National Republican., 1882-08-05
RANK INJUSTICE.
To Faithful Republicans ana 20 FIX
Union Soldiers ana sailors.


To the Editor of TnE REPuBLrcAN;
Elvira," the Washington correspondent OF the
Knnsns City Journal snys in that paper OF Sunday,
July 30 "Onc ofthc most dlsgraccful things In the
Interior Department Is the fact that married
women arc snugly located In good petitions there.
one Of them on the rolls is Mrs. sale p Ayres,
who Is the wife of the Washington correspondent
Of the Kansas City Tmes. Her husband is bit.
ter ex-confederato Bourbon, and yot he has In
fluence enough to get his wife appointed to such
fine position, and have her credited to the first
district OF Kansas while there are hundreds OF
Kansnns--goOd RepubicGns-who served In the
Army and Navy during the war. who cannot get
places. 1t Is understood here that the Senator
from Emporia and the Representative nom Mani
haitian recommended her appointment and in
dorsed her papers. sho was formerly In the Pom
sion ONCE, and when Commissioner Dudley "a
true soldier found out that she was married and
had an nblc-bodied husband with means TO sup.
port her, he notified tho lady that she could not
stay there under him. II was then that she Sc
cured Influence of Kansas statesmen enough to
have, hGye somebody some in the Patent Office exchange
The sirangest thing about this case is that Ayres
himself was holding clerkship in the Post Office
at the same time his wife was in tho Pension
Onco. Mr.. James, the model post office reformer,
appointed him. and his successor, ex-senator
Howe, coming in, saw this injustice and bounced
him. Az God Is our witness every word Of this Is
true, and why is 1t so?'
representative of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public called at tho Interior Department yesterday
and learned that the acts stated above arc correct
so far as Mrs. Ayres Is concerned, Souator Plumb,
Of Kansas, and Senator Hill, of Colorado, and
others recommended the lady, and she is credited
to tho first district of Kansas (lir. AndersOs 81
Colonel t. NJ Ayres, her husband, is recorded In
tho Congressional Directory as representing the
Kansas City Times and Amsricdn Iroeffonis. 1t
was learned nt the Post Office Department yester-
day that he had BEEN 81 400 ciork there, ap-
pointed by Mr.. James upon the recommendation
of Senators Plumb. of Kansas, and Hill, Of Colo
rado, and was afterward removed by Mr.. James
1t WA also ascertained that Colonel Ayres was on
tho goth of last month, appointed special agent to
collect agricultural statistics In Colorado by Com
missioner OF Agriculture Lorlng, upon the recon.
mendsiion Of Senator Hill: of Colorado, and Rep.
has leit the city fjr his new dut;e' In the
West. He does not claim to be Re-
publican His salary is s1,s0o per year.
When the above facts were discl sed TO group Of
ext Union soldiers last night, one OF them, who Is
wounded soldier, and has been seeking posi-
ton for the first time in his life said, Good God
can such appointments be urged by Republican
Senators aud members, and made by Republican,
officials and right upon the eve OF political
campaign too, whom battle Scared veterans, who
are and always have been Republicans, aud their
widows and children are suffering for the actual
necessarfes of lfe." That's about the size OF IT.
was the reply. 1t Is duo TO Mr.. Teller to say that
the condition Of things as stated ahoye existed
1t Is also due to Commissioner Lorng To state that
Colonel Ayres was earnestly urged for the place
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