The Sunday globe., 1901-05-26

he was promptly discharged by this inn
ported Jew. We have to pause here to
allow our indignation to cool of.
Resuming the narrative, The Globe
will now direct attention to even more
serious phase of this affair. Superin-
tendent Lewis had himself declared
Chairman of the Awarding Committee
OF Three Members, to whom all bids for
supplies are submitted and who are au-
thorized TO award contracts for the same.
These supplies consist of oordage, sta
tionery Of all kinds, twines and INK.
Stick a pin in this item of ink, gentle
reader, and keep it there until we come
to it.
The .postoffice supply division furnish
every postoflice in the United States and
its subject kingdoms, provinces and
principalitles all the twines, steel
stamps, stationery, ink and other sup
plies used in the respective offices. An
nually the supply division invites bids
for these articles and the three members
sit in committee of the whole, examine
the bids and make the awards.
There is in Cincinnati firm of which
the head, Mr.. Ault, is a countryman, ac-
quaintance, friend and, we believe, a
relative of superintendent Lewis. This
firm sells ink. Mr.. Lewis discovered
that the ink used by his predecessor was
no good. He discovered, too, by pro-
cess of Polish Hebrew mathematical cal
culation that some of the highest bidders
were the lowest. Mr.. Lewis differed
from his American born colleagues on
the board, and insisted on awarding con-
tracts to the firms he had selected. The
two members, a majority of the board,
made their report to Mr. Heath and their
awards to the lowest and best bidders
Mr.. Lewis made his report also, and the
awards he had decided upon. Mr.
Heath, strange (?) to say, decided in
favor of Mr.. Lewis and the firms to whom
he had awarded the contract. Whereat
there was scandal. But the scandal was
intensified when Superintendent Lewis
had the most important item in the
schedule of awards Withdrawn from the
same and had the power conferred on
him by Mr.. Heath to go into the open
market and purchase the ink wherever
he pleased. Now, gentle reader, with
draw that pin and follow Mr.. Lewis to
Cincinnati. The Polish Jew friend and
countryman of Mr.. Lewis furnished the
inkl Nay! he not only furnished ii but
every pound of ink in the supply divis-
ion was ordered destroyed by Superin-
tendent Lewis, and when the engineer
refused to put any more of IL in his fur
naces Lewis had the ink carted out TO the
dump in its original vessels and had them
emptied on the public dumpl
He then ordered every postoflice under
the flag OF the Republic supplied with
the Ault n Wilborg Cincinnati ink and
in such quantities that protests came in
from the unsophisticated American post
masters, as to the waste, extravaganza
and unnecessary quantities OF ink with
which they were being loaded up. These
officials never dreamed that they were
under the reign of Mr.. Perry Heath's
Polish Jew. There-was peace IL. warsaw
! for a brief spell, but Mr.. Lewis issued
another ukase that nobody who was not
a bone fide manufacturer could bid on
twine. Hence his friend, Mr.. Helm, who
never had manufactured pound of iute
| twine, secured the award. Mr.. Helm
was agent of Fuller g. Co., but 1t is
Helms name alone which appears on the
old sacks. This iute, which was 6-95 per
pound when Mr.. Lewis took charge of
the office, cost the Government of the
United States 1895 per pound last year
Even, the cringing Schofield, chief clerk
for Superintendent Lewis, was seen to
blush at these figures.
This is all the space The Globe can
spare Lewis this week. We propose to
sequel this write-up until we get the
aoa1p of Mr. Texyis as we have the doom
ments to back up our demand.