Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-15
HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL
espers He'll Hereafter Get Them on Fa

eapers He'll Hereafter Get Them on Fast
Time.
The Wheeling I ostOffice agony is over,
as the following short and significant tele-
gram received list evening would indi-
cate:
WASHINGTON, D. G., May 4.
Special Telegram 10 TIE Register
Cowden hss been appointed postmaster.
And now maybe the fat tseekers are sat
isfed and maybe they are not. 1t de-
pends on who it ia. 1t seems that every
candidate for the Office and every promi-
nent Republican in the city got telegram
at about one and the same time, so the
news dropped with one fell swoop, making
the hearts Of some bubble over with joy,
and filling Others with bitterness and re-
sentiment. Some OF those who thought the y
knew all about the inside workings OF the
Republican machine, were almost struck
with paralysis.
"Why Josh durn the thing" said one,
"Cowden hain't been working at all,
and here be comes of with the prize.
What kind of racke. is that?"
"well, say," said another, don't you
think he hasn't been doing.
SOME TALL HUs1LING,
all on the quiet. The REGISTER eaid
several mornings since il would be dar X
horse. and while Cowden wasn't 30 far in
the dark that you cou dn't see him, it wasn't
supposed by many that be would be the
lucky man. CowdeD, he's a bumper, IL
all I've got TO cay, and don't You forget
il. Come on, let's 20 and hunt him up, /
want TO put in good word for friend OF
mine"
While the Republicans, happy and sor-
rowful, were discussing the appointment
on the street corners and over cool and
foaming lager, the Democrats were alec
talking about it, aud the fact was recalled
that Postmaster Simpsons term had not
expired by more than year, and OF course
there wr9 general desire 10 know the ma
ture of the charges brought against Mr..
Simpson to encomprJs his removal, but
they were of course unable to discover that.
A REGISTER reporter called upon Mr.
Simpson last evening, and asked hlm II ne
had anything TO say. He was very retl'
cent about the matter, and he eaid he GER
tainly knew of no cause why be sbould be
removed before the expiration of his COM
mission; that a. far ss any alleged charges
of offensive partisanship were concerned
they were lies out of the whole cloth.
There was ,sitively no cause for his re-
moyaf. The newspaper mfn asked ID see
his commission. 1t was produced with
pleasure, copy was taken. IL ls printed
on parchment inside of a neat border, and
in the left-hand corner WAS the seal oil the
U. S. Postoffice Department in gold win a
red ribbon attached. The wording oil the
document runs az follows:
Mr.. SIMPSONS COMMISSION.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
To all TO rhOm hese presents shall come,
bTtttWy'
Know ye. that, reposing especial trust
and confidence in the intelligence, dill
geuca and discretion Of Robert Simpson
the President Of the United States Domi
mated, and by and with the consent of The
Senate, | do appoint him postmaster q
Wheeling. in the county Of Ohio, State Q
West Virginia, and DO authorizs and EN-
power him to execute and fulfill the dutie
Of that Office according to the law
of the United States and tn
regulations of the Postofsce Department
and TO have and to hold the said Office
with all the rights and emoluments there
unto legally appertaining unto him, tn
ssid Robert Simpson, for and during th
term of four years from the 18th day o
May, 1886, subject to the conditions pre-
scribed by law.
In testimony whereof / have causes
these letters to be made patent and tn