The Indianapolis journal., 1886-03-30

grand larceny and one Of . conviction for lar
ceny and robbery. and he had served two dis
tinct terms of two years each in the peniten-
tiary of the State At our Union Depot. where
large mails are transferred, there was private
soldier, not conspicuous either in his relatonsor
his achievements, but just one of those faithful
| fellows who. in war and peace. always did
mans duty quietly. He was in charge Of the
transfer of the mails, and was turned out to
make place for Barney Conroy, the twice
convicted felon. I think have here somewhere
Barneys recommendations. My coiieague es-
| capped.
Mr.. Voorhees, did not hear my colleagues
Mr.. Edmunds-He said you were not one Of
his recommenders
Mr.. voorhees-Indeed I was not. It was .
grave mistake and was rectiied the very mo-
ment it was found out He staid there-I do not
know how long-a few hours.
Mr.. Harrison-It was found out pretty soon
and it was corrected have no idea that
it was known to the gentlemen who signed
was signed by the Governor, the Secretary
of State, the Treasurer, and some OF
| the supreme judges. / have no doubt they were
imposed upon. and yet they certified in the pa
per that they knew him well. and that he was an
| honest man and most earnest Democratic
worker. Laughter
Mr.. Voorhees, know nothing of the terms of
the recommendation. l am perfectly frank to
mistake in which the fellow held Office for lit
| tie while; and were 1 permitted could name
and possibly the time may come when can re-
| tort by naming greater rascals than Barney
Conroy who staid in Office good deal longer
| than he did
Mr.. Harrison-H my colleague can tell me
| now OF single case occurring in the State OF In
| diana within his knowledge where any man who
| has record of conviction of infamous crime was
appointed to Office by any Republican admins
| tration, should be glad to have him do it. do
| not refer to this case as typical. say to my
colleague that in the last campaign, when the
| air was full Of Democratic slanders that en-
braced all Republicans and the cry was abroad
s'turn the rascals out" in meeting that denunci-
alton, as on every other occasion, have said
i that personal honesty and honor were not di-
vided upon party lines. This was the recon-
| mendation:
of the proper person for making the appointment to
appoint Bernard Conroy to the position of transfer
agent for transferring the mails at the Union Depot
Indianapolis. We have known Mr.. Conroy for long
time earnest worker in the cause of Democracy
| [Laughterl-
One who is always at the polls early and late.
| lLaughter.]
He is a hardworkng, honest citizen and as he has
| never before asked appointment, think him
worthy of recognition now.
| He got one, he got two, but he did not ask for
them Laughter.
| Mr.. Voorhees-Who signed that's
| Mr.. Harrison-I will read the names, as my
| colleague asks it:
| Isaac P. Gray Governor; Oscar B. Hord; John j.
Cooper, Treasurer Of State S. P. Sheerin, Clerk of
| the Supreme Court; w. e. Niblack, Supreme Judge
Mr.. Edmunds-The Clerk kept the record,
suppose
Mr.. Harrison-No, this case did not go to the
| Supreme Court it was too plain. Laughter
| James FL. Rice. Auditor of State; Francis T. Hord
Attorney general; w K. Myers Secretary of State.
| Mr.. Voorhees, did not know but that some
| body had forged my name there.
Mr.. Harrison-No; / exculpated my colleague
! at the beginning. said that he had escaped.
| Mr.. President, those are excellent gentlemen
| modification when they found what they had
| done and how they had been imposed upon; and
perhaps the best use Of this incident here, after
| illustrating the liability that even Democrats
| are under when they pick a man who has been
early and late at the polls, and has been an
active Democrat, to get rascal-after illustrat-
ing that fact perhaps the best of the incident
| is to show how utterly untrustworthy such in
dorsements are. how little dependence can be
placed upon them
But this incident and the Dowling incident,
and will not say what other incidents, because
there are some cases am not at liberty to COM
ment upon now, carry important lessons and
warnings. The Indianapolis Sentinel. the State
organ of the Democratic party, has spoken upon
| this subject, and l shall now read the article,
which is entitled "Halt," and is as follows 1t is
| III euo issuo ol JAIL 20, ldSG.
HALT!
With due respect we would suggest to the powers
at Washington and all others concerned therein that
the time has fully when halt should be called
In the business of appointing unworthy characters to
In our opinion the seeming attempt to rival the
Republican party in making and maintaining bad ap
pointments is an unworthy ambition, and the sooner
| it is abandoned the better.
The honest Democratic masses of the State have
already been sufficiently humiated-the grand old
party of the people damaged quite enough surely for
| halt
| With becoming modesty we would venture to sug
gest to the forces inspiring and controlling appoint
ments here that there lack of honest competent
Democrats in State. In view of this fact
fess to our inability to make out any sufficient reason
for the selection and appointment of thieves high
waymen, bribers dead beats and the like Give hon
| est competent Democrats chance
| It may have been noticed by some of you
that, the other day, the delegation from Indiana
| urged upon the President the appointment of
| Hon. John B. Stol of Indiana, to be- Public
| Printer. and that they came away. according to
| the Observation-Disclosures it is not true-with
| great deal of disgust when the President told
| them he did not intend to turn Mr.. Rounds out.
| Mr.. Stol edits Democratic newspaper Hear
him the reform of the civil SERVICE under this
| administration, in Indiana He says:
There is complaint at and around indianapolis
| about the administration not turning the rascals
| OUT than anywhere else in the Hoosier Common
wealth. And yet locality has rendered the turning
out process odous than that locality. Per-
urers, dead beats exconylcts and reprobates gener
ally are seemingly recommended to Office with good
deal more zeal than the just claims oe honorable and
meritorious gentlemen thought of being pushed.
Such conduct is outrage not only upon the admin
istration, but upon the Indiana Democracy. The pol
icians who foist that kind of cattle upon the public
service ought to be exposed and held up to public
scorn and indg dgnation.
So that the difficulty of finding honest men
| for Office is one which the Democracy are now
| experiencing.
| And now to turn from the grave to the gay,
| this non-partisan, civil-servce administration
has turned Republicans out because they were on
committees, published newspapers, or took some
active part in campaigns. A friend of mine sent
me, the other day, this postofice heading; it is
little postofice in Greene county, Indiana.
| Mr.. Edmunds-A Democratic postoffice at the
present time2
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