equal to the occa-
sion without violating your promise
to continue unbroken the policy Of your
predecessor. it lies within your power
to redeem fully and completely the
pledges made by the Republican party
in national conventions assembled.
Supplemented with certain initiatives
that will make your administration
memorable and worthy of the contid-
ence tnat will turn to you for a second
administration. First Of the oppor-
tunities that await you is the oppor-
tunity of extirpating ,ne favoritism,
corruption, injustice, ineficiency and
immortality that to-day prevails in the
Pension Office, and which has resulted
in the complete elimination Of the
merit system.
Realizing that you cannot accom-
plish this difficult work without being
furnished with specific violations and
infraction of the letter and spirit Of
the Civil Service law, We herewith sup
ply you with a few notable instances,
some of which you can verify in your
own Office by reference to the register
of the Interior Department.
First He has conducted the office
solely in the interests of his relatives
and friends, and with a total disregard
of the interests of the public service,
On April 13, 1897, he appointed his
nephew, Seward L. Terry to position
in the Penison Office, and within two
months. May II 1897, he promoted him
to 81. 1000 the highest salary paid to
any clerk in the bureau According
to law this salary should be paid solely
to chiefs of divisions and principal
examiners, that is, clerks in the Board
Of Review But law has no restraining
power when Mr.. Evans desires to ad-
vance the interests Of his relatives,
consequently Mr.. Terry draws the sal
airy Of a principal examiner and per
forms the duties Of a copyist the sal
airy for the same being according TO
law. 5000 He appointed his nelce'
Nellie G. Terry, a position in the othce
December H. 1900, and on February IA,
1oJi. within two months he promoted
her to 81 800
Second. He has reduced the best eX-
aminers In the Bureau to $500 and
$1,000. while scores Of copyists have
been promoted to $1,000 and $1,000.
III IL. hoe al enfsir m mated mn1ugt-