Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15


Castles Omce Has Few Cases.
The number of department clerks living
in adultery is an open scandal to every
posted person IN the Capital City And
these offending employees are of both sexes.
The GLOBE has on file numbers of cases
which are at the service of the Civil Ser.
vice Commissioners at any time they may
choose TO investigate the same Provided,
of course that the morality of government
employees is a question for official investiga.
ton
Washington City presents an unique and
distinct condition of the social vii from
that of any other city IN the United States.
or indeed, for that matter i'm the civilized
world
Here women indulge In forbidden rela.
uons with the opposite sex without sense
of degradation and without fear of the
usual results, such as social ostracism. rele-
CATION TO the ranks of the immoral out.
casts of society or other penalty customary
elsewhere. This is due in part but not
wholly to the large number of cases where
females to secure government positions
were compelled to sell themselves Co the
appointing powers.
The GLOBE has from time TO time given
specific cases where female applicants or
their male relatives have put us in posses
sion Of the facts. One notorious case, that
of a former Deputy Commissioner of Pcn-
sions who made Infamous proposals TO the
daughter Of an old soldier. attracted some
attention at the time of publication, prin-
cipally because the word deputy" was
omitted by the types, and the article read.
/ "A former Commissioner Of the Pension
Bureau Heads Of departments have re-
torted when fragrant cases have been
brought TO their attention that they had
nothing 10 do with the morality of the male
and female clerks out of Office hours"
During the past year we recall the pub
icatiou i'm these columns the details of two
/ female employees in the Agricultural Depart
I mcni who made dates through the mails
/ and we quoted from their letters aud other
evidence TO show that they were actually
street walkers.
This morning the GLOBE presents a sam
pie case TO the Civil Service Commissioners
Of numbers on file in this Office, which, as
stated, are at their service. There is a clerk
In Sixth Auditor Castles department who
publicly, and to the great scandal of the
decent people living In au apartment house
ON Tenth street, visits and remains an night
with a female employe of the Mail Bag
Repair Shop Drinking, swearing and
riotous scenes are of weekly occurrence.
IN this case both mother and daughter are
of uotorously immoral character. and fire.
quent complaints have been made at this
Office with earnest appeals TO expose them
Recently two female clerks were trans
ferred by Secretary Gage on am appeal bv
the wife of a prominent official IN the In
ternal Revenue Office, whom she accused of
cohabitation with herhusbaud The GLOBE.
of course is in possession of the names.
male and female, of the government depart
meut clerks and officials who thus offend
against the moral code and again we repeat
the Civil Service Commissioners are vel
come to the same and other information I'm
our possession.
Itis very unpleasant task for the GLOBE
TO be compelled siugly and alone to com
sulute itselfthe censor or the guardian of
the morals ofdepartment officials.
As a Democratic newspaper auda public
journal our duty impels us TO go so far. but
we insistenty hold that it is the duty Of the
Civil Service Commissioners TO bring To
judgment or punishment all trausgressors
of this character i'm the departments The
GLOBE has a long list of the accused. both
IN its published files and many who have
not been so far subjected to publicity
The evil of the female department clerk
and empioye was brought upon this
country by a foreiguer-the late Treasurer
Spinner - who although he became an
American citizen aud attained high rank iu
the army and civil life, was nevertheless
imbued with mouarchical principles and
although few mouarchies In Europe employ
female clerks, MI Spinner engraited the
system ON his adopted country.
The male applicant however qualified Is
al a discount IN a competitive yght for gov
ernment employment with the female
aspirant especially 10 she is good looking
and compliant This, of course, Is after
both pass the civil service examination and
are on the eligible list. Now the GLOBE
would rather lose the hand tracius these
lines than be understood as making the
iusinuations generally applicable to sue.
cessful female aspirants
There are many, very many in fact the
large majority of the females in the service
of the government who have come honor.
ably by their appointments, and who honor
ably hold the same. But the numbers of
female employees whom a nameless and
certain sinister influence" have enabled
20 secure employment in the departments
are patent to all men, especially the men u.s.
ing them for mistresses. These danes ought
to be weeded out of the departments in JUS
tice 70 the decent and reputable ladies who
are compelled TO work with them aud even to
suffer In the matter of promotion and other
departmental favors. Since the female
clerk has come TO stay in the departments
of the government It is the duty of the
Civil Service Commissioners 20 protcc, her
in the preservation OF that honor which is
the crowuiug glory of her womauhood. Let
us see II they viii do Il before the GLOBE