The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-16
The Change Made at Mr.. MansOn's Request,
Who rendered His Resignation ina Cour-
teous Letter to President Harrison.
Mr.. Langston's Reasons for Not Partici-
pating in the Virginia Campaign.
Corporal Tanner Tries to Justify His Action
in Rerating Senator Mandersons Pension.
and Recites Another Case.
GEN. MANSIONS SUCCESSOR.

Joseph p Throop, of Paoii, Appointed Rev
enue Collector for the Seventh District
Special the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.-Late this after
noon the President appointed Joseph p.
Throop, of Paoli, Orange county, collector
of internal revenue for the Seventh dis
trict of Indiana, vice Gen. Mahlon ID. Man.
son, resigned. Mr.. Throop was Endorsed
for the position by such well-known Re-
publicans of the State as Representative
Posey, the State officers. District Attorney
Chambers, Third Auditor Hart, B. Wilson
Smith and Messrs. Durbin. Dudley. Huston.
Ransdell Heilman, Irwin, .Brackston.
Mowry, the DePauws and Harry Adams.
and his appointment is considered by Ne
pubIicans here as an excellent one. He is
described as "a Republican hustler from
way back"
General Manson not only, rendered his
resignation from the office voluntarily. but
in doing 90 he expressed his most CORDIAL
regards for the President and the admins
tration, as the following letter will show:
TERRE HAuTE, Ind. Sept. 1e.
Hon. Benjamin Harrison. President Of the United
My Dear sir-I have the honor TO tender my
resignation rs IL ternal revenue collector or the
Seventh district of Indiana, to take effect the
as my successor can be qualified. Hoping that
your good health may continue, and that you
will have great success In your administration,
am very respectfully and sincerely your friend
A Hard-working Republican.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
PAoLI, Ind, Oct. 15.-Joseph p. Throop
was born in Paoli, Ind, 1896 His early
life was spent upon farm. He enlisted as
a private soldier in Company b, of the
Twenty fourth Indiana, Governor Hovey's
regiment. early in the summer of 1861, his
company being the first one organized in
the county, and served throughout the war
rs q private. After coming home from the
war he completed his education in the
literary and law department of the State
University at Bloomington entirely by his
own exerti0ns, his father having died poor.
He practiced law for several years at this
bar. but the profession being distasteful TO
him he abandoned il and has ince devoted
himself to newspaper work and farming.
When the Office of county superintendent
was first established he was made superin-
tendent for one term. He has been chair
man of the county central committee
of this county for thirteen con-
secutive years Under his management,
which was assumed at a time when there
was not q Republican officer in the county.
and Democratic majority of $50, the
county was made reliably Republican. un-
til now there is not Democrat in Office.
Last fall President Harrison received i25
majority in the county, it being the FIRST
time when any presidential candidate.
other than Democrat, ever received q ma
jOrity of its votes. He has always been
prominent in all temperance and moral
movements in the community, and is an
enterprising, public-spirited citizen.