The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-18
MICHENER vs.. THE SOLDIER
lie Drives Veterans Ont or Place.
Wounded Soldiers Deprived OfOf-
flee ~ Written Order of the
Lndiann Enn-.

Wounded soldiers Deprived or or
flee by Written Order of the
Indiana Ross.
EUurAu nr THr SENTINEL.
WAslliNg1oN. ~, G.. April 8
Ifihere are ANY Old soldiers lett with
abiding falih lu ihe promises 81 the lral :
e's ~ 'ho <. .. ~. i viii be perhaps i'm
rosslhic ~ convince them ~ ihe.r foil. t.
Ihcy mas lnl pinnt aud Instruction,
however. b, reading he following Two
cases, snd adding them 20 tho hundreds
90 broken pledges ot the party thai has
posed As soldier friends" Thefollow-
sns cptrcSponfrnce will explain itself !:
GoLrwnus, Ind April |, 1889.
First A-4.siNtt po-lmaster-General,
Msslingsnn, -. q.
sIM ~ hope Won will not overlook
whsi wrote yon concerning The post
n,@~ler a Freedom, owen county. In
diNua lIe "A 4 one-leggei soldier who
has done Ais duty in the Office, and I
hope you wili not remove him.
Respectfully ,ours.
Gro. w. CnorER. NC.
Filth Indiana District.
CoLrMrus. Ind, May lf. lsS9.
Pps'master-Gencral, Washing'on, ID. Q. /:
DEAR SlR--l wrote You some time ago
rAk i'sg hat The present incumbent Of the
po-toiiiee ~ Freedom, Ind. be not re-
moved. giving as d reason that he was &
cripplel soldier. aud ihAi he was doing
z VA service % the pnh'is. While IT,.
heads OF our boys have been rolling on
all around, ] believe he still holds hi-
piacc. aud this encourages me 70 present
ono more case squslly a. meritorious.
Mr.. n. a. Camille. 81 BROOKLYN, Ipf.. j.
soldier. lie served honorably througf,
tie war T~o of his brothers gave up
their lives ia ihe service one - Browns
willie, Tex. AM the other 81 New Orleans.
IA Mr.G = case Il. hard one. He
me out 81 the service without ascraich.
la; had the misfortune to lose his arm
by All accident since, but he draws NJ
pension.
viii you not please make an exception
in this case? am sure tlsat white Il
NAV be disappointment 70 The appli-
cant for The place, 'he patrons q the Of
iice. without regard to politics, will fully
sustain yor.
Please 40 not forget or overlook what
4 wrote you regarding Mr.. w. j.. STUFF
fall ut Freedom. kcspecsfuilv,
GEORGE W.. CoorER. NJ. g.
COLUMBUS, Ism. May rs. 1899.
Hon. II. g. Duncan, bloomington, Ind
DEAR CIAY-There are two postmas-
tiers in this district who onght not 20 be
viz: w. j. Sufiall ~ Free
dom. Owen county. and l.. II. Gamb!r
Iat BROOKLYN. Morgan county. They are
both crippled soldiers. Mr. Snhsil lost
IA leg. Mr Gs.nhle an arm. Mr. Gam-
lble's case j. particularly hard lie
served through The war. Two of his
brothers lost their lives one A. New
Orleans. L., the other ~ brownsville,
Tex; but Mr. Gamble lost his arm by an
lacrident since be came out " the SER
lyice. anl 20 gets no pension. Now,
lClav. 1 understand the applicants 'or
both these places were never IN The
army. have written the p"stIn ssier-
general ssking thst these gentlemen be
allowed 10 retain their places VIII you
aid ME? am informed That \ Word
from Nou will settle The matter hope
Won will allow those poor ffilowsin hold
their places. No complaint j. made of
;i,cir services. Please write ne depart
ment ani es me know what You have
done. Fraiernally yonr-
GsonrE w. COOPER.
Hon. John Wanamaker;
Sln-Mr. Cooper i the present repre-
sentative in congress from this district,
and nv opponent. wouli takc u as
FAVOR tbafthis matter be carefully exam
ined before removals are made az 'he
places named. know nothing person
Sly OF these men, and know mat Af
Cooper would not miSrepresent matters
we made strong fight 10 Indiana on
the soldier question. and We cannot ~
ford ID wage war agsinst The sons ~ the
household of faith. ours,
.tr II. g. DUNCAN.
Bloomington. Ind, May %. 's9.
OFFlcE or ATTORNEY GENERAL
IxDIAxAroLrs. lND.
W. NJ. Hart, Washington, y. q:
Ny DEAR IIART-We have decided
that Frank Watts should be appointed
postmaster at Freedom. owen county
Please have il attended 20 at once
You may put this 90 file o. recommen-
L. T. MlcuFSER.
II was this last letter that settled 'ne
Michener's say So y count
"a more than the honorable service these
two postmasters had rendered their
country. Il counted more than the pe'i,,
tions and protests Of q. A. X. posts, anh
80 Frank Watts, young man, took inc
place or an old soldier. where there
were other old soldier applicants for the
position. aud the other instance was out
= repetition. A young fellow had oeen
hurt in mill, through the neglect ana
OF the owners, and N se',e.
ment of All claims for damages, they usen
their influence and secured his appoint
ment A. postmaster. They copied after
~ ,sx..1 n, NJ 80 ttlomonf with the negro