Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-20

death of General Beccher and thereby for
feited her pension of $50 per month. Her
second husband died some time ago and
left her poor and more IN need of a pension
than at the death of General Beecher
So she has again resortcd 70 the Washington
attorney for advice and assistance in the
matter He has filed the claim, but is de.
barred by Section 2 Incorporated by Evans
in the law, from further action IN her be-
half
This case Is given as an illustration Of the
disingeuuousnessi If not absolute official dis
honesty Of this stipendiary Of Wall street
who bosses the Pension Department
However, out in Ohio the old soldiers
have determined to admonish President
Roosevelt that his Commissioner Of Pen
sions is regarded as an enemy Of the old
soldiers, their widows and their orphans
And this they propose doing by voting in
November next for Col James Kilbourn,
the veteran soldier who heads the Demo
cratic gubernatorial ticket, and repudiate
George X. Nash, the present governor and
a one hundred.day soldier. The Repub
hcan managers Of the campaign are moving
Heaven and earth to head off this detection
and the past week Washington has been
fairly flooded, or rather the departments
with a printed slip taken from the ohio
state journal, September 80. 1901, appeal
ing for funds to the Ohio clerks and officials
so numerous in each one of the departments
of the Federal government. This appeal is
ingeniously drawn to whip the devil
around the stump" otherwise the Civil
Service law, which prohibits soliciting cam
paign contributions from any officer or en-
ployee of the United States in any room or
building occupied by him in the discharge
of his official duties.
The printed slip sent out admonishes the
clerks that it is no violation of the law to
address a letter or make a contribution to
Mr. W. t. Burdel Board Of Trade build
ing. whois the treasurer of the Republican
campaign fund And Mr. Burdcll is quoted
as saying
while the campaign this year is just as
important as the one two years ago, and
Democratic victory this year would be just
as disastrous ., the country and Just as
great a menace TO our present prosperity
and the expense of running the campaign
this year will be just as large as was The ex.
peuse two years ago 1t has been decided
not to send out this year the circular OBJ
iected TO by the Civil Service Commission
the country realize the importance Of this
years campaign fu Ohio. Realizing the
importance of this years campaign, we feel
sure that Republicans all over the country
will gladly render their assistance without
waiting for the lormality of a letter from
our committee lis only necessary they
should know that we will be glad Of their
help"
The editor of the GLOBE is familiar with
the sneaky ways of Bill" Burdeu the
treasurer of the Republican campaign com.
mttee, but II took more brains and bigger
head than that small fry politician has ON
his shoulders TO invent the foregoing scheme
for the shake-down of federal employees
and officials and at the same time dodge the
provisions Of the civil service law. It is
the cry of Help me, Cassius, or ] sink "
and coming from the source, that it does, is
the surest evidence Of the hard straits the
Republican party of Ohiois in at the present
time The old soldiers are making them.
selves felt, and there is nothing can save
Governor Nash and the Republican state
ticket, but the immediate and prompt de-
capitation of II. Clay Evans, Commissioner
of Pensions.
viii President Roosevelt do it2