Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-21
THE COLLECTORS OFFICE.
Charges Against hcGraw's Osmoc-
raCy Rsfutsd.
OFFICE REoRGANlzsD IN 90 DAYS.
Remarkably Quick lime Made in Turning
Out the "Rascals" in West
Virginia.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.


Spscia! 70 ne Register.
WASHINGTON, D. G, October 2O-Drop
ping into the Office cf the Commissioner oI
Internal Revenue today, your eorrespon'
dent caught o." to little matter that
will no doubt prove interesting to the REG'
IsrERs Democratic constituency in West
Virginia ] had heard the charge made
that Collector MeGraW was Tot proving .
faithful Democrat, and that. althongA IA
has been 10 of6ee for more than
tour months, he has made few re-
moyals. This charge appeared 9 shor.
time since in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
DESTROYS Of ascertsiniOg jIst how much
truth there was in the report, ] asked for,
and succeeded in OBJ sinIng. roster Of the
euployes 10 the revenue service under Mr..
McGraw, and q statement of his reorgsn
ization of the oifcs. The fOllowing is 0
s;atment Of the reorg InizatiOn. Ii will be
noted that bu, Eve OF the number are Re
publicans put their names in italics:
COLLECTOR
Joaa I. MeGraE, Taylor county.
CLERK
Caas. " Walker, Marion county
OFFICE DEPUrIES
James N. ScrogiD, Ohio county.
- T. Sr5fsd Wood cuuRtg
Joseph q NeGrsS, Taylor oOuaiy.
Wm. K. d DSnt, Taylor county.
John J. GIlhgan, Tsyl Tor county.
DIVISION DEPUTIES
First Divisiou-SaUliniu5 Hall, We'zsl
county-Haneock BsOOks, Ohio, Marshall
aud Wetzel coIuries.
Second Divion-Wiilism P. RalhboEe,
Wood coauty-W0oi. Writ, PieS SAINTS,
Tyler, jackson, Mason aud Richie cOun-
ties
Third D;yision-JacoS Salisbury, Clay
county-Brsx,on R1Ane, Nicholas sni
<Cisy counties
y Fourth Diyision-Gsorgs A. Gosho-n,
ksusxhI counfy-K4ns Sba, Putnam,
Il abell. Wayne aud LlueOln counties
4 Fifth Division - William McCreery,
asisiyh county Boone, Logan, Wyoming,
deOozell aud RIlsizh coun'ies.
Sixth Disisioa-WlliIm Steele, Mon
be eounty-Fayette, Summers, Monroe,
6reenbrier and aercsr eoaurisa
Seventh Diyision-JscoA ". MArshal,
Randolph couu'y-RAGdolph, Tucker,
IWebster, PocahJaiaS and L pshur counties
Eighth DivisiOn-SAm .el \. Hays,
's4ilmer eoun.y-HIrrison. D0idridRe,
|I.sE.s. CIlnoun and Gilns- eounns4
Ninth Diyisioa % ven 5. Mckinney,
Marion colnts-N ,riOl, MOaooEslis, Prvs-
ton, TaJl1r and Barbour counties.
Tsa,6 Division -ls1se I B.adY, Hsmp.
shire couuty-Hampshirs Hardy, Psndle
ton. Grant aud Mineral eounIss.
Eleventh Divisi1n--J. l. W. Baker,
Berkeley eounty-Brrkel-y Jefferson and
Morgan counties.
STAMP DEPUTIES.
Cairsars p Laird. OAi0 county
Lee b. Vance, Harrison county.
T.. : sroREKsEPEGs
H,grb J.. Daniels, Jefferson county.
Archibald Oden. Berkeley county.
Jo,eph Y. Williams, Hardy county.
5. GAUGERL
s J.. Vaats. Jefferson county.
Lawrence \. Montague Jeferson county.
Louis Gaus. Ohio county.
stephen W. Poe, Taylor county.
Richard r Delaney, EAusWha county.
William P. Brysn, Cabell county.
Thomas T. Lake, Taylor county
Solomon Armsntrout, Grant county.
A. 4. Kile, Pendieton county.
sroREEEEPERs AND GAUGERs
JuHau E. Fleming, MonongsliR county.
Otto " Senssl, Taylor county.
Aired T. Holt, Preston county.
James ID Brown, Jefferson county.
Tbornton Henshaw, Berkeley county
Mr. McCIrsS assumed the duties OF his
offcs ON the sth of June. and retained the
force of his predecesso' until July lst,
when the reports could be gotten 10 de
was thereby the su5j-c; OF much erlncism,
nsny Democrats predicting that he was
act proving faithful. The above roster.
hoEever. shows that 10 the spiee OF less
than 90 da7s (feom July S,h - Septeu,
her y. the whole force Was rsOrgsoized
With the exceptions above noted, making
during that time, over an average OF one
Democratic appointment every taEee days,
or 81 Democrats appointed IN 81 GAYS
Ipouiry st the Commissioned otic9 shows,
also. that, Notwithstanding the rapidly
with which these changes have been made,
che standard of the o6ies. from business
standpoint, has not only been maintained,
but the Esme has been improved, and now
stands rs.sd "A" 10 the GsE OF Othces
throughout the country.