Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-04

ready given you their names. I am indorse
by such men as Senator 4. d. Morgan, Ir
Harris, General ]. A. Logan, A. NJ. Clapp, Con
gressional Printer; General Spinner and other,
with Mr.. Finney. Third Auditor, and c. C
Baugh, First Auditor. am, respectfully yours
etc. RG. HILL
i With the letter he sent paper givin,
the names of bis fellow-employees who
in his judsme emf, should be retained O.
turned out.
THEY WE'RE BLACKMAILERs.
4 1t is not matter of surprise that thi
sort of partisan malignity was conduciv,
to the generation Of a lot of vipers, knowl
generally to mankind as blackmailers
These persons degraded and debauchet
the service and filled the air with thei
clamorings and yaporings, annoying anC
arresting those who were peacefully do
ing the work of the Government.
The following letters are indeed vel
worth perusal. These poor fellows wer.
turned out because of the newspapers
they read:
| WASHINGTON, b. c., June TO- 1869.
Hon. Thos. L. TNllock, Chief of appointment
Bureau.
SIR-we, the undersigned, committee Of
M the q; A. r., respectfully ask the removal ol
Second Comptroller, for tho reasors attached
| to each name
John Houston, second.class clerk, was an old
Federalist, afterwards Democrat and personal
friend of James Buchanan.
N: Lemon was a Southern sympathizer, mar
ried into strongly disloyal Virginia family,
of which we think there is little doubt His
associations and the papers he takes convince
us that he is not in accord with the Admins
| tration.
| Goodwin was correspondent of the National
| intettigencer, was strong advocate of the Dem.
0cratic party, and now holds another position
under the Government in the Educational
Bureau.
| Hubbell is Democrat.
F. W. SANBoRN, Chirman.
Allen Wright, Secretary.
Houston, the 'old Federalist, after
wards Democrat:" Lemon, who read a
Democratic paper; Goodwin and Hub
bell and. in fact, all on the list, were
turned out, and the records show it.
BECAUSE HE READ THE "woRLD."
Here is most serious charge and un.
fortunate Barry was discharged. After
reading this report his head can almost
be heard falling in the basket:
George Barry, a Copperhead EN-.
ployed in Statistical Bureau. Barry has
been, and is yet, bitter Copperhead
he is one OF those that during the war
swallowed the New York World, adver.
tisements and ALL"
Such is the record against Mr.. Barry,
He was put out.
There was an intensely bitter feeling
towards citizens of foreign birth, espe-
cially against those of Irish and German
nationality. So intense was the preiu-
dice against Irish Catholics that duriag
all the years from the close Of the war to
the Inauguration of President Cleveland
not one Irish Catholic was appointed to
an Office of prominence in the Treasury
Department. If by chance there ever
was one who held the post of Chief of
Bureau, even tradition has not preserved
his name. Here is list which charges
certain employees with "the crime" of
being Irish or German! Think of it!
Think how the old party, claiming to- day
to be and to have always been the friend
and champion Of the Irish, and of Irish
Catholics, suffered its agents and high
officials to persecute clerks, some of
whom had fought for freedom at the
price of blood, because they we're
"Irish," cold Democrats" and '.Ro-
manists" This list is a shocking exam
pie of the intolerance, the bigotry, the
narrowness, the shameless hypocrisy OF
WIZ AsSFNO4ASSAA PssA
BECAUSE THEY WERE IRISH.
John Lowry, of the Registers Office
is reported as an 'Irishman; bite,
Democrat and as one who tore up Rad
ical newspapers
Edward Schenck, Registers office
German, bitter Democrat, and no claim
upon the Republican party.
"Phelan, Irish old Democrat. For the
protection of radical clerks you must put
this man out. Send for rad. clerks.
Henry Murray, Irish messenger, Re-
gister's Office, a cop. Got into a quarrel
with Nancy, colored, a religious, faithful
| woman"
And then the advice comes to put out
Murray, the Irish messenger, and put
"Nancy, colored, religious woman" )" in
his place. James Ryan, of the Sixth
Auditors Office, an upright, kind and in
offensive man, and faithful clerk, was
reduced grade by grade from 81 800 down
to the lowest grade because he was slow
Irish and Romanist." So mortified
and distressed was he by these repeated
insults. meant to degrade him, that he
actually died at his desk, and some of
the "radical Clerks who wanted "pro-
lection" against such as he and
Phelan, said in passing by: "Well. Ryan,
you have got an Irish hoist" As shown
by the register of the department, John
Lowry was turned out. Here is his sem
tence: Removed April 30, 1859" cop.
led word for word. Edward Schench,
because forsooth he was a foreign-born
citizen, or German and bitter Demo.
crat," as he was branded, was turned out
the same day-Aprii 80, 1869. Phelan
who was reported an an ''old Democrat u
and consequently 'no account" was dis
missed with Lowry and Schenck. Here
is the record in cold ink: Removed
April 80, 1869. Henry Murry went out q
month latter, May 81, 1869, having been
allowed the gracious privilege ol
"resigning."
| AS TO CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENTS.
| Unfortunate was the employee who
did not deliver up part of his salary to
help the "good cause" Such alone was
branded, and unless he had powerful
Influence" and "backing," his place
was taken. The Department, being full
of partisans, did not lack spies who re.
ported those who failed to contribute
This is the way the spies and monitors
worked their end of the line:
| BUREAU OF STATISTICS. April 3, 1860.
c. S. Mixter, Acting Chief Clerk, was one OF
| Delmar's particular or special tools. Said last
Fall that he was conservative and opposed to
| radicaism. When he received circulars last
Fall asking him to contribute money to carry on
| the campaign, he threw it on the floor in the
not give one cent towards such a cause Said
/ last Fall he was going home to vote the whole