, 1876-02-23
A MORAL REf0RMER.
History Of Holbrook. Clerk Of the
House Post.Oiflco Committee.
What lie Personally Knows About Fraud
in tho Department.
His Entertainments Whilo in the Chicago
Office.

C}fira.
nu,"'s w l'e.as 'nva's'Ha.on' Oh Congress
tnto LUG A"a'b VI VIC foo1al Department. 1heo-
uore II. liolbrook, cloTk To the House Commlttoo
on post. Offices, lIaB figured largely. lie haa
c1a,mct1 to be n1,1c Ia teat,fv IN Ynnre tim
or,,'n.rv amo,,nt ~ s.,tIaraan.r ~ h,5 wan.
. .. y. '".' "oo ssI A@
aGomcns on tne part OF Ioat-ohlce oilciaa, ana
has immotsalzea himsof by asserting hc could
show up fearful nmount Of bad work In ono OF
tho most inportant brnnchoa of Tho oovnrnmens.
lila Ioa.imony haforo .,,a rnn,ni,,oo snns"sd l.,
n's os.imony oo'o.o .no eommH'ee engaged III
examining postal ahasFs has attracted attention,
and has excited soMo curiosity as to ILLS own
antocedents. II all that ls said about him be
true. bo nav wall bo orrnand far ,,oncatlv In.
i,or,r, an, ,hnx. ~ ~ 49, ~. ! .la.,..'
,''us W sus' ,aeto nas neon no.e VI lehs s'ea''nb
IN tho foatOhlco ana ita branchca.
90 On tho 2sth Of April 1851. and for ~ .ome m time
hs,d 4bo ,oat;or ~ n,,-,, ~ H., 1,,,a,,, 1t.ts-
t,,,,I,., r., 1ono ~, wv =. no 1,1,..,
ou.o. ,, ~ aooz no "as appointed enpeElasena-
ent OF tho Distribution, and shortly AftorwArdd
wao promoted to the clint olerkship Of Tho
of1,co and atao ,nodo p,rar,r,nn,ort ~ ,,,o
Ma.arsn., noanI. s'p01,sV ~. .a', w., y. ~ ~
A'o"ss ~, 1uoA nopa' 1'nen.' iAo nela 'no6" o"@
ces uhtll Aoons tho let OF uctober, 1bO1.
that, about October, 1866, u yoar bsforo ltfa re-
n,n,a, In fo,1 ,nto h,J hnhI,. III va oo,,,.,,-
W 49, ~. .s ~ IN" seus,s
Gu 'he acSus'h'anoe ana inenoAhap or eamniofet
encouraged lum In tho foitl TINT The AGO must
win twico In two deals. md tba, A man Of nor
cont,on an, o,nor,onca ro',Ia .ss;eo nv. y f fvo
.opsen ~ - euu'a '"1eo "ss "'o
slmcH " call tne lnst tuTn. IL is satd tnat Ut
about that tino lie drank heavily, md that whom
under tuo influence Of liquor no had no control
ovcr 1,,uooif WIN, n ~, in.hr,,tad oonaitinr
J.. rn,,i,, it, avn,r,,,,"n Nv n,,a a,,, -, t,,a
ne "on'a s'sH Everything On ono pn'i Of sno
cards.
But ono Thing is claimed i'll his favor, aud that
ID. thnt ho ncyor would gamble unless l,o was
un1or tia influonco of iiouor WLcn In wan
saSs. ,s,.,.,. "aAsi' H. wv" ~ VIZ
could induce himto enter gamblIng-house bur.
when he got On ono OF his periodical sprees, ho
staorod straight for tbe ..lsy.outn and bot 40
x,,1div tint 10 soo, ot,,.o,o1 .,to,t,o,, .nd -
"t'"i1 saA' ~ eoou "'.tAe'oo H''o"I'oa. az" ~
was not great while boforo every gambler in
Chicago know him, and he was constdnrod among
tho fraternity rs pigaou who ought to moult at
all seasopn Of tho year.,
ocobep @ ino rspscy f ao1 g ssw
bounds, and whenever ho was overcome, he
would atoer straight for gambling g-housc. or
course his Balary couldn't atand that sort Of
thing, and u was about TINT time that Col. Gil
brook
Had DEEN Erurzz1lEo rnoM THE roaT-orFtcE.
0llmoro WAS at first loath 10 believe IT, and
tho matter ran on for somo tinla longer. 1lol-
Office, and DO possessed TINT tnc!fable, CHARM Of
boiHE tho best OF COMPANY, even when drubk.
There arc Homo mon whose disaGroeablo quali-
ties are mover manifest until drawn out BY
liquor but Hoibrook was OF nnotlor mold.
Tho moro he dr,n6 Tie moro compan!onab!o ho
became. and whom lis follow clerks triod TO
argue him out Of hIs bad habits ho would turn
their bost efforts on with laugh, aud with tho