The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-07

Postofice Matters have again troubled
our friends of NorWalk. We thought they
had smoked the calumet of peace, and buried
the warlike tomahawk. But alasl the war
whoop was sounded, the council of war held,
and the braves summoned to the war path to
take scalp. They have held their pow WOW
! and the result is not likely to be any more
satisfactory to them than the condition Of
things before they sounded the tocsin. We
give resume Of the facts: Mr.. Rose, the
present incumbent, endorsed by the Huron
county Central Committee and with petition
signed by number Of prominent men of the
party, applied for the postofice, and having
received Mr.. Fosters endorsement, was ap-
pointed. Then commenced a war by the |
friends Of Mr.. Coe, former postmaster, who |
claimed that as he had been elected for four |
years, he should have been permitted to serve,
especially as no charges had been preferred |
against him, and he was acceptable to the /
people. The friends of Mr.. Rose contended
that Mr.. Coe had been defaulting, tampering
with money orders, funds &C., and offered to
place the Office at the disposal of Mr.. Goes
friends if on examination by a committee,
the committee should report Mr.. Coe inno-
cent. These matters were duly represented
to Mr.. Foster, who demanded that Mr. Rose
should place his resignation in his hands, to
report of that committee. Mr.. Roses resig-
nation was placed in Mr.. Fosters hands, The
report of the committee was favorable to Mr..
Coo, and Mr.. Foster, on the reception of their
report, went to the department and asked for !
the reinstatement of Mr.. Coe. The department
refused and laid before Mr.. Foster proofs of
Mr.. Goes duplicity and short comings, in the I
reports of special agents. Mr.. Foster exhib- I
tied the report Of the citizens committee. I
The department refused to eoncede what was f
asked, but ordered an investigation by special t
agent Beard, not of this State, and who could b
n no wise be regarded as favorable to either
candidate. His report was specially condem-
1atory of Mr.. Coe, established all the charges r
made against him, and was accepted as con- +
'lusive. Mr.. Rose was continued. Copies of I
he several reports made were furnished Z
Fiends Of Mr.. Coe, and several other parties a
n Norwalk, but the rancer remained unabat- n
d until last fall, when general questions ab-
crbed local ones, and there was peace
Recently Goes friends renewed the agita- I
ion, called a Republican caucus, and adopted N
increases and resolutions, pronouncing the Fl
harges against Coe frivolous, and denouncing h,
lose as not acceptable to the majority, sc. IL
&c. &c, and demanding a voting caucus F
n the 26th to choose a Candidate for Post hi
laster acceptable to the majority. On paper Q,
L this would seem as though the 762 Repub- Il
can voters of Norwalk township were in s,
rms, but the caucus of Wendesdat night only N
eveloped l76 votes, and postponement till III
aturdsy was made when another ballot
lowed 24l, of which Fred Wickham received Va
majority. After the desperate effort made m
get out popular expression, it may be on
ken that the 52I voters who did not partici- an
!te were either friends of Mr.. Rose, or did as
It care to have him removed as all admit he "a
IS made good postmaster. The agitators =
Ily, it would seem, being aggravated because
received his appointment without going
rough the usual fornality of submitting to -
caucus ballot, felt that something must be a.
ne to vindicate the time honored custom. IL
ell, VIC hope they are satisfied. Less than OF
e third voted and he who received the ma =,
,ity of votes cast, did not receive over one R,
In of the Republican vote of the township. NJ
1t if he had received q majority of all the
ters of the township, there is scarcely a no
obability that their candidate would have 9
,eived an appointment, as Mr.. Rose holds a
for four years, and the department F.
herring to civil service rules, makes NO re- ]
walls except upon charges preferred and No
tained, and none have been or are likely to OF
made against Mr.. Rose. Mr.. Goes friends - =
We however, done two things very palpably w
inst them. First, they have exhibited their FL
orance in pronouncing the charges against
D unfounded, as no man can examine the Dri
,ks of his Office, and in view of the law gov ~, ~
ing the money order business, pronounce -
q innocent. We have examined them and
DIV whereof we speak. Second, they have -
their cou rse, called out the publieati on of C(
orts made to the department, sustaining
charges against Coe, and brought his
ne ignominiousiy before the public, where LIE,
before his shortcomings were known to but
:, even the opposition refusing until now
make them public, through sympathy for
who enjoyed the respect of the communi- Ne'
In his bitterness he may well exclaim, Arr
I've me from my friends" They have gain Lac
nothing by their course, but have, (let US Les
'e for the honor of humanity, unintention- Arr
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It him poor indeed" So endeth the chap q
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