The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-12-20
What General Chalmers Wants.

General j. r. Chalmers, OF Mississip-
pi, is very remarkable man. The
Republican members kicked him out of
the House of Representatives a few
months ago. for the reason that his pre-
tended election was fraudulent. In fact
the fraud was so obvious and shame ess
that h s Democratic friends were dis
gustel and made no special effort to
save him. He was dropped by his own
party and could not get denomination
as Congressman.
The next thing to do was to turn In
dependent, and if possible prevent a
colored Republican from being elected
in strong Republican district where it
might be said with almost literal truth
that every white man was a Democrat.
General Chalmers peculiar methods
and exceeding modesty appears to have
commended him to the Chairman OF the
Congressional Committee. who, unless
all reports are at fault, sent down
enough of the assessment funds to give
the General a plurality of votes, leav-
ing Hannibal Carter, the colored candi-
date, out of sight. and handsomely lead
ing Van II. Manning, the Democratic
candidate. One of the county returns,
however, had the Generals name mis-
spelled, and so Mr.. Manning is contest
ing his right to a certificate of election.
But the General is in Washington all
the same. and what he wants now is
recognition. He may get into the
House. or he may not. but before going
any further he is bound to know iust
where he st.Inds. He has seen General
Malone deal out the Offices in the Old
Dominion. and he would like to know
why he cannot do the same thing in
Mississippi. In order to settle the mat
ter, he has brought with HIM a test
case. There is a woman-one Mrs. Lee
Crandall-who is pos;mistress down at
Oxford, and General Chalmers wants
that post Office. Ee wants it for a man
who has been useful to him in the cam
paign-an independent Democrat
named Howe-y. Ee proposes TO find
out, by asking the department to turn
out Mrs. Crandall and appoint Mr..
Howery in her place, whether the Ad-
ministration will recognize" him or
not.
OF course General Chalmers ought to
be recognized. He was in the Confed-
crate army doing the meanest service of
any man who er wore the livery of
secession, while Mrs. Crandall's father
who was citizen of OXfo d, braved
pOpuldr OpiHlOn ANU aDuSe DY remain
ing a Union man all through the
war. Mrs. Crandall was appointed
postmiStress soon after the close of hos
tilities but Governor Ames, who might
ave taken his political notions from
Ben Butler, his father in-law, got her
removed to make room for some friend
OF his. Afterwards, Pre- ,ident Grant in
quired into the circumstances o: the
case and caused her to be reinstated.
Now General Chalmers comes to have
her removed agan.
General Chalmers. who seeks this
sort of "'recognition" at the hands of
the Repub ican administration, should
be recognized as disgrace to what
ever party he belongs to. He should
be recognized as soldier without honor
and a politician without honesty. He
should be recognized as a man who had
better let the Oxford post-o.lice alone.
and who ought in all decency go back
to the Democratic party where he be-
longs.-Detr0n Post and Tribune.
Since May l, 1,066 new houses have
been built in Brooklyn.