Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-01
.THELAST DEM0CRAT
FORCED FROM HIS POSITION At The Posi-
OFFICE
Oaly tie Office Cat Remains and RamT Has It
She Will Have 70 Go-Charles Bachman
ReapPoilisd Superintendent.

The postoffice is now a solid bulwark
of RepublicaniSm.
The last lingering Democrat got his
walking papers yesterday, and on the
18th of April he will leave the service of
Uncle sam, TO make way for some Re
publican worker, whose activity in the
last campaign entities him to chance
al some of the mill, in the political CO.
coauut.
The gentleman who had the distinc-
tion Of being the last man Of the Demo
cratic force. is Mr.. John Quigg. and the
Republican who will henceforth count
the letters i'm the street boxes in the
business district is Mr.. Harry HouSer.
Mr.. HouScr has been acting as I'D. =.
/ o.. " and will be succeeded in that posi-
ton by Mr.. Harvey Combs.
As we have said. this change com
plctcs the list of Democrats. The last re-
moval. previous 10 this, was about a
month ago. when Mr.. Robert Darrah,
the efficient money order clerk. was dis
placed 10 make room for Edward Duna-
way.
But ON second thought. there is still
one Democrat remaining on the Office
force. whose tenure of office has not
come to an end, although il is conceded
IL is uncertain. That individual Is Mrs.
. Francis Clevcland-the Office cat. En-
tcring the poSt0llicc under the admins
tratiou of Mr.. Cowden'S predecessor,
this somewhat extraordinary specimen
of the feline race has by some over
sight or other. been allowed To re-
main I'm possession of her place un-
der the safe during all these
weary months. while lot of Republic
can cats. with high recommendations
for political activity. have been patient
IN awaiting chance To have their
claims for the position considered and
passed upon One rumOr has IL that
the fact that the Democratic cat has "A
family ON her hands accounts Tor the
seeming reluctance to remove her,
while another story is to the effect that
she has fifteen days notice To skip.
which viii Dee enforced as soon
as there has been a recovery from a
slight indiSposition. BE this as il may,
il is understood that the fiat has gone
forth and that pussy Will shortly begin
the work of showing a new cat the
duties of the place, prior To bidding the
hitherto hoSpitabc poStoilicc a fearful
farewell.
Thus it is, within ten months after
Mr.. Cowdcn took possession of the
office the last Democrat official is forced
20 vacatc. To make way for the hungry
Republican politicians. Under the adj
miniStratiOu of Postmaster Simpson il
was nearly three years before the Re
puhlicauS were an dismissed.
Another late development in post
Office and custom hoJSc circles is the
unexpected announcement that Mr..
Charles Bachman. the Superintendent
OF Repairs. who was depoScd some
months ago that the contractors might
bee better enabled To get away with the
big appropriation for the building, has
been reinStatcd, NJ the eleventh hour,
after there was practically nothing to
do. aud after the money had been about
AN spent. Mr.. Bachman did not cN-
poet this late acknowledgement that
his removal was a mistake. but letter
WAS received by Custodian BickertOn, a
DAY or TWO ago. which settled the mat
ter beyond doubt. Mr. Bachman got
the frs, straight iutimation of his APP
pointment yesterday, and was down
about tine building looking at the i'm
prov,mcntS" which have been made
during his absence.