, 1873-09-10
ST. LOUIS.
The post.Officc Assessment Scandals
N1r. E'lIlcy SnYs E1c Can't Entertain
tho President Unless He is LlbcrallY r
Reimbursed.

The Post-Officc Assessment Scandal.
mr. FlIlcy SnYs E1o Can't Entertain
tho President Unless He ts LlbcrAllY
Reimbursed.
Special D,spatch to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 0.-Tho excitement III regard
to tho assessment Of tho post-0lco clorks has in
crease rather than diminished, aimee the specal re-
tAting to tho mattor Rent you. Tho dispatch to
your paper hns been copied into eevernl Of tho daies
hero, and has been tho theme Of general comment on
tho streets and in the private ocea Of le CITY, Every
ono realizes tho fact TINT tho thing has more than
local Significance. From Rpcck Of malfoaaanco
In Office, It has grown to bo lnater u nattoaaa
concern, because 1t Ia the first time that an
officer Of tho Government has attempted to nuke his
employees re1aburBe him for the lavish expenditure
that ho considered essential to ha advancement and
bis retention In place. numors circulated freely
among the politicians. Several petitions aro said to
have becn started asking for Mr.. Filleys removal,
and others praying for his pardon, but havo not seen
either kind as yet.
Specials from Washington convey to h1r. FiItey tho
conBoing information that agent Of the Post-0co
Department ia On his way to St. Louis to
Investigate the charges against him. asmod with
the contrary it Is asserted that Sir. Fioy ~ 40
thoroughly confident of The friendship Of he prrss-
gratultios, that be will not arinE from inysst'gn.
tion. but feels Of graceful whts;wnshing o. st
can % ardy 10 true, for, although sports d
injured Innocence and 6ears himself like Brntu. When
ana fearful 81 lis en't 3ournalist visited him
at hts otico to-duy, and asked him what hs had
in Isy to the sh,fge, made IN yor apsr H.. LIZ
be lad nothing to aay but, thinking this would hard
II satisfy indignant public he retraesd few stens,
and added only ths, s,that there wero soins es In 1t.
gonto urging failed to bring him to denial Of any
spscao MISREPRESENTATION showing that he knows tho
yss! ysa on 1'f supsy 'ss nigh, ' tfus in s5sry
sn seees.y euatlse sas s5 of Go s
therein That he entertained the President in housa
that that ey b. M az
liz Court. md really sold at auction few Days later,
is past question: The matter Of the assessment be:
comes grayor The better 1t is known, and the moro It is
sSeas t. ut Ehs shss s'SSss f
ssd hs sqs pp1 sGe
upon themselves tho reapousiby Of the assessment
premses y Had they pursued any other courue their
heala would have gono into the hasket At once, and
many Of thcm are mon with families and without
ee ner cent q ter saarieH These are now appontaos
ho theory being that tho old clo1la felt sure of helt
one man drawing 5000 por annum bar been assessed
as tho rata Of 10 cont which would leays hi $slo
10 this mods ot tic sssesament do not improve A.
Fieys situation in the oyc Of the public When the
batch Of carriers a he m
To these he sent word to ea as tho Post, Once 1t
O'Clock In tho evening" and he would aeo them in ha
rriypto room. Tho applicants came, ono by one, to
The roatern gato, wore adulitted by tho watchman,
and showu presence, where they were either ell-
ha 3ry
people inquire Why L few carriers were to ns aadSd
tta md
sn @ 'y n,s o' i II ss I'll:
R!se't says s'DvS 70 mas namsa narexe; VIZ VIC