Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
INJUSTICE EXPOSED
BY the Trenchant Pen of Mr.
A. M. Raymond.
ROss And MAcFARLAND
Receive Letters From Raymond This
Week in Which the Persecution
and Injustice to Which MIR. Nc
Carthy is Subjected is Fully Laid
Bare-Malfeasanoe in Once Charg-
ed Home

Mr. A. NJ Raymond owing probably to
the excessive heat of the past week, had
only the time TO spare for a few short
epistles to Commissioners Macfarlaud and
Ross respectively AS usual they are in de-
fense Of the oppressed aud in vindication of
justice. They are explanatory aud are
given in the order of their date. The GLOBE
takes advantage of'thess Introductory re-
marks to inform Mr.. Raymond that the
papers mentioned in his private letter lave
not been received at this office.
The first epistle is to his old friend Com
missioner Ross;
"wAsHrNGroN, D. c., June ?, I9oa.
Hon John W. Ross.
DEAR SIR: If in accordance with your
sense Of honor, justice and manly spirit of
fairness would like to have you telephone
to Lieutenant Daily to not interfere with
James M. Mccarthy of 1909 H street north
east until you have a chance to investigate
the matter. Major Sylvester IS pushing
the lieutenant to close a back entrance to
this mans bar that he has used for the past
eight years without COMPLAINT except from
Roger Williams, whom it is rumored, owns
an interest In a saloon across the street from
the place and wants 10 knock him out of the
ball park trade.
While in the hall of your Office few days
ago l was handed a note saying that Major
Sylvester and Roger Williams clerk to the
Excise Board were planning to have this
mans application for a Florida avenue front
knocked out in the assessors office by one
of his clerks. When I called the matter to
the assessors attention he very readily in
vestgated it, and finding things just as they
had been represented, he took the papers
/ from the clerk in a very indignant manner
and asked Mr.. Griffin to ix them up.
Mr. Tgimble has promised repeatedly
that if the siguers for a Florida avenue
front were obtained it would be readily
granted by this board. Nevertheless the
day after the dirty work was uncovered,
when we were looking for the board to put
upon such shameless trickery its stamp of
disapproval they rejected his application.
Now Mr.. Ross 1t will be clear TO you upon
investigating this matter that it is a piece of
vile spite work, and inasmuch as Mr.. Nc
Carthy has paid out one hundred and
twenty-five dollars ($Ia5) to defend his in
terests I appeal to you in the spirit Of an
honest man to protect him from imposition.
have nothing to lose by their dirty work
except the satisfaction of having obtained
what should result from faithful service. but
can assure you that your chief and others
will be saved considerable humiliation and
modification by any step you may see fit to
take and that will insure Mr. Mccarthy
simple justice. That's all.
Sincerely and respectfully,
"a NJ. RAYMOND"
| The following to Mr.. Macfarland more
specifically deals with this act of injustice
and oppression in Office against Mr. Nc
Carthy Here it is:
WASHINGTON, d. c., THHe p I002.
Hon. n. B. T. MAcFARLAND, President,
Board 0f Commissioners, u. {.
/ DEAR SIR: Find attached hereto exhibits
marked respectively a, b, c, relating to the
excise boards exercise of discretionary
power in demanding that James j. BIcCar
I thy close the rear entrance to his bar room
located at I4o2 H street northeast
Il respectfully submit that no matter how
wide the scope of its power, an exercise of
it must be supported by law or sound rea-
soning and that the discrimination against
this man in preventing the use of his rear
4 entrance will be, in my Judgment, a clear
/ case of malfeasance in Office.
I ''It should be borne in mind that the
/ c0ybNS deficH of such an offense, In a case
Of this nature, is the discrimination by
which he suffers injustice, therefore it is
immaterial whether or not such injury
! springs from corrupt influence or from mis-
conceived notions of duty on the part of
4 the excise board
"The law is silent with regard to rear
entrances, evidently because it would be
impossible to distinguish between legal
/ and an illegal use Of them. Persons might
for instance come IN at a rear entrance for a
purely domestic purpose without any inteu-
tion Of patroniziug a bar, nevertheless do
so, in the presence of the Inspector, who
/ could then have each license in turn re-
voked
Now it must be clear to you, sir, that in
this way the excise board could reduce the
| number of saloons 10 those owned BY few
favorites and thereby control the liquor
| traffic throughout the District. In this way
under the guise of an excise board, we
| would have beautiful monopoly that could
work the ruin of everybody else in the busi-
ness, and with a secretary, Of Roger WILL
Jams stripe, to butcher complaints, it is
easier to imagine than to describe the dire
! ful conditions that would result therefrom.
/ 1T is well enough to think of those who
/ compose the board as being gentlemen,
1 who are above reproach, but this IS merely
/ a sentimental belief. in which the writer
shares, that should not, in justice to all con-
/ cerued, lessen the prudence of guarding
I against temptation that involves the possi-
| bility Of bringing about such conditions
There are now in the same block on the
/ opposite side Of II street two bar rooms that
( open upon Maryland avenue, therefore 1
claim that it is discriminating against this