Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-30
In the Republican Camp, Growing Out
OF the Recent RemOVaIs-Interest.
ing Interview Made
Public by the Department of Justice
Marshal Henry viii Make Fight
A StalWart Review.


told the marshal that he wished him and
everybody else 10 understand shat the gov
eminent does not want the conviction i'm
justly obtained; 1t wants fair play, and il
| will have H." The attorney-generaI then
questioned The m arshal about Dorsey's cali.
| ing at his Office, of which fact Henry denied
any knowledge, and insisted that he and his
men had clean hands In the mater
Brewster charged Henry with picking M
men on the streets for talespneu E+heTe1,non
Henry said that re had done his entire diIty
] and was as anxious for fair trial as apy,
| one, AMI that if any failures had been made
| they had been made through ignorance. and
not design. In closing the interview, Mar
| shall Henry said: 81 challenge the closest
| investigation" In reply, Attorney. General
Brewster remarked: IF there ia . Fust ac-
quittal by twelve responsible men / will re-
joice. II one man holds out against eleven.
the people will say, How came that jury 10
be put in that condition? This thing of
jury fixing will not tolerate"
A Republican Review or the Removals
and Their Causes.
New YORK, November 29.-Tbe TYnes,s
Washington correspondent says: The clos
ing words OF Attorney General Brevster's
| report concerning the Eve government off.
GERS removed by the President NAV give 10
the country outside of the District Of Coll,n,.
bia an idea OF the condition OF public senti-
ment here in tue capital as to the Star.route
thieves and their prosecution: "Eucircled
with snareF, pitfalls and every species OF vile
device that could be invented to harii them.
hinder their usefalnes. and prevent the sd-
ministraticn OF Justice" In this way Mr..
Brewster descrioes some of the difficulties
which have surrounded the officers OF the
law. The remainder OF the paragraph, in
which the attorney general speaks Of persons
in minor official positions ''who know
ALLEGIANCE In h,,k l..
OF robbers" and who "are saturated
with affinities for there Bad nen,n and
have contributed By every means in their
power, at the bidding OF their masters. "to
obs'ruct public justice and to defame its
officers, With the hope OF securing the ac-
quittal and escape of the thieves, is Ian
guage which Is not too strong for the subject.
II the dignlhed attorney general of the
United States is moved 10 Expression and
Statements tike these in an official c6bnmbni-
cation, what 1Sust De the condition of public
| ssIIInient here? This is an exceptional
community, and the peculiar causes which
separate and distinguish it from other larre
communities, Of the country invite study and
deserve elaborate essay. The attorney-gen-
eral has begun to purify his own department.
Postmaster General James began 10 purify
HE, but did not complete the work. 1t is a
significant fact that the removals Of Satur-
day led people on the streets 20 predict the
removal OF many other government officers,
not because OF any information about the
Presidents intentions, but because of the
general knowledge that these officers be-
onged TO the same list. Among those men
toned are District officers, detectives, bureau
officers and CLERKS.
Marshal Henry will not be easily pushed
aside. Prominent men are already coming
10 his support and declaring that the Presi-
dent has removed him because he was the
intimate friend of Garfield. The marshal
will have Ohio at lis back, it is said, and
will make a struggle ia the-Senste when his
successors name comes before that body.
The marshal's course in this matter has been,
however, the subject of common comment,
and it was said before the end of the trial
that nothing except his association With
Garfield prevented his removal for cause
If the President should determine 10 remove
Public Printer Rounds he would arouse a
strong political opposition in the Northwest.
Ex-Postmaster Anger says that Inspector
Tidball has preiudiced the minds of Mr..
Bliss and others against him. He cannot in
this way dispose of the offc ial report of that
inspector, in which he not only proved that
Mr.. Anger had repeatedly violated the law
and became liable TO fine and imprisonment,
but also published Mr.. AiDger's sworn adj
mission to the truth of the charges. Anger,
who is said 10 have been an efficient
postmaster, was following his predecessors
example in certifying lie worthless stireties.
1t was his predecessor who certified
that Dewitt G. Wheeler was responsible to
the amount of something more than $780,
600, to which extent he was surety on the
Dorsey contracts. But violations of law of
this kind do not seem to attract attention
here. Mr.. Helm, the ex-foreman of the
Congressional Record, has written long let
ter, in which he says that he suffers through
no fault of his own, but only because he
refused to forsske a lifelong friend and
join in the hue and cry of cruelty him, with
out waiting for proof that he was really
guilty of any crimeh Mr.. Helm exhibits in
this sentence pecdliarIty shown by other
defenders of Thomas J. Brady. They are
fond of likening him to the Savior OF man
kind. The newspapers supported by Brady
and managed by Buell. and others have oc-
casionally used such similes and spoken of
the Star-rou'e "boss" as one crucifed, and
have assigned to Postmaster General james
and others the characters of the thieves
on each side OF the cross. Mr.. Helm con-
tinues to the effect that he firmly believes
that Brady is innocent, and that he is being
pers cu!ed by the government. The Sunday
paper recently sold by Brady To respectable
journalists says that the President "has
thrown off the cloud which rested on his
shoulders and stands in the sunlight" and
declares that the attorney generals letter is
a brave and honest lnd,ct ment.
Those members of the Star-route ring
against whom the government has proceeded
in the courts are by no means pleased by The
removals. 1t is reported that Thomas ].
Brady says the President has done this only
because he desired vacant offices for his
friends, and not b cause he regards him and
his fellow-defendanis az guilty. He is also
reported saying that the President and
msjority Of the Cabinet are really in strh-
IL L LII. H.
uocent. Gen. Brady seems 10 be capable OF
making as many bluuders as his companions.
Thomas L. Tulloch has been appointed
postmaster at Washington, rice ID B. Anger,
removed. Mr.. Tulloch is native of New
Hampshire and occupied there at One time
the position of secretary OF state. During
the presidential campaign of 1872 he was
secretary of the Republican Congressional
Committee, and for the psst four or five
years has been disbursipg officer in the gen.
eral postof6ce in this city.
The postmaster and assistant-postmaste
who were removed on Saturday have adj
dressed the following letter 10 the President:
WASHINGTON, D. c., November &c.
sIRNLearning through the public press for the
6rst time that by your order we have been reaoyea
postmas er of this city on the grounds that we
have besn guilty of misconduct OF otdcers OF the
particular and damaging to US, we avail ourselves
Of is early opportunity TO bring the matter TO
YOUR attention. in case said reports are authentic,
and asking of you that, before you finally con-
firm this alleged action, you will suspend such
summary procedure until the matter can be thor
oughly Investigated by commission, or any fair |
method your wisdom may suggest, to arrive at a
lust and correct conclusion. The charges of Mr.
ridball, late postoffice inspector, 10 which Mr..
Bliss alludes In his letter 10 you, were met more
than year Bgo and explained 70 the satisfaction
of the department. As to the charge that we di-
reetly or Indirectly intereled with the so-caled
Star-route cases deny. as to the correspond |
ence of Mr. Anger in his home paper, it was sim
pIy the substance of what stated by the court
from the bench at the time and was reflected as & |
matter of necessity.
While we do not question your right to suspend
in the one case and remove in the other, We do |
deny your right 10 assign cause for such sus-
pension and removal conduct and action alike |
damaging and injurious to as public officers |
and honorable men, without giving us al oppor- |
tuniy to be heard You must be aware that these |
reflections which virtually ISLANDERS upon our |
characters, receiving the Official SANCTION of your
high Office, leave no other course than this apph-
cation and appeal TO your sense OF right and |
justice. The office willingly yield, but 10 the
aspersions characters we enter our respect
full but earnest protest Very respectfully your |
obedient servants, d. B. ANGER,
NJ N. PARKER.
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