Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-09-19


tendance has been frequently and re-.
specially requested, but that you
have failed of sufficient interest to put
in an appearance in person or other
wise. Yours, truly,
WILLIAM MALONE"
Upon the strength of Senator Ma
homes letter the Virginia Campaign
Association has issued the following
manifesto
RESOLVED, That all member who
are more than two months IN arrears
for dues be summoned to appear at
the next regular meeting, to show
cause why they should not be sum.
marily dealt with for their nou-pay-
ment of dues and for their habitual
absence from the meetings of the asso
citation.
dear Sir Your attention is called
to the above resolution, which was
unanimously adopted at a regular
meeting Of the association, held Sep
TENDER II, 1888. May we not hope
that you will report at the next meet
ing and relieve yourself from the
force of said resolution? We hope it
will be your pleasure to do so.
Very respectfully,
"JoHN n. SEBRELL, President.
I. BRAME, Secretary
Mr.. John n. Sebrell and Mr.. I.
Brame are both said to be clerks 10
the pension office, appointed from
Virginia. The Postmaster-General
Is Just now very much exercised to
fud some postmasters in Virginia are
holding elective Offices in defiance OF
an old executive order, and has inslsS
ted upon their resiguing either the
Federal or State Office. 1t was gen.
orally supposed that the ciyllaservice
act forbade intimidation Of apolitical
character
fit does not cover the above, per-
haps an unrevoked executive order
exactly meets the case. The Post
master. General, if he is DESTROYS of
making an issue, will find that there
are Virginlans in the Post office de-
p artment, and that the following,
sometimes called Executive Order No.
l. has the same force that the other
or6er has forbidding federal officer
holding an elective political Office. /.
is as follows:
e xECUTIvE MANSION, Washington,
June %, 1S77.-Sir: l desire to call
YOUR attention to the following para
graph in a letter addressed by me to
the Secretary of the Treasury on the
conduct to be observed by officers of
the general government in relation to
the elections. "No officer shall be
re CURED or permitted TO take part in
the management Of political organize
tons, caucust s, conventions or election
campaigns. Their right to vote and
express their views on public ques>
tions. either orally or thr Ough the
press, is not denied. provided it does
not interfere with the discharge OF
their official duties. No assessment
for political purposes on officers or
subordinates should be allowed. This
rule is applicable to every department
of the civil service; it should be un-
derstood by every officer Of the gen.
eral government that he is expected
to conform his conduct to its require
Very respectfully,
R. B. HAYES.
The New York Herald makes the
following editorial reference to Gen.
based on the above exposure:
awe trust the President and the heads
IF departments will promptly and
rebuke Gen. Malone for the
scand.lous attempt to intimidate Fir-
gipians serving the government toto
also serving his political purposes,
which our Was bingron correspondent
reports. ince the Infamous Jay
IIubbell Gil cullr nothing so bad as
his bulldozing circular Of Mabone's
las appeared Mr.. Arthur may de-
,ire the success Of the anti-democr.tic
in Virginia, but he cannot
afford to let Gen. Malone play boss
over the CLERKS in the Washington
departments or the federal office
holders in Virginia. These are the
subordinates, and he is
10 honor and duty bound to protect
hem, and to give the public notice
hat he means to do so. 1t ought not
10 take him more than twenty-four
hours to make up his mind on this
matter. Ho has won an honorable |
reputation and the confidence of the
public, but be will sacrifice all if he
ioes not make a public and severe
of this impudent Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-Ycster-
day morning Henry Marks, a laborer,