The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-05

Mrs. Duncan's Answer 10 Major
Calkina.

Mrs. Duncan's Answer 70 Major
j Calkina.
In the Chicago Inter-O Ocean. OF thc Esd
!of August, appears the following letter
from Ms. Duncan:
40 the Editor Of the Inter- Ocean.
4 CHICAGO, Aug. b. Please do me the
favor 70 publish my statement of the
facts concerning my removal from the
4 lWestville, (lnd.,) poef-otlicc. In your
Ipeared statement OF the matter, pur-
porting 20 come from t'le Hon Wni. III.
Calkins. that docs s'r great injustice.
He says that / WAS removed from the
w Westvillc post-ofIlcc Tor ''irregularities
in conducting the Office and in answer
TO petition from the leading citizens,'' =
etc- In regard 70 tns Irregularities
chargcd. II should be understood that =
personal enemy Of mine made complaint
against me. The WASHINGTON author
Iities sent Special Inspector Turner to in
vestigate the matter, and after making :
full examina'ion hc stated publicly that
my Office WAS unnsualIy well conducted.
and that his report 10 tho department
would be such as 10 preclude the possi-
lbility OF my removal from spite, be be-.
ing convinced that there was no other
reason. They did not again attempt to
secure my removal until Mr. Turner was
transferred 20 another district.
1 AS TO 70 petition from leading citi-
zens,v there was none. The patrons or
the Office will testify that there Nas no
lpetition circulated among the citizens
lfor my removal. "A few enemies. in
Ispired chiefly By motives Of revenge,
secretly plotted for my removal and
wrote letters 70 Washington. When this
became known II created great surprise
Three Of my friends, al professional men
in high standing, Immediately wrote to
headquarters statement Of my circum-
stances and the general wish Of the peo-
|ple 70 have me retained In the Office. "A
rcply soon came from Congressman
Calkins that "tho matter had gone be-
|yond his CONTROL and that sthe petition
for my removal was from persons whose
desires il the matter ho could not disrc-
gard
Ny friends then forwarded 1 remon-
letrancc signed BY 106 patrons Of the Of
Ifice, who were amply competent 20 Judge
lof their "desircs," and the work was al
done in one day, and without removing
the remonstrance from the counter III
liz. hut time could moi IL civen fhcm III
come In, and it was hastily mailed 20
First Assistant Postmaster General, the
Hon. Frank Hatton, accompanied by
two moro urgent private letters in my
favor Major Calkins further states that
Inv successor aie The widow ~ Z soldier
who died Of his wounds.D The war
wife ana daughter ~ this soldicr were
living at The fime .of hia 'marriare with
|the present postmistress. ara M. Miller
did not die sof Wounds received Il the
ARMY The statement that Re ala will
|be asurprise 10 hjs phyaicians A we'll a
|to the peoplo who knew him a Al nm
usually strong and yiqoroue man.
The further statement that / wa II
good health and had two ,able-bodiad
|sone.i law 70 help me, e not true. ii
was neither sstrong' nor .shoalthy:n Nv
3 con. che hone OF .our old aQc.
was killed at the battle OF Atlanta, and
his death 50 shocked his father. who wac
In feeble health, that ho never rallied,
and both were sacrificed 20 our country,s
cause. With the aid OF my family III
faithfully performed the duties .of the
Office, although we were Afflicted with
much illness.
As % the statement that / had On In
come outeide OF my salary, I would cay
that my earnings never amounted 10