Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-20

frank and manly about H. Send the warn.
ing notes direct from headquarters and not
by underhand systems scare the clerks into
submission.
But the assessment Of employees is but
one Of the many abuses practiced in the
eyes of the Civil Service Commission which
its members are powerless or have not the
inclination to prevent. During the cam.
paigu of 1890 the Democrats of the several
states organized an international associa.
ton. Il had its headquarters on New York
Avenue and many Democratic clerks be.
came members of 1t. We were Informed
not long ago by one of its officers that not a
single one of those members was allowed to
retain his place after McKinley's inaugura.
tion. They were discharged by whole.
sale from the Government Printing Office
and in the departments all were turned out
Of Office on one pretext or another until the
last one was gone. The Civil Service cloak
was no protection to them. If any Of them
made a protest and demanded a trial under
McKiney's order, they were sometimes
granted it. But they had better demanded
nothing charge of ineniciency was
trumped up and willing tools were ready
to make the charges good. Tie trial board
was worse than any drum head court mar.
tial, and no sort Of rules Of evidence were
observed Not only were the rules of evi.
dence not observed, but the charges them.
selves were so ridiculous that there was
nothing to base evidence upon
One Cabinet officer who makes a pretense
Of fairness adopted the most contemplate
methods. He would first reduce the clerk
TO a smaller position and then abolish that
place on the prctense it was no longer
needed, and thus turn the Democrat adrift.
When confronted with his meanness he
would promise another position, and In one
instance, after removing a man Just that
way be kept him dancing attendance at his
door making promises every day which ne
knew he did notintend 20 keep, until finally
after several months waiting he told his
victim he was sorry but could do nothing
In disgust and contempt for the Cabinet
officer who had thus lied 20 him. the gentle.
man left the city and went TO his home I'm
the West. 1t was bad enough to reduce
him FIRST without cause worse to abolish
his second position when he knew that
when the man back was turned h. would
restore the place and put a Republican in.
but the meanest of all was to promise an.
other place and keep the man on expenses
until he had wasted almost all he had, and
then say he could do nothing. It showed
that the Cabinet officer was not only
malicious but that he was coutempubly
mean and had no moral conception of what
the truth was. This is but a sample Of the
many mean, low things done by that mem
Der of the Presidents official family. We
don't believe he would have done it, how.
ever, had the wronged person had Member
of Congress back of him. Unfortunately
for the poor fellow, there was not a Demo.
crat in either house Of Congress from his
state and he had no backing.
That same Cabinet officer was most kind
TO his own, and he put a man in who made
it his business to bully and degrade the
employees, until public opinion compelled
him to let him go, if the truth Is told, and
we have no reason TO believe il is not
This brings as TO another phase of this
Civil Service business, and that is. Is there
nerve enough among the Democrats in Con-
gress to make an attempt to put a stop TO
such abuses' Shall they go on unchecked