The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-08-06
Change in the Post Office.


Change il the Post Office.
On the both instant the following doc
ument was delivered to the late post
master at this place by the new appointee
the only official notification Of the change
that was furnished to the suspended
officer
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c., July Is, 1888. q
You are hereby suspended from the office Of
Postmaster at Staunton, in the county OF Au-
gusta and State of Virginia, in accordance win
the terms of the 1T6Sth Section of the Revised
Statutes of the United states
To Samuel lf yost. Esq. staunton, Augusta
Co., Va.
The 176s Section of the Revised Statutes
reads as follows
the President is authorized, in his dlscretlon
to suspend any civil officer appointed by and
with the advice and consent OF Inc Sena se eA-
cept judges of the courts of the United states,
until the end ofthe next session OF the senate,
and TO designate some suitable person. suplect
TO be removed, in his discretion, by the deslg-
nation of another, to perform the duties OF such
suspended officer in the meantime; ana Inc
person SO designated shall take the oath ana
give the bond required by law to be taken and
given by the suspended officer, and shall, DUR
ing the time he performs the duty of such
oce rs fb oce no No mart Of which shall be-
long TO The officer s9spendea me Treslaent
ment Of each session of the senate. except for
ny 0iee PERSONS som to iii all Vacancies in
office which existed az me neetlng Oh me s sen
the place of all officers suspended and Il the
yise and consent to an appointment in the
place Of any ocer nned ano an
other person as soon practicable, to the
same SESSION = 'n9 '79n'''o ~ Wv 0
ohaer thiS seceloii .he iies,uenO nns,''
the authority Tor MS action. me piece''N
ing section READS as lolioWS
SEC. l767, Every person holding any civil Office
pointed byandw tihthe advice and consent the
senate and VINO snail hee dy suc
office during the term for which he was s, a r.
ed itss and eoSses q he senafe Or by ap
p, f WIN ee se erei othervise nro
vided.
There was no notlilcaIlon OF charge Vi
offensive partlzanlsm, or OF any otner
KIND, furnished the suspended Officer nof
was there any oilclal or otner 1ntlmaIlon
from the department. that suspension
was III con, emplatlon until the notlce
from the President. above given, was
banded him by his successor, who was re-
quired to have a'witness that he had de-
livered it.
Inthe eleven wears that the suspended
officer had served the government as post
master, there was never complaint
against his administration from the De-
lartment. He was the correspondent of
the Depal tment at this point for about
ight years, and during that time he at
tended to much Important business con-
7.ected with the postal service outside of
lie immediate duties of his office, and in
10 instance did he fail to satisfactorily and
PROMPTLY meet every demand and request
made upon him. No intimation or insin-
uation was ever advanced that the Office was
lot administered solely in the interest of
80 noonla fraa from any and all Marty HAS
;aanonoo During tha time he served
-. ,oost +breo. fon,tbs If tho emnlovees
..ra D,,n,oora+s soloctod with no refer-
eace to their politics. however, and at one
ntne every employee III the office was a
i9e mocfae' ana Votea tila0 'lcheC wnen oc-
I clsion presented. without any interior
tuce on the part of the Postmaster to in
! flaence them against their convictions
1 rg'ha clerks who left the office in the eleven
wears Of the suspended officers service, be-
/ lieved that they could do better, and not
an instance occurred where it was from q
disagreement between employer and EN-.
Fi9See, OF even d iniS''i,oel s.anulng. nse
rv clerk WHO served nRder the late postlhas
Ter Is his personal friend to-day Inc PEG.
PIE, generally. irrespective OF parties' ale
not want change. "A lew NOISY partl
matter, and through t the member Of Con
! ,,.aes from ih;e district Hon 7 r Thicker
| 6ieeo a oAi oiiA' ui'0A ~, = o-i' - ~
| who doubtless thought it good oppOrtunl
ae,is If
j ~. ...c, ~ iii foagh the eolnrpn.
I IehsIFF Poi16zoatfcT 5000 ~ ,,,,,o,,a,
| If tho WTpcINT AN, caused tne suspension
| = - y, ,,,o l,,1,o ,,ayor loarnod
upon what grounGo We ii"Fo hosei io''i iieu
mt of one of the mos
ana lie appointing a. -.
"offensiye MARTHA, as VINO mas ever llvet
~
/ in this communltF'
fointeo win sorvo nnao
The present apy oii19eoo " ~ oeiso, anuo
"A the Senate meets an(
I'll Z statute. liilbl
ls4ban no will asyermltted TO DIG long, las
wy = ~ " - Shlaoa tl,ot will lnou, hin, n,
farewell to the O,i'o /" u hiio" hiiii ii'
r DAnd Mr.. Tucker will repost
/ more lOfeFef.E
an q nolitical EOOllng DOard the Dalance OF
1 20 . fa aftor bis nrocan+ +o,n,
! his natural W. GU VOL iiio pieecho CeAHi
5bmpassion of the President
/ unieSS tne =,
| shau nrov;df I0f MN place where The
oiie'i' PAoFAe ,.oool, Hin
people canb9b reach hlin.
| oo+;o,, a. eo,1.,; ;,,,a,
| In this f'AliCoOloH LUG loilo"lHS CiiCuldl
IN the senior Virginia Senator
I letter IECt ~r-
iii Ia Interesting reading, which has
/ VIII NO 49,, e
/ been adOFsSed 10 d nullpeI VI suspended
We're POSTMASTER at Mof EFT
Tf eeR gere or viii be- without cause, please
answ9 % 'iie '''0N y '-''s NUE. '''e i0i'o"-
Z Aad there been any complaint mt BY tI1
p9site conduct or administration of the office
! II ~, Wnat, anu Wnen Iuaue