Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-27
ARTHUR'S CRITICS,

neyD1uDt his sincerity in Prosecuting
the Star Route Thieves-isob Inge soil
DenOunces the Removals fas Infamous
Postmaster Angler and Ass slant Parker
Demand an Investigation.
The postmaster and assistant postmaster
| removed Saturday by the president for al
legged sympathy with the star route defend
ants, addressed the following letter to the
president:
WASHINGTON, Nov.25.-To the President.
SIR-I learn through the public press
for the first time, that by your order we
have been removed from Office in this city
on grounds that we have been guilty of
misconduct as officers of the government,
which allegations are false in particular
and damaging to us. We avail ourselves
OF this early opportunity to bring the
matter to your attention in case the
reports are authentic, and asking of you
that before you confirm the alleged action
you will suspend such procedure un-
| til the matter can be thoroughly investi-
gated by commission, or any fair means,
your wisdom may suggest for just and
correct conclusion. The charges of It'd
ball, late postofice inspector, to which
Bliss alludes IL his letter to you, were met
more than year ago and explained to the
| satisfaction of the department.. AS to the
| charge that we directly or Indirectly inter-
fered with the so-called star-route cases,
We deny. AS to the correspondence of Mr..
Anger in his home paper, it was the
substance of what was stated by the court
from the bench, and was reflected as
matter of news only. While we do not
question your right to suspend in our case
and remove. i'll another, we do deny your
right to assign as cause for such suspen-
sion and removal conduct and action alike
damaging. and injurious to US as public
officers and honorable men, without giving
us chance to be heard. You must be aware
these reflections, which are ISLANDERS on our
characters: receiving the official sanction
of your high Office, leave no other course
than this application and appeal to your
sense of right and justice. The offices we
willingly yield, but 10 the aspersions on
our characters we enter our special but
earnest protest.
| James R. Young and Brewster Cameron,
both of the department of justice, are
candidates for Marshal Henry's place.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.--Col. Ingersoll, of
| counsel in the star route case, said in an
| interview on the subject of Saturdays dis
missal by President Arthur: 1T is the part
of the government to terrorize the jury.
1 believe Henry is as honest man as ever
lived. He never did favor to defendants;
simply did his duty, no more,
no less. The reason why they
want him out is that they may put in
some one who will DO more than his duty.
They want to get absolute control of the
jury. never dreamed Anger OF Parker
were friends or enemies of departments.
These men have been cut down without a
hearing. Nothing more unjust has been
done i'll the history Of the country. The
idea that scitizen or officer cannot give
his opinion of the innocence of
a party without being prosecuted
by the government, without
removal, is simply horrible, their idea is
that every officer and dog that can be,
should be Kissed on any department by
the attorney general. The doctrine is too
contemplate to ind Judgment in the brain
Of decent men. I have not read the let
tiers of the attorney general and Mr.. Bliss,
and don't intend to. know there is not a
word of truth in them, and don't care to
take up my time reading what is not SO.
It has been talked that the marshal would
does not think Brewster the3 most wonder
full of men would follow him. [ believe
Henry, Anger and Parker were all re-
moved because they are honest men. The
department Of justice has grown desperate
since its paid agents were con-
victed of trying to bribe the jury. If
the next jury acquits- and it never will
convict presume Brewster will want all
the jury convicted of conspiracy to acquit.
He wants to spare this one, that's all. I
know nothing about Spencer and Helms,
except that Spencer is government witness.
It is simply infamous to remove men with
out a hearing and pnt a stain on them by
ec parte letters.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-The Times will say
editorially, ''While it is possible there may
be some important political significance
in the sudden executive onslaught on the
star route gang, and that it may be the in
itial act in a coming series of works meet
for repentance suggested by popular
Judgment announced some three weeks
ago, the probability at this writing seems
to be that the PRESIDENT has only yielded,
perhaps reluctantly. lie has certainly
yielded tardily to the representations from
the department of justice, which he could
not disregard. If compelled to part COM
pany with the present attorney general
under ordinary circumstances, the
grief of Arthur might not be inconsolable,
but to let the officer resign for the notori-
Gus reason that his efforts to bring a gang
of public robbers to justice were opposed
by conspirators holding Office under the
government, would cause so much scandal
that the most hardened politician would
! hesitate to pursue it.
The charges against the displaced Off
cials by the attorney general were of such
a character that the president could not
| refuse to act on them and expect Brewster
| to remain in Office or hope to conceal from
the eyes of future congressional investiga-
tors the circumstances now revealed in the
| attorney generals letter, and to disre-
gard them would infallibiy establish
| the existence of White house sympathy for
and intimate relations with the conspira-
tors. The public will await further de-
ve)opments before concluding that the
| removals should be credited to an awak
ening of the executive conscience, rather
| than to the instinct of self preservation.
THE FAT AND THE LEAN,