Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-04-26
False Charges

False Charges.
hhcr the inaugura i,n Of Presi ien'
cleveland, the camor OF office seekers
vas so great, that, Notwithstanding he
BITTER written by him previous 10 his
election that officials would not be re
moved unless for cuuse, he and his chief
FUND that something had to be done to
satisfy the hungry shou.crs who yelled
~ luslly turn the rascals ont Then
|, was that charges, never before heard.
or thought of. were brought against near
ly every Republican official in the coun-
NY. This underhande,l and contempt
bIe manner If removing political oppO-
dents was con,lemned by every right
thinking Democrat in the laud who Ca
wired rempvals for political reasons but
did mt approve injurIng the characters
,fofhcials By tvumpiny up false charges
against them so rs 70 make room for party
friends. Mr.. Compton has always IA
vsred the removal IT Republicans aud
has repeatedly dcneaaced the Civil Ser
vice law because it Hlhwed their rpten-
zion, and We never heard or believed
that be was in any wary party to schemes
n remove political opponents whose
places he wished for his partizans, by
any anderhand way The Washington
correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun on
Saturday last somewhat dispels
that belief. for he states Mr.
Compton called at the Post
office Department for she purpose of look
ing up the papers 6lea by him previous
TO the removal Of postmastcrs in this
county, and that at she same time he
stated that it was bis impression that
4ehargesSoF incompcteucy were filed and
sustained against ell Of them. This
may be true, such papers may have been
filed as he asserts, but we doubt the ac
curacy of his recollection. II is the be-
lief of all Republicans in the county
that the changes made by Mr.. Compton
we're for political reasons alone. as many
Democrats so asserted when they were
sHade, In reference to the Port Tobacco
postOffice, Mr.. Compton must know
that il any such charges were made they
were false, for he doubtless recolects
that petition was sent him several
'noatl,s previous to the removal of Mrs.
Wade, signed BY prominent Democrats
and patrons of the Office, asking him to
use his influence 10 have her retained.
and in that petition i: was stated that
abe had made good aud eff ,ent offcal
This effort upon Dir. Compton's part to
find papers alleged to have been filed
which reflects upon Mrs Wade's past
aahdSSk6sl conduct, will. We believe. reflect
Compton III IN upon ithat
LILY. and places him in the inevitable
position of removing her from
Office on false charges trumpet up. if
such charges were filed, when he had
knowledge, BY the petition above alluded
to. that she was faithful and efficient. -
The INDEPENDENT, for years past the
largest patron of the Office, asserts with
out fear of successful contradiction. that
the mails during Mrs. Wade's term of
office were handled with care I'd PROMPT
ness, and never was there cause of
complaint for any neglect or Irregular.
ty. Ii would be better for Mr.. Comm
ton to stick to his original theory, that
to the victors belong the spoils, than to
be hunting over musty records to find
false charges made against honest and
faithful officials, whose places were want
cd aud were secured for his friends.
To purify the political system, Mr..
Compton always thought, and boldly
said. the remedy was, turn the rascals
out" 1t may not be so palatable for
that gentleman and his friends to have
the same remedies applied now. But
when Republicans tell them that it is
necessary for the further publication of
the body polite, they should not make
wry faces. call hard names, and make
false charges