Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-07-22
Some Federal Appointments in Ohio.

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The New York World is Democrati
newspaper. Nobody in the United State
will dispute this. In its Washington cor
respondence of July 10, the World de
votes column of space to a review O.
federal appointments made in this stat,
by the present administration. 1t con
tains good deal of Information not par
ticularly new in all respects, but strik.
ingly suggestive from the fact of being
printed in Democratic newspaper. We
give below few paragraphs from the
article in the World to show what fair
minded Democrat knows and thinks
about the gang who hsva got offices from
the President in this State:
There is nothing to be found in con-
templatiDg the list of federal appoint,
ments in the State of Ohio which could
bring the slightest flush of pride to the
cheek of the most devout Mugwump
There are some appointments there which
might cause nervous Mugwump to turn
pale. There are more appointments
made in this state of people who have
dishoDorable and penitentiary records
than In any other of the states.
zone of the most notorious of the ad-
ministration selections is that of Gilbert
Bargar, pension agent of Columbus.
Bargar succeeded Allen T. Wickoff.
Wickoff was gallant soldier, with a
splendid war record. There never had
been any criticism of the management
of his Office. Bargar has record of be-
ing dismissed from the army for cow
ardice.
civilian Caldwell, the Surveyor of
the Port of Cincinnati, is an out and out
machine politician. Since he has assun-
ed charge of this Office he has appointed
a number of very peculiar deputies. One
of them, Jerry Mulroy, has a record of
two or three terms in the workhouse
"Petch" Moran, another one of his dep
uties, is murderer. He was hackman
who in row shot and killed man.
Two other of these deputies are genial
gentlemen from the workhouse. "Potch"
Moran was arrested only a week ago for
insulting lady in the postof:ce.
Jack Connolly, who was appointed to
represent the Agricultural Department
in Ohio as its statistical agent, served
term in the county Jail for the stealing
of prOmissory note. He escaped being
sent to the penitentiary by peculiar
plea. He set up as defense that the
note was not worth its face value, and
by showing this to tie satisfaction of
the court he succeeded in keeping the
value of the note below the limit which
describes grand larceny in Ohio. He
served out the sentence fer petty larceny
andris still an officeholder.
"The postmaster at Portsmouth, New
man, is the editor of the Portsmouth
Times. He is a former Secretary of
State. During the war he wrote some
of the most ferocious attacks upon Lint
coin and the cause of the Union.
BRADY, the postmaster at Newark,
was formerly sheriff of the county
where he now lives, and during his in
cumbency was found to be short In his
accounts to the amount of $13,5OO.
GILLESPIE, the postmaster at Dayton,
was Copperhead during the war. AS
Mayor of Dayton he released murderer
on straw bail and connlved at his escape.
He was very disloyal during the war.
John II. Farley, the Collector at
Cleveland, is a professional politician
and a. skillful ward manipulation.
"Urner, the newly appointed Marshal
for the southern district of Ohio, is
first class man. His appointment is all
most the only one which has been made
in Ohio that is above criticism"
A nice collection, certainly! How
proud the Democratic masses of Ohio
ought to be at the selections made from
among their number to fill federal posi-
tions of responsibility and trust! They
probably would not believe the Presi-
dent and his advisers could choose such
men if they saw it printed in Republi-
can newspaper only. But here they have
it on the authority of the leading Demo-
cratic paper in the country, word for
word, as printed therein.