Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-25
POLITICAL.

The Postmasters at Fredericksburg,
Va; DEBORAH, Iowa; wausau, Wis; Peoria,
ILL.,. Charlotte, N. c.; Salisbury, N. c.; Con-
cord. N. H.; and Dallas, Texas, were sus-
pended for partisanship. upon proofs. The
Postmaster at Nyack, N. Y, was suspended
because cbargeable with knowledge Of a
fraud perpetrated upon the Government
while he was Assistant Postmaster.
The Iowa Greenback Convention will
be held at Des Moines July Z.
The President has appointed William
L. Bancroft TO be Collector of Customs for
the district OF Port Huron, Mich; Israel
Lawton to be Superintendent of the Mint OF
the United States at San Francisco, CAL; A.
L. King, OF Arkansas, to be Receiver OF
Public Moneys at Harrison, Ark; william
+. Rowland to be Collector of Customs for
the district of Beaufort, N. c.; and John A.
Richardson for the district of Pamlico, N. @.
The following postmasters lave been APP
pointed by the President:
J. g. Burns. at DAY ton. Wash. T.; Henry Holl-
BODY, KAN john Haftiey. It At J5f9n
w. Duncan. at BOnham, Tex: Samuel w.
Shields at Morristown, Tenn; Mrs. Julia Goer,
at New Castle, Ind. Nathan Wait, at Kingman,
Kan. j. +. Cook, at Kenton Ohio; w. H. Law
renee, Mt Sing SIM, N. Y; William II. Swan, at
Mount Morris. N. Y; Henry Eldredge, at Union
Spring., N. Y. Effingham T. Brown, at Aurora,
NY; w. IL. II. Mcllyar, at Cambridge, Ohio, vice
ID. ID. Taylor, suspended; VIM, ). Whipple, at
Winona, Mimi, vice Daniel Sinclair, suspended;
j. w. Sherman, at 0sceola, Iowa, vice w. j.
Agnew, suspended; Charles o. McCreedy, at
Ballston, N. Y. vice E. Il. Grose, suspended;
Daniel w. Krsher. at North Manchester, Ind,
vice Shelby Sexton, suspended: ker Boyce, at
Augusta, Ca. vice W. +. Holden, suspended:
Robert Z. Menefee, at Bozeman, Montana, vice
f. @. Anderson, suspended; Buren, s. Wasson,
at Laporte, Iowa, vice J. b. Stebbins, suspended
Concerning the causes OF the suspensions. the
Associated Press furnishes the followtngI The
Postmaster at Bozeman was suspended upon
the report of the Inspector showing gross care
lessness in the management OF the office. The
Postmasters at Winona, Min: Osceola, Iowa:
and Laporte City, Iowa; North Manchester,
Ind; Cambridge, o.; Augusta, Ca. and Balls
ton, N Y, were suspended upon proofs of acts
of craftsmanship while in office These acts
were of various kinds. Some were editors
as we'll as Postmasters, and their newsl apers
in some cases since as well as before the cleo
as malignancy OF political feeling toward their
adversaries in general. In some cases IL has
also been established that the Postmasters Kept
hanging in the postoffce the political placards
of one party and refused to permit those or
the other party to be there displayed, these
placards being sometimes indecent pictures
or cartoons unfit for the eyes Of respectable per-
sons. In other cases the Postmasters were
shown to have been emcfent political aeonts OF
their party; members OF Its working commit
tees in its organization, well known In 1t as
SUCH and taking particular part in the con-
duct Of election business, often to the IMPAIR
meHt of their performance OF the duties OF the
Office In several OF the cases political notices,
circulars, and newspapers OF the opposite po-
litical party were shown to have been detained
In the postoffice