Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-03-17
Our E1.P0s I m q ster.

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1t is not generally known that We have
al ex-postmaster among US, and the in.
telligence will no doubt be surprising and
inexplicsble 10 many, inasmuch as the
Office has not been vacated by .ne pressn,
incumbent. But it is nevertheless true.
Failing IN his efforts 70 be appointed
Register Of the Sioux City Land Office, BY
which bis vaulting ambition received
a damaging back-set, Seth W. Suiggett,
Aditor and proprietor of the Sioux City
Iowa Eagle, as reward for his services
in aiding to defeat the Democratic ticket
in this county and judicial district at the
last general election, "5y and with the
aid, consent and advice" OF his fellow
boilers, recently became an applicant for
the position of Postmaster at Sioux City,
and by some skuIduggery, the nature Of
which has not yet transpired, so far sue.
ceeded in imposing upon men of influence
at Washington as to secure his appoint
ment and the removal of CHAs. X. Smith,
Esq. We are told that the matter bad
proceeded SO far that Swiggett received
official information Of his appointment,
and that he had given the necessary bond
and taken the customary oath to faithfully
Issrho tho A,,ts>e - L. ~Hs
thought he had dead sure thing on
the Office, and some OF bis enthusiastic
Republican friends, unable to control their
JOY, even went so far as to intimate With
wise and knowing mods that ain a few
days the clique would hear Of something !"
and they did I! Swiggett felt good. In
a few days he would be pos,m aster, and
then how humiliating it would be for some
folks to be compelled to ask him for their
letters! He had his foot on the neck of
the clique and he was determined to
make the -ebellious rascals "sing small"
swigsett was jubilant! The post Office
would aid in sustaining his rapidly decln.
ing Buzzard. Swiggett felt triumphant
He was preparing to scream!
But, alas for the uncertainty of human
expectations Shortly after his appoint
ment the fact that Swiggett was a Boiler
and man wholly unfit for the position.
was brought to the knowledge Of the AID
ninistration through the fundamentally
of gentleman who spent the winter at
Washington. The consequence was, the
next mail brought Swiggett the news that
his appointment had been rev oked. and
BY the same mail Mr.. SMITH WIS informed
that he had been re-appointed to the office
Of postmaster at Sioux City-!which was
the first intimation he or his friends in
this place had received that his official
head had been in jeopardy.
Thus the fact is again verified that
There is many slip
Twixt the cup and the lip"
This misfortune has fallen with crushing
weight upon the poor, forlorn Boilers. 1t
was their last hope, and just as they were
about to take small sip from the cup of
happiness, it was dashed to the ground,
and they are now disconsolate. Poor fell
lows how we pity them
We beg the pardon Of our readers for
making this allusion to the fellow Swiggett
in our columns. We will probably not
allude to him again, unless it is to note
his progress in his next attempt to get an
Office, or when he finally leaves this city
"for the eity's good" We have said
enough this week to keep him bowling for
a month.
In regard to our present postmaster.
CHAs. X. SMITH, Esq, whose removal was
sought by the Boilers, we but express the
sentiment of nineteen twentieths of our
citizens without respect to party, when we
say that more efficient. obliging and
punctual officer can not be found any
where. Since he has held the Office he
has devoted his entire attention to its du.
ties, and they have always been faithfully,
promptly and satisfactorily discharged
As Democrat he has always been right
upon the record--unfinching in any emer-
gency, always reliable, and whenever &C.
casion demands is to be found in the front
ranks of his party fighting for its princi-
pies and candidates. His removal to
make place for such political hybrid as
S. W. Swiggett would be an outrage upon
the Democratic party and the honest por
ton of our community that would not soon
be forgotten.