Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-05
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Captain polan Shows Hoa the Democrats

No Republicans need apply, and the needy
Democrats must be taken care of. The Direct
ors are gradually wedding out all who are not Of
their political stripe. and putting Democrat:
in their places, all of which is contrary to
law. Good. able.bodied men. who have been
faithful in the discharge of their duties. have
been fired. and incompetent men put IN their
places"
land you were one of the fred, were
you 81
Years present" saying which Captain Dol an
drew from the inner pocket of his gray coat
an envelope, which he contemplated sec
ond. and then drawing from, its folds letter
which he opened. he handed the missive to
the reporter, with an indignant, Read
that"
| The letter was as follows:
| WARDEs's OFFICE,
| PRISON AT FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA.
| FOLSOM December 81, 1888. J
! CAPTAIN F. P. Dolau-Hy Dear Captain: The
Board of Directors having abolished the Office OF
Keeper of the Front Gate and crested the office OF
Turnkey, have appointed James B. Moore to NIL
the office of Turnkey. He will relieve you OF your
| duties on the lst Of January, 1854.
Wishing you happy New Year, and hoping that
you may enjoy prosperity wherever your lines MAJ
be cast, am, yours truly, corr, ,,-,
| JO6N hCCCnD NaIuei-
Now, isn't that dead give-away ?" asked
NJ. Dolan, 1T shows on its face that
the title of the position was changed Just for
the purpose of putting ont Republican to
make room for a Democrat"
And did any other OF the decspitated re-
ceive that kind of letter ,"
eyes. DIR. w. A. Grover got letter In
the same language, telling him that the
Board had abolished the office Of Resident
Physicisn-the one he held-Bnd created that
| ef Visiting Physician, and appointed DR.. +.
| C. Durant to the new office. Now, what was
! the use of telling me of the creation of tbs
office of turnkey, or telling DR.. Grover OF the
creation of the office of Visiting PHYSICAL !?
| 1t was only necessary to say that our cfhces
had been abolished, and that our services
were no longer needed. These letters are
dead give-away."
Were no charges made against either of
you?"
None at all"
ibid you have any previous lntlmaton OF
what was coming
"Well, no; hadn't, but l think DR..
| Grover had. You see, there has been good
deal of quiet talk about getting him out and
getting Durant in, but don't think he knew
exactly in what way it would be done"
"Was there not some objection 70 DIR.
Growers mode OF praCtlCe as noI DeluS up W
the times"
"None that I ever heard of. He has been
the Resident Physician ever since the prison
started, has always been successful in his
treatment and is very popular with the con-
yicts. No, sir it was just cold political
move to put a Democrat in his place. Whv,
the statement was made freely, by an Off
Ger under the Warden, to the guards
that were discharged, that they had to go out
to make places for Democrat. There WAS
not even a pretense cf any other cause in
most of the cases."
How many guards are there, and what is
their political status =
There are thirty guards and counting on
his fingers and calling them by nams) seven
are Republicans. Not Republican guard
has been appointed dnder the new Board.
On, you can bet your life that they will all
have to go! OF course McComb cant help
himself. If he should kick they would find
some excuse for firing him out on the double
quick. | tell you these fellows are carrying
out the Democratic motto, To the victors
belong the spoils, and don't you forget it"
The Captain concluded with some charac-
teristic remarks concerning the blankety
blank blank Democrats, that caused q tenn
porary blueness in the atmosphere, and the
interview ended.
BR1C.A-BRAc CLUB.-The New Years re-
union of this popular social and literary
club was held last evening at the residence Of
DR.. w. A. Hughson, and was unusually we'll
attended. The musical selections of the
evening were a piano solo, by Mr.. Ball :;
song, by Mis- Percy Ross ; piano solo, by
Miss Mile Gregory; and songs by Messrs.
Dobson and Sheet, and Miss Emma Eel
ter. An exhibition of bric-a-brac and
artistic work comprised the following ::
Published portrait of Miss Mile Gregory,
in crayon, by Miss Alice Way A)wers in
oil, by Mrs. Bingsy fruit piece, in oil, by
Miss Mile Gregory; landscape, in black
and white, by W. f. jackson tull-sized
portrait of a child bv W. f. jackson " A
Visit to the Studio, oil colors, by w. F.
jackson "In the Woods" oil col
ora, by w. F. jackson; flowers, in
OIL by Miss Flora Weeks; two panels,
Gone Rocks, marine sketch in oil, w. +.
jackson two landscapes in oil, by Norton
| Bush flowers, in oil, Mrs. w. F. jackson :;
| fruit and fl Dwers in oil, by Mrs. Sylvester
| Tryou; full size portrait Of young girl, in
oil by W. +. jackson; oval flower
pisce, in oil, by Mrs. Sylvester Tryon !;
steel pen picture. The Foxes, by
little Edith Hughson cabinet for maya
zines, bric-a brac work, by member !;
cross stitch table scarf Mrs. w. A, Hugh
son; Oriental embroidery, piano cover, Mrs.
J. H. Lewis /; drawn work, table scarf, Mrs.
| w. A. Hughson carved head in wood, by
Mrs General Cosby; repousse work, four
examples, by member; chenille embroidery
on satin, Mrs. w. A. Hughson large num-
Der of pieces of china service, hand
painted, by Mrs. Hughson
bound book rack, by member !;
Spanish needlework, by Mrs. Josiah Jack
son. The entertainment concluded with the
production of a seriO-comic opera boutfe,
written by Harry Dam, entitled THE
Tenth-street Tragedy" which was exceed
ingly funny and admirably presented by
Messrs. ,Tobson, Flint Sheets and Bush, and
| Misses Emma Felter and Carrie Williams,
| Mrs. Henry Edgerton presiding at the piano
! The piece was a satire on the rivalry existing
between the Xopcs and La Gazette Clubs
| and abounded in good.natured mirth, pro-
voking local hits. The entertainment was so
! enjoyable that it was prolonged until near
midnight. c. 4. Grunsky, President Of che
| club, presided.
LEAP YEAR PABTY.-The young ladies of
this city will give a leap year party some
night next week They intended giving one
last evening, but Of the $50 young ladies who
are getting up the party $50 wanted to be
floor manager, hence the postponement.
| Speaking of leap year party, the Woodland
/ Mail Of Thursday says: The ladies Of the
| Amigos Club asserted their rights last even
! ing and had the sole manager ent of the
party held at Armory Hall. The arrange
ments vera all perfect, and the manner ic
which the ladies carried out the entire pro-
/ gramme showed conclusivey that they are
ss competent to manage affairs OF this kind
as are the Steiner sex. After the dancing
was concluded the young ladies invited their
partners to the Palace restaurant, where a
splendid repast awaited them. The gentle
men who we're lucky enough to receive invita-
tons TO this party voted it the grandest sue
| cess of the season, and are unanimous in the
wish that leap year could be so arranged as
to occur every fourth month instead of every
fourth year
SUNDAY PERFoRNANCE.-Sunda evening
the Hawkins & COPYRIGHT Ministries will give
a special performance At the Metropolitan
Theater.