The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-22
THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD.

AASh
ates Appointed III their Places.
Special Telegram 10 The Inter Ocean.
WASHINGTON, JAN. l0.-In a letter to
the Sunday Inter Ocean reference was
made 10 the discharge of Union Neter-
ans from the Norfolk Navy Yard by
Commodore TruXton, the commandant,
and the appointment of eX-Confederates
in their stead. The following Is a list of
some of the changes: w. ii. Lyons,
superintendent of machinery, appointed
lSo2. served continuously until April
| 1885; dismissed for b. Corwln, al ex-
Confederate. Al. Hopkins, engineer,
appointed 1869, served IN Union navy,
and was confined III Libby Prison; dis
charged Nav, 1855, and V. Freeman,
eX Confederate sailor appointed In bis
place. W. y. Eaton, store-keeper IN
Federal army, removed Nav y, and w.
Easily appointed. ). b. kenney, store
keeper, appointed 1870, an officer In the
United States navy during the war, re-
moved May 4; h. \. Burt, ex-Conteder-
ate. appointed. Z. VI. Clark, engineer
cierK, appuIated lSSO, served IN Union
army, removed May I; J. b. KING, ex-
Confederate, Succeeded MIN. +. Oakes,
foreman VI lauorers. appointed 1873, eng
listed la Union army is private, dis
charged a. captain, having ueen wound
Cd three times III action, removed April
y; Jonn CASTOR, ex-ConfederaISap-
pointed. JIG sL2SsSIapor<s,a Union
soLlIsrS5SIed April -, j. l.. Lam, II
Democrat suCccrded nluI. IL. Hodges,
served la the UnIou army throughout
Inc Mar, dismissed june 8, 1850, ,.
Mood, eX-CouIederdte, appointed. y.
4 Manning, clerk, employed Slice loo5,
removed Nay Is, succeeded ny II. W..
Peers, eX-ConIcderate. j. }. Currdn,
/ foreman of painters, appointed 1870,
.eIrI.cd his trade III the yard, einoEcu
MAY 70, succeeded uy u. Church, ex-
confederate. ". +. Smlth, foreman Of
| ,hipwrIgnts, appointed 1872, rendered
yu.L,nle services To the government
| during The war; removed April Il; w.
II. Hopes, eX-Conlederate, appointed.
| W. II. King, laborer, appointed 1917,
son Of IaIc chief engineer hlngi reiiioy-
ed June d; A. Perry, Deinocratc poilu-
cIan, appointed. j. Dunn, lockniaker.
| appointed lS61; removed April 20, 1850,
and succeeded by an eX-Coniederate. =.
ii. Sturtevant, chief engineers CLERK,
appointed 1870, bitterly prosecuted uur-
in. the war for his Union sentiments:
! removed May IL; ID. Payne,
| crate appoinIed. +. Craig, m~achinest, a
Union man during the war, removed
June, 1850, for John Jack, u bitter ex-
Confederate. l.. j. smith, foreman OF
docks, appointed 1871, one OF the best
men in the service, removed Feb. II Tor
ID. Is. Bruwnlee, eX-Confederate and u
member of the Democratic committee.
I. Milan, foreman of caulkers, appoint
| ed 1872, loyal during the war;, removed
April y Tor .. III. Ouley, ex-Confeder-
ate. W. III. Ryder, appointed 1871,
served in the Union army, removed
April y TO make a place for y. \.
Thompson, confederate. j.. !:
Buchanan, clerk appointed 1870, loyal
| during the war, removed May ~ and
4. q. Paige, an active Democrat, APP
pointed. samuel Brown, laborer ut the
ward twelve years, removed May ~ LOT
AN active Democrat. There were a num-
her of other cases ola similar character
i'm which old, faithful, and efficient men
were dismissed simply because they
were Republicans and green men APP
pointed to their places simply because
Iney were Democrats.
The above list shows that there ~as
no great sincerity III Mr.. Cleyeland's pre-
tended reverence for the civil service
law. and that it was the Confederate
soldiers to which he had reference
when he stated that IN appointments
the preference, qualifications being
equal, should be given to the soldiers
He finds in Commodore TruxtOn q Will
ling tool 10 carry out his ex-Confed
crate productions. In the above liz,
there are twenty-five removals., nearly
all of whom served their country during
the war, in the army or navy, and III
were loyal to the Union. and in their pla
ces are put n ex-Coniederate!
and five copperhead Democrats. Th'
friends of Mr.. Cleveland cannot deny o.
explain away his responsibility for these
changes. lie knew his secretary wa
the son-in-law and tool OF Senator Payne
whose tool he was III his management
TO secure Ills seat in the Senate which
is now being shown up III Ohio. He la
shown in all his appointments his pre-
~ierences for ex-Coniederates and cop
pcrheads 10 the old Union soldiers an'
loyal Democrats, and we need not x
out Of this city for examples.