Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-07
FEDERAL OFFICES IN
VERMONT.


the collectorship was made because
Gen. Wells is republican and Col.
Smalley is a democrat. Inasmuch
as the administration appears to
have surrendered all civil service re-
form principles and to have adopted
the Jacksonian- Hendrics patent sys-
tenn of making removals and appoint
ments, this act of president Cleve-
land is perfectly consistent with the
spoils doctrine of his party. AS an
offensive democratic partisan Col.
Smalley stands in the front rank.
AS member of the democratic ma
tional committee in 1876, and again
in 1880, he was trusted lieutenant of
Seven Mule Barnum. In the nation
al convention of 1884 Delegate Small
ley was conspicuous in his efforts for
Cleveland's nomination. AS secre-
tary of the executive committee of
the national committee in the cam
paign of 1884 he was most Jealous
and efficient. Col. 'Smalley is firm
believer in the spoils doctrine and in
rewards for partisan service. Mr..
Hiram B. Atkins, chairman of the
democratic national committee, en-
tertains the same views on tine SUBJ
ject. Messrs. Smalley and Atkins
have procured the removal of every
federal officer in Vermont which they
determined upon. The commissions
of each of the "a deputy collectors
and Inspectors in the district of Yer
mont expired August 81, the time
when Gen. William Wells surrender
ed the office of collector of customs
to Col. Smalley. The new collector
has reappointed Is officials who
served under Gen. Wells, and ap-
points new men who are democrats
to fill the vacancies created by the
changes in the collectorship. The
collector has made the changes il
this section of the state: w. r
Rowell Of No. Troy is suspended anC
C. E. Bailey appointed; at Newpor
j. G.. Burke and +. M. Sherman
takes the place of j. E. Dickermal
and X. Richmond there is NJ
change yet at Derby Line; at Islan'
Pond, E. E. Robinson and H. E
Randall takes the place of W. H
Norton and A. H. Hall.
During the first six months of tn
Cleveland administration there hav
been nearly $50 federal office-holder
removed OF suspended in Vermont
The list includes the collector O
customs, the collector of interns
revenue, post-office inspector,
dozen presidential postmasters,
half score of railway postal clerk
and about so fourth-class postmas
tiers. The deputy collectors in til
customs and internal revenue di.
tricts are also included IN this lis
; In most cases the republican officia
were removed or suspended to max
way for democratic partisans. Den
ocrats have been appointed as 70
u lows:
d Internal revenue collector, Geors
Il L. Spear of Braintree deputy CO
h lectors, j A. Brown of Grand Isl
), Jas. A. Lillis of Brattleboro, E. !
: Reardon of Rutland and A. j. Sibl,
= of Montpelier; post-office inspecto
h T. j. Boynton of johnson railws
: postal clerks, G. B. Greene, F.
e Woodward of St. Adams, John
l. Thompson of Burlington, H. ]
n Bolton, S. r. Waterman of Johnso
If F. w. Farnham of West Fairlee,
It j. Stevens and HI. G. Vourdry
% White River Junction. About
< postmasters have been suspend
ct and new ones appointed in thu
a places.
he Many of the federal office-holde
Id removed are old soldiers, several /
D. ing veterans partially disabled
rs wounds received in preventing t
ne southern democracy from gaining
Mt ascendence in the nation from Is
el to 1865. A Grand Army bad
to don't seem to count for much un(
ch Cleveland's administration. The
rs publican party of the state and |
lie ton have always held that, oil
RS things being equal, preference sho1
cir be given to a veteran soldier when
u federal Office was to be filed De
ocratic success last November
changed all this so far as it's pra'
=. cal application is concerned.-Bos
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