The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-09
THE pERNICIOUS PARTISANS
The President Is Very Angry Indeed, and
Is AnxiOusly Hunting an Offender.
Narrowing Rumor that Collector Kuhn Will
Be Among the First to Suffer-ReceptiOn
at the White House-Capital Notes
More Pompous Announcements rs to What
the President Intends Doing.

More Pompous Announcements rs TO WHAT
the President Intends Doing.
Washington Special
There is great deal Of laundering in the in
dexs on the part of the thick-and-thin supporters
of the administration as to what the President
nronoses TO do in the matter of the violation of
the civil order of July relating to the
NON participation of federal officials in politics.
This is specimen of one of the pfonunciamen-
toes: "The Presidents back is up He is indig
nant at the violations of his civilservice order
of July, and proposes to make some striking ex-
amples which will be warning to minor Off
Gals I think those who will be selected for the
sacrifice at first will be Delaney, United States
district attorney in Wisconsin, the collector of
internal revenue at Indianapolis. and the post
master at New Orleans"
This is the language of one of the Civil-service
Commissioners, who is to be presumed to know
what he is talking about. The President him
self said within day or two. to friend who is
net in politics, substantially what this Civil-serv-
ice Commissioner has stated. illuminated that
he would not act until he had some positive
proof before him. He can't act on mere rumor.
That is the rub. It is just possible he may choose
TO wait too long for proof-until after election,
for instance There is abundant proof already
ct hand in many striking instances, If the Presi-
dent is anxious to redeem his promises. And he
need not look far for victims to appease his
righteous indignation. In the Indiana case he
has already been furnished at different times by
the local civil-servce association with evidence
that shows that the federal officials in Indiana,
as Commissioner Edgerton himself states. have
been noted for their open and intense hostility to
civil-servce reform. The report of the latest
investigation which has been m ade, however,
by this association has not yet been presented to
the President 1t is understood to be in the
hands of the Central Civil-service Association of
Indiana, and it is expected will he soon forward
ed to the White House. Meanwhile. those who
hold near relations to the President say that he
will welcome positive proof from any quarter
and that all local civil-service associations may
he sure that any charges which they may pre-
sent which are we'll sustain I'D against any fed
eral officer will receive consideration.
THE President within short time was in
formed that Robert Lowry. the Democratic can
didate for Congress in one of the Indiana dis
tricts, the sitting member, has been making
liberal use of the minor postmasters to aid him
in securing his re election. In the Wisconsin
case the facts are open and notorious The
shameless bargain between Bragg and De-
laney has become a matter of public no.
toriety, the letter setting forth the details
of the traffic in patronage having been published.
AS to the New Orleans postofice, the charges
against the postmaster seem to have been SIM
pie enough. His friends have been here have
interviewed the President. and left yesterday.
One of them said that the President was salts
fed that the letter written by the postmaster
was intended simply to conciliate the mug
wumps and that he was convinced the postmas-
ter had no intention of actively participating in
politics This statement however, is entirely
ex parte, and must be taken with reservation
1t cannot be ascertained that any official COM
plant as to the active participation in politics
of Tr0nO. Connecticut.
the White House This is also true of the post
master at Chicago whose superintendent of
mails is charged with being an offensive partisan
of the extremoSt sort