The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-15
Republicans Who Uttered Undemocratc Senti-
menis During the Last Campaign Must Bare
Their Neeks for Maxwell's Guillotine
An Indiana C0lOred Mans Place Given
to a Son of the Late Justice Lamar.
Southerners Appointed Justices of the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals-Anothsr
Batch of Office Seeking Hoosiers.
FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

Republicans Who Dared to Speak Their
Minds to BE Summariiy Removed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, April 14.-At the Postoffice
Department the statement is made that the
Republican postmaster at Plainfield, Hen
bricks county. who was the other day suc-
ceeded by Democrat. was removed at the
instance OF Representative Cooper, on po-
hticaI charges. The case was test one,
and was secretly watched by number Of
Democratic Congressman with much inter-
est. If the demand for removal of the Re-
publican succeeded. it was evident that an
efficient postmaster could be removed for
an offense entirely separated from any con-
nection with his official duties. and it could
he signal for Democratic Congressman to
raid all Republican officeholders who had In
their private capacity crossed o Democrat.
It was charged that during the campaign
last year the Republican postmaster at
Piain6eld, upon hearing that Democrat
who was participating in q political DEM
onstration had been killed, remarked. In
effect, well. that serves him right; he
ought to have been killed" For the al
legged utterance of this undemooratic sem
timent the postmaster was the other day
removed.
While this act of revenge was being per-
petrated at the Postofce Departments Sem
ator German and other prominent Demo
Gratis at the Capitol were behind closed
doors of the Senate shaking their fists in
the faces of venerable Republican Senators
and bitterly denOuncing them for demand
ing an Investigation into the charges that,
some years ago, Senator Roach, Demo-
crat of North Dakota. embezzled large
sums of money from the Citizens' National
Bank in this city while acting as the bank 8
cashier. The Senators contended that no
act of an official which was committed In
his personal capacity should be iuvestiget-
ed by those who had Jurisdiction
over his office, and that while Senator
amount of funds the Senate could not try
him OF criticise him because the theft did
not affect his Official integrity. They held
that this W as true of all persons who draw
amenable only as officials. The Republic.
an postmaster at Plainfield was CHARGED
with making his comment while ont on the
street, as any individual might; not as
postmaster.
Headsman Maxwell to-day kept up his
record of decapitating Republican post
masters In Indiana Eighteen Republicans
were beheaded in the interest of as many
Democrats. A majority of them were re-
moved. The changes were as foIlowE
Burney, Decatur county, L. X. House, vice L.
T. Howell, removed; CannelburE, Daviess coun-
ty. Emma Clarke. vice Lizzie Harris resigned;
Cllfty, Decatur county, W. j. Grant, vice NJ
Messenheimer, removed; Coal Creek, Fountain
county. w. II. Etchinson, vice T. Rowell re-
moved; Florida, Madison county, w. II. Barnes,
vices. c. Bar0heimer, resigned; Fountaint0wn,
Shelby county, l.. III. Clisher. vice j. e. Campbell,
removed; Huntertown. Allen county, j. A..
NOOaan, vice A. q. Dunton, resigned;
Kewanna, Fulton county, o. g.. Cook,
vice c. w. NEWMAN; resigned; Knightsville,
J.
removed; London Shelby county; Mrs. L. Means,
vice o. l. Means, removed: Mays. Rush county,
w p. Bowen. vice j. X. Henry, resigned; Mel
lott, Fountain county, b. p. Riley, vice j. b. Mel
lott, removed; Milihousen, Decatur county.
Joseph Herbert, vice George Rohrs. removed;
Newvllle DeKaib county, W. T. Muller, vice L.
Y. Wyatt, resigned Providence. Johnson county,
A. q. Deer, vice w. T. Rivers, resigned Ray.
Steuben county, w. Teeters, vice John Paul. re-
signed: Rosedale. Parke county. T. W. Walters,
vice L. Evans, removed: Versailles Ripley coun-
ty, j. NJ. Singer, vice Geo. Shook, removed.