Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-05
FOLGER'S QUEEN. >
A Treasury Scandal Growing Out of
the Recent Discharge of Miss
Horton.
Some Plain Talk About the Aged Secre'
tary and Appointment Clerk
Butler.

supposed to be in charge OF the Treasury
Department, is absent from Washington
at the present writing, and he may possi-
bly, miss the perusal of our Sunday budget,
which we strive to make interesting to
government officials; but the daily press
has opened the subject of which we treat
under the sub-haad line of Folger and
Butler. The publications referred to are
so erroneous and unjust that we give
another version from our standpoint, and
let the public determine the true inward
ness of the situation.
The Mr. Butler we now introduce to the
patrons of the Gazette is not the off-eyed
official charlatan of Massachusetts, but is
Butler of another style-a moray de-
formed and insignificant biped with rat
inclinations and tendencies wheH COM
pared with the political JiliItp of sAassa-
chusetts; the fellow of whom We write is
James B. Butler, appointment clerk of the
Treasury Department.
The story relates to Miss Lucy Horton,
of whom it is enormously stated in GER
tain daily newspapers that she intended
to shoot Secretary Folger and Appoint
ment Clerk Butler.
Miss Horton is young lady from Ala
bama, about twenty-one years of age; her
father and kindred were in the Confed-
crate army, in which cause her father re-
ceived his death wounds. Miss Horton
was unfortunate in her love affair in Ala
bama with the son of an honorable gen.
tleman, now Democratic senator from
that State. The love affair occurred dur
ing the era OF carpet-bag representation of
the South in Congress, and at that time a
loafer, demagogue and perjurer named
George f.. Spencer represented Alabama in
the United States Senate, and this political
vagabond Spencer caused Miss Horton to
come to Washington to serve partisan pur-
poses, guided by such a scoundrel as Spen-
Ger was, and is, and such political asso-
ciates as he could induce to take a hand in
such vile procedures. Spencer put up the
Job" to incite Miss Horton to make the
assault on the Alabama senator's son.
Under partisan influence the assault
was made, and became notorious by
subsequent proceedings in the Wash
ington courts. Promises were made
to Miss Horton that she should
be provided with government position
for the act she was induced to undertake
but every promise of these prominent
members of the grand old party was
false, and Miss Horton was deceived and
impoverished with promises until the
Treasury appointment clerk, Mr.. Butler,
gave her position. under another name.
Miss Horton was assigned to duty, and
faithfully performed all duties required OF
her; she believed Mr.. Butler to be a
very good friend and a nice gen
tleman. Miss Horton was assigned
to duty in the Sixth Auditors office,
which is located in the general
postofiice building, and usually went in
person to the Treasury Department to re-
ceive from Mr.. Butler his approval for the
payment of her salary; on her last visit to
the Treasury for this approval Mr. Butler
assured Miss Horton that he would con-
tinue to provide position and do better for
her than she expected, and encouraged
hef with professed admiration for her
on Miss Horizons leaving the Office of AID.
pointment Clerk Butler, and while
| passing along the hallway or corridor
| to the central front exit of the Treasury, .
| cOlored messenger brought a note from
Mr.. Butler and delivered it to Miss Hor-
ton; this note was an invitation from But
Ter to Miss Horton to meet him that even.
ing in questionable locality. Miss Hor.
ton was astounded at the receipt oil this
missive from Butler; she concluded that
| silence was her best remedy, and no per
son whatever received notice from hel
| of the receipt of the dishonorable nott
| from Butler; and we are positively assured
that an ever-watchful and brazen siren o
| the Treasury, known as the "Treasur,
Queen" was on the lookout and eithe
saw the delivery of Buffers note to Mis-
Horton, or the colored messenger informed
the Queen" and she cunningly judged
of the character of the note.
| 1t is a matter of common noteriety tha
the imbecile Folger is Sweet" with tn,
Queen of the Treasury" and is influenced
| greatly by this feminine manipulation o
official asses.
On the evening of the day upon which
Miss Horton received the improper not,
from Butler little prirdte dinner was in
dulged in by the Secretary, when Mrs
Kate Nee. (the Treasury queen) informed
Secretary Folger that Miss Horton had ex
hibited the Butler note to other parties t.
expose and disgrace Butler.
The misunderstanding tendencies of th,
Treasury Queen" had the desired effect
and Miss Horton was promptly dropped
from further connection with the Treas
ury Department. Buffers note was subse
quently surrendered to leading Republic
an jurist located in Washington. The mat
ter was apparently hushed up, but Mis-
Horton, knowing the injustice done her
would not let the matter subside an Off
cial of the Postoffice Department had tn,
goodness of heart to temporarily provid,
Il laborer's position for this unfortunat,
young lady, where she is earning barely
sufficient sum to keep her in provision
and shelter; while the "Queen of tn,
Treasury" and Butler are as happy a
CLAIMS at high tide-and 'the grand oil,
party" tenaciously fight for power to ena
BILE the continuance of such iniquities
and any citizen who has sufficient indie
pendence to expose. those outrageous
practices by officials and employees of tn
government is abused and DETAINED b,
official scoundrels.
ATr RrttInr fhn onnnfntunnnt flarE N
the Treasury, has made arecord; it is al
unenviable one for married man. Mis-
Lucy Horton is not the only lady employ
of the treasury to whom he has addresses
notes of questionable propriety, or t
whom he has made improper proposals
and if the showing up in this issue of tn
Gazette is not sufficient, we are prepare,
with additional material which will fur
nish amusing and instructive reading /
the patrons of the Gazette.
To prevent mistake and establish tina
we intend to dodge no responsibility TO
our declarations, we affiX our signature Z
our papers so that the parties criticise
and exposed can, if wronged or falsel
charged in any particular, be enabled I
take such procedure as may bemost suit
able to themselves. We do not propose t
discuss the private citizens, male or fe
male, recluse or Mormon, saint or sinner
but insist that the servants of the govern
ment should at least observe a decent al
tempt to passable respectability as a
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