Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-05
SUIT AGAINST THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,


WASHINGTON u. c., Sept. 4.-In the case
of the manager of New Orleans Lotter,
Company against the Postmaster general, :,
an action of 100000 damages, in issuingal
order to prevent the delivery of letters ad
dressed to him etc. thePostmastergeneralto
day filed by Solicitor General Phillips, hi
pleas. He pleads first not guilty, and sec
ond, that he is not guilty under sections
1929 and 4041 of the revised statutes
Third, that November 18th, 1879, Key
then Postmaster general, on hearing the
evidence was satisfied the plaintiff was
conducting scheme for obtaining money
through the mails by means of false and
fraudulent pretences, and forbade the pay.
ment of postal orders to him by the post
master at New Orleans and the order
had never been revoked. The Postmaster
general admits he has enforced
this order, but Says he was not actuated by
malice or adesire to injure the plaintiff
He pleads further that the ordey of Key
Nov. 13, 1879, is included in his order of
July 8, andsays he considered it his duty
to enforce it. He admits he was informed
of the late directions of my suspending
order and also that an appeal had been
taken to the supreme court of the United
States, which was dismissed by the plain
tiff, it being considered that any state
ments made by Key were only incidental
for the end they were made, and were
therefore limited in effect. Therefore
that he might be informed of anything
plaintiff might have to suggest to the con-
trary he notified him what he proposed to
dc:i aud heard arguments IN his be-
half. He admits he declined to retry,
inasmuch as the plaintiff did not
allege there had been any material change
and after the hearing he issued, on July 8.
direction which he avows to be all that
he had done 10 relation to the matter. He
states ''that whatever has been done in the
matter, has been done merely in the
course of his official duty and without
malice to plaintiff, and denies all allega-
tions in the declaration contained in CON-
tradiction to or not admitted by this plea"
HILL WILL BIZ oENsURED FOB GENERAL
LoosENEss.
Acting Secretary New, chairman of the
Hill investigating committee, said to a
Star reporter o-day that all the pubIica-
tions relative 10 the tenor Of the report of
the committee are merely surmised. No
information Of conclusions reached by the
committee has been given out and it is in
tended none shall be until the report has
been submitted to the secretary of the
treasury. a|second copy of the report is
being made and when completed will be
placed in the safe of the chief clerk
there to remain until placed in the hands
n io
however, that the report will reflect Sc
versly upon Supervising Architect Hill for
general loose management OF the Office
and favorit1sm to Contractors, especially
in awards Tor safes, heating apparatus for
Chicago custom house and iron shutters
for the public buildings at Cincinnati.
THE UTAH COMMISSION SPEAK UP.
The fcilowing communication was to-
day received ct the interior department.:
SALT LAKE CrrY, Aug. 80, 1888 Sir: In
the absence of my associates at Utah, the
commission being on few weeks vaca-
tion, 1 take the liberty of addressing you in
their vonalf as well as my own. Hitherto
we have paid but little attention to the
many false statements of the press emanat
ing from This city, but I find in q
newspaper what purports to be
statements made by Hon. Edward Pierre
pout to President Arthur at the national
park, wh,ch ought not to go unnoticed.
These staIenents I find in telegram from
Chicago. dated Aug. "a, which I enclose
herein. II the honorable gentleman made
these statements, he has certainly gathered
an unusual crop of misinformation dur
ing his brief stay in the city. The source
of his false information is we'll known to
us and is indicated in the conversation.
The commission will, sometime before the
meeting Of congress, make full and de-
tailed report of all of our proceedings
since we entered upon the discharge of our
duties in this territory from which Pierre
pont will see that he has been badly i'm
posed upon. Without taking time to no.
tice the numerous errors contained in
this conversation. I only wish to say
that every charge or inuendo that the gen.
tlemen composing this board have been
improperly Influenced or failed to dis
charge their whole duty under law to the
best of their ability and judgment, is based
upon information wilfully and wiokedly
false. This board is charged with the duty
of excluding all polygamists from voting
and from eligibility to Office. This is the
full extent of our authority under law, and
in this our work has been completely sue
cessful. We have excluded some 10000
polygamists from the polls, and at the No
vember elections in 1882 and at
many municipal elections since that
time and at the general election in August.
1888, embracing about 800 officers, who
we're elected, we have excluded all
polygamists from eligibility. In short,
the commission has strictly and stringent
ly executed the law of congress and has
stretched the legal tethsr to its utmost ten
sion and in order to make it effeetual if pos
sible insomuch that members have eensured
members of this board in several cases for
what they allege to be excess of authority
against them. wish you to consider this
as An official communication and to bring
it to the attention of the president as early
as practicable.
Signed A. B. CARLTON.
Of the Utah commission.
CALIFORNIA LORD TITLE QUESTION.
Gov. Stoneman and Attorney Gen. Mar.
shall, of California, have addressed The
president pronest against the resent do.
cision Of the secretary of the interior /,
The case Of Pueblo VS.. San Francisco. II
is therein recited that the supreme author.
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