Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-25


Veteran Preference Order Contemp-
tuously Ignored.
August w. Machen, Chief of the Rural
Free Delivery Department of the Postofice,
has again fallen on his feet. Mr.. Machen
is the luckiest sub-official drawing salary
under the present administration. Origi
nally Democratic appoinJee he has held
on through Republican administrations and
has weathered every gale. Even when
forced TO place his resignation in the hands
of the Postmaster General Abner McKiu-
ley came to his rescue and saved him. Re-
Gently the GLOBE had him going again, in
fact he was on the toboggan sliding grace
fully but surely out of Office when no less
parsonage than Archbishop Ireland came
to his assistance and to-day Mr.. Machen
holds his head high and steps out with his
chest expanded, whereas previous to the
visit of the Archbishop to First Assistant
Postmaster WYune Mr.. Machen was crawl
ing around with dropping head and down
cast looks
The Star briefly noticed that Archbishop
Ireland was closited for an hour with Mr..
Wyune and the GLOBE ever on the alert
Immediately surmised a portion at least
Of that prelate's business with Mr.. Wynue.
We soon ascertained that our surmise was
correct. Mr. Wynne is a Catholic, 50 is his
ehief t4,rk, M. Hawley, who was APP
pointed to that position the present week,
as we predicted he would be when his pre-
decessor, Mr.. Marsten, was assigned to the
pneumatic tube investigation. Catholics,
like Mr.. Machen, always use church in
aueuce for all it is worth. AS a rule the
average Catholic is too manly and self
reliant as we'll as too respectful to the
hierarchv AID clergy of his church to use
them in furtherance of his political fortunes.
Not 50 the Macheu type of Catholic. The
Church to their point of view is serving one
of its most important functions when its
bishops and priests are roofing" to keep
such chaps in Office or securing higher pro-
motions for them.
August w. Machen is therefore solid for
the present. We early predicted that
Richard Kereins, who is the bosom friend
of Mr. Payne, would dominate matters in
the Post-ofice Department. Mr.. Kereins
is a Catholic and the intimate friend of
Archbishop Ireland. Mr.. Kereins is also a
friend of Mr. Machen's. This settles it. In
asmuch as Mr. Wynne and his chief clerk
are Catholics, so now our old friend
August can wear the cloak of his religion to
serve the devil and run the Rural Free
Delivery to suit his own sweet will.
We are aware that there is not news
paper in Washington dare make this plain
expose But the GLOBE fears nobody and
will keep on publishing the truth regard
less Of whether the slaves in the depart
, ments, in whose interests it is published
gives US their support or even purchase q
copy of the paper.
The promotions now going on in the
Postofice Department are the rankest ex
hibition Of favoritism which has so far beer
brought to our attention. Not a single
Union Veteran has so far been among the
numerous lists of the promoted In the
seventy-six promotions on Tuesday there
was not a single veterans name. This IS n
the nature of overwhelming evidence tc
our comrades that the GLOBE 6ttingly char
acterized the Presidential order Of veteran
preference as buncombe. Every chief and
appointment clerk knows it is buncombS
and ignores it, There are clerks, too, il
the Postofice Department who served
through the Civil War and who because oi
special and superior abilities such as pen
manship, are requested aud perform assign
are capable Of performing Yes-we car
! give their names to the President or the
Civil Service Commissioners!
These veterans are ignored. They are
unable to secure the influence Of an arch
: bishopl Others who can are promoted oyei
their heads, although unable to perform
the tasks assigned the veterans.
Mr.. President, the GLOBE makes the de
liberate statement that il can name and pro
! duce more veterans OF the Civil War EN-
! ployed in the Postofice Department who
. perform clerical work of a character that n'
/, other or non-soldier clerks are qualified e
execute and yet these veterans can secure
no promotion, and their less qualified fel
. low clerks, male and female, are promoted
over their heads This IS how your veteran
preference order is being observed. w,
stand ready to furnish the names Au'
! furthermore we can establish that in a lis
: of promotions recently made ia the Post
8 Office Department of women clerks ever
clerk promoted with single exception wa
! a Catholic. This was not an accident.
The editor of the GLOBE cannot be &C
: cused Of bigotry or sectarian prejudice il
: exposing or publishing this favoritism
Neither race nor religion has ever beer
able to blind us to injustice, intolerance
bigotry or favoritsm when exercised for o
4 against us.
. The President, Of course, eau know moth
= ing Of these matters, but that the veteran 4
/, being Disseminated against in the matter o
I. promotions IN the departments is known L
! all men, including the President, who ISSUED
. an executive order Ia their behalf, which 4
. ignored.
8 Seuttor Hoar hit the administration