The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-14
BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF REFORM.
General Huidekoper and the Philadelphia
PostOffice.

General HuldekOper and the Philadelphia
Postoffice.
Philadelphia Evening Call.
In Pennsylvania the President seems to have
handed over the national patronage to syndi-
cate composed of the Democratic members of
Congress from this State At first only
offensive partisans" were prescribed in order to
embrace every Republican oficeholder who, in
tho recent presidential campaign, had mani
tested his fidelity to his party Under this elias
tic rule the heads of Republican officials in this
State were made to fall as fast as the syndicate
could agree on their successors. Sometimes, as
In the case of our marshal, they fail to agree,
and then the President kindly delays action until
they can harmonic and name some one for the
the place.
The last head that has fallen is that of Gen
eral Huidekoper Here was a hard nut to crack
He could not be removed for offensive PARTISAN
ship. as he was, whilst postmaster, VIGOROUSLY
Indifferent to the demands of Republican poll
ticians, so much that many of the extreme
type were anxious for his removal. There was
nothing that could be charged against his per-
sonal or official life. He was an excellent post
master, as he had been good soldier, having
left his strong right arm on the battle field,
where he had risked his life in defense of his
country. This was truly dilemma, but the
syndicate was equal to the occasion, if one may
Judge by the semi official utterance on the sub
ject by the New York Evening Post, one of the
special mouth pieces oe the administration. From
this excellent authority learn that
General Huidekoper was removed because
he was an extreme and vindictive
partsan"-but to cap the climax-''because, as
member Of the Union League of Philadelphia, he
had wiekedly and with malice aforethought de-
manded, during the recent political campaign
that committee of that body be appointed to
investigate the moral character of the Presi
dent" las if that were necessarily; and for this
dreadful offense his head fell into the basket of
the syndicate.
All that the Evening Post says about the par
tisan action of General Huidekoper as postmaster
is absolutely without truth. as the citizens of
Philadelphia know And as for the last charge
it is infapously false. General Huidekoper was
never in the Union League house except as a
guest, nor did he ever attend one of its meetings
official or otherwise. and he took no part any
where in the last campaign Was the
President really told this fasehood? Was he de-
ceived by it, and was his action in removing
the postmaster based upon itl If so. he
owes it to himself, to his high Office
and TO his pledges, to make public
the name of the man who SO Intentionally de-
ceived him. And he should undo the wrong ne
has inflicted by reinstatiug General Huidekoper
in the place from which he was so unjustly re-
moved. But, he deceived On the con
trary, is not his action in this case in harmony
with a general purpose to remove Republicans
from Office one plea or another, the excuses
made being only intended to deceive the people
as to the abandonment by the President of all
his pledges relative to the civil service of the
government If this is the case as it would
seem to be, how much more honorable and
manly to drop all hypocrisy, and boldly an
nounce that his pledges were never intended to
be carried out in good faith, or, what is moro
probable that he finds it impossible to do 80 I'M
der the pressure brought to bear upon him, and
that hencsforth until the end of his term he will
be the leader of the spoilsmen who control the
political organization that made him President
This course would at least have the merit of
manliness, which might lift himself and party
above the contempt of honorable men.