The Sunday globe., 1901-07-07
VILE HYPOCRISY
To Influence the Ohio Campaign,
VIII it Work Again

The daily press announced the fol-
lowing the past week:
"By special appointment, the Presi
dent was waited upon by Mrs, Gran
dali, of the Woman's Relief Corps of
the Union Veterans Union, and Mrs.
Peck, Of the Woman's 4,elief Corps Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
ladies were accompanied by r, G. Dy-
renforth, Commanderin-Chief of the
Union Veterans Union, and Command
er Stone, of the Department of the Po-
tomac, Grand Army Of the Republic.
A petition was presented to the Presi-
dent prepared ny the associations, set
ting forth the claims of the widows
and daughters of veterans to special
consideration in the direction in which
relief is asked 1t was urged upon the
President that no injustice was aimed
at any clerks now holding the posi-.
tions, but that future vacancies were
i'm consideration. -
The following letter. addressed to
the President, at his request, in regard
to the matter, has been written by
General Dyrenforth, endorsing the pc
tition:
"Mr, Presidents:
II ask you, in the interest Of the wild
ow Of the veteran Of the Civil War and
| OF the daughter Of such widow. where
the mother Is unable to work, to relieve
the positions Of skilled laborer in the
various Departments and branches OF
the Government service from the re-
| strlctions of the civil service rules.
You will remember that on two oc-
casions ] had the honor to appear be-
fore you and present a committee. com.
posed Of Mrs. Crandall, OF the Wom-
ans Veteran Relief Union Corps of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, and Com.
mander Stone, of the Grand Army Of
the Republic and laid this matter be-
fore yoN, With great respect,
"R. G. DYRENFoRTH,
"CommanderinC Chief"
Five years after Mr.. McKinley's in
auguration, with Congress Republican
in both branches, it mas been found
necessary to present His EXcellency
the foregoing. Is comment necessary
to show the undiluted hypocrisy Of the
present Administration?
All over the Northern States il is
given out by the strikers of the Ad-
ministration that the soldier and his
widow have the preference in vacan-
cies in the public service, to which
they are qualified. Every old soldier
widow and daughter Of a veteran in
this city knows that this claim is a
lie, pure and simple We are prepared
to furnish any and every doubling cit
izen, and answer the challenge Of any
and every Administration heeler with
facts establishing the truth Of what
we here allege, viz: that not only is 1t
a base and premeditated lie that sol
diers their widows, or their daughters
are preferred but, on the contrary,
these classes of applicants are alscrim-
mated against in every Department
of the public service under the McKin-
ley Administration.
We will go further and give names,
positions and dates where men with
medals Of honor on their breasts have
been degraded and reduced from the
positions they held when the Mckinley
Administration came into office, and
are now working as common laborers
at the lowest compensation allowed /.
for this grade OF work. Commissioner /
Evans has been held responsible by the /
G. A. R.. and old soldiers generally. /.
for the Interpretation Of the pension .
laws enacted by Congress, when, as a
matter OF fact, be has been specially .
instructed by this hypocritical Admin
to "go slow" "cut down" and .
'disallOw' wherever possible the
claims and applications Of veterans
The Ohio campaign is now on, and
,.r. Mckinley is especially interested
in the success of the Republican State
ticket, as the Republican platform and
The issues Of the campaign are the in
lorsements of his Administration
foreign and domestic. Hence, to secure
he soldier vote the press Of Washing
on informs us that at his special re.
luest General Dyrenforth penned the
etter quoted
It is the same old game we have
ieen successfully carried through for
he past tweHty years. The dense stu
,idity or unreasoning patriotism, or
10th, with which old soldiers are af-
licted are depended on by the Repub.
lean party to whip them into line
wen when ex-Conf9derates hold down
positions ranging in salaries from one
o two thousand dollars per annum and
x-Union soldiers, to our own knSwl-
dge, in the same Departments, sweep
he floors. dust the desks, wash the
uspidores and wait upon the soiled
loves OF Senators, Congressman and
Ugh officials!
Bah! our soul is sick OF such dam
able hypocrisy