Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-12
TO Mr.. SMITH.
"A Farewell Blast by One of His Em-
ployes, Who Sizes Up the Stu.
alton Correctly.
Editor Sunday Globe.

Editor Sunday Globe.
The Post, Star and Times have gushed in
their usual tOady fashion on your retire
ment from the Post-office Department; and
people would almost be led to believe that
you we're the one and only postmaster gem
eral. To disabuse their minds it remains
as usual for the SUNDAY GLOBE, to lay
few plain facts before the people.
As was stated in a previous article, the
postal service comes nearer the whole peo-
pie than any other branch of the Govern
ment service, and should be farther re-
moved from political influence, but under
your administration the department has
been turned into a great big political
machine and the language Of the once
famous Tweed would very aptly apply:
THE people be damned, and you could
also we'll add the LAW for if the records
of the Civil Service were examined it
would be seen that there have been fewer
clerks drawn from the eligible list than
during any other administration since the
law went into effect and every subterfuge
to evade the law has been worked A lot
of temporary CLERKS we're appointed
which was as uncalled for as anything
could be, and when that plan would not
work people were taken from different
states and sent where an Office was about to
be classified, and such Office was filed with
people foreign to that state, who could not
pass civil service examination, then i'm
mediately after such Office was put inside
the civil service such clerks were trans.
ferred to Washington; some of the clerks
were shipped from other states, and are
now in Office here helping to swell the
already numerous cases of nepotism.
It is too we'll known that the Cuban pos
tai scandals never could have occurred had
you not been too much wrapped up in poll.
tics and either appointed or acquiesced in
the appointment Of lot of old political
hulks or young tricksters recommended by
P. S. HEATH & CO.
You we'll knew or should have known
that the supplies for that service were pur-
chased by HEATHS' puppet in the Division
of POst-office Supplies, and what could you
expect from such a source.
There is a great hurrah made about the
Rural Free Delivery, but let us remind YOU
that when you we're unknown except, per-
haps, as a political wind jammer, and A.
w. Machen was a Democratic peanut poll
tician along the banks of the MUDDY
MAUMEE, and who later conceived the
idea that it meant to invite his friends and
relations in from the rural districts and dis
tribute the appropriation among them at the
rate of eight dollars a day and expenses as
spoilers to oust Republicans, and MIKEY
LEWIS, the political hip-hopper, was too
busy trying to remember his assumed name
and keeping his coat well down to hide the
google appearance of the rear Of his PANTS,
your predecessor, John Wanamaker, had
worked out the plan of a Rural Free De.
livery and you have only copied it without
giving him any credit, yet you and your
friends would rattle in his shoes, while his
umbrella would not make a crown for your
hat.
When you return to your sanctum in the
state of QUAYDOM in that quiet village Of
Boodleville and read those gushing articles
you undoubtedly will feel yourself over and
exclaim can this mean ME-" but we would
advise you to take along few copies Of the
SUNDAY GLOBE, and after perusing some Of
the files 1t may bring you to your normal
condition, but remember the river is turned
on and the cleansing Of the Augean stables
has just commenced and you will soon have
MIKEY LEWIS with you, together with
Madden and Machen
So in your political demise we will with
out TEAR say goodbye.
PosT-oFFIcE EMPLOYEE.