The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-03-16
HELPED The WIDOW.
Dayton Said That She Needed
the Money.
Raised The Rent Of the shepherdsto#n
Postofsice Other Cases in Which be
has Been Caught others Named.
Postsfiice Graft and How II Was
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| WASHINGTON, d. c., March r.
The Bflstew report. showing up rec
ords Of Senators aHd Representative
whs have Improperly used their In.
fuences with the Postoflice Depart
ment TO secure increased clerk hire al
lowances, pestoffice leases, etc, In
their respective states and districts,
hits the West Virginia delegation
hard, involving Senator SCOTT, Senator
Elkips, and Representatives DoyeueI,
Dayton and Hughes.
Senator Scott appears but once, as
having secured $500 clerk hire for
Huntersville, which was $3.50 10 ex-
sequently determined by the depart
ment. Senator EIkins managed TO
get through an allowance of 81, 200
for clerk hire at Hinton, which after
investigation was cut down to $3.50
Doyener's sole offense seems to have
been in securing a similar allowance
Of $40 for Bridgeport, when there was
Three instances Of securing excess
i've clerk hire are charged agai t
Representative Dayton, he gettiag
$500 for Charles Town where only half
that was actually Deede>, $500 for
Piedmont, which was reduced to $50,
and $40 for Shepherdstown, where no
allowance was called for.
navfrr hnHavar onnaaye n hava
been even more active 10 inducing the
department to lease postoffice accom-
m0datiens from his friends. For 10
stance, through his influence the de-
partment made five year lease with
Hall & Teter, through G. L. Teter,
at $500 per annum for postoflice prem
Ises at Philippi. This sum is small 10
Itself, bat up TO the time Of the Tcter
lease the Philippi postofiice was rent
ed for only SIPS per annum. At
Shepherdstowo the department secur-
ed postofflcc quarters for $3.50 per
year when Mrs. w. A. Chapline was
postmistress, the Office being located
ia building owned by Mrs. Chapline.
Early 10 1902 another postmaster was
appointed at Shepherdstown as a
result Of a local contest, but having
conceded to the opposition to the
extent OF naming their postmaster,
Dayton insisted that the office should
remain In Mrs. ChaplDe's building
Mrs. Chapline promptly raised the
price OF the room TO $780, aud the
new postmaster petitloned the de-
partTnent for authority to locate in
new quarters, but at Dayton's dicta-
ton lease Of the Chapline property
was drawn up on Mrs. Chapline's
terms. Dayton, In insisting upon
this lease, said: "The building is
suitable one, and rent is a very ini-
portant Item to her (Mrs Chaplinn's)
living"
The new lease had not been 10 OPP
Grafton year before an inspector re-
ported that the Chapline property was
"too small for the proper accommoda
ti0n Of the postoflice and was In bad
repair, aud the outfit insufficient in
all respects On this recommends
tion the lease was cancelled.
representative Hughes figures only
to tbe extent OF having secured in
creased rent allowance from $50 to
5000 per year for the Carlo office, not
withstaIding the room occupied un-
der both leases was one and the same,
owned by G. E, Eaddox.
The Increase in postotfice rents
above cited were all secured through
George w. Beavers, former superin-
tendent Of salaries and allowances di.
vision Of the Postoftice Department,
now under Indictment for fraudulent
practices.