Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-09

The recent expose in Englishman HYde's
division of the Agricultural Department
illustrated to the Congress the manner and
methods of filling the departments with the
relatives, friends and concubines of the de-
partment chiefs and high stationary officials
here in Washington. Let Congressman.ask
a Hyde a Machen, Lewis, Deland, Ly-
man, a Ford, an Allies or an Austin for an
appointment for a constituent and these
chaps will throw up their hands in solemn
rrotestation that. "the thing is impossible,
ali their clerks must be certified by the
Civil Service Commission, and all appli-
cants must take the Civil Service examina-
tion Some of them will go even further
and lyingly assert that owing to the per-
manent census law there win not be vacan.
cies in their departments for the next ten
vearsr' The Civil Service Commission and
the GLOBE know that they lie and that at
the very tame they are putting up such a
talk to a Congressman OF a Senator they
have some new concubiue in training to fill
a walking Job in their several departments
The cases of the applicants recently in
Hyde S division were so outrageous that the
Commissioners finally woke up and revoked
the fraudulent examination, wherein the
eve lambs Hyde had selected from his list
of skilled laborers to ill clerical jobs we're
furnished the lists of questions and an
swers in advance. Why a Congressional
committee OF investigation into Hyde's ad-
rninistration of his division as well as into
the administration Of the other officials men,
toned has not already been appointed, is
due solely to the active work being done by
Mark Hanna aud Others Of his ilk' among
the peoples Representatives
That Congress, however, may not even
have the excuse of ignorance as to what is
going on, we give space to the following
from the inside Of Hyde's division and the
matter supplementary thereto furnished as
By his own clerks
HYDE THE ENGLISH COCK SPARROW, A
DEFENSE.
Editor SUNDAY Globe:
1t occurs to the undersigned that the
newspapers and the Civil Service Commis-
sion are just little severe on the distin-
guished John Hyde, who presides over the
region Of statistics in the Agricultural De-
partment Without his consent or instiga-
ton the undersigned volunteers merited
defense of the expert statistician.
1t is claimed that Hyde is an English
"a.
that he was appointed by Secretary Morton
to his present position during the second
administration of Cleveland. He can't
help that 1t is claimed that he was ap,
pointed from Omaha. He can't help that.
Il is claimed that he was not naturalized
then nor has he been since He can't help
that under the plea that once an English
cock sparrow always one.
At the time he was appointed to his pres
ent position at $4,000 per annum he was
S., 500 clerk in the Division of Publications.
He can't help that, even if he was, under
the merit system, lifted over the heads
Of tried and competent Americans.
II is well known that during his connec-
ton with the Eleventh Census he violated
the law by furnishing for a financial con
sideration information that belonged to the
United States Government He can't help
that it's Hyde's way.
The papers of this city the Times. the
Star and the Post have gently roasted
HYDE for charging the Government SI6o for
trip to the Pacific on passes furnished by
some newspaper with which he claims con
nectiou. He can't help that; it's Hyde's
way. Some of them even intimated that
when he rendered his account he affirmed
under oath that he had paid the publishers,
when in reality settlement was not made
for year afterward, aud then under com
pulsion What of that? That's Hyde's way.
correspondent for your paper, Mr..
Editor, intimated lately that Mr.. Hyde, on
a certain occasion, made hasty trip to
New York, and Immediately after the pub
lication of certain statistics in a metropoi-
tan paper, cotton took jump of some fifty
points What Of thatp That's Hyde's way.
aat 1 fssffs Na.H 80.
that Hyde had great fondness for the NUT
ton from a 'ewe lamb" He's not to
be blamed for that He's built that way
Hyde's plan of conducting promotions is
unique. Anticipating the recent orderof
President Roosevelt against all sorts of out
side influence ia favor of advancement, he
devised 4 plan of his own The person or
persons who loan him money and are not
too exacting for repayment have a sure
method of receiving the desired promotion
II at once establishes the necessary merit
and results in the coveted uplift, and when
the top round Of the ladder has been
reached In the statistical division, il will
secure transfer to another division az a still
higher salary Some hypocritical Ameri-
cans who are not entirely in sympathy with
this exhibition Of Civil Service reform, are
disposed to criticize this plan How IN
reasonable IT'S Hyde's peculiar way, and
that's all there is TO that.
In the application Of this principle, with
possibly a slight variation, Hyde has made
a record for himself. He has given three
Of the most important clerical positions in
his division to three Englishmen, two at
81 500 per year and one at $50 per day.
One Of the Engiishmen receiving 81, 800