The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-04
WASHINGTON, July /.
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Special u Philadelphia Times.


yesterday afternoon and called on Mr.
Hayes immediately after his return from
New York. He told the President .ha
| he had written letter declining to re
| sign Lls office in favor OF Mr.. Thomas
| and on receiving the assurance from Mr.
| HAYES that he had fully made up his minC
to stand by Mr.. Thomas appointment re-
| tired without further COnvers ttlon and
! Immediately called at the Treasury De.
psrtment, where he filed mis- letter OF re.
fusal The full text OF this letter viii
not be given to the press until the
| order for Colonel wilkins suspension is
issued. 1t recltes the tact that und6r the
civil service rules be is entitled 10 retain
| his office until the expiration OF his com
mission, three years hence, and asserts IT
| The plainest language that the demand
| inr his removal does not come from IN.
party As - party, but by clique Of poll
! tcisns, led by &. G. Futon, editor o th,
| american who are simply endeavOrlnE
under preteose 0! b0sterlng up the nd.
minstratioa party, to revenge their per
sonal grievances against the CTeSwel
faction. Tue letter is accompanied by Il
| mass OF testimonials - 10 the fidelity
with which he has administered his office
and his general sccepcaDlllty to the party
| The names o. all but three Of the
leading importers of Baltimore Ar
| sigled to these documents. Colonel
Wilkins ssys that he expects to be notl'
| fed of his suspension to morrow morn
ing and to peacefully surrender the Col
lectorship TO his successor by Tuesday at
the fsrthest. Having made his fight on
civil service principles, he Is willing t5
stand by the verdict OF the pubic and
let HAYES have his way. HIS case, under
| the act of Congress, will, OF course, come
| up in the L nited States Senate for tinaI
action, and until it is disposed pt there
Mr.. Thomas will only hold the appoint
ment of Collector al interim. General
Adam Z King, deposed from the position
| OF Nava officer, 10 make room tor his
deputy. \ III. Corkran, turned over his
| Off - ,sterday in thorough disgust. In III
| interview concern ing the way in which
| Nr. HAYES mad run the civil service ma
.hine in Baltimore, he did not hesitate
/ 10 pronounce II u sham from beginning
| To end. Hereafter, in order 10 obtain
Office under the administration, he sand
1--WE must either have been like Tyler, Il
| coward on tue battle field, or like
! Thomas, de'aulter in office he ha:
served four years in the war, and had
| been wounded i've times ~ MOnocacy
| where TYLER ran away, but because he
! lKing( was not coward, and the settle
! mcnt OF his accounts showed balance III
! his favor, instead Of some $4,000 against
| him. he was removed. He intended to
aave nothing whatever to do wit"
the mongrel Republican reform move
ment to elect Warield Mayor, ~
should vote for the regular Democrat
nominee, Col. George r. Kane At the
same time with Naval Officer Cochran
Yesterday, d. w. Rudy WAS sworn in as
! deputy. Rudy had been sampler IN the
| Appraisers office, aud he WAS not aP
! pointed on civil service principles, but
simply because when Hayes was woUnd, d
q. the battle OF South Mountain, Rudy s
/ father nad picked him up and carried
! him home to be nursed By the family
| The whole secret, however, OF these ap-
! pointments lies in the fact that
| tnev were made il pursuance OF II
regular bargain with MIR. Hayes IN
| winch the Fulton Thomas ring con
! tracted that on condition that he would
Ignore civil service rules and parce, out
the offices as they desired To put II fusion
municipal tic iet in the field and deliver
the stronghold OF Maryland Democracy
into the hands of the administration
Thst,,uch \ contract co lid be successfully
carried out in Baltimore, nobody but -
weak minded person would believe Tor
moment. but that it WAS sctusliy propos-
ed 10 the President is clearly shown by
the following letter TO which Mr.. hayes
has already practically asserted by per
forming his share OF the bargain;
OFFICE OF BALTIMORE AMERICAN, |
BALTIMORE, May 30 1917. !
10 HIS ErceUency Rutherford b. Hayey:
DEAR SIk;-As the appointment OF
Cololel wilkins to the colIectorship OF
Baltimore was partly upon my recon-
mendation, it Is proper for me to state,
in asking his removal, that lndorsed
him with the positive assurance from MN
that he would ba willing to retire at the
close of President Grants term, IN favor
of Mr. Thoma-. The President, OF his
own vohtion, assured me tnat he would
ask MIR. Booth To- resign and appoint Nj.
Thomas, admitting that he had done tae
latter great injustice and WAS des5ouS o.
undoing 1t. lie asked snd received the
resignation Of Collector Booth, "Hen
Mr.. CresweIl interCered and insisted that
Mr.. Thomas should not be appointed
The President then said that he would
appoint snvone that Mr.. Creswell aud
myselt would select. A, We were IN the
midst OF the canvass it was necessary ;ha,
prompt action should be taken, and
/ Colonel Wilkins agreed 10 take 1t Tor the
balance OF President Grants term.
Thus the appointment was made, and
as soon rs Colonel wilkins became
Collector be used his power To- drive Mr.,
Thomas from the chalrmsnship OF the
State central committee, failing in which
he commenced an open wsr on the com
mittee, and did sll in his power, in Co.
operation with Mr.. Cresswell, to hamper
and weaken It's influence. de wSS Il
more persistent disorganlzer than Col
lector Booth had been, and his position
in the party st present Is such thai
neither Republicans nor retormers are
willing to make nominations for the
municipal contest
II tie President tosN promptly make
the appointments Of Maryland that hare
been suggested to him by Nr. Thomas
and mgs.lf. II ,ciL eiectruy The ,chot
State, and promise him IN return tn
election Of Reform candidate for Nay0i
nest fall. The rural districts of Mary