Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-03
FILLERS CASE.
The Facts Concerning the Requested
Resignation Of
CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH FILLER
.By CAPTAIN J. J. S Hassler---Filler's Record
ard Why He Should and viii
Be Bounced.
The "Ex-UNlon SOLDIER" PHASE.



has 5s en- great deal written and sent out
ifrom here By correspondents OF Republican
rewsps psrs in connection with the request
ot Capt. J. J. S. Hsssler, the Appointment
ICItIk of the Interior Department, for the
.rssisnstion of Henry Filler, the present
'sCsptain of the Watch in that department
Inasmuch as the facts in the case have
been so grossly misrepresented, and Ia
bored effort made to place Filler in the role
|Cf martyr, it may be vel LsnOugA 70 give
the readers Of the REGISTER an accurate
Statement Of all the facts connected there
sith To begin with, it should be stated
abat Mr. Filler has been in the employ Of
be interior Department for nearly if not
4 ouite, ten years. He was appointed from
pennsylvania upon the recommendation OF
Hon. Simon Cameron, who was then Re-
pubicsn Uuitsd States Senator from that
State, and Gen. D. o Howard, of the
EDited States army These are the only two
names now on ile in the Department
Blowing why he was appointed. Anybody
sbo knows anything about Simon Came
fons political methods, knows that he never
stcomuenled Cor Office any man who was
not only good Republican, but
AUseful Republican Politician
Filler was first appointed as u wstchman
n a messenger, and whenever be saw
Il snce for promotion he did not hesitate TO
l., -, u II ~
4 c, he sought Although, as stated, he is
A rx-soiGier, he did not use that
i a;r sloue to retain his position. He was
4yays very persistent TO show that he was
Are ublican, and in full sympathy with the
Rapr bEcau administration under which be
Served.
in 1875 there was employed in the Pat
lert Ofice-which by the way is one Of the
r aus in the Interior Departments man
ST ed Bernard Drew. Drew was an at
terSant in the model room, and Filler see
STp that the place was more desirable than
HE one ne then held, he made application
4cr Drews place. OF course in order to
cure it he
Bad to Cook mp Charges
10 get Drew discharged in order to make
sacsucy. To create a vacancy he wrots to
Me Secretary OF the Interior, long letter
3rcm which the following is sn extract:
Bernard Drew, now an attendant in the
Patent Office is 3 DemOcrst-not a Re
Aubhcsn-D not in mpathy With the admins
iration. All this car be verified By resPon-
bible testimony il necessary.
As stated above this letter was written
6n lS75-ten years ago. Filler, as It would
appear seemed to think that
0emocrat Had No Business
to held position under Republican sd-
kninistratioD, but he is himself very willing,
bnd extremely anxious, too to retain the
POSITION be was appointed to upon the rec
bmmendalion Of Republicans under q Dem
bcrstic admin istrstion.
He vas not asked by Captain Hsshler to
resign, but vas told verbally that it was de
eirs5Le TO put q Democrat over the force OF
wsichmen. and that he would be given
Subordinate position on the force. Ii was
ro, CAPTAIN Hsssler's intention TO dismiss
bin, and Filler so understood 1t. De was
Srly 10 be reduced. Captain Hsssler had
Selected q Democrat who Is also
Rn ex Union soldier, and who was wounded
In the service. In no case in be loterior
DrpaItmeuf, Captain Hsssler says has
ahere been a Union soldier dismissed who
IS not been replaced With an ex Union
eoldier Just as worthy as the one who was
fischsrged.
Filler had not received a written request
r his resignation, but after Capt. HassIer
sd told hip that it was the desire to aP-
! ont DemOcrat to the place he held and
e him another, Filler wrote out MS resig-
ariop, SID II person presented 1t to Seere-
y la rar, a, the same time appearing IN
Role Of a Martyred Soldier.
Secretary Lamar acted hastily. He did
o walt 10 90 an injustice to q soldier, and
io.a hin to 60 back to his post and retain 1t
nil g. b, ard further from him. Filler Is
III there, but s. cretsry Lamar has been
acouain,ed with the facts in the case, and It
fs only reasonable to presume that MIR. FlIi-
hrs days of service in the Interior Depart
er ent are numbered When he is bounced,
las he certainly should be, his place will be
,flled bg worthy ex Union soldier, VINO Is q
tDemolras
II has been stated that members OF the
C 4. Il had Influenced Secretary Lamar
10 restore Flllen This is not the case On
he contrary 10 member of the Grand Army
J aid a word to any official Of the department
fn regard to Filler.
A great many oficeholders who have
en- Of the class who were extremely often
4.ive partisaus" are now psrs1ing ths tact
.hbat thew are Union soldiers and on this
claim alone demand their retention. Ihey
do in tOoin the
Most D,sgusting aud sIckening Character.
There are msny exceptions, however, Of ex-
soldiers Who are sill in the government ser
t1ice, who claim nothing on account OF their
Honorable war record. They say frankly
.tbat they were as Republicans, and wheu
stbfy are dismissed they want to be dismiss
led as Republicans, ard that they Wlll not
sxbipe about being soldiers. But Mr.. Filler
lis not OF this class. He should 20 and see
His letters on Gle il the department and
4,hen resign and n, wait to be kicked out
Had he been appointed solely because ne
MAS 8 soldier nothing would have
been said. He was promoted to the posi-,
ION because he was q Republican, ana
6oublless o useful one. Hassler, for that
reason, wants iuhis place Democrat, and
Secretary Lamar WIN sustain Him.
N DEmOGEhllE uANh elANACA HAA-t NAN o.
De given the position 1t was the intention,
however, of Capt Hassler to be msguani-
nous with Filler, Hs was offered
another place which would have
only reduced his salary 8
couple of hundred dollars ysar. No one
fSbo taxes the pains to investigate the case
csn fail to approve Capt. HsSslgTs course
On the other hand Filler has been whisper
irg around the Department telling hls Re-
publican colleagues how he beat Hsssler,
and they have all been laughing At the
failure ofa Deuoeratic administration to
turn out au offensive Republican partisan.
Wait and see. There is no doubt but
Mr. Filler win be the loser in the long run.
A BOLD OUTRAGE.
. - Thraa KaunR