The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-12-11
lMr. y, q Bristow gives the prices charged
and and the saproa fits that accrued each
Syear;S SIC. 600 :bnings paid sOii E uselesSlv

Uy!i iGtle lesQeparGmenG1nI -FOUR years. 4 ~ ~
That Macheh, nj til Issac Meg Glehan;
conspired to defraGd the I Government
In the manufacture Of package letter
boxes, charging from S4sto SS q sbos
when they could have been made fol
$3.50. ~ =. 3;I's5I s5 81,
That Machen, with George NV.
Beavers, then In charge OF the 5Divi.
s1on OF Salaries and Allowances con.
spired to defraud the. 3Government
through the Introduction or the, Mon
tague iddica tor, q device to show the
hours Of collection at street letter
boxes. Machen and Beavers each re-
ceiyed stock OF the company promoted
by w. w. Montague postmaster at
San Francisco Mr.. Brlstow. introduces
letters to prove all be says about this
alleYe fraud.
That Machen received 10 per cent
rebate from Charles J.. Heller Of Phila-
delph1a, who had been allowed ia con-
tract to furnish baoges to rural car
riers at fifty cents each. Mr.. BristoW
says in conclusions: 4;
~ Machen does not seem to have con.
sidered a day Of reckoning possible;
over nineyears Of continued prosperity
had given him confidence. He had
passed through three Congressional
Investigations. He had deceived bis
superiurs through four different Post
mas General and like number of
First Assistants"
BEAVERS WORSE THAN MACHEN..
The findings OF Mr.. Bristow against
GeoIge w. Beavers are: tss5S
hat as chief OF the Salaries and
Allowances Division he conspired tu
defraud the Government through a
series OF schemes for. the promotion of
CLERKS, the appointment Of others who
did no work and drew salaries; that
ne collected vast sums for the alleged
advancement of clerks and by chang
ing the official titles OF clerks to ad.
vance their salaries and take part Of
them himself.
That he leased premises at exorbi-
tant figures In order to reap a profit
himself. s
That he purchased q vast number
on useless Brandt. DENT automatic
CASHIERS for post Offices, compelling
the Government to pay fraudulent
price for them In order to reap per.
sonal gain. The machines proved
useless. 'i '.3s 3
That he compelled postmasters te
buy the Elliott s. Hatch typewriter,
an inaccurate and poor machine, FOL
$500, when other and better machines
could be had cheaper, so that he could
profit by thus mulcting the depart.
ment. Mr.. BriBtows gives many In:
stances OF this kind. 80;
That Beavers purchased thousands
of unnecessary time clocks, used In. the
service to record the time OF arrival
and this departure of carriers through
q conspiracy with the Bundy ClocB
Company in conjunction with GeofEe
%. Green, its president. 1, = sSss q:
e Thai = he conSpired withs H.. Js
l'Truesdale and George sE. Green 81
Binghamton, N. Y, and w. DE- Dnre-
mus, for the purchase Of useless stamp
cancelling machines, 67O OF which cost
the Government Sl43, ATS, while only
thirty nine were used. Mr.. BristoW
goes into great detail as to the scheme
regarding the cancelling machines
which were invented by Doremus and
named after him. Beavers, Green and
DOremus were all indicted in this con.
nection. Mr.. Brstow ends his arraig.
nent of Beavers with the remark
that:
The administration OF Beavers
was, II possible, more demoralizing
upon the integrity of the service than
that of Machen:
MIR. Bristow also goes into the
offences of minor officials, giving the
history Of each one and the action
taken against him.