Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
CAMPAIGN FUND COLLECTORS.
Washington Newspapers Demand
Their Prosecution.
MOTIVES THAT MOVE THEM
A Portion OF the Press Hope to Bring
Odium On the Civil Service Law
BY Its Strict Enforcement
The Army.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,

ClVll service commissioner thompson,
who is foremost with Commissioners Lyman
and Roosevelt in demanding the prosecution
of the persons who have lately been collect
ing campaign funds in the departments, is
out in very strong denial of the charge
that he, under tho Cleveland administration,
went around with Chairman Barnum's
agents while he was assistant secretary of
the treasury and assisted in collecting po-
litcal assessments from the employees.
All of the local newspapers demand prose-
cutions with a view to forever putting stop
to this practice. Some of them however, i,
are suspected of wanting to make the law
| obnoxious by the prosecutions. Even the
Post edited by ex.Postmaster General
Hatton, who has bean fighting the civil
service so fiorcely, demands the enforcement
| of the law in this instance.
The Star, the conservative paper of the
| district, this evening urges vigorous prose-
cuton and punishment of these collectors.
| 1t says "The clerks need to
| be protected both against the
the extortion of compulsory political assess
ments and against any infringement of their
| conceded rights rs American citizens to con-
| tribute as they please. II this double pro.
| lection continues to be extended the spoils-
| men who wish construction placed upon
| the law which will make it offensive 10 the
| American idea of personal liberty and per-
| haps cause 1t to be pronounced unconstitu-
| tional will be disappointed.
at is stated that the civil service commits
sion has evidence which establishes con-
clusively unmistakable violations of the law
| concerning the solicitation of political con-
1 tributions. If this be the case there will
happily be no occasion or temptation to re-
'o'. W 'ne ui"inou i.'e. e'aUion Vi ono Id"
| ""i'" 'oiio on'uueiao.' e,'" 'oisoe
iorhiers anu M 'ao enro"u epo"s.ian aihe au
Vocate. Inc former Wlsh 10 give the Wluest
| possible scope to good law, the latter wish
to stretch it until il breaks. There is very
| little doubt now that this will be the end of
the political contribution business In the de-
| partnents Both parties are willing to dis
| continue it,"
SOUTH pAKoTA's SENATOR'S
| Roth of South Dal.ot,,s sara.ors will GO
| cure residences and remove their IA miles IN
| IVaehinayon Snnotor po,tigrow ,yho no.s
ed through washington on Tnesdav TO Maine
| where he was banuneted Wednesdav night
,vnra a suit nf cIothes from tho bacl, of La,
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NEBRASKA AND IOWA PosrMAsrEhs.
Nebraska-Brownville, Nemaha county,
| w. y. Judding, vice X. Il. Rainey, removed !;
| Cordova, Seward county, G. III. Babcock,
vice G. w. Hunkins, resigned; Waverly,
Lancaster county, p. p. Walker, vice George
e. Bragg, removed
Iowa-Eva Ines Griffith was appointed
postmistress at Myslie, Appanoose county,
Iowa, vice ID. M. Vandyke, removed.
ARMY NEWS
| Second 1ientenant Charles Young Twen-
| tvffth inf,ntrv bos heen transferred IN the
Ninth cavalry and win report for duty with
| troons or E,ort Jpohinoon
,rhe extension Of nhe Ieava of absence
Granted second T Iieutenant Ajmont r. par.
menter Twentvl lSrst nfantrv 10 furtber az
tended Hfteen G.vs on account of sir,nass
Paraaranb three snecaI order Jniv % N
the case Of t,antain Allan II Jacl,son
SevenIh inf,ntrv 10 amended to d,rect tha}
he conduct the first detachment of recruits
that NAV be sent to his regiment after March
/, 1890 to which date he will continue on
recruiting duty.
Sergeant Andrew Murphy Company c.,
Ninth infantry, is upon the retired list.
CAPTAIN John Garland, Sixth Infantry, will
report in person to Brigadier General Thomas
H. Ruger president of the army retiring
board at St Paul for examination by the
board
| Lieutenant Colonel George b. Dandy.
| deputy ouartermaster general. is detailed as
one of the officers to assist the secretary of
war in examining ana reporting upon the
claims of the states of Texas, Colorado,
| Oregon. Nebraska. California Kansas and
Nevada and the territories of Washington.
Idaho and Nevada when a territory.
| An army retiring board having found
First Lieutenant George r.. Burnett, Ninth
cavalry. iucapable of active service. the ex-
tension of his leave of absence. on account
| of sickness granted him March 90, 1889. is
still further extended till further orders on
| account of disability.
The unexecutcd portion of the sentence
imposed by a general count martial. July
81, 1850 Department of the Platte, is re.
| mitted In the case of Herman Braummer
| Comnanv A. Sixteenth infantry and he will
| he rnleosed from confinement at the military
prison. Fort Leayenworth.
Leave of absence for fourteen days is
granted First Tieu,enant Robert ~ Emmet
| Ninth cavalry.
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