River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-04

tunity since Abraham Lincoln in 1851. He
stood face TO face with Shareholders rebell-
ion and conquered. President Cleveland stood
face 10 face with band OF insolent Congress
men lawlessly demanding spoils, and he has
been defeated. The result is another tribute
TO the strength OF the spoiis system.
The fact stares us in the face that a new
horde have overrun the country. In the two
years and three months between March 4,
1855. and June II, 1857, 2,0G0 of the 1859 Presl-
dental postmasters had been replaced. Like
wise had 80 OF the ss fore ga NJ nisters l6 OF
u Secretaries OF Legation. iSs OF 2i9 Consuls,
100 OF III collectors Of customs, "a OF the %
appraisers, II OF the Is assayers and superin-
tendents Of minis, 81 of the IS collectors OF in
ternal revenue, 8 OF the II inspectors OF steam
vessels 65 OF the 20 district attorneys "a OF the
20 marshals, - of the 30 Territorial judges. &c
OF the IS pension agents. 100 OF the pa local
land officers, of the 10 Indian inspectors and
special agents, 81 OF the 60 Indian agents, 70 OF
OF the SO special agents OF the Land ONCE, the
entire 80 surveyors OF customs the entire
8 naval officers OF customs, the entire assist
ant treasurers at the snb-Treasuries, the en-
tire Territorial Governors, the entire 10 Sur
veyors-General and 10000 OF the 526Je fourth
class postmasters. Thus A. 999 out OF "a 1874 Of
ticers had been replaced; and progress during
the fifteen months since elapsed completes the
clean sweep" of which we have heard so
much These are the chief officers Of The civil
service. The balance OF the service is made up
OF employees under these chief officers. With
rare exceptions these under officers have all
been replaced In Ind ana there Is nothing
left but few employees in the indianapolis
post-offce, few railway mail clerks, and here
and there postmaster The statement given
does not include the departments at Washing
ton, with about 900 places, where one-third
have been changed. Nor does IL include the
railway mail service, where at least four-fifths
have been changed and that service has been
thrown into disorder. After making all allow
ances II is within the fact 10 say that in the
three years and half since March l. 1885, lOO-
900 Republicans in the Federal civil service
have been replaced by 10000 Democrats.
No fair man can look these figures IN the face
and say that death, voluntary resignation and
removal for cause altogether have been more
than a small factor in this revolution. With
limited number OF Offices the term expires
every four years, and in these, with stray
ceptions, new men have been appointed with
out regard TO the fitness OF the old But in the
great bulk of the places the term never ends.
as. for instance, with the 81 500 fourih-class
rOstmasters. And the cOnst tuition authorizes
neither the President nor any other officer to
remove one of these without cause. In plain
words the service has been seized as spoil The
clean-sweep policy has prevailed. So far as
this has gone the spoil is over s70,0Oo0O0 year
REMOVALS IN INDIANA
The entire Federal Offices in the State OF
Indiana have been str buted as spols by
Senator Voorhees, and h party followers in
Congress There is no need OF citations. Con-
gresham Matson boosted that he had got out
OF place every railway mail clerk In his dis
trict alUi every postmaster except Few whose
places were not wanted. Ex-Congressman
Lowry captured places faster than any other
Congressman, and referred to them as pat
ronage pie l cite the case of Wolf at the
Jeffersonv lie depot The commandment Cen
eral Saxton. lately promoted him 10 be super
intendent as the fittest man to have charge of
the hundreds EN- Logged there. He had been
many years in the service, but he did not be-
long TO the right party, and Congressman Noor-
hees and Howard removed him and put into his
place follower without experience in the bust
ness.
| cite the case of Hit, chief clerk in the
Railway Mail Service at Indianapolis, an on
Ger of undoubted Skill competent 10 examine
his subordinates upon the scheme OF ten
States who was remov ID by Congressman
Bynum and was succeeded by man who can
not exam ne upon the scheme OF single State.
And now Congressman Lowry rides by at the
head OF over 100 henchmen, whose salaries, at
his sufferance, are paid by the people.
Passing to other districts Congressman
Howard gave out in Terre Haute alone more
than thirty Federal positions, with salaries ag-
gregating over $1,000 In the State OF Mary
absolute disposer Of the State, municipal and
Federal executive wages which belong TO the
Thousand of positions in those services.
We are all familiar with the ill-favOred name
of Eugene Higgins. German appointed him
patronage clerk OF the Treasury. In 1879 Cor
man was candidate for the St te Senate. Hig-
gins appeared at the polls under an alias, and,
with pistol and whisky bottle IN hand, terror
ICED quiet citizens and illegally voted hundreds
Of negroes and others. After the Maryland
election in 1873 ballot boxes were taken from
the custody OF the proper officer and opened
with view to a contest II was found that
/ large numbers OF ballots of one party had been
taken out and those OF the opposit on substi-
tuted. The tickets put in had not been
folded, but were fat and in punches OF thirty
or over as they had come from the printers.
This reversed the election. In 1893 It came to
light, partly by Higgins own confession,
that one Saturday night he with others
had entered the Easement where the
ballot.boxes we're kept, and with tedious
care to keep the ballots straight with the
TALES had made the substitution, and had
burned the ballots taken out. 1t took all OF
Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night.
These facts have repeatedly been charged and
publ shed by the best men and papers Of Mary
land without a pretense OF denial. Yet, in
face OF this, German kept this henchman,
skilled In every phase OF political manipula-
ton, nearly three years in the Treasury, ana
then trans 'arred him TO other fields OF useful
ness.
Morris A. Thomas was an active member in
a firm which made an ass gnment with an in
debtedness of over $685. 900 and turned over as
sets in the sum OF s47 He had acquired bad
name, and as an election Judge had received
illegal votes, and then he was made an in
spector OF Indian agencies. l. freeman Raisin
was appointed Naval onicer. Before the war
he ha risen TO be an officer Of political club OF
Baltimore thugs and outlaws and is now
leader OF the criminal classes, notorious
lobbyist a skilled ballot-stuffer and ballot
burner. One man was put in the Government
Printing ONCE under indictment for brutal
assault. He had during his career. been in
dicted four times and arrested nine times
Wallace Owings was made gauger. In 1856 he
was in court as prosecuting witness against
man charged with having assaulted him.
The prisoner was brought In ana stood
with his back to Owings, and the latter, in
this safe pos tion, attempted TO murder
him by shoot ng: the wound was not
fatal For this he was indicted. but never tried
George Trust was made clerk In the once OF
the Collector of internal Revenue. In 1879 he
murdered n cold blood old negro named
Robinson at Baltimore. James NJ. Mahon
sought TO simplify the election by striking on
223 names OF eolored voters from the regstra-
ton lists For this he was indicted and then
he was appointed ianitor at the custom-house.
lie had several times been indicted for assaults
with intent TO XIII.
AN Ex-CoNvICTs APPOINTMENT.
William Hinton was sentenced to two years
in prison was fined for an election ofense, was
indicted for keeping gambling-house, was II
1894 sentenced to six months in jail for an cleo
tion-day assault was pardoned and then put
into the custom house. Charles Carroll was IL
dicted for assaults with ntent TO KILL for keep
ing n disorderly house. for conspirng to in
timidate a witness, for obtaining money under
false pretenses for st II another infamous crime,
and now he, too, is paid a salary by us as a
Federal officer in the Baltimore custom-house
These are specimens of the German machine.
as chief leutenants-H ggtns, Thomas and
Raisin-are the executive officers of the ma
chine and under their oversight Maryland
elections-State munic pal and National--are
held BY the German machine, says John X.
Cowen in the Baltimore CtCu-SeFUic' RefOrDter,
murder pure and simple, Is recognized as a
port cal service TO be rewarded IN National
S ate and municipal appointments ia the per
sons OF Trust Busey. Bucheimer, koenig
Burke, Kennedy and Goodrch-seyen muir
derers.
American people. Helpless in the iron grip OF
the German machine it shows what other Com
monwealths may fear
Has the President forgotten that six years
ago he wrote: THE interference OF on Gals Of
any degree State or Federal for the purpose
OF thwarting or controlling the popular wish
should not be tolerated. The primary election
or caucus should be surrounded by such safe
guards as will secure absolutely free and un-
controlled action. When by fraud, ntimida-
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