The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-03

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Mr. ShAnnLER.-Mr: rfesloeis the senator
sroM aaine mas Pomsed QUIZ sew OF tncseasons
why the foss Once department - nov seH sus-
eaaning Dat ne nas nos pollsoa snem gu oaI, nor
shy considersoie nuaDer =. mem. ~ ~. est-
mselon one enlel reason o. tne great oenciency
" Our Eost OAics Hcsapss - owHs8 - tne sss-
tenn OF JopDery tnat exsends AL tnrough tnat De-
parsmeat We =, nave tn's morning GU, on one
great ieak. We nave passed piil whicn VII
sase lne toss vnce nepar.heh So some ~, IVY
year On one class 81 pruning atone. Ing "a. gross O
Msoag' "ncn s.as ply eo.lee.s Mas existed lor
years y was w ~. wrong taa1 mas crown up un
observed, ior y mas peen known 70 the PRESIDENT
OF ,he Nn'1ea states ana 10 tne postmaster Ten
ei"l "nu ye' ~ mas neeil ai'owed 70 20 on from
year 70 year swallowing up the revenues OF the
puphsneo IN TINS city was purchased Tor a por-
ton OF tine patronage on one single JOB, other
portions oeins employed 70 suDsidize and corrupt
parry organs W oeuef ci'cs. oesire, on an &C.
casa.ns, 20 use pariamen,ary lansuage put N
wha' tfuthiai language snail describe sucit
tfsnsaesioh,h ~ DC not robbery OF the Post
once funds under color OF law! Post Office
revenues or money IN the treasury OF the United
S.ates, are diverted from their proper rses, TO
wnich tney stand charged ON the books OF the
department. 70 tue purchase ana support OF ser
we newspapers WIN knowicge OF the high Of
ncas. Personages Inc efime-Ior Is II less than
criminal rs 10 DC oePrecated not merely De.
cause tie government .oses some thousands o.
. N one pfahcn Oh the paDnc service, but
because tne turpltuoe AZ the mead mas corrupt
ing moral influence down through the long line
OF omcla's 70 .he lowest and most humble IN
sta.'oh. nave "ltaesseu MS eneefss IN De-
.roh. Var iostnas,es, showing 'hat .ne Lc.fs',-
ea'9. was suosioizeu from u'e ioss V'hce pi.iiA
p'l'''he iue, auu o~unis soul,u Aecollp.on
uewspapcs h.nscli, supposso NC l,aa PHfiees
I,ent ~ suossolAe maj paper py placing II upon
anc revenues oi the ross omce department
Inc example before hi!M oe"ioered ms moral
sense, and ne created sineeures IN the Post VI
nee Tor services to ais newspaper: In process
Oh time, ms poi'tcai lalth was nor deemed SOUND,
ahu ne Was NOT oaiy turned QUIZ put prosecuted,
ostsnslo.y, Tor saosidizlng press IN mutation OF
one VINO hoios tne his onlcs OF PRESIDENT Oh the
Cniteo ctates- ,...a..-. sz.
lnefc IS anotner newspaper IN my city, which
Is not very wen sustained. ltsls the leading
democratic press OF my state but " capaot
very wen anou 10 pay IT'S EDITORS. In that city
tnere - an omce-fw VIII can II an omce-oi nof-
Yer OF me- ssenger eosne rost cmce. IL is sala-
les once, tu1 0utles o! wnich are 10 transport
tne mans rom sne rost umee 70 the cars. A.
gehtieh'an connected WIN tne Democrauc ffee
1Iess Is TINS saiaricd rest omce poi ter. ne re-
ceires 81. 2UO year as porter to the Posf Office,
OUT ne mrs carsman Tor $50 month to do
'he WORK: -FOUR tunes year, at the end OF each
quarter, ne draws ms sSoo, anu pays over his
sou 10 the man VINO aoes the work he thus
pockets ms salary from the Post Office Depart
inent OF Sl,2o,, less S24o which ne pays to the
man VINO performs tine service. Nme hundred
ana sixty doii4rs per annum are therefore paid
lor no otner esrs0iy service IMAM the partisan
support Of corrupted press; and TINS Is no ex
ceptionai ease, Tor throughout TINS broad land
Ioss onices ana custom Houses are made TO pay
tripu.s ior tue same sycoPnahCc ana degrading
prostitutioh Oh that engine which should cifuse
oosn hght ana truth:
but again, ar, nave little further expe-
rience IN my state. In the summer OF 1897 a
man IN the town OF Lexington, in the State Of
Michigan, was detected In rcbblng the mail 1t
appeared tiiat ue was Deputy-fostmastef, tnat
IS ID say, tne postmaster iiyed some mite or swo
away from the Once, and deputized him to act
as postmaster, nncer the plea that, owning the
Democratic paper, he must receive the revenues
OF the Once TO enable him to ron his press
Inc iacss OF the case were set forth ut the Post
Once Department. How was the guilty man
treated! Inc fostmastsr OF Lexington was re,
moved, ana the Identical man who.had robbed
the mail was appointed to succeed him. sup
posed that TINS was mere mistake had sup
posed that they nad taken Inc postmaster who
had been removed fer the thief, and applied at
tue rost Vmec department TO nave the mistake
rrenhed. brt usht the papers along and sub
united them TO the postmaster-Generalan and said:
FMS - clearly mistake, ana ask that It be
ree,'hea, anu that this man be removed" lie
s"m 'c's Wei = VAL nave ~ ih'estlsath
TINS was during the first session OF the Thirty
NTH Congress, and some months after the man
naa been detected went to the Post Office
Department from time to time, but was TUNED
away and sent to one OF the Assistant Possmas
.sfs General 70 see what progress Was made
IA the ihses' sauon. Finally, the Assist mt
fos'mas'er GENERA, Grew out large quantity
OF ietters itoia ieading democrats III my state,
ana saia Una. u was necessary Tor the democratic
patty una. ',,'s man Should &c kep. IN once
ba'' sa'1 !, TINS man IS iost eihce foboer' =
1hie' ana demand ina. you nave nun removed.
40 not ask that a hepablcan DC pus IN ms
who will not steal" We'll, sir, the demand was
deemed unreasonable. He was not removed; he
was retained in cf.ice; and more sir he was
nromoted--he was promoted to be the Deputy
United states Marshal for that district after these
charges were made and proved. It was very
lucrative place Tor him. Under the Postmastcr
nc couia ROB the man, and being deputy United
states Marshal his very first act was to establish
an immense manuiaetory OF counterfeit money,
iisashterl; but be held his office there for two
years after these iacts were established. True,