Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-04-23

shut u Oh right DOW. line does not |
and goes the full limit, then he may
expect to see some Of the pets Of thead-
ministration wearing stripes. This
game Of graft and pecuiation has been
going on for several years. When
Senator Hanna inaugurated the most
stupendous campaign Of bribery and
corruption in 1895 ever before at
tempted, one of his most active lieu
tenants was Perry Heath. He was
rewarded for his peculiar services
by being appointed First Assistant
Postmaster General. He, in turn,
selected others who had been active
in the debauch Of the voters, amongst
whom were Nicely and Rathbonc,
who were sent TO Cuba and were
convicted of robbing the government
there Of thousands Of dollars. The
same game was inaugurated here,
only in different ways, and so that
it could be covered up for longer
time. All sorts of schemes were
started for making money out OF the
governments 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 depart
ment Of the Post Office Department,
and Mr.. Beavers, superintendent of
the salary and allowances division.
1t was discovered that Tyner had
been rendering decisions that gave
the get-rich-quick swindling con-
Germs OF the country the benefit Of
the use 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 viii
be that he was at the head of a syn
dictate that was selling increases in
salaries. When man designated
as entitled to an increase i'm his sal
airy was sent in to Beavers il is
charged that he was notified that he
must plank down not less than $25
or the Increase did not go. We all
know that Beavers lately built q
residence in the city of Brooklyn
that cost not less than So, 200, and
on salary of $4,5O0 a year. Other
things are now coming to light.
Fine furniture was allowed or some
times forced on pastmasters all over
the country, and all of it was made
by one concern. Typewriting ma
chimes have been distributed lavish
ly, and all OF them of the same make.
The old fashioned good iron mail
boxes were supplanted 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 service. Whenever a new
rural free delivery route was to be
inaugurated some firm that furnish
ed 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 anything
about it. And out of this comes
good graft for the men behind the
scenes. The chances are that the
thing will be so stupendous that the
republican party will refuse to al
low the facts to be given to the pub
lie, and the people will know moth.
ing of it until ademocratic Congress
compels publicity. The people can
get the facts about bow many thous-
ands of dollars have been wasted
and stolen from them only by elect
ing democratic Congress.
~
Whenever the people of this coun-
try elect democratic Congress and
a democratic administration there
will come forth revelations OF rot
tenness and corruption in the de-
partments of this government that
will stagger the nation. The truth
is that every department of this gov
ernment in this city is honeycombed
with rottenness and all of it has
grown up since Mckinley was in
augurated in 1897. The Post Office
Department seems to have been con-
Quoted by aud in the interest of the
grafters, the Treasury Department |
in the interest Of Wall Street, the |
Navy Department in the interest of |
the Steel Trust, the War Depart
ment in the interest of General Wood. |
the Interior Departmeut in the In