The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-03

triumphantly, for Roosevelt is their
bete noir and they will 20 to almost
any length to beat him. Let the regu-
lar democrats then stop berating the
gold democrats and the men who left
the party in 1890, for they will be with
them in 1000 and on the 1erms dictated
by the regular or Bryah democrats.
Ih9re 1s no occasion for republican
smiles anu c0cksureness at this time.
Iney are up against it good and hard.
lnere ls no further occasion for demo-
cratic dumps, for the clouds are fast
blowing over. The party is in better
tx today than it has been since 1902.
Al ti.is have told you is still an'un-
face, but it will in the near future and
all will see it as plainly as do. Dem
0cratic victory is In the air.
It now appears that all the trouble
IN the POstoffice Department-the
favOritism, the wastefulncss, the ir-
regularities, the deficits, the Jobs, the
scandals, and the rest of it-are the
fault of one Thomas w. Gilmer, an
S1,8oO clerk In the Treasury Depart
ment. Mr. Gilmer was an expert nc
countsnt in the Office of Mr.. TraceweII,
the Comptroller Of the Treasury, and
IN that capacity ne had to examine ac-
counts as to which his superior officer
might be in doubt, or concerning which
iurther and more accurate information
seemed necessary. Among these ac-
counts requiring expert scrutiny and
competent analysis q great many came
from the PostOffice Department., and it
now transpires that Mr.. Gilmer's habit
OF asking for explanations gave great
otfense to certain high officials in that
branch OF the public service. When
ever ne found charges, entries, &C.,
which he could no understand-and he
seemed to have found great many
he went to the eminent parsonage sup
posed to know all about it, and boldly
asked Tor light. | need hardly say
that he was not doing this on his own
account, but under the orders of his
chief. Comptroller Tracewell. At last,
Mr.. Gilmers activities became so Of
fcnsive to. certain postal officers, who
had more important cares than the ac-
curacy Of their accounts or the propri-
ETY. Of their expenditures, that they
complained to him to the Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr.. Van
derlip. Gilmer was rude. He was
and intrusive, His re-
quests for information which the emil
nent personages in question could not
amounted to M insult. OFF
with bis head! And it went of.
This occurred in 1909, nearly four
years ago. Gilmer was put where he
could no longer offend the g great men
of that day.
At the time Comptroller Tracewell
was mystified. Indeed. as lately as
the I'd Of the current month, he wrote
to the Postmaster General these words:
"Mr. Gilmer was most competent,
and industrious clerk. In
my office he displayed none of the
traits OF character Of which these cnn7-
plants were made.n Mr.. TraceWell
has amended and qualified this verdict
during the past three weehs-under
what inspiration shall rot stop to
consider. In his letter to the Post
master General, May 20, the Comp
trollcr discovers oil sorts of shortcom-
ings in the clerk to whom he paid such
q glowing tribute just three weeks be-
fore.. He now regards Gilmer with
of disparagement. Evidently the time
has come when good men must stand
together and when virtue must rebuke
There is further testi-
mony. to the bad character of this
wretch, Gilmer. It comes from ex-
Attorney General Griggs and from ex-
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
!anderlip. If he had only refrained
'ror asking those silly Questions of
uch men as Beavers and Machen and
cerry Heath, the country would not
closures now coming to LIGHT every day
q the Postoffice Department..
What the governmental ilepartments
at Washington need is o thOrOneh
ont with a democratic broom
and the people can furnish it. viii |
Charles A. Edwarda.