The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-20
PBTT'IS, BASSETT { CO..
TIE REFORM REGIME.
A Crowd of Boisterous Bummers Turned Loose
in the Postoffice to Celebrate the Change.

On Saturday night the Indianapolis postoffice
was made the scene of an indecent exhibition.
A gang of Democratic ward strikers and bum
mers, headed by Sim Coy and Sam Dinnin, filed
iFto the office and emphasized the fact that the
possession of the place. Not satisfied with con-
fning their noisy demonstrations to the lobbies
they, to the number of sixty or more. went into
the body of the Office and roamed and
howled at will in the distributing
departments, continuing their orgies from half
past o'clock until after IL. One gang
had started for brass band and music would
have formed a feature of the entertainment
and. perhaps, made the antics of the gang even
wilder and more uncouth than thoy were had
not Ben Jones, one of the sons of the postnas-
ter, headed them off, which, it is said, he did
with great difficulty. They fairly swarmed
over the Office. All of Postmaster Joness sons,
eight or nine in number, with the exception of
one, who is away in Porter county, and could
not reach the city in time. were on hand. Yes
terday morning another gang of jubilant roys
terers invaded the office, doing as their prede-
eeEeors had done, making themselves at home
among the letters and mail sacks.
Another old employee was discharged yester
y3ay-Capt Wallace Foster. a gallant Union
9oldicr, who received disabilities in the service
Of his country, which have rendered him entirely
deaf, but which did not prevent him from being
q valuable and faithful clerk in the duties he has
so long performed Lieut.. James Wheat, an
other Union soldier, is to receive his discharge
to-day 1t is said that these two men are dis
charged in order to allow the salary
paid to Benz F. Jones. it requiring, I'M
der the reform administration of Postmaster
Jones' two men to do the work done by ex-
Assistant Postmaster Thompson. and at an
increased outlay of 81 800. This ST, 500 and $500
additional is made by discharging two Union
soldiers. The discharge of these two men,
under the circumstances, will, it is said, be of
detriment to the service, as on one set of dis
tributing cases four men will be made to do
york too heavy even for five men; and on another
set of cases, equally difficult, three will be com:
pel!ed to do the work of four.
There were loud complaints yesterday on ac-
sount of the closing of tho stamp window. which
under Postmaster Widmans administration
was kept open during certain hours on Sunday
for the accommodation of the public 1t is to
be hoped that Mr.. Jones will not inaugurate the
Vanderbilt system of 1.-The public be -" with
out hearing the many strong arguments to the
contrary. The new administration yesterday
apparently got their eyes open to the fact that
the Office mas likely to be seriously
sripPled by reason Of having SO sum
of departments. An appeal was made to E.
p Thompson to remain few days. but though
his good nature inclined him to accede to the re-
quest he could not in justice to his of
self respect, do So as he had been treated too
stability The money-order department is es-
Decially crippled, and the registry department is
little better off
Still. Sim Coy, Sam Dinnin and the other
birds Of similar plumage had good time. and if
they are satisfied public decency need not be
given any consideration whatever