Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-15
REPUBLICAN REFORM.


The method of Republican reform
is noteworthy. It reforms its reform
ers. j. e.. turns them all out. Bristow
(unlucky man for the party D astonish-
ed the thieving rings by vigorous and
decided steps against official rascality.
With Bufo=d Wilson and few other
earnest co operators, he made sad havoc
with "the faithful, and even invaded
the precincts of the Presidents friends
(McDonald Il Coz and put his own
private secretary In peril of the penz.
itentiary before he could be arrested,
or got rid of. But now, he and all his
associates are swept as with the bosom
Of destruction. Not one is left in
ofice-all either forced to resign or
elected forcibly. The last, Mr.. Var
yam, Bristow's chief of the revenue
agents, and who was the main man in
working out the frauds at st. Louis,
was sent kiting few days ago. tap
pears that President Grant had several
times asked Mr.. Bristow to remeve
1aryan, but the request was eyaded
and on the day Bristow went out of
Office, he wrote Yaryan letter, In
which he testified to his zeal aud in
tegrity, and thanked him for the faith
iulness and ability with which he had
discharged the duties of his office.
Solicitor Wilson also endorses him in
the strongest terms. And what is
more and still stranger, Commissioner
Pratt, still in office, and knowing that
Yaryan had been forced to resign by
the peremptory order of Grant, wrote
the following letter in reply to Yaryan's
resignation:
WASHINGTON, June 30, 1876.
H. I. Yaryan, Esq:
DEAR SIR am in receipt of your
letter of this date rendering your re-
signation as chief of the Division of
Revenue Agents. I part from you
with sincere regret, on personal and
public grounds. Having been closely
connected with me officially for more
than thirteen months, no one has had
a better opportunity of knowing the
true worth Of your services to the Gov
eminent than myself During all these
long months in which so much has
been accomplished in the publication
of the service, the discovery of frauds,
the punishment of wrong-doers, the
breaking up of Illicit distilleries, and
the energetic collection Of the internal
revenue taxes, | have ever found you
| in hearty cooperation with the Secre-
tary and myself, and l have relied with
mistaken confidence in your intel
| ligence, judgment, zeal, and strict in
tegr;ty, and feel that the success of
| this bureau in the results accomplished
is largely due to the qualities / have
enumerated, and which have been con-
spicuously exemplitied in your official
action. In passing into retirement
you have my hearty wishes for your
prosperity and my sincere respect.
Very truly, your friend,
d. ID. PRATT"
We take this to be fat burglary, and
that Mr.. Commissioner Pratt's head
will roll into the basket soon.
1t is but fair to say that statement
is published to the effect that the Pre-
sident removed Yaryan because he { Y
removed a crippled soldier whom the
President had appointed. The New
/ York Times, the leading Republican
organ, gives this statement, but gives
it no other weight than is contained in
| these lines:
1t is to be hoped that satisfactory
explanation can be given for the en-
forced resignation of Mr.. Yaryan."
In rebuttal of this statement, Mr..
Yaryan says that some time ago the
President sent for him and said that
complaints were made against him and
his removal demanded Y. asked by
whom, to which no reply was given
He then said he knew he had offended
Senators Sargent, Logan, and Spencer
for prosecuting proteges of theirs in
Office, who were plundering the Gov
eminent, aud asked the President if
they were the parties complaining. To
that also there was no response.
The upshOt of the matter seems to
be that any Intermediates with the
pluudering rings will find little favor
with the head of the nation, and may
expect to be reformed out of Office as
soon as they are found out Rich
| q,lO1,d Who.