The Washington bee., 1908-12-19

board in America.
What its methods are in so main
tanning its authority I know. What
part its members played in bringing
about a condition which resulted later
in the death of my wife, and in the
publication of certain newspaper at
tacks in papers of cities as far apart
as Boston from Denver, nearly 1000
in all, against her after her death l
also know.
Hopes for Action.
For the sake of the good people
of the District of Columbia, and for
the sake of the other millions of
good American citizens who would
like to take pride in the Capital city
of the nation, | am hopeful that the
vast inertia of Congress may be over
come this winter, and that this board
will be done away with, and in its
death be suitably labeled. I hope
this, but do not expect it.
UNLESS the Sixtieth Congress does
dispense with this board, root and
branch, | shall publish for the benefit
of the Sixty-frst Congress. an expo
sition of the real facts Of the Dis
trict situation. This will come out
with the imprint of one of the great
est of American publishing houses,
and will contain in facsimile, docu-
ments that will shame Congress and
America before the world.
THE Chancellor side of the Dis
trist war has not been told. It is
told in a series of carefully prepared
letters and papers that include every
variety of American citizen, from
President and senators down to the
vile Anonymous letter writers who
have paid the United States govern
ment postage upon over 5000 vicious
communications.
Promises Disclosures.
J This book will be fully illustrated.
shall tell what the shocking side of
Washington is, and I prefer not to
do this, hope that Congress will,
without any suggestion upon my part,
merely because of surface symptoms,
remove the cancer; but if I must
prove its existence, prove it I will.
Craft blackmailing, and official
corruption are crimes, well recogniz-
ed as such generally, if not yet i'll
Washington, and | shall present my
evidence before the country for the
Judgment of my fellow-citizens, un-
| less Congress relieves me of my sad
duty to the dead by driving the pres
ent board to the doom that properly
belongs to it. Such a book might
make money for me, but it would
hurt the business interestsshrdlcmfwy
hurt Washington business interests
| far more; and | do not desire for the
city financial loss, but moral gain.
AFTER THE SPOILS.
Dissension has broken loose in the
office of the District Recorder of
Deeds and a concerted effort is being
made to show that cashier in the
lofice would be an unnecessary en-
cumbrance, to say nothing of con-
slant source of annoyance to the four
clerks who failed to get the promo
ton The clerk for whom the pro-
motion was intended now pulls down
5000 a year. The job as cashier,
which according to some of his fell
lowworkers. would mean the assump-
tion of title without additional Ia
Dor. would net him an increase of
$500. There being no need for five
cashiers and no clerks, the clerks are
disposed to get along without any
cashier at all
This view is expressed in letter
received by the House District Com
mittee today from w. A. Pinchback,
a clerk in the Recorders Office. Mr..
Pinchback deplores the contemplated
waste of Government funds. He pro-
tests against a policy of favoritism
which would raise one of his fellow
workers out of the ranks and place
him on the pinnacle of a 81 900 job,
| leaving four 5000 clerks behind in
the rut He further sets forth the
interesting argument that the eleva-
ton of a clerk to be cashier would
be a promotion only in the sense that
it would grant an increase in pay to
the favored one, who would continue
performing the duties for which he