The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-05-23
Turning the Rascals Out.


The President on Saturday made the fol-
lowing appointments: Columbus Sehon, U.
S. Marshal for West Virginia, and Joseph j..
WINS, U. s. Marshal for Eastern Tennessee.
Also to be Collectors of Customs: Jeptha ".
Harris, for Key West; Wyndham K. Mayo,
for Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia; Rich
ard l.. Cropley, for Georgetown, ID. Z. To
be Collectors of Internal Revenue: James
L. Robinson, for the Seventh District of Ken
lucky; Chas. I'll. Henshaw, for Rhode Island;
John I. McGraw, for West Virginia; George
NJ. Helms for the Fourth District of Virginia;
Andrew l.. Elicit, for the Second District OF
Virginia. and Samuel Klotz, for the Fifth
District of New Jersey, in place OF Hugh
Kennard, of Newark, who declined the ap-
pointment.
The President on Monday appointed twenty
three new postmasters, among them Miss sue
Dubois, at Marion Court House, South Caro-,
lima, in place of A. FL. Derhaut, suspended
for incompeteney.
William Walker, of Illinois, has received
his appointment as Chief Clerk of the General
Land Office, in place Of j. Dempster Smith,
resigned by request.
The President on Tuesday made the follow
ing appointments: To be Collector OF Gus
toms-J. l.. F. Cottrell for Saint Marks, and
John Mcguire for Pensacola, Florida. 10 be
Collector of Internal Revenue-John L. Hills
man for the Fifth District of Tennessee. lie
be U. S. Consul-Frank II. Pierce, OF New
Hampshire, at Matanzas.
The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
T. Owen Roberts, of Maryland, to be chief Of
division in the Second Comptroller,s office
vice Dr. w. G. Green, of Maryland, dismissed
for offensive craftsmanship" Mr.. Roberts Is
the son of the late Joseph K. Roberts, 9
,1o,sfo,. Of pripna CfoOrOnig a0untV
and the brother of Hon. Joseph K. Roberts,
of Upper Marlboro, one of the editors and
proprietors of the Prince Georgian.
The President on Thursday afternoon made
the following appointments;
To be Collectors of Internal Revenue-W m
| G. Thompson, second district Iowa; Byron
| w. Webster, third district Iowa.
| To be Collector of Customs Robert Nj. u
Hunter, for the district of Tappahannock
| Virginia.
70 be Surveyor of Customs-Daniel O
Barr, in the district of Pittsburg, Pa.
To be Attorneys of the United States
Henry C. Allen, for the west district of Vir-
ginia, in the place of Lewis, suspended; eyre
MUS B. Black, for the east district of Mich
gan.
To be Marshal of the United Stakeholder
| G. Gibson, for the district of Louisiana.
Suspensions and new appointments were
made by the President in Warrenton, Lees
| burg, Lexington, Harrisonburg, Winchester
and the University of Virginia postoffices il
! Virginia These suspensions were made IN
the exercise Of the Presidents power of re
moval, and the removals were made because
the postnasters were partisans of such kline
as satisfied the President that they ought no
to continue in service under his administra
ton In addition the postmaster at LeesburG
has three times been found upon inspection
to have applied the moneys of his Office to hi
personal use, so that his cash was twice def
Gent on inspection in 1884, and once during
the present spring, although in each instance
made good after shortage was discovered
He had also ante-dated remittances in othe
cases. The changes made in the Virgin;
postoffices are as follows Warrenton--L
w. Caldwell, vice VIM. A. Pattie, suspended
Harrisonburg-W III. Ritenour, vice james
Sullivan, suspended Lexington-John A
r. Warner. vice Chas. E. Beaver, suspended
Leesburg George R. Head, vice Owen I
Holmes, suspended University of Virginis
"A. P. Bib, vice R. II. Fife, suspended
Winchester Bruce Gibson, vice John ID
Dean, suspended. At Charlottesville
Mary H. Long, whose commission had ex
PRED, was reappointed
The President on Thursday afternoon APP
pointed ID. V. O'Leary to be postmaster a
Albany, n Y, vice S. Fl. Craig, commission
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