Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-06-18

Law OF the publisher. When Sena-
tor Hanna was running for the Sen
ate the support Of this paper was
regarded as more or less essential
70 his success. Accordingly, Hanna
asked Heath to Appoint Mrs. wi
mans 10 position in the Possoffice
Department and Heath did SO, but
Mrs. Winans was given no work,
only duties being to draw her sal
airy. She seriously objected TO the
continued drawing OF pay without
the performance Of any work in
return ard "pestered" Heath until
he told her she vas nuisance.
Then she took her case TO Hanna
and be wrote Heath he would have
to give Mrs. Winans something to
do but this he failed to do and final
~ Mrs. Winans, who is an excep-
tionally clever woman took a civil
service examination and secured
an appointment in the Pension
Office, a position she now holds.
This is but sample of the type OF
abuses which under political admin
istration has long been common.
II i not possible to convince Payne
that there Is anything improper
about this farming OF the Govern
ment service for political ends.
He belongs to the old style Of politi-
clan who believes anything is war
ranted provided it is done for the
success Of the party. This is the
reason that President Roosevelt is
getting no satisfaction from his
Postmaster General in his efforts to
clean out the Postoffice Depart
ment.
An instance in the New York
postoffice where the Postmaster has
conferred a sine cure on his son has
just come to light Because Of the
difficulty of securing men with pc
culiar scientific qualifications for
certain work President Mckinley
issued an order that in case no man
could be found in the classified
service who had the qualifications
necessary to fill any particular va
cancy, an outsider could be en-
ployed. Awaiting themselves of this
clause Postmaster Van Colt and
Perry Heath fixed up the appoint
ment of young Van Colt, the father
certifying that no one could be
found to perform the entirely rout-
Inc work to which the young man
was assigned. Heath endorsed the
the certification and President
Mckinley accepted it. Then the
Civil Service Commission made
such an urgent complaint, alleging
that Van Colt S appointment was
clear evasion of the intent of the
law, that President Roosevelt re-
pealed the regulation but did not
have the courage to discharge the
man whose appointment had neces-
STATED the repeal.
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Is Wall street really opposed to
the election of President Roosevelt?
There is grave doubt on this ques-
tion expressed by democratic politi-
clans who come to Washington.
They say that by the appointment
of Payne and other of Hanna s prote-
ges to good offices Mr.. Roosevelt
secured the friendship of the Ohio
boss and then the Senator permitted
it to be understood that he was op-
posed to the President greatly 10
the latters advantage. Now it is
remarked that there is a great cry
of the opposition of Wall Street 10
President Roosevelt but itall emana-
ties from republican editors. 1t is
beginning to be suspected that this
is a shrewd game on the part of
the President and his advisors to
gain the support OF the antitrust
element of the voters.
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There was an amusing interview |
between President Roosevelt and |
Count Cassini recently. Strong
pressure is being brought to bear
on the president to take some ac-
tion with regard to the recent mas
sacre of che Jews in Kishenev.
Now that the United States has
become word power" with GER
tain little errors of Judgment to
its credit in the Philippines, etc.,
the president appreciates that he
cannot well criticise outrages
against which the Russian govern
ment is rs helpless as is United
States against similar outbreaks oc-
cruing here. Accordingly it is
said he sent for Cassini and laid
the situation frankly before him
asking the ambassador advice az
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