The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-20
INTERNAL REVENUE
HEADS THAT ;AaE DROPPING Off.

HEADS THAT ARE DROPPING OFF
C,nnlE,iontr Rraa1 Actions In Renewing In
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WASHINGTON, June 19.-Commisaione
Evans has Just begun q reorganization o
the Internal Revenue Service, whichih
says is a wedding out Of incompetent men
and the substitution Of fit men In their
places. As matter Of fact, it is, IS far al
developed, the putting out Of some ysry
competent men and putting in pe rsohal
friends, and in at least two cases, hitherto
disgraced officials of the revenue service
in. their places, Four Rsyepus Agents
were removed to-day, and two more have
been decided upon, but are not yet an.
aoanced. They are all men who were re,
garded as competent under General iRaum,
and no branch Of the public service was
more efficiently organized than bis, as the
whole country well knows. Il !.
The four Agents removed are Charles
w. Eldridge, now at Boston; Agent Daniels,
at CINCINNATI Agent Gustav Clemens, ol
Illinois, and Agent Creager, atjGrand
Haven, Mich. Mr.. Eldridge is, . man Of
fine education, and o gentleman Of high
character. He has been In the Internal
Revenue service since 1865, and Is thor
oughly acquainted. with every branchIo OF
the Internal Revenue service. He com.
piled the regulations for the service. His
standing for years has been the very best.
In his place maintained Horton, former
ly on duty in Kentucky, has been ap-
pointed, on the recommendation of Ben.
Butler and ex-Collector Simmons. Hor-
ton was dismissed by General Raum, for
cause. After his dismissal he continued TO
perform such acts in New England that It
became necessary for General Raum to ad-
dress circular letter to New England Col
lectors, warning them against him. He
made several attempts to be reinstated
under General Raum, his record being
such as to prevent 1t. All Of this record
exists at some length in Commissioner
Eyans' office. - -
In the place Of one Of the Others, James
A. Ray, lately Of Kentucky and now of
Kansas, has been appointed. Ray was a
Deputy Collector Of Internal Revenue in
the Second Kentucky District, and about q
year ago was reported against for neglected.
duty, and removed for this reason, as Mr..
Evans knows. y lssazS.zszs.i.liS-E7S-ss
In the place Of another competent Of.
icer, Albert H. Clark, OF Mr.. Evans
town, is appointed. Mr.. Clark was fitted
for this officials place by serving . term in
the Kentucky Legislature. &c ~
Another appointee Is Dr.. d. w. Voyles,
of New Albany, Ind He Is q physician
and past middle life, with good practice,
and his friends here are wondering what
he wants OF Special Revenue Agency.
Lastly, Commissioner Evans has intima.
ted his purpose TO displace General F. d.
Sewall from the head Of the force Of spe,:
cial Agents, and send him away, to make
place for one OF Mr.. Evans friends here.
General sewall, like Mr. Eldridge, has
long been connected with the service, and
Is one Of the most capable and efficient men.
in 1t, OF high character, and most excellent
gentlemen Is far better fitted for the posi-.
ton Of Commissioner than Mr.. Evans can
be till he haa= had several yeara expert
ence, The indications are strong that the
thorough organization which General
Raum left behind him Is to yield wherever
necessary, to. the demands Of friends, who
insist that the Commissioner shall become
2 dealer in petty patronage, .,,,fY
WHAT THE COMMISSIONER SAYS.
The matter being called to the attention
Of Mr.. Evans, he attempted to excuse his
action by saying that the men removed
were incompetent, while these withwhom
they were to be replaced were better men,
"That d al there Is in the Natter said
the. Commissioned, ~ can't see why there
should De SO much Of arow raised over a
few insignificant places like these. 1t Is
my determination to have the best men I
can find, and u ! learn there are any more
in the service who neglect their duties, ]
shall remove them in the same way; that Is
the kind Of 3 mani = I 10
Warming up with his subject the Com
missioner went on: ~ don't wantany agents
under me to act rs spies around this Office.
I want men for whisky detectives, and that
alone. The reports which have appeared
in the papers about this matter are insti-
gated, ! suppose, by those whom Ihaye
removed. That Is perhaps natural, and ]
do not object toit 90 mich, as the papers
have to print the ;news; but II others are
engaged in stirring the matter up / may
have to remove them, TOO. Indeed, there
are one or two more changes to be made,
anyhow. ! take the whole responsibility
for these removals upon myself That Is the
kind OF man am. Before acted, how
ever, I had the Presidents sanction. i
wrote letter embodying my views on this
subject, based upon what bad been able
to gather from those In the office who have
been here much longer thanI, and who
certainly knew more about II than did.
This submitted to the PRESIDENT and II
received his approval. No; thereR are no
charges against these men. know moth
ing rejecting on their personal character.
They are, as ,saidy before, not up to the
standard, and must make room for those
who are. That Is the kind OF o man am
Secretary Folger, when asked why the
changes had been made, said: "The
whole matter 10 in the hands Of Commits
sioner Evans. Under the law ] cannot In
terfere. lean only suggest or recommend,
when am consulted.H ~
~ RBiPsR's FUKAY LBrrER,
On which That GentIeman Received the
r- Nomination ~ Collector. o. .