The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-08
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
THE RECENT CHANGE I'M THE POST
OFFHCE-CAU6Es THAT OPERATED
FALLEY's REMOVAL.


FHLLEY's REMOVAL.
tn Fever Sufferers - The
Texas Fever scare--A bout Forty Cases
i'm Hospital and at aeuarantine-Opem-
ing of the Public Schools.
Especial CORRESPONDENCE Of the Democrat.l
ST. Louis, Thursday September 5, 1878.
ST. LOUIS HAS A NEW POSTMASTER.
Chauncey J. Filley has been removed and
Sam Hays appointed In his place. The news
reached here yesterday noon, and, as may be
1t created good deal Of talk In po-
litical corners. 1t is very generally conceded
that st. Louis never had a better postmaster
than Mr.. Filley. He introduced great many
needed Improvements in the postal service Of
the city, and when his political enemies
plotted for his removal last fall the leading
merchants of the city indorsed his admins
tration in an address to the President, and
they succeeded In securing his reappoint-
ment. His political enemies, who are oil
confined to the Republican party, renewed
their efforts, however, and the result
was seen yesterday. Tho causes of the
removal have not been made public as yet,
but according to common report there were
three causes, namely: that Mr.. Filley dis
charged q postoffice clerk, named SChweick-
hardt, because the latter's father, who Is q
member Of the st. Louis School Board, would
not vote for Louis Hutzler, (secretary of the
local central committee OF the Republican
party and o warm friend of Mr.. Filley's) for
secretary of the school board last May; that
he, Mr.. Filley, gave furloughs to postotfice
employees to do political work, letting their
salaries run on; and that he was the instiga-
trr mn fha aufhnr n rir r pft&t> Snpt
to leading Republicans throughout the State,
advising against the nomination of a Repub-
lican State ticket this fall. Some four
weeks ag9 special d ST. agent s Of ahG the
Investigated Inv these charges, or pretented
to Investigate them The investigation
was carried on so quietly, however, that the
public knew nothing of 1t, and Mr., Filley
claims that 1t was altogether a one:sided
a Just how hnon u tRere en5 Il the
are, Of course, all drIied by Mr.. F'illey, and
he has tried to prove the first charge false by
communications that passed between him and
some Of his subordinates about the time ct
clerk was removed for repeatedly absenting
himself from his post without leave and for
general incOmpetency. But whether true or
false, these charges probably did not figure
much innthe real causes OF tho postmaster's
removal. The truth Of the matter Is that
Filley had too much influence Ia the Repub-
lcan party Of both the city and State to suit
some of his less successful competitors for
political power and influence.
The GtobeDemocrat was one of his most
bitter foes, but as this paper has gone back on
President Hayes since his election it could
have had little or no influence in working for
Filley's removal The enemies who did the
work are believed to be, and most probably
were, two other St. Louis newspapers, the
Journal and the Westhche Post. Emory s.
Foster, one of the editors of the Journal, went
to Washington some time ago for the purpose
Of working against Filley, and it was through
him that the news of Filley's removal first
reached st. Louis yesterday. The Post Carl
CabineN has been fighting Filley long
time and it's present managing editor and
Emil Preetorries, is known to
have exerted himself particularly the last
few weeks. His influence of course reached
the President through Carl Schurz J. Milton
Turner, ex-minister to Liberia, and now an
aspirant for the Republican nomination for
Congress in the third district, here in St.
Louis, also claims to have exerted an in
tluence on the President for Filley's removal.
Turner Is negro, and he don't like Filley
because the latter opposes his nomination for
Congress. It seems. therefore. that
THE REMOVAL OF FILLEY
was due solely to political and personal rea-
sons, and not from any mismanagement OF
the postoffice, and the change cannot be her.
tlHSu DIS all iuSbhICc VI GlFll 5ClslC6 LGlOILu
The three Republican papers Of st. Louis are
continually fighting each other, and were
never before known to unite in anything ex-
3ept general war against Democracy. Filley
says that one of the causes OF his removal
was his refusal to pledge himself to work for
CARL sCHURz's ELECTION TO THE UNITED
STATES SENATE
Two years hence. Schurz wants to go to the
Senate again, and he believes that his cleo
Jon can be secured il all the Republican office
holders in the State work for 1t, and COM
nence right away.
Sam Hays Filley's successor, is a middle
iged man, born and raised in Philadelphia,
and whose residence in Missouri dates only
rom the year 1862, and in st. Louis only from
1872. From 1862 to 1870 he lived in st. Joseph, |
NO., where he was president of the Board OF
Trade two years and president Of the Public
elected State Treasurer on the Liberal ticket, |
supported by the Democrats. Since his re-
;irement from the State treasury he has re-
sided in ST. Louis and has been connected in
some way or other with the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. He was president OF the road dur
ng the two years Immediately preceding its |
purchase by Commodore Garrison. No OBJ |
ection has been made, so far as heard from,
20 his appointment.
The work of collecting
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE YELLOW FEVER
SUFFERERS
# the South goes bravely on In st. Louis. |
Bishop Ryan sent the Mayor $1,000 yesterday |
or the fund The money was part of the
collections taken up In the Catholic churches
# the city last Sunday. The boys Of the fire
department. contributed $236 to the fund Tues
lay, the employees of Lemp's brewery $40,
md the employees of the water tax office
$50. Little sums Of this kind are being raised
II various Offices and departments of the
,ty government and In all kinds Of manufac-
,ories, clubs and societies.
The total amount presented to the Mer-
chants Exchange committee for distribution
.mong yellow fever cities was $4,000 last
Tuesday, and by this time it can't be much |
ess than $4,000. A great many of the con-
ributtons made here were sent direct to their |
lands of the Exchange committee, SO that it
would be difficult to tell now exactly how
much St. Louis has done for the yellow fever
titles, but [ believe she will do as much as
ould reasonably be expected of her. Two
dditional soliciting committees were ap-
'ointed by the mayor yesterday, one consist