Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
A REPUBLICAN REBELLION.
Democratic Employees ul-Treated by
Their Neighbors.
From the Hashin0ton Post.


ing document. For instance, it will be
shown that in a great many places
throughout the United States there have
been systematized attempts to boycott
Democratic Postmasters, and that COM
plants by new officials OF unfair treat
ment have been very numerous. This
bOycOtting is not confined TO any particu-
lar section, and is a curious Illustration
of political spite and animosity. quite
a number of these complaints
tine In that State, large por-
ton of the pOstmaster's patrons have
erected a post office box near the station.
in which they deposit the mail matter and
have it mailed on the cars, thus deprlvlng
him of a very considerable portion OF his
cancellation. 1t would seem that this
Palestine is not the Holy Land. At ohank's
an outside party began collecting ana
forwarding mail with the ayowed pur-
pose OF lessening the compensation OF the
postmaster. At HOckinspOrt, private
office is kept by the late postmaster,
where as much mail as possible is col
lected and given to the mail carrier as he
leaves town.
AT Maplewood the mail matter is col
lected and sent by the mail carrier to the
next post Office to deprive the postmaster
of the cancellations of the post ONCE,
while at Harlem Spring the letters are
collected at the old post office site and
sent by the mail carrier to the railway
car at another town. At OsgoOd, OHIO,
letters are systematically mailed on the
cars to spite the postmaster, and at Sul-
liVan the old postmaster is ungallant
enough to keep his old office open, and the
residents mail letters elsewhere in order
to lessen the compensation of the new
postmaster.
Even 10 Wisconsin no happier state of
affairs prevails. When the new post
master was appointed at Milton the friends
OF the late postmaster banded together,
with the President of Milton College at
their head, and determined to "freeze him
out.' They pledged themselves to rent
no boxes. A place was secured in the old
post office for the reception Of letters, and
man employed to post them on the
trains, thereby depriving the local APP
pOintee of their cancellation. The next sep
was "a list of about seventy citizens and
students sent by a messenger with the
d mand that mali belonging to each OF
them be done 10 in a package together to
he red stributed at the old post office"
This the postmaster refused to do. The
messenger then took his position at the
delivery window and insisted upon read
ing each name, while other patrons Of the
office were Obliged to wait until he was
served, he declining to stand aside at the
pOstmsster's request.
From Indiana the Post Office Depart
ment has received several appeals for pro-
tectiOn. In Darter. that State, man has
erected boxes, keeps stamps, and per-
suades everybody ne can to mail his let
ters there, which he hands to the postal
clerk on the train, thereby doing more
n n r NJ
Of the office. He hires a regular carrier
to carry letters to the train, and has tried
to get the postal clerk to take fOurth-class
matter. At star City the political OppO-
nents of the Postmaster use every eXer-
ton to have all the mail handed on the
train, and they II swear that no G. d
Democrat snail make anything out Of the
posi- office; hence they have established
their headquarters at the old post
Office building, and go all over town
every day, collect all the mail matter they
can and have it mailed on the tram. In
specior kirkwOOd reports a similar state
Of affairs at Middle Fork. The old post
master has obtained oVlers from large
number OF his old patrons, gets their mail
and distributes it, and that large num-
Der have c0lluded together to send their
letters by the mail carrier to the next post
office on MS route. The inspector also re-
DOFLS tHaL lUlN = OOnb because tu6 post
master wasa Democrat. In Plaintield
the superintendent of Reform School de-
prives the new postmaster of $500 per
year by having his mail carried to the
cars. lie mas spite against the post
master.
Pennsylvania has also its share of boy
cotted postmasters. At Union Deposit
the ex-postmaster has procured the sigma
lures OF some lIS Of the patrons OF that Of
fee demanding that their mail be deliv-
cred to the eX-pOstmaster, who distrib-
utes the same in his OLD boxes, for which
he had unlawfullv collected one years
rent in advance. This was done under
the preteXt that the post oriice was in
conveniently located, preteXt which
was found upon Investigation to
be, untrue. At Killinger the ex-
| postmaster runs post office, has
procured a Joint order from divers pa
irons. demands their mail. distributes it
from his Office at the old site, collects all
the mali he can and sends it to the next
post Office to be mailed there. At Mai
vern the old postmaster runs post office
regardless of the fact that he has been re-
moved. while the former postmaster at
| Coon Island, after giving up the Office
! with much reluctance. endeaVOred to con-
tinue to carry the mail, and when finally
! entirely cut off from his Office, mailed let
ters on the train in order TO cut down the
new appOmtee's compensation.
The same complaints come from Nir-
/ ginia aud MARYLAND. AT CoVington, in
/ the former State, the postmaster COM
/ plains that some Of his political adYer-
/ saries refuse 10 patrOnlze his office, while
/ at Nj iddleborOuvh a number OF parties
/ send their mail by the regular carrier
! from his place to the next office TO be
mailed. At FinktOwn. Md, the eX-post-
/ master collects and carries the mail
/ daily 20 the next post office IN order to de-
! prive the new Democratic official of COM
/ pensation. At Scotts Depot, w. Va, the
depot agent keeps a post Office box, col
/ lects the mail and puts 1t on the tram
/ simply TO spite the postmaster.
! And so the same story might be indef-
/ nitely extended. Al Ellery, Ill.,, the mail
is collected by private agency, and de-
! liyered on the mail train TO deprive the
new appOintee OF his patronage and reye-
nues, The postmasters at Ellery, Wood,
/ Hull and Erie. in the same State, make
/ similar complaints, while at EdgewoOd
/ the former postmaster, who rs a rival
merchant Of the new appointee, has box
/ at his store where patrons deposit their
! mail. which he takes to the mail train and
| deposits IL in the mail car. To carry his
/ spite as far as possible he buys postage
stamps at another Office ana sells them TO
/ his patrons
From various points in Michigan. New
/ Jersey, Kansas. Nebraska, New Hamp-
] shire and New York the pOstmasters are
/ appealing TO the department for some
/ protection. In the last named State the