The New York herald., 1874-11-16
THE POLITICAL GUuLOTINE.

A General Doc Ocapitation At the Boston
Navy Yard and Custom House-Ovcr =
Thousand Headless Trunks Scattered
Over the Battle Grounds OF Massaehu-
setts.
BOSTON. Nov, IA, 1874.
There is revolution Of no small magnitude CO.
ing on here In Boston just now. Yesterday and
to-day there has been grand cleaning out OF the
now useless voters and worKmen In the Navy
Yard and Custom House, and a general tndigna-
tion Is the result. Not only the deposed
are grumbiing, but In the whole community
there is feeling which will Ger tainly
not help to restore the republican party to its
former power and prestige IN this vicinity. A
whole brigade has been suddenly and almost
simultaneously discharged-ten or eleven hundred
from the Navy Yard and ABOUT fifty from the Gus
tom House.
FEW WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION,
when 1t became apparent that General Banks was
q dangerous competitor against Mr.. Gooch for
Congress, the influence o; the Admins tration to
promote the election OF the latter was every
where most actively employ ed. al the powerful
stump orators at command were imported into
the district, including among the most notable
such as Speaker Blaine, Congressman Frye and
General Hale, Of Maine; General Hartman, OF
New Hampshire, and even General Butler and Mr..
Dawes As the campaign progressed matters
assumed o more serious aspect and at length the
most desperate measures were resorted to In
order TO save the district to MIR. Gooch. II was
suddenly discovered that the old vandalia and sew
eral other unfinished war vessels at the Navy Yard
ought to be finished up, and over 1000 men, all
voters In the district, were put to work at once.
1t was given out at the time that the
employment thus furnished would be reasonably
mt kvf
TACT leaked out that as things were going on, the
appropriation for the Boston yard would soon be
exhausted, and then everything would be at
rtandssll. Tnls, as may be expected, had the
erect OF creating reactionary feeling among the
men who had been so recently employed, and
against Mr.. Gooch when election day came around.
Thus IT was that the very means employed to per.
petuate the i present incumbent's Congressional
career were the means OF securing his defeat. 10
deny that the men were
EMPLOYED FOR ELECTION PURPOSES
is useless, ior on the very day alter the election
the work OF discharging was Commenced and con-
tinned regularly up TO yesterday, when the whole
STSwd o. ,U oyer loo we're turned out at once: &C.
the maintenance Of the yard has all been paid to
these voters, and the regular force OF workmen,
ter, are also thrown out Of employment, and
they see nothing but want and suffering
FOLD unite In, denouncing this shameful abuse OF
government patronage, ana learn that there Will
es an 9fd sa e a. They
knowing TO the fact that during the whole cam
paign General Butler only recommended two men
for the Navy Yard.
THE BROOM AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE
- sweeping pretty clean, too, since the election
ABOUT nity went out to-day, and consequently
there is much weeping and walling at the loot OF
state street. Mr.. Simmons commenced arranging
for his weeding out very soon alter assuming the
ONCE OF Collector, but he found it conveniently
feasible TO keep the most OF the men employed
until after election. II has not anywhere been
SHOWN out wnat the young man has administered
var tiufor
thus lar and by his reforms ne claims to have re-
duced the expenses to an amount OF over $4,000