Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-23
Mr.. GIT GOT.

The Reason Alleged for the Removal of
David l.. Git From His Position in the
Pension Office. Where He Had Been for
Twenty YearS-IIe Made sport of the
Age and infiTmities of the Presidents
Fa.her-in-Law.
WASHINGTON. May 14.-David L. Git, of
st. Louis, held his position in the PEN
sion Office through five administrations,
only to fall as one of Corporal Tanners
victims. He was summarily removed sew
eral days ago, greatly to his own and his
Eel low clerks surprise. Mr.. GIFTS sery-
s7ce dated from 1869. He was Republic
:azf- There was no question about his eff
ficiency. When the Democratic Admins
tratiOn came in, Mr.. Gitt expected to 90,
but he didn't. Commissioner Black de
cided to retain him. especially after Sen
ator Cockrell had called and spoken
highly of the Missourian's abilities. The
Senator afterward said that when he
found Republicans were to be retained in
large numbers he concluded Git might as
we'll be kept as any of the others, because
he knew him to be a good man. Having
survived the Democratic Administration,
Mr. Git felt easy in mind, and the dis
Emissal without warning took his breath
away. He was holding the posi-
ton of assistant chief of the
mail division, and drawing
a salary of II, 900. The dismissal has
been nine days. wonder at the Pension
Office, but an explanation is out at last.
The story is that Mr.. Git was removed on
a request from the White House. Until
recently the venerable father-iulaw OF
the President, Rev. DR.. John w. Scott
WAS Il subordinate clerk drawing a salary
of 81, go under Mr.. Git. He is a dignified,
placid old gentleman with n habit of
dropping into q nap at occasional times
<iuring the day. The infrm;ty came upon
him quite frequently while at his desk in
the Pension Office. An easy going chief
might have overlooked these little lapses.
I,ut not so Mr.. Grit. He was
a discioliaarian and q i3ker. He
thought II a smart thing, so the story
goes, to call out loudly to the old
clergyman, when he caught him mapping
Baltimore, change cars" Of course. the
other subordinates thought this q good
joke, aud laughed as often as Mr.. Git
perpetrated it. He is also said to have
referred disrespectfully to DR.. Scott as
.au old stoughton bottle" Information
IF these petty annoyances reached the
White House. 1t was not carried by DR..
Scott, who is q Christian gentleman and
above small revenges. But this Admin
istration does not overlook small abuses.
aud Mr.. GIFTS removal was called for ia
spite of his Republicanism, his twenty
wears service and his efficiency.
To be Given a New Trial.
Dies MONIES. Ia, May 15.-The Supreme
Court yesterday reversed the judgment
of the lower court in the case of the State
VS.. NJ E. Billings. The defendant was
tried for the killing OF County Attorney
w. S. Kingsley. OF Waverly, convicted OF
murder in the second degree aud sem
fenced for life. He appealed on several
grounds. the chief being that the court
and county were unduly prejudiced
against him; that his motion for a change
of venue was refused, and as a result he
was deprived of a fair trial. The Su-
preme Court sustains this view, reve-ses
the Judgment and remands the case for Il
new trial. Billings is now serving out
his sentence.