Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-02
Post Official Hunlor.
A Facetious Letter from a "Re-
signed" Democrat.
WITH HOPES FOR THE FUTURE,

And the Courage of His Conviction That
the Spells Are the victor's, He Renounces
Eight Months of Omcial Provendsr In
Consideration of ''the Boys" Who Are
Hungry-A Leaf from the National
Balance sheet-A Batch of Appoint
ments.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 2.-President
Harrison yesterday received the resignation
of the postmaster at Mount Carmel, Ill 1t
Is addressed 10 Hon. b. Harrison, President,
etc. ;" and is rs follows:
"SR: By the grace of God and Grover
Cleveland am postmaster at Mount Carmel.
NV official term will expire Jan. 20 1890
In addition to editing the mails of the city l
malso the editor of the Mount Carmel
Register, a live, local Democratic news
paper, established in 1899, and published at
81 % year, cash in advance; a discount of
% per cent. to ministers and presidents.
Practices What He breaches.
"While the office has agreed with me, and
| have in the main with the office, and while
might reasonably entertain the hope of
holding on for eight months longer, yet 1
feel it my duty to tender my resignation.
the victors belong the spoil | feel disposed
to practice that which preach
His Name Is Now Dennis"
"Your immediate predecessor hoped to
build up his party by keeping the opposition
in office. You are probably aware, if You
are at all familiar with the vocabulary of
true and trite sayings, that his name is now
Dennis
4 SCripturaI Quotation.
Il am moved further to tender you my
resignation because of the anxiety of barn
yard full of patriots to succeed me | be-
lieve that tariff is a tax. They do not
Therefore they are of your own kith and
kindred, and he that provides not for his own
household is worse than intideL | am told
that you are not built that way.
Gives the Other Fellows "a Chance.
"But to resume the thread of my discourse:
The boys who are anxious 10 lie my sue
cessor are very hungry; they have been
feeding on shucks and icicles for four long,
weary years; the official calf is fat and they
yearn to taste its tender joints. They fought
(among Themselves, they hled tat the nosel,
and are willing TO die for the g. O p. When
| asserted that you were the Chinamen's
candidate and ate rat-tail soup with chop.
sticks they swore by Dudley and Foster that
it was campaign canard and threatened tC
detail blocks OF five to p the fat out of me.
Fortunately for me their threats were never
| carried into execution.
Is Perfectly Resigned.
"They carried torches, drank with the
coons, and sang "Grandpas Hat VIII JUS
Fit Benny, and did divers and many fool
ish things none of which would they hav,
been guilty of doing had they not scented al
| aroma of postmaster on the crisp morning
air. And the pRans of praise which they
sounded when it became evident that yoI
had got there, Eli will never be Sahara
i'll my memory.
Hopes for the Future.
For these and other reasons unnecessary
to mention l tender you my resignation
with the hope that my successor will be- ami
mated by a similar spirit in 1898. If be is
| your Democratic successor will be spared thu
| painful necessity of turning the rascal out.
| am respectfully yours,
FRANK W. HAvILL, T. NJ
IN. B.-I would rather DO right than b.
postmaster