The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-09
A COMMUNICATION.
RR HALE SPEAKS ON The POST
OFFICE SYSTEM IN MAINE.
4 Terrible seathing Arguments Pro and
Cen H"th sides Of the stnry-Tho
Baings ~ the Day ~ ths H"pss-A
Remarkable IeiItion-Nates

WAsnfyGT1S, Jan 7-Tha choir laii be-
lore the senate a letter from the cretary Of
Nsr Transmitting plans fJr a wharf a. FIR
cs, Monroe, Va and for SCHOOL buildings at
Fort Leav-nwCrsh. Klns.s; also letter
rom the p,simastsr & nsral relative 10 the
appointment IL postm istsrs In Name
through the alleged influence OF IL s.
Brown, ch, irmln OF the Democratic state
,cmmi,yee OF M lins.
Mr. Hqls said that 10 was ever1 day be-
cmiEg belief Of the psoplI that tbs civil
ycYyics 81 The governm Mt sIculJ not be tue
result OF tue party service Above all tho
country de,irs we should bhvs purs civil
ierNisi; lbera shoulJ bs no faint OF bargains
inI sale sLout it, The rallylng err CT the
Democrats had come 10 10 ito turn the Tas-
al, CUT which could only mean that as
rascgls we're IN oil . they Shout he tunnel
out. Ia Maine there were but thirty S,yen
presi lsntal posiofic s, the bus ness Of which
nld be5n generally vel con lucte1.
hr flale sr,l he made no appeal for the
| nsn who hal been turneI out The Repub
means expected TO go TIs Presidents course
| 1a1 ten G ls.ryn'iys, AMI though the
president bal refused 10 maze ge1erll
sweep, persons had teen appointed in that
rnte whom nobody wan ed and nobody
pccnleL The chnirman OF the b mocrotic
inte committee. cave up his law pract.cs
cios3J hs cilcc aud came to Washington
Democrats AMI R3pu ,lIcaDI ah5s com.
PINNED cf Mr.. Browns ccuis,, pud 1t up
rebred that out of 10 ~ pointments m1de
n Main ~ were made on Mr. Browns IN.
Tors mint Several Of these letters " MIR.
Hl.o were read. On6 Of MIR Browns letters
handed to Mr.. H1lg was the tnsis OF the reso-
Iu.ion of inquiry. MIR Hale ocqultt ID tho
postmaster gen raj OF any in ioIs ,msut OF
Brown. The postmaster genera. had turned
appoin m3ut matters over to bis assistant
who relied On Brown, ut no explanation
ma J been made OF the infamous sys.rm on
which tao proceedings complained OF had
bean basel.
Mr. Hale read letter o. Mr.. Browns in
effect that the persons RECEIVING nppoint-
mens should pay tor expenses incurred
and that be, Mr. Brown, had secLrsi
arge number OF appo,u ments u postollices
hlr Hale said that tho Republicans hod not
always been perfect, but in TWEEN -four
yenrs he had never heard tina public oiilc93
nd teen matters OF puoic sale. II ue-
lieved he spoie for tins honest co lsjry tive
Democrats Of Mime wnen no Ienoulc, th-
course OF the Democratic committee OF
None unl Mr. Brown.
Ne. Vest clarlcterizel Mr. H1s's posi-
ton as mere cant. His colleague mir
CocSra) aud himself haI found unlnis.ak-
nblc evidences Of the u.s. OF money under
X publican Administrations in tho attain
meut Of public Offices and they colll con-
vince the moral sonsl OF any man that
money had baen used
Mr. voorhees, sympath'zDl with rho Rn-
publican possmasters who bad been turned
out They would get use to it after whilo as
tha Democrats hal got use TO IL.
Mr. Vest thou yht that the president had
honestly end colscientously underworld "
carry OUT every particle of the p.euec made
| by him, ond he was nstoni3hel that any
such p.aint sholll cane from Rlpubli-
cans in that re- gard,
D1bate was clJs,J by tie re'oreucc Of the
communication to the committee en- clvl
service reform
Mr.. Gray then called up Mr. D ck's rcso-
luton of inqu ry regarding th, payment o.
custom duties in coin and the application
Of that coin to the purposes of the sndin /:
fund, etc. H. would vets Tor it, Tut fer
coin very different from those whc1 ac.
tultel Mr.. Beck and those WAC tnou -ht with
HIM