The Sunday globe., 1901-07-07
NEEDED REFORMS
Which The Globe Expects Commits
SiOner Evans to Effect.
HIS TENURE OF OFFICE ASSURED
An AmalOnan Widow and an Assistant Chief In
tho 0ffIos Need Attention, Also Widow
Credited 10 State She Never SsW-Tho
Gentleman Touched Up Last Week and
New 0na Added 10 the Llst-MOra Anon.

We tried to say editorially on Sun
day last, under the caption, "Sickles. !
Evans" that Evans appears to be the
only honorable, straightforward indi
vidual of the whole bunch" but the
linotype man cut us of at straight
and finished the sentence. on the eighth
page in the article Our own meats
where the omitted words appear pre-
ceding the preamble and resolutions of
the butchers. VERY appropriately" it
will be observed, no, doubt, inasmuch
as the "able editorial" was butcher
ed" between the linotype man and the
galley boy
Heretofore, the. Pension once has
not claimed as much Of The Globes
attention as it otherwise would have
received, because we had supposed,
like others, that the head Of the De-
partment was about to be relieved,
and we were awaiting the advent of
new Commissioner. Mr.. Mckinley can
not afford to remove Hon. II. Clay
Evans without leaving his Administra-
ton open to the entire press Of the
country for adverse comment. The re-
moval would be direct confirmation
Of General Sickles' charge that Mr..
MeKinley's representatives-the Ma
tional Republican Committee-made a
disgraceful and dishonorable deal to
oust from Office an official who as 1t
appears, was but simply carrying out
the Administration orders in trim
ming down" the old soldier pensions,
their widows and their orphans. An
article elsewhere, from our commits
sioner in New York, ueals more at
length with this "oily Mckinley" mat
/ ter Of pensions and pensioners, The
present excerpt is, therefore confined
/ to the Pension Once direct, and to the
| Commissioner himself.
AS to the Commissioner, Hon. H..
Clay Evans The Globe believes that
he is prompted in handling the affairs
Of the office, as far as possible, under
the snide civil service rules, not to do
an Injustice to any clerk, but II is be-
vond his power to have personal
| knowledge Of each employe and he has
to accept to a great extent the state
ment of officials as to affairs OF the Of
/ fee Many Of these officials he is not
responsible for, either their appoint
ment or promotion.
As stated in last Sundays Globe
and this information comes from a
creditable source-the President has
] 80 Mr ca
long as Mr. Evans desires to remain
The onslaught on hitti the President
knows. is not due to acts OF Mr.. Evans
/ conception, as he was merely the Ad.
ministrative officer who obeyed orders
from higher authority.
As Commissioner Evans term of Of
fee will be regulated by his pleasure
in the matter. The Globe this morning
presents few suggestions to him with
a view of lettering morally and Of
fcially his office.
He is a man of character In private
life and Of integrity in the official and
business world, and it is believed that
if he wifi carefully investigate the fol-
lowing statements he will find several
officials whose term of official life could
be cut short by removal and thereby
greatly improve the efficiency and mo-
rality of the public service.
The letters received at Tie Globe Of
flee indicate that the cursory remarks
last Sunday, relative to the Pension
Office and incidentally to Messrss
Kelly, Cuddy BroOkes and Johnnie
Woods met with the general indorse-
ment of the employees Of that office,
Let Mr.. Evans, by way of the initia-
hve in the matter, take one Of his as
sistants-there are only two. One Of
tuem is 2 man above reproach, and it
is well known to nearly every emplOye
Of his office to which one these com
ments apply This man was employed
for number OF years ia the otnce be-
fore being elevated TO an Assistant
Commissionership. He has a wife and .
grown children, and this reason alone .
precludes naming him. He Is man
of no official capacity and the loose life
he has led since being promoted is in
dicative of no respectability or sense
of common decency. He is the con-
slant companion of sn Amazonian-
built female. This woman dresses in
the height of fashion, and flaunts her
held upon this Assistant Commissioner
in the eyes Of every respectable female
1t i within the power
Of Mr. Evans to easily ascertain all
about the matter and lift from the Of
fetal trough a man so lost to all
the proprieties 1t is up to Mr.. Evans
% act
As to Walter Brooks, the man Of the
attainments, it would not be
lnwise for the Commissioner to call
lim upon the carpet" and make a few
nuuiries as to how a certain widow
secured an appointment, said to be
through the civil service, too, as resi-
lent OF a State in which she never set
DOT Mr.. Brooks probably knows her;
II fact, his memory could be logged by
he information that she resides on
capitol Hill and was recently at At
antic City. Mr. Brooks has charge Of
he records and ought to know-prob-
.bly does know-and no doubt would
,e pleased to give full information; at
III events. let Mr.. Evans make a few
Inquiries. His inquiry will do no harm,
nd at all risks would be beneficial to
he service.
Chief Law Clerk Cuddy may be a
arren field for inquiry as to legal
but it would be in the line
f his duty for the Commissioner to I
all Lawyer Cuddy into the room and !
ave one Of the youngsters who are '
tudying law in the office act as quiz 4
laster, with a view of ascertaining h
he depth OF Barrister Cuddy's famil- I