St. Paul daily globe., 1892-10-28
THE BULLDOZING LETTER.

out the state than from the Republican
headquarters in the Endicott building.
No postmaster under President
Cleveland would have dared to prosti-
tute his Office to partisan purposes as
has Capt. Castle since he has been in
office. Col. Lee, during the administra-
ton OF the Office. never stopped TO the
partisan methods that have been carried
with a high hand by Capt. Castle. There
were no assessments Of pOstOf1ice en-
pIoyes under the administration of
Postmaster Lee. There was no mailing
of tons Of fmatterto postmasters through
out the state by Col. Lee to be used for
political purposes. That there has been
heavy assessments on postal employees
for the past few weeks will not be de-
MED by Republican officials in the post
office who are fully posted.
4 Political Headquarters.
Capt. Henry A. Castle has been post
master in St. Paul for little over six
months, and mas devoted most of his
time to politics and working for the
men who placed him in that position.
That might not be ungratefu! if done in
an honorable and nou-partisan way. If
he eonhaed his campaign work to his
own efforts it might not be so objection
able from a Republican standpoint.
but when he cOuntenances the
forming OF clubs among the employees
of the government that in effect makes
3 forced contribution OF fee of SO,
paign fund. he does more than any
Democrat would have been permitted to
do under the Cleveland administration
No Democrat would have made the
postofice literature bureau for the
purpose of politics. No Democrat would
have had frequent conferences of poll
ticians i'll the postofice. No Democrat
would have received tons upon tons of
partisan literature carted to his Office
and have put the clerical force of the
pOstoffice to work at arranging and
bundling it and addressing it
TO the partisan postmasters through
put the state. No Democrat
would have had tons OF docu-
ments fTanked to him from Washington
by member OF congress, and then sep
srated it into convenient bundles and
distributed 1t throughout the state under
The same frank. and have compelled the
Ju0ordinates of the office to DO this
work while receiving pay from the gov
arnment. VIII Postmaster Castle pre-
tend TO assert that such a course is in
gpired by the grOssest partisanship and
Ill ignoring of the apothegm Public
0f1ice Is a public trust?"
Under Davis, Frank.
Several months ago there was received
1t the st. Paul postotfice several tons of
so-calied public documents incIosed in
niail sacks addressed to Capt Castle.
Ihe postmaster. This immense volume
of matter was received. postage free.
nnder the frank OF c. K. Davis. Each
package in the sacks bore the frank of
tie same person, and was designed and
prepared for distribution. free of post
age. where IL would do the most good.
The partisan work of Postmaster
Castle has not stopped there. Frequent
conferences of politicians have been
held in the office of the postmaster.
Politicians throughout the state have
gone there to confer. More than that
more than all, the Office of the postmas-
ter has been the most busy political
headquarters in the city for several
weeks. Here clerks have been con-
stantlY busy, day after day, and week
after week, in folding, bundiing and ad-
dressing to poStmasters throughout the
state political documents that have
been prepared in this city to bolster I'D
o diSorgau!Zed and discouraged Repnb-