Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-29

He is now about seventy-siX years
of age. In 1860 he was candi-
date for the Presidency before the
Charleston Convention. The Office
to which he was appointed pays
$3.50 a year with fees and commits
sions amounting in all to less than
$1,000. Dir. Hunter was very
impoverished by the war, and was
appointed to the Office on his own
application.
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The members Of the Virginia
" Jury OF Award" are in high
feather tonight. The heads Of
six "Mahone postmasters,' a. Re.
publican postmaSters in Virginia
are styled by the BourbonS, to-day
fell under the brave strokes of
Reformer Villas axe. The post
masters removed were i. j. SullI-
van at Uarrsouburg, an Office
worth 81, 800 a year; 0. 7. Holmes,
Leesburg, salary, $l,lOO; G. L.
Deaver, Lexington, salary, LOO;
K. Ii. Fife, University of Virginia,
salary, $1,000; w. a. Pattie,
Warrenton, salary, $1,000; and j.
Ii. Dean, Winchester, salary, 81,
900. The cause given for the re-
moval Of Postmaster Holmes IS
alleged Irregularities in his ac.-
counts. Respecting the other five
removals, Postmaster General Villas
said that they were made "in the
exercise of the Presidents power
of removal" and "because the
postmasters were partisans of such
character than they ought not to
continue in service under this Adj
ministratiOn
1t is presumed that the officers
removed are partisans Of different
character from "Nick" Bell,
of st. Louis: S. Corning Judd, Of
Chicago, and several hundred
other less prominent but equally
bitter Democratic partisans whom
Mr.. Villas has appointed in the last
sixty days. Congressman Bar
bOur, chairman of the Virginia
Democratic Committee, Congress
man Wise, and other members of
the Virginia "Jury Of Award
have been almost constantly in
conference with Mr.. Villas during
the week and it is understood that
their diligence is to be rewarded
by the removal before June | of
every Republican Postmaster in
Virginia. They have fairly del
uged the Post Office Department
with statements and aflidavits, in
response to Mr.. Vilas's confden-
tial' circular to show cause for
the removal of all Republican post
masters OH the ground Of "onen-
sive partisanship." Already the
success of the Virginia Congress
men has excited the envy and
stimulated the energies of Demo
cratic Congressman from other
States and within month the
Postmaster. General will find him
self in imminent danger Of being
buried alive under tons Of aflida.
Wits, and other proofs Of the "of
fensive partisanship" Of thousands
of pOstmasters throughout the
country who are Republicans.
Every one of the men appointed
in Virginia today is a bitter Demo.
cratic partisan aud was appointed
because of that fact in the expec.
tation that by virtue Of his official
position he will be able to render
more efficient service to the Dem
ocratic party in the coming cam.
palgn in that State. There is no
attempt whatever either by Mr..
Villas or by the Virginia Congress
men who secured these appoint.
ments to deny that they are made
as a reward for past political ser
vices to the Democratic party and
also in consideration Bipartisan ser.
vices hereafter to be rendered. On
the contrary, the Virginia Demo
Gratis openly and cxultantly boast
that such is the case.
A former resident OF LONDON
County, Virginia, tonight said
Captain George X. Head, who was
appointed postmaster at Lccsburg
to day, was an officer in the Con
fedcrate militia, and although he
did not shed much loyal blood, he
made up for it in dammipg tho Fed
eral Government and its agents in
the bitterest and strongest manner
pOssible. What is worse, he did
not stop when men who had fought
against the Government had laid
down their arms aud accepted the
situation, but has been, since the
war, an Incorporating and unre.
constructed Repel down to the pre-.
sent time.'
At Washington reception q
young gentleman said to a rather
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