Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-10

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NJ. ga1Iev-ls-e Postmaster az Atlanta.
seems :. have exhibited quite a frenzied
condition 1r mind over 1is removal. IL
coal1l-t. f.r lie life VI him. 80 why Le
wac removed ana insisted mat the Post
master General should Tell him. OF
colr-e- Nr. CeIlev has d right U know
why ue was removed. and u have the
publ. know L II be wished He ought
however. % have been a little miider iu
getting III the information. II is alleged
that au Atlanta paper in the interest
9t Nr. Canley. has said some harsh things
about the Postmaster General No doubt
the Tg-tma st-r General would have given
NJ. Cgniey the reasons for his removal
even b. the Atlanta paper had not spoken
- strongly IN Mr. Conley's behalf. The
Postmaster General, in a brief letter, tells
Mr. Conley why be removed him. In the
letter the Postmaster General said.
II had convincing evidence that you
not only retained but that you promoted
clerks iu your employ whom YOU know 70
De dishonest. and, further, that you en-
desvored % mislead the Inspectors as to
the condition Of your accounts and your
Office when they were inspecting the
same. I'm view Of what occurred bCweeu
you and Inspector sharp at Atlanta few
DAYS before your suspension, and what you
said to him on that occasion, 1 did not eX-
pect YOU would ask for the reasons which
led to your suspension"
From this it viii be seen that the Post
master General hasn't any nonsense about
him. He is running the Post Office De
partmcnt. apparently. on business prin-
ciples.
some Of the Northern papers express
astonishmeut at the rapid development Of
the resources Of the South as shown by
the trade editions Of various Southern
journals on the 1st Of September. The
Hartford Conr1t says the record is
equal 10 the surprises Of Western growth,
and the field is 50 inviting to capital and
labor that IT promises To become the
richest section Of the country. The rapid
development Of the West was OccasiOned
by her railroads. and the same thing is now
going on in the south. The South
had few railroads before the war, and her
general prOstratiOn prevented them for a
long time after. It has scarcely been ten
wears since she really began her upward
course Of progress and development, nor
did she yet fully under way until about
seven years ago. when capital turned its
attention TO Southern railroads. Since
that time there has been a great increase
Of her railways, and as the work con-
tinues we may expect a still more salts
factory showing'at the end Of the next de-
cade.
The wisdom Of Congress in providing
for the inspection Of tea is being made
apparent in the condemnation Of a very
large amount Of that article as utterly
unfit for use. Tie inspectors have dis
covered that tea that has been once used
is re-colored and placed upon the market
as good tea. II has also been discovered
that the practice Of sending cargOes Of tea
to this country which have been con-
demned BY countries which have rigid
inspection laws has been carried on for
years In view Of the fact that so many
articles used as food are adulterated to
an extent that makes them not only
worthless, but poisonous, il is remarkable
that more people are not sick.
The First Comptroller of the Treasury.
judge Lawrence, mentions that two
prominent officials have been away from
their desks. one eight and the other nine
months. and that both have drawn their
full salaries all the time. 1t would be in
teresting to know who those officials are,
and still more interesting TO know why
they have been permitted TO draw pay for
services never performed. Facts like
these given by Judge Lawrence, convince
the people that there ought to have been
thorough cleaning out of the depart
ments at Washington before the civil SER
vice act went into effect.
The outlook for Washers and dudes
in Washington is stormy The Fedora
ton of Labor in that city has adopted res
oIutions to the effect that proper punish.
ment will be melted out TO Washers and
dudes caught insulting respectable girls
going to and coming from their places Of
work. The condition Of affairs at the
National Capitol must be sad indeed
when labor organization Is compelled
TO undertake to protect honest girls from
insult in the public streets
An impression is abroad in Washing
ton that the New York .Sea is pushing
Holman to the front as Presidential
candidate for the purpose Of killing off
Mcdonald in Indiana, and that when Nc
Donald becomes a political corpse Hol-
man VIII be dropped. Washington is a
great place for impression, but it is some
consolation 10 know that as a rule they
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