National Republican., 1882-06-26
AN OPEN LETTER
From, n Treasury Clerk 90 George william



Frop, n Treasury Clerk 90 George william
Curtls.
DEAR SIR: have received a printed circular
signed BY you as president by Everett J., Wheeler
as chairman executive committee, and by Wm.
Potts as secretary, in which you say you under
stand that n circular has been sent to you (me)
from the Republican Congressional Committee
asking for contributions toward deffaying the
expenses of that committee at the coming elec:
tion," and aflcr statements in rcgurd to legal
advice which YOU hay. takenRnd stu pto2ose TO
take, you close by saying, We should ad,i,e You
(me) prudcntly to refrain from complying with the
request of the committee"
! HAVE NOT TIIE HONOR or ANY ACQuhSrANcE
with either OF the gentlemen whose names are np.
PENDED TO this communication, and you Will please
pardon mo for saying thut am somewhat SUR
prised at the interest thus manifested by lhcm IN
Il purely private business affair, which should
have supposed would be of no interest whatever
to any QUE but myself. However as 1t is entirely
possible that the motives prompting this interest
ON your part may be good and Kind aud honest,
will respectfully reply that so far us nm con-
cerned, your understanding Is not correct, as up
TO the present hour have not received any such
communication fiom the committee named. II
in due course Of time such circular should reach
me. and If by thW time shull have discovered
Sny sGod reason to think St ySad 9T simer T @ %
what should do In such nn affair than am my
self, will do as you suggest, and in that event
/ will frankly say to you that am inclined to
think will do rs have Always done since be-
came voter
PAY MY LITTLE QUOTA
like little man, under the generally y-received
id, n that money earned by me in any honest
manner is mine to he disposed of by me as may
wish without let or hindrdnCe 10y any one. And
II in the next two, four or ten years shall iiltd
that following your kind advice would have saved
my official scalp, rest assured shall duly hppre-
cidte and VIII PROMPTLY acknowledge the fact. IN
the meantime, permit Inc tO say that am not the
kind Of man To receive such Il manifestation of
good wiz and friendly LEM % regard WiiRSut an SI TO
Is possible / shall therefore proceed at once TO
offer you some 81. gcstiOns IN regard to your bns-
ness aluirs, aud sincerely hope you VIII receive
them as kindly and appreciate them rs hlghy as
1 have done with the advice Offered TO me y YOU
and your blends 2 0f c9SHrfe sal. nGi ihIpS
to act IN accordance with my Suggestions
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE THE RDIToR
of the paper known as Hdrper's Weekly, aud that
since the death of the elder Harpers II has been
almost entirely under your control gnd manage;
ment remember very well that while managed
| by the Harper Brothers the paper was very great
success and that when first placed II your LANDS,
! and for u short time afterward, Its cieu'atlon
was not equnled by that of auy other weekly pub
ieations in America AZ that time It's power ana h
was impatienlly awaited by men, women, and
| children everywhere, and the papers were bought
with avidity the moment the newsboys began TO
| call them on the streets. Alas! show are the
mighty fallen" Who ever hears newsboy cal
Hdiper's Weekly in these recent years. l am told
by newsdealers that your paper has almost ceased
| to be salable and that under your management,
especially since you took the craze of "ciyl ser
| vice reform" into your head, 1t has been slowly
| dying sad and lingering DEATH am AFRAID
| that you are
| TAKING so MUCH INTEREST
| in the welfare of us poor government employees,
that you sacrificing the interest OF your own
| employers, and are making martyr OF yourself
to the hobby you are riding or rather that Is rid
| ing YOU to your destruction. j "should advise
you to give in the future less time and attention
| TO the Affairs of government clerks and others
| who, perhaps, do not thank you for your efforts
| nor advice, and give more of your time and
talents to your own business and that of your en-
| ployers. Sir, If had yentured upon these sug-
| pc.lions of my own voition without provocauon
or incilem ent thereto by you, should fVelmyseli
deserving any censurc that you or any other busi-
| ness man might pass upon me; but as you have
first presumed to advise me in matter OF my own
| personal business, shall not ask you TO pardon
| or excuse my seeming impertnence. Respect
| fulIv ,Gp