The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-05
A Postmaster Placed In u Peculiar
Predicament.
Tho Local Militia " Hard Luck, Dn'
Determined
To Como to Texas and Compete For th
Prizes ~ Houston.
Tho AnuuaI Base Ball Soon Assuming
Big Proportions.
Personal Gossip and News Notes

There 10 one man IN 81. L9uis who dilllrs
from Nasby. He doesn't want any post.
Office but being postmaster must grin and
bear 10. TO say that Rodney Wells, tue
new pos master, 10 happy ia his position
would bs a bitter tfavsety upon the disp0.
sition Of the msiDrity OF mankind, Wnich
seek harmony, not discord; peace, no, con
! tinued uprOar. TAG history of tho post.
eifice trouble. that amused and disgusted
| ST. LouiH the past teu days 10 % interest
| ing as IL is complicated. aud presents
m instructive Lesson TO these locsl ststag-
mon, wherever found who see Ia post
| oii,ce they have come 10 rule the Turing
mirage at TIE White house that only leads
to distress and disgrace, when Hayes, the
preceding postmester, was found to have
| used the g0vernmeDy funds improperly
| President Arthur chose not 10 remove him
but suffered hina 10 end his term. Then
Wells, arer making numerouo pledges, re-
c.ived the coveted prize To do so he wss
cpmpelled to promise his prln'
cipsl opponent, Bennett, the
assistant postmas.ership II he would with
draw iu bis favOr. This Bennett lid, letting
| Wells in. No sooner had he got in than he
forgot Mr. Bennett entirely, and TO even up
| & mora important pledge elsewhere threw
| him overheard and eppointed another man
| Then Immediately after that matter had
been arranged, along comes wealthy pat
rcu of Wells, who had supplied him with
enough money 10 past years To make bis
claim upon him pretty strong. So
he whispers IN his car: ~ want
| hst young friend OF mine now in the city
hail made suDeri ptendeht OF c1rrisrs." Says
| the virluous postm sster: "It can't be done
tho present ona is too we'll liked" 1T
must be dope,n said the friend, as he pre-
senied an ominous looking uote long due.
| Al a resalt OF ths conference, the amol.
tious yonng artist at tho city hall became
| bDlden, and taking = reporter OF an evening
paper 20 one side rehesrses 20 his reporto
rial friend limitlesl lot OF charges against
Superintendent of Carriers Wright
The reporter, thinking he had .
big sensation went to Wells and in ormed
| him o! the accusations sgainst his superin.
tendent. The boss was 30 tickled at tho
prospect o. being enabled 10 find at least a
plausible reason for making IA change he
said that II the carriers would make their
charges sgaintt Superintendent Wright
they would not lose their heads. Thus as
sured lew carriers met In the poslm ister .
| lawyer's office, and there in the pres.
ence OF the lawyer and reporter
alone told their grievances to the
effect tha, Wright rad franked some
mail matter illegally some years ago. The
| POSTMASTER himself was absent and the Sc
cret proceedings were altogether a star
chamber investigation. An evening con-
temporary published tho same iacts. thus
preventing the other paper from scoring
''scoop,n Tho postmaster on hearing Of
| the publication CRASHED his teeth IN im
potent rage, as his scheme was thus ma ie
| transparent, and the superintendent at
once went to him, demanding an investiga-
\ ton, which was refused. The next day or
| so, the suboTdinates having become 60 un.
ruly as to interfere with postal work. he was
| ignomini0usly discharged The postmaster
asserted vahementy that be wa, ignorant
~. u.f~ D = ltals.. L.
| spite OF the reporters decl Aiation that he
| old him to go ahead and the carriers would
| b, safe. Wells liitle game thus b.ing ex-
posed, he was compelled by public pres
| sure TO make worthy post-ofiice employe
the incumbent. This left the ambitious,
unscrupulous young gent out in the cold,
and there Will pe loud cursings when
Wells rich patron gets home from his
pleasure trip 10 find the promises for his
protege disregarded. AS the case now
stands, tre postmaster comes pretty near
being falsifer, the impecunious young
sspirant hes the reputation of starting all
the trouble tor nothing, and the reporter
finds that his sensation failed OF u SCOOP,
and every body is LETT sl around. The In
dignant Wright is charging around the de.
partmsnt AZ Washington demanding an in
vestlgation, with little prospects OF getting
Ole.
THE MILITIA
IL etill without Drigadier-geneTal to
take the place OF Lawrencs, whore enforced
resignation Was ex xplalned in his last letter
aud It's tender to General Sherman brought
out some very sharp suggestions on pro.
noting efficiency and harmony Ia the
course ofhis defamation of the honor. The
difficulty in making proper selection was
so great that tie sensible governor told
the officers OF the First and Second regi.
ments to nominate some one for the po-
a which IA
facts have been kept 80 well from the pub
tic that your CORES pondent was enabled 70
learn only this afternoon, after d'ligent in
quiry. that the party chosen 10 Colonel ID.
Z. Grier, who served with distinction dur
ing the war, et its close being placed over
the First division Thirteenth army corps,
stationed at Mobile,
1t seems as though luck is going hard
against the 81. Louis military, who are en-
tered for the Houston drill Only last week
the Treadway Rifles, the crack company
of St. Louis received their 200 new suits
from Boston only TO tnd hat they didn't
tit. They cost 81 900, and 40 their ex'
they couldn't afford to throw away their
money on them nnd exhibit their favorite
forms in such Ill fitting garb. AS result,
the Boston tailor will have a surplus stock
of military gsrments snd the company Will
contest at Houston in their old
cially brave, but they are sstheiic.
During all the excitement attending the
posiotlico expose anu the military muddle, |
the house OF DELEGATES, an instrument of
municipal legislation was bound to keep its
reputation up and was undergoing an inves.
tigat!on for bribery. A short time since an
evening paper told OF Doodle carried |
off by certain delegate for his vote in a
certain little matter. In demanding a
showing mp OF records, he created q great
excitement among the other virtnous dele
gates who saw that any official clearing OF
one might expose the rest. Finally the
investigation having begun desperate
effort was made by the committee to dis
close nothing, but the reporters were on
hand to furnish pointers and refresh the
defective memories Of more than one wise
legislator who had been foolish enough 20
jeopsrdize character for paltry stake. The
Inquiry, though conducted in such a cou
servative wsy, revesled seme interesting
details Of muoicipal government,
aud at last the chairman was told
oy the fearful members to weigh |
his questions more carefully. This he pro.
ceeded 10 do for short time, when the |
unique spectacle was witnessed OF several |
reporters sitting near The questioper and
insisting on certain queries. For several
hours the investigation was conducte by |
the inquisiiive Journalists, who bad their
own vsrscity to maintain. and which they |
did In such an effective way that one
member was shown 10 have let his
vote 20 for "enough to treat the boys
with" When this revelation was msde, |
things began 10 grow 50 dark for the dele.
gates that the reporters privileges were
curteiled to such degree that only such |
questions as we're suited to the moral com. |
plexion OF the soiled eolons were asked, and |
since then the Investigation has dragged |
vcsrily along until evsryb body has become |
sick Of II, reslix'ng that II IL the
PLANES. kind Of political white washing anu
0ooGnuA;v oskiEs; "Vhy dan's thsy 1T