Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-04-19
THE REMOVAL OF COL
SULLIVAN.
His Excellent Record.

SULLIVAN.
His Excellent Record.
The following from the Pittsburgh
Dispatch of the 14th inst. will explain
itself. IF there are any Alleghenians
who take pleasure in the removal OF
Collector Sullivan, they consider 81
lence golden at this juncture. But
thousands were talking yesterday, and
their condemnation Of the act, and the
motives which prompted it, were uni
versal. The question OF Colonel ack-
sons fitness for the position did not
enter into any of the discussion the re-
porter heard. 1t all turned upon the
overriding by the Administration OF
the general desire Of the party, the
revenue taxpayers, the three Republl-
can Representatives interested, and OF
Senator Mitchell, to have Mr.. Sulll-
van retained, and the solicitation of a
few persons in single county and the
dictation of Senator Cameron The
district embraces large extent d teP-
titory In it are all of Allegheny coun.
ty north of the Allegheny river, and
Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Jefferson
and Clearfeld counties. The Repre-
sentatives in Congress whose constlt-
uents are interested are Messrs. Bayne,
Shallenberger and Miller, Republicans,
and Mosgrove and Curtin, Democrats.
Early after the assembling Of Con
gress the Republicans named visited
the President and represented to him
the desire of their constituents, that
no change should be made in the of
,fce.- This they afterwards formulated
in letter.
STRONG ENFORCEMENT.
House OF REPRESENTATIVE
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. Is, 1881.
HIS Ercellency Chester a. arthur,
President ofthe United States:
SIR-The undersigned Republican
members of Congress, being all tie
Republican members of Congress from
Western Pennsylvania whose constit'
uents have business relations with the
Collector of the Twenty-third Revenue
Collection district, and expect us to
use our influence in maintaining an elh-
cient and highly satisfactory admins
tration of that branch of the public
service, desire to place on file our ear
nest conviction, that neither the good
of the service nor the wishes of a ma
jority of Republicans would be sub
served by the removal of Col. John M.
Sullivan as Collector of the Twenty.
third district.
His conduct of the Office is eminent
ly satisfactory, and We earnestly rec
ommend his retention. With much
respect,
w. s. SHALLENBERGER,
Twenty fourth district.
s. H. MILLER,
Twenty sixth district.
THos. M. BAYNE,
Twenty third district.
Accompanying this were two en-
dorsements, one from Senator Mitchell,
whose concurrence is equally strong ;
the other from the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, certifying to Mr..
Sullivan's record as an officer. They
were
U. S. SENATE, Dec. IA, 1881.
I heartily concur in the within rec
ommendation. 1 am informed that no
collector in my State excels Col. Sulli-
van in efficiency and devotion to his
duties. / have had many letters from
this district, and am satisfied that the
Republicans and the people of his dis
tricJ would, by large majority, pre-
fer that No change be made.
Very truly yours,
JOHN I. MITCHELL.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE INTERNAL REVENUE,
Dec. Is, 1881.
Respectfully forwarded through the
Honorable Secretary of the Treasury.
Collector Su!liFan is one of the best
officers in the service. His manage
ment of his Office and district reflects
the greatest credit upon himself and
the Government.
Upon every examination of his Of
fee and inspection of his district he
has maintained the highest standard
of excellence.
GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner
REMINDER TO THE PRESIDENT.
Last week Mr. Bayne was obliged
to come home upon imperative busi-
ness, and the time being too short to
solicit an interview with the President,
he addressed the following letter, as a
reminder of the situation:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, April 7, 1882.
Mr.. PRESIDENT learn that an
effort is being made to have Col John
M. Sullivan, Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the Twenty-third district of
Pennsylvania, removed, and Col. Jack
son, of Armstrong county, appointed
in his place. Lest you may have for
gotten it, in the midst of the many
things that require your consideration,
l respectfully call your attention to
the fact that Senator Mitchell and
Representatives Shallenberger, Miller
and myself united in requesting you
to retain Col Sullivan. We cited his
excellent official record. and assured
you that his retention would be gener-
ally acceptable to the people. You
seemed to regard favorably the recon-
mendation.
l believe that Senator Mitchell and
my colleagues and myself still desire
that Col. Sullivan shall be retained.
His Official record is still excellent, and
| am sure that the masses of the peo-
pie of the Internal Revenue district
are content with him and the admins
traticn of his office. | therefore re-
spectfully ask you to retain him, and
| do assure you that the best interests
of the Republican party. as well as
those of the civil service, will be pro-
NOTED and siren thereby. and