Evening star., 1876-10-09
4 Sequel TO the Post Ofice Inyestfga.
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WHY TWO PROMINENT CLERKS HAVE BEEN


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WHY TWO PROMINENT CLERKS HAVE BEEN
"BoUNCED."
Two department clerks loosened their hold
on the official teat on Saturday. One was
VIM. N. Ireland, chief clerk OF the Third
Assistant Postmaster Generals office, and
the other was Chase Andrews, chief Of the
nnaDce division Of the same Office. Both
have beer long employed In their respective
places, with salaries attached sufficient to
Keep the wolf from the door. Both were an
Doythgly surprised when ft was commuui
Gated TO them that they might leave the vine
yard wherein they had labored and take
iheir chances In the general scramble out
side for susfenance
1t is rot the fault of the Post Office depart
ment that the idtosyncracies which led to
the virtual dismissal OF these pu hlic ser
wants is detailed in THE STAR. From the
acting head OF the department down TO the
hewers of wood and drawers of water, all
were as dumb as oys sters as to the cause OF
the invitation to resign. Mr. Marshall would
say nothing on the subject. Gen. Barbour
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
associates of the dismissed ones had heard
they were /" bounced" there was no getting
anything from them either, as to the true
1nwardness of the matter. No matter how
the representative of THE STAR finally sue
ceeded in getting down to the bottom facts,
We are able to give them here.
THE BOTTOM FACTS.
Early In the session of the last Congress-
Speaker Kerr, In announcing his commit
tees, selected VIM. Stone. OF Missouri, as
chairman of the Committee on Expenditures
In the Post Office Department. Mr.. Stone
had close district at home, aud made up
hls mind to make as much capital out OF his
Insignificant chalrmanship D as he could. He
mad not more than one meeting of his COM
mittee before he rose In his place In the
House ana introduced a resolution q yard
fraud and seneras s m,smapassmena Sanas1s,hs ar Ing
administration OF our postal affairs con-
cludirg with a resolution authorizing the
committee OF which he was chairman to
make an investigation, employ q CLERK, send
for persons and papers, and I'm brief to
"smell'' round generally. The resolution
was adopted and the committee went to
work. There appeared on the scene
ONE HoLBROOK.
He had formerly been q clerk In the office
and was discharged for cause. He was read
lily heard by the cOmmfl tee, and to them he
unhnrdened himself as to alleged frau Is ou
he Post Office department. His unsupported
atements were magnifed by the sensa-
tlonal correspondents, and to have credited
the statements made by them would have
led 10 the conclusion that the postal service
was going to the "demnition bow vows"
Not oDly was HOlbrook the hero of q single
sefs1on OF the committee, but he was called
and recalled to the stand during the entire
progress OF the investigation. In a later
OF several official papers. This led to the
conclus ON that somebody In the Postmaster
Generals office having acc SIS to the Official
coaching him. HolbrOok FREQ uently visited
the department during the pendency OF the
lnvestigation, and on these occasioos gem
was not surmised, however. nor was IL q
fact that during these calls Holbrook COM
municated what the committee desired to
that Andrews, HOlbrook and ireland met
several nights at q private residence in this
city, and that the visists of Holbrook to An
with him when these meetings should Ia ke
place. 1t is Known by the officers OF the De-
partment that several meetings OF
were held, and supplementary thereto ap-
peared HolbrOOk before the committee with
transcripts OF official records and other val
uable data,
Just before the close OF the session OF Con-
gress Postmaster General Jewell was In.
Iormeo or The connection OF Andrews and
Ireland with Holbrook. II S ems that the
latler had so won the confidence Of the c0m-
mittee that at his suggestion a clause was
Inserted in the post office appropriation bill
aoOllshlng the Office OF superintendent of the
Iost of1ce builting ana vesttny It's duties
with Andrews, aud provIding for him an
acd1tional salary CT $500 per annum Tue
bill, In this shape, passed the House, bat
threatened the Senate committee that If il
went into effect he would appoint the pres
ent superintendent OF the building to be the
oead OF the finance office, and thus Andrews
would lose his place. Tue Senate. on rec
ommendation OF Its postal committee, over.
ruled The action OF the House, AID the latter
Meanwhile Postmaster General Jewell
was removed, snd for the noncs the matter
Tyner
RsoPENID THE INVESTIGATION
OF Andrews and Ireland, and from an abun-
dance OF testimony became satisfied that
the suspiciops against both were well found
ed. DE accordingly on Thursday last invited
them to resign, which they did on Saturday,
when both, metaphorically speaking, were
dlvested Of their habiliments OF offioe. When
fvyad hf xysf
stakes he affected surprise. He waited
upon Gen. Tyner and demanded to know
why ne had been cut or from the army Of
ohcebolders. Gen. Tyner was disposed to
then said:
"Gen. Tyner, no matter what opinion
ven and Gov. jewell, l have always been q
friend to you" Gen. Tyner "thought not
and he then and there informed Ireland why
shades OF private life. Ireland therefore de-.
parted and left the building O private citizen,
Both Ireland and Andrews are also charged
sensational newspapers with Information
cuiled nom the ofhcial records.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRouBLE-tiov.
Chamberlain Commands the Rifle Clubs TO Dts-
6dnd.-On Saturday last Gov. Chamberlain,
o. SoSih carolina, issued proclamation, in
winch he says II has become impossible, In
DIS Judgment. to enforce by administrative
or judicial proceedings the laws OF the state
"ithiu CSi COuuiieh, aQQ IL having been
made known to him that illegal orpaniza-
tlops, known as rife CLUBS, exist in the state
ana as they are forbidden by the state laws
be foroids their existence, and orders that
they be d1sbanded within three days. In tnis
order TO dIsband he will use his own power
and then appeal To The government. The
state democratic executive committee has
issued an address denouncing Governor
ChamDerla1n's recent proclamation as un-
warrant ted by law and facts, and issued 10
furnish pretext for asking for troops. In re-
spoDse TO letter from General Hampton
Cblef ustice Moses says he knows nothing
10 lead him to conclude that South Carolina
is an armed camp, or that any arm is needed
more potent than the law. Associate Justice
willard and Judges Mackey ard Cooke, re-
publfcane, have written letters denyipg
snowiedge OF the statements in the procla-
nation. Mackey charges Chamberlain with
conspiracy against free ballot.
THI WILLOW FEvER In SAVANNAH
The interments at Savannah Saturday num-
bered twenty-five, OF which thirteen were
from yellow fever, nine being colored per-
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