The Portland daily press., 1882-11-27

be brought to your knowledge. You have much to
occupy you Just now, and would not willingly add
unnecessarily to 1t just now but the circumstances
are such thai delay seems impossible.
Your obedient servent GEORGE BLISS.
To the President.
The summary action Of the President Saturday
mas given riss To r1mors as 10 what may be expect
90 IN the same line in tue future. One point upon
when rumors seems to a rec is the removal of
MIR George Bliss New York in his steal but ow-
my TO the strict secrecy which is being observed by
persons supp sed 10 be informed, the rum rs can
not DO either verified or disprsved &C this hour
Inc ahnoulcement late yesterday safter, of
tnese removals by The President at the instance Of
,ne ,n, Att rney Genera fei like b 1t Of thander
niation OF such action had been received by any of
tn par les removed
:. Ma shal Henry is absent from the city upon ys-
fostmaster Anger. the nest on the list, was Wis
lieu py a reporter of the Associated Pres, and
maze the folio~ing statement: | have no knowl-
edge W, atever of what ihe attorney Generals
charges are based on, know that have never in
any WY b.en implicated in the cases IN any man-
ner. nave MOI spoken b ady sinceshe resigI ed
his sition in the Post Office Department Ih4ve
not spoken to Dorsey 81 ce met himin Ipdiapapo-
lis in the fr siiential campaign of 1880. have
never .p ken to ANYBODY In anyway interested in
thes- trials, except and h. was u personal
freud . HON knew before came 10 Washington
aud he was one of the persons who were convicted.
DO never asked int to use my influence in a. v
way, and never exercise it any way / am unac-
qhainted with ny of The jufymen who led the
Will him affecting the tr al in way another.
As said before. obly hsi one Acquaintance with
whom have been at all Intimate and he that with
Jurymen voted To convict never had any G. nver-
saion wi b the jurymen abou tn, man who Was
convicted, nn il after the trial was over 1 simply
said 10 n,m then that thought he voted convict,
the most innocent of The party hat il he was gull
~ az we 2 guilty, and all sh' uld have been CON
VIC ed' What the nature ~ the charge made Ia the
AttorDev Bliss let er. is have OF course, no knowl-
edge. The Attorney General does not specify any
thing, bn bases his action upon charges made by
Bliss He sad he should.try to get copy of the
ch ,rgrs on ho day. He beieyes the whole mat or
has been brought aeout BY United States Marshall
Iilbaii OF rizona, who as Ing b en- bis personal
hearing hnd that he - sfs the President that
the charges are groundiess. Col. Ainger is citizi
OF Michigan and was appointed postmaster, .Ianuary
s, is7s by Pr -. Hayes. The va ancy caused by his
removal been temporarily filed By the President
who has igna cd for the position, Thomas l..
Tulit OK, the present disbuIsing officer.
Col My on B. Parker the third and the last made
statement very similar tp that of Col. Anger
that he had no acquaintance whatever with any Of
ne star QUITE defendants except speaking
quaini ance with Mime who was convicted that he
a tended the trial b It once, and then in company
with Col. Ain, or, iha he had not the slightest in
timation that he was to be removei and yet re-
ceived no official notice of it. He attrbu ed it di-
recty to notice ON the part of Mar hall Tdba and
Brewster Cameron and asserted hif entire inno-
cence Of any completely in the star frauds.
Col Parker is a ci izen of Vermont and ap-
point d sssi- ant postmaster Feb. 20, $40.
M ID. Helm, fureI of the cor gressional record.
heard OF his dismissal early this evening, and pro-
ded to forest II tn action of the president by
signiug h 8 pos, ion which headei in a le tee
addressed 10 the public pint r Rounds. He
sidtrs his removal persecution and an outrage,
but said he has option but to submit to the
inevitable Mr. Helm refers to his intimate
quail tancs with Gen Br dy and says, "My ouly Of
tending les in the fact tht have refused to for
sake friend" The fact that MIR. Rounds fai ed TO
remove hi flrem and retained him in his posi-
ti'n notwithstanding the grave charges against him
is advanced give color TO the ruuor that the
movai # the pubic prirter himself has been de-
nnn n fha affa
that Burnside discussing officer of the Post Office
department., Is also t. be removed. does NOS re-
ceIve general credeuce to-nighs. reporter of the
ASS ciatsi called at Dorseys residence this
evening but was told hat Dorsev would receive no
gisftor- being cenfned t. bis bed with severe in
dispt t,sition Col ngersoll is absent from the city
and none OF tho counsel in the star route cases
who ould be found this evening were disposed to
ex press an opinion for publication.