Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-04-22

VIZ: Assistant Attorney General
Iyner, who had charge of the law
department of the Post Office
Department, and Mr.. Beavers.
superintendent of the salary and
allowances division. 1t was dis
covered that Tyner had been rem
dering decisions that gave the get
rich-qulck swindling concerns of the
country the benefit of the use of
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 a the fire was started i'm
his rear. 1t is believed that one
of the charges against him will be
that he was at the head of syndi-
cate that was selling increases in
salaries. When man designated
as entitled TO an increase i'm his
salary was sent in to Beavers it is
charged that he was notified that
he must plank down not less than
S25 or the increase did not 90.
We all know that Beavers lately
built a residence in the City of
Brooklyn that cost not less than
So, 900, and on a salary of 800
a year. Other things are now
coming to light. Fine furniture
was allowed or sometimes forced
on pOStmaSters all over the country.
and all of it was made by one con-
Germ. Typewriting machines have
been distributed laviShly, and all
of them of the same make. The
old-faShioned good iron mail boxes
were siipplanted by sheet iron
boxes, and all of them painted alike
and with the same firms paint.
and painted by men sent out from
the department when it could have
been done much cheaper at home
by some firm in the city where the
painting was done. The farmers
along the rural free delivery routes
were not allowed to furnish their
own boxes, but were compelled to
pay for the kind of box prescribed
and sent out by the superintendent
of the free delivery services.
/ Whenever new rural free delivery
route was to be inauguratcd some
firm that furnished wagons and
other things To the department or
TO the carriers was given the tip
and got into the game before any
other firm knew anythiag about it.
And ont of this comes good graft
for the men behind the scenes.
The chances are that the things will
be so StupendouS that the repubh-
can party will refuse to allow the
facts To be given to the public. and
the people will know nothing of il
until a Democratic Congress com
pels publicity. The people can
get the facts about how many thous-
andS of dollars have been wasted
and stolen from them only by elect
ing Il Democratic Congress.
Whenever the people of this
country elect a Democratic Con
greSs and a Democratic AdminiStra-
ton there will come forth reveal
tons of rOtteneSS and corruption
in the departments of this govern
ment that will stagger the nation.
The truth is that every department
of this government in this city is
hOneycombed with rottenneSs and
all of it has grown up since Mckin-
ley was inaugurated in 1897. The
Post Office Department seems to
have been conducted by and in the
| interest of the grafterS, the Treas
ury Department in the interest OF
of Wall Street. the Navy Depart
ment in the interest of the Steel
Trust, the War Department in the
interest of General Wood, the In
terror Department in the interest
of the Glass Trust, that wants tC
grab the gilsOnite beds in the Tn
compare Ute Indian reservation
and the Department of Justice il
the interest of the trusts in general
The new Department of Commerce,
and Labor has not got into the game
How long do the people intend t.
stand it.
This administration is hitting
the Civil Service with an axe
: The Washington Post is authority
for the statement that, since Pres
ident Roosevelt came into Office
large portion of the important Off
, ces in the United States Treasury
Department have been filled Will
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