The New York herald., 1878-03-07
THE TOLEDO POST OFFICE.
I'VE omit certain portions OF the letters account
OF their being TOO personal and scurrious.--ED.


OF their being TOO personal and scurrous.--ED.
HERALD.l
TOLEDO, Ohio. Feb. "a, 1878.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HEaALD:-
have just road In the HERALD OF tho 22d inst. q
letter relating 10 the Toledo Post Once case nsti-
gated by and written In the interest OF Patrick II.
Dowlng, the present Postmaster As the article Is
tissue oi fasehoods and msre tations consider
tnat an answer 10 II Is necessary.
VIII deal arst with me charge. which 10 the only
charge of dishonest conduct that appears That dur-
Ing my late Drie stay Ia the Post Ottce | compelled
certain OF tho clerks 10 divide their wages with
And will say, In promising, that this oil dozens
OF charges which nave been brought against since
my first nomination, none OF which has had any foun
dation u fact ana none OF which been sustained
before the Senate Conmittoe OH Post Offices aud Post
Roads.
Upon my accession to tho Office OF Postmaster OF
Toledo July l. 1877. asked of the retiring Postmaster
Patrick Il. Do1ling, copy oil his last pay roll o the
clerks IN the oice, as desired to continue payments
accordingly. In apparent compliance with
quest Mr. Dowhng furnished me with what purpored
10 be copy OF said payroll, but which was IN ic
subsequently learned. bogus-a raised payroll By
IT the salaries OF i've oil the clerks represented
be IN The aggregate $44o excess OF what they had
received under Mr. Downg's administration Tho
clerks favored IN the matter. as learned afterward
on inquiry, bad been directed by Mr. Bowling to
port their pay 10 be rs stated IN the false roll Tns
us VIII he seon was an attempt on the part OF Dowling
10 deprive me OF portion Of my salary, from which
the $440 would have to be drawn, also involve
me IN trouble with the Post Oficc Department At
Washington because OF the OF Its
counts with those OF my Office. or raised amounts
the largest increase In the wages OF Dowling's
brother-in-law, an employe In tho General Delivery
Department OF The Office
Coming to suspect, from the fact that evidences OF
erasure and rewriting were visible on tho fictitious
roll aud from other circumstances which came nder
my notice. That the document was not what Dowling
had represented II 10 Do, procured on visiting Wash
ington correct copy OF the payroll 0i the Toledo
office, and ascertained the extent and nature tho
imposition which my predecessor had attempted 10
practise upon Alter brin the mat,or TO the at
tenton OF tue Auditor Of tho Post Office Depart and
consulting him upon tho subject directed my assistant
to correct the payroll and pay to each clerk exactly
the he had received under the Downing regime
My directions were faithfully executed. Every clerk
In the onlce was paid precisely what due INN.
and the entire amount allowed by the department
the payment OF the employees OF tho Toledo office was
thus consumed
MIR. Dowling is not willing to trust lis prec nded
to Official nation, but conscious of It's base
less character throws 1t into the newspapers In tho
hope that some Of the art may stick In this manuer
does he make his own wrong DOING the basis OF
charge against It's Intended vctlm.
The statement III Mr.. Dowling's letter, which you
print that The election OF Hon. Stanley Matthews to
the United States Senate was III part The result Of
without foundation. The delegation IN the Ohio Leg.
islaturo from this part OF the State voted, rs am
TAFT, Of Cincinnati, and then, finding that he mad
little strength and considering defeat assured,
they transferred their support to Mr.. Matthews. 1
was not member oil the Legislature, was at Columbus
during the time on private buslness, wholly uncon-
nected with the election Of Senator, and never in
TAFT or Matthews CAUCUS Tue entire story OF bar.
gain between senator Matthews and myself Is mall
cious ana false and was gotten up by bowling and
his partner Isaac X. Sherw ood 10 aid IN preventing
the confirmation ot my nomination.
You say edtorially that am entirely ignorant of
the duties OF pos,mas Having been Postmaster
OF this city over four years, aud having during that
time actively performed the duties Of the office and
manner satisfactory to the department and TO the
people OF Toledo, am under the impression that my
deficiency in that respect Is not serious.
Patrick H. bowling and his conf nfederatc, Isaac T..
Sherwood, nave Tor The past oisht months made 1t
their constant business to delame my character, and
have devoted great energy to the work. The latter
person 10 the Osiensible proprietor oi paper pub
lished here called the Sunday Journal tho money
for whose purchase Iargo.y supplied by Dowltng
They have In their employ writer the Journal
one Cxnheld who Is special corrsspon OF So y
era newspapers Through him they have caused 10
be abroad at successive tunes charges that was
defaulter IN onice that had cheated tho govern
ment out oi postage ON the papers with which am
connected tDat had backmsiled q. Bronson, OF To-
lcdo out oi $500 while revenue agent; that had
swindied two poor old apple women" out OF SILL QUO.
&C.. statements that my nomination mud excited
groaiest indixnaton IN Toledo; that charges against
Internal Revenue Department Ut Washington. and
that was suspected ~ be guilty" OF numerous
shocking things Not one of these allegations had The
slightest basis IN fact soon alter took possession
OF tho Post Once bowling assaulted me the
street in the most brutal and cowardiy manner scar
ring my face and otherwise doing mo bodily injury.
THIS was wholly unprovoked, as had not spoken Ia
tho man for over month and was approached by him
unawares.
During all this time stream of vilifcatiou directed
At me has been kept up through the Bowling aud
Sherwood paper the Sunday Journal Tue outrages
perpetraed upon mo by tins PAIR are numbcress aud
bounaless Ia their viilRny. Ono more instance -
While my nomination was under consideration by the
committee large number Of telegrams ostcnsDiy
signed by reputable CiIzcns and accusing OF uis-
honest business transactions l have the written
evidence OF some twenty persons whose names were
used by Downg that they did not sign tho
bowling and Sherwood have concocled every charge
that has been brought against me, and bavo caused
tho entire commotion about the Toledo Post Office.
have successfully reiuted, by documentary dcnce,
every accusation, without oxception, thai has been
mado.
Your Washington correspondent says that not q
word has been said In favor Of Mr. Reeds conhrma-
tIon. Letters kilograms and potitions asking my
confirmation are hle with the Senate Post Oflicc
Committee, signed by three-iourths OF the business
and ninetenths 0f the leading citizens OF Oledo.
1 have no hesitation IN declaring that my indorsc-
ment Is one OF the strongest ever gwen 10 govern
mcnt officer in this city.
Among the names appended 70 papers iavoring my
confirmation and certfying 10 my 'integrity ana
impeachabe character" arc the following. whicn
those OF prom.nont citizens, county officers und
representatives oil every bank IN the city except
one, whose former cashier, brother in-luw Of
It's president, Is candidate Tor the Post Once
Hon. Richard Mott, Samuel N. Young v. II. KoLcham,
George W. DAVIS, U. 5. BOND. John II. Whitaker,
Matthew Shoemaker Wagar Swayne, +. 4. Seagravc,
Judge b. w. Rouse, John T. Newton, Richard Waite,
John T. Osborn. William Baker, Edward Bisse, G..
L. Luce, George Emerson, Matthew Brown, GUIDO
Marx, George Miiburn, Juage D. Il. Austin, John Paul
Jones, George Baker, Il. e. Breckenridge, Y. Holmes,
A. L. Back u.s. h. ]. Scott II. s. Maibridgo, s. u Roy
n0lds, I. B. Casey, Henry Brand.
All this hulinbaloo about the Toledo Post ONCE has
come from the TACT that refused 10 support /. Il.
sherwood Tor Congress and superseded 7. IL Dow ling
llx.s d.. ss..lI..