The National tribune., 1885-05-28
THE WAY 1T APPEARS IN NEW JERSEY.

To THE EDITOR: / have this evening been
reading your issue of this date May 21) with a
great deal of interest. and-with the exception
of the communication from a member of the
Veterans Right Union-I can add with pleas
ure. That communication following your edi-
tOrial of the nth inst. the same subject,
seems to demand an answer through your coll
umns to the sickening twaddle concerning the
Presidents good intentions towards Civil Serv-
ice Reform in general, and the ex-Union SOL
diers in particular. In your editorial of the
Nth inst. you quote the President as saying, in
reply to Comrade Kay Keep within bounds,
ask nothing unreasonable and / shall do my
part" You then say: ave believe with the
delegation that the President means to do JUS
tice to the eX-sOldiers. We believe that he
means that where a man in office has served his
country faithfully, it shall be strong addi-
tional reason for not displacing him, and that
where two men of equal fitness, or nearly equal
fitness, are candidates for place, the soldier
shall be preferred over the civilian. We con-
graduate our comrades upon it. We shall watch
with interest the carrying out of these inten-
TONS"
1t is this last clause, coupled with the we'll
known interest THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE al
ways takes in all that pertains to the welfare of
ex-soldiers that induces ME to call your atten-
ton to the facts in this town cOncering the
postotice We have been served for four years
by faithful otcial-a true gentleman, an eX-
soldier and model Postmaster in all his relations
to the othce-one that has given perfect satisfac-
tion to the Department and the entire commu-
nifty, irrespective of party. Mr.. w. II. Stevens
served his country faithfully for two years as
member of the 9th n. Y.-the famous Hawkins
Zouaves. A petition signed by men who i'll
politics are variously classed as Democrats,
Mugwumps and Republicans, was sent to the
President; letters written by Democrats and
Mugwumps were addressed to the Postmaster
General and Senator Mcpherson urging the re-
appointment of Mr.. Stevens. All this was as
nothing when weighed in the balance against
the request of the County Boss" who has no
earthly interest or connection with this town
or pOst-office, except in the way of party poll
tics; the result is that we are to have for a
Postmaster an old political fossil, objected to
by all who have business with the office; man
SO narrow minded as to object to school appro-
priatiOns and educational advantages; OBJ
jectionable that the stomach of his own party
was not strong enough to retain him, but sick
ened and elected him a violent Copperhead,
"praying for the success of JEFF Davis" while
the other candidate was offering his life for the
preservation of the country. Are we not
within bounds " when we ask that this dOubly
faithful servant be retained7 Do we ask any
thing unreasonable " in requesting that this
man have the preference? Does the President
"do his part " in this instance7 Can we of this
town believe with the delegation that the
President means to do justice to the ex-sol-
diers"? Can the comrades here congratulate"
each other? No: but eve shall watch with
interest the nOn-fulfi!ment of these professed
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WHO IS WATCHING, Ruther-
ford N +