The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-29

WASHINGTON, April 26.-Some OF
the rottenness of the republican ad-
miuistration of the postoftice depart
ment is at last coming to light. The
investigation has only just begun, but
= has gone far enough to let US see
that this is going to be the biggest
scandal ever unearthed in any depart
ment of the national government.
When this investigation into the DO
iugs of several bureaux OF the postof-
fee department was ordered by the
postmaster general he did not expect
to find anything worse than a few lr-
Irregularities, and which could be easily
remedied, but he comes back here
from pleasure trip and finds an enor-
NOUS scandal being turned up to the
gaze of the public, and he is badly
scared. He talks very bravely about
continuing the investigation and al
loving no guilty map TO escape, bHt be
would be glad to shut it off Fight Hew,
u 4 he dQes not and gees to the full llm:
Is then we may expect to see some OF
the pets of the administration wearing
stripes.
This game of graft and peculation
has been gong on for several years.
When Senator Hanna inaugurated the
most stupendous campaign of bribery
and corruption In 1896 ever before at
tempted one of his most active lieuten-
ants was Perry Heath. He was re-
warded for his peculiar services by be-
ing appointed first assistant postmaster
general. He, in turn, selected others
who had been active in the debauch OF
voters, among whom were Nicely and
Rathbone. who we're sent to Cuba and
were convicted of roobing the govern
ment there of thousands of dollars.
The same game was jnaugurated here,
ONLY in different ways, and SO that it
colld be covered up for longer time.
All sorts of schemes were started Tor
making money out of the government
Jobs held by certain people. Two OF
these people have already been forced
to resign, viz: Assistant Attorney
General Tyner, who had charge OF the
law department of the postOtfice de-
partment, and Mr.. Beavers, superin-
tendent of the salary and allowances
division. 1t was discovered that IY.
her had been rendering decisions that
gave the get rich quick concerns OF
the country the benefit of the mails in
order to rob the people OF the country.
We do not yet know all that Beavers
has been doing, but we do know that
he got out as soon as the fire was start
ed in his rear. II is believed that one
of the charges against him will be that
he was at the head of syndicate that
was selling increases in salaries.
When a man designated as entitled to
an increase in his salary was cent in to
Beavers it is charged that he was no.
titled that he must plank down not less
than S25 or the increase did not go.
We all know that Bea, ers recently
built residence in the city of Brook
lyn that cost not less than 5000, and
on a salary of 81, 500 year.
Other things are now coming to
light. Fine furniture was allowed or
forced on postmasters all over the
country, and all of it was made by one
concern. Typewriting machines have
b zen distributed lavishly, and all of
them are of the same make. The old
fashioned good iron mail boxes were
supplanted bv sheet iron boxes, and all
of them painted alike and with the
same FIRMS paint, and painted by men