The daily gazette., 1882-02-16
IT'S NOT DUMN,

kQE EEgk+~-llW
AND HIS REPORTED APPOINTMENT As
FosTHAsTER TURNS OUT TO BE
HOAX.
Certain Wilmington politicians breath
| learned shat lhesfep ported appolnusnent
OF JehusMt Dunp to tue Mimi naton
postcfiice was n clever 6oax, pekpetTa-
,ed BY some cruel wsg In Washington,
who committed forgery In aid OF bis
little joke. The despatch received by
Thomas M. Oulbert was signed by Thos.
E. Roach, an Official of she Postofice
department., but when he was telegraph
ed 10, last esenihg, for b. confirmation
OF bis announcement, he replied that he
bad sent no telegram at all, and that the
AdmlntsirAtion had taken no action in
regard to the Wilmington postonlce.
Not " ith standing the apparent truth
fulnesS Of the deepatch, II was greeted
with many exp 'essiobs OF incredulty
aud disbelief yesterday afternoon. The
estate Cen raj Committee" OF the party,
now c1assed as the 'stalwafts," positive
" refused TO believe the announcements.
They knew that Dunn was ON good
I rms with Postmaster, General Bow
Hhos white In tha1enAse, laborod bard
FOR the confirmation OF his last appoint
ment - U. b. Marshal, but they could
not bring themselves to believe that
their good friend and stAlwart patron,
Don Cameron, would permit the Presi-
dent 70 appoint . mau as obpoxlous to
their wing OF the party as Pyle him
self.
On the other hand, The County Com
miltee faction readily believed the news,
for no other reason, pro baby, but that
"the wish was father to the thought" !"
They chuckled gleefully a around, re-
toioed over the supposed appointment,
bot never spoke . word of sympathy for
Postmaster ,Pyle, who, Ii the report had
proved true, would have bean q victim
Of the basest sort of ireachery, as he re-
garded Dunn ~ hts friend, working for
his success.
It was amusing to sec how uickly the
whilom friends OF the Postmaster drop
ped him like hot potato when DHnn's
nppotntment waJ anuptBced. They not
eolyA knew b A0omprwmlse Candidate
would bo selected, but approved such q
course and some Of them were In q pell.
mel hurry to place them ,elves on rec
ond as having been In faver of q com
promise ever since the hght became hot.
Poor POstmahtAr Pyle ,vab literally
slaughtered in the house Of his friends,
and not one Of them expressed any SYM
Dathy for his disappointment
The Postmaster yesterday after Aoon
evidently beleved the truth of Dunn's
selection and appeared to feel very much
cut up about II. He could not fail TO see
how o any OF his friends we're mere
summer birds. willing to sacrifice him
upon moments notice In order to de-
feat their party AdVersaries. Even his
adherents In the Postoftice smiled COM
plaoentlV At the prospect Of having Dunn
FOR Q chief.
The fight for the Postoffice will now
pc conttuued With threpewGdrytgor, but Il
70 evidHnt that r yIe'S chances were gre a.
ly weakened BY yesterdays fdsco, and Il
would not be surprising to see all his
friends desert him during the next few
days and rally around a "oompromiss
candidate" In order to secure the dsfs at
Of the Stalwaft candidate, MAJOR SWig-
gett.
THE Latest OPTIONS.
Later Investigations into the AFFAIR
make 1t look as though yestsrday's move
was p1anue simply as a "feeler" to tesl
the popular senttment on theipOst- ice
qhestt0R In tLhis eskedtft was q per-
feet bucceas. ,1tshowee that tue Uoonty
Committee faction would accept anyone
from their side of the houte as q COM
promise candidate, while the other wing
OF the party remained loyal TO their can
dida'e Mfjor SwiRRtt..
While the excitement was at Its fever
height WARM PERSONAL friend OF Post
master Pyle called upon him and rouR b ly
denounced tue supposed apIoin, mebt as
q lrdacherous move upon the part of
Mr.. Higgins, and that gentleman IL being
rough IL denounced for hts evident satis-
faction at Dunn's elevation, even by
those who were almost equally elated
yesterday while Dunn stock was NJ.
Bey ond = doubt Postmaster Pye's
| forces are sadly broken and demoralized
One OF hts active friends nov claims to
be Out Of politics, " hiIs another declared
| this morning that no wished "lhe Piesi-
dent would appoint Major SwlRgett and
end the suspense"
The great and absorbing Questlo on now
Is, "N ho committed the tslegraphic
hoax that raised such q disastrous com.
motIon?"