The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-06-20
Washington, d. c., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, June Is, 1908.
The postoffice investigation still
progresses with such speed as the
Postmaster-General is unable to
prevent. Mr.. Payne has not yet
made public the reply OF Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Brls-
tow to the Tulloch charges, and i'll
the meantime Perry Heath has left
the country, or has left Salt Lake
City with that intention. An III
stance of the kind of ''irregnlarlty"
for which Heath stands responsible
is furnished by the case Of Mrs.
Fanny r, Winans, formerly society |
editor of ii small paper in Ohio and
sister-in- law of the publisher. When
Senator Hanna was running for the
Senate the support of this paper
was regarded as more or less essen
tial to his success. Accordingly,
Hanna asked Heath to appoint Mrs
Winans to a position i'll the post
office department, and Heath did
SO, but Mrs. Winans was given no
work, her only duties being to draw
her salary. She seriously objected
to the continued drawing of pay
without the performance OF any
work in return, and "pestered" Mr..
Heath until he told her she was a
"nuisance." Then she took her
case to Hanna, and he wrote Heath
that he would have to give Mrs.
Winans something to do, but this
he failed to do, and finally Mrs.
Winans, who is an exceptionally
clever woman, took civil service
examination and secured an ap-
pointment in the Pension Office, a
position she now holds. This is but
a sample of the type of abuses which
under political administration has
long been common. 1t is not posi-
BILE to convince Payne that there is
anything improper about this farm
| ING of the Government service for
political ends. He belongs to the
old style of politician who believes
anything is warranted 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
Department.
/ An instance in the New York
postoffice where the Postmaster has
conferred a sinecure on his son has
lust come to light. Because of the
difficulty of securing men with Pc
culiar scientific qualifications fol
certain work, President Mckinley
issued an order that i'll case no man
could be found in the classified ser
vice who had the qualifications
necessary to fill any particular va
j cancy, an outsider could be EN-
ployed. Awaiting themselves OF this
clause, Postmaster Van Cott ant
Perry Heath fixed up the appoint
j Inent OF young Van Cott, the father
certifying that no one could bt
found to perform the entirely rou
/ tine work to which the young maj
was assigned. Heath endorsed The
q certification and President McKin
ley accepted it. Then the Civil Ser
: vice Commission made such an ur
gent complaint, alleging that Val
! Colts appointment was a clear eva
: slon of the intent of the law, tina
President Roosevelt repealed th
regulation, but did not have th
e courage to discharge the man who's
l appointment had necessitated th
= repeal.
= is Wall street really opposed t
: the election of President Roosevelt
!, There is grave doubt on this ques
i ton expressed by Democratic pol
II ticians who come to Washington
g They say that by the appointment
# of Payne aud other of Hanna's pre-
e teges to good Offices Mr.. Roosevelt
e secured the friendship of the Obi
boss, and then the Senator permi
is ted it to be understood that he wa
q opposed to the President greatly
i the latter's advantage. Now it
! remarked that there is a great CT
.s of the opposition of Wall Street
: President Roosevelt, but it all EN-
= mates from Republican editors.
20 is beginning to be suspected thi
Il this is shrewd game on the pa
!. of the President and his advise
:, - TO gain the support of the anti-tru
- oIamnnf of the voters.
= There was an amusing intervie
: between President Roosevelt al
= Count Cassini recently. Strol
= pressure is being brought to be
y on the President to take some d
y tion with regard to the. recent ma
10 sacre of the Jews in Kishenef. Nc
ne that the United States has becor
a "world power with certain litl
On aerrors of Judgment to its credit
urI the Philippines, ETC., the Preside
appreciates that he cannot "
]: crIticise outrages against which t
ed Russian government is as helple
ii; as il the United States agail
th similar outbreaks accruing he
all Accordingly it is said he sent
RI Cassini and laid the sitnati
so- frankly before him, asking the A