The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29
TURN HIM OUT.
'ir. brcsz Asks Why an Indiana
Postmaster is Not Ousfed


"a WASHINGTON, Sept 90. The sessjo,
il. of the House to-day was devoid of inter
a ssl' except such as was given to IL b,
"a hr. bretz (Dem.), Of Indiana. which az
> iorued much merriment TO the Hons,
! oy complaining against Assistant Posi-.
: .ht-'er General Maxwell for not remov.
!. 'n9 . postmaster in little village in his
!. "irtrict because the postmaster had or.
.erea 20 make him (Brelz) a present OF
SO u ne would have him retained. He
= wanted the matter investigated. and the
5 hepuoilcans were perfectly willing 70
grant ms request, but Mr.. Tracy. Of
New York. objected
/ Alr, Brett said that some time ,oo he
iad had occasion to recommend tho
change. lie had flied charge, against
, me Incumbent, aud had filed letters ~
support OF those charges. That recon-.
nendation and those letters seemed 20
nave become lost in the marvellous rule.
ana modification Of regulations OF ,he
iostoilice Department. Mr.. Brett then
sent TO the clerks desk and had read one
oi Inc letters on which he based hi.
charges. IL was from the postmaster.
and addressed 10 the Chairman of thel,
iiepublican central committee OF the
county. II was couched in broken Ger ?
man English. and greatly amused the J
House. La IT he said that hereafter ne a
would vote the straight Republican tick. 7
e. lie was sorry that he had not done
80 The last time This sentence was re-.
ceivei by the Republicans with lauyhter !,
and applause Continuing, Mr.. Bretz :
said that time and again he had appled
TO the Fourth Assistant Postmaster q
General TO make the change, but his re- !,
quest was refused (Laugter.) On the q
10th OF this month he had received le, :
Ter from the postmaster. which he had
lied, on which he had based supplement /.
al charges with the Fourth Assistant :.
General. lie asked permis. '
lion 10 have the letter read. \,
Mr. Burrows, SRep. of Michigan. re. !,
marked that the story was very inter.
'sting one, but he could hardly see how
[ presented question Of privilege IN
'ir. Bretz thought that the reading O, sn
he letter would show what his question "a
. privilege was. Like the other il was
written in broken English, and in read. o, .,
NJ Clerk Houghtaling gave it fall ius. ~
ice. IL was q letter from the postmas-
er to Mr.. Bretz, appealing to him that "a
e might be retained ia Office. The re
ostmaster declared that he was a Dem. "u
crat aud vent on 10 say: IL will make
ou present OF Sl5 il you will let me wa
eep the Office. ! shust make Won We
resent OF this sum. hope YOU will mS
eep this letter As strictly private be.
veen me aud you.' writes the most.
lster in couclusion W
On this letter. said Mr. Brett, he had ~
led charge OF bribery. He had per- o"'
'nally called the attention of the o'
ourth Assistant Postmaster General n me
g fact aud had asked for change. Hel"s
~ been refused. The only excuse thatl tl!pe'
ld been given for the refusal was that Iios
had ieceIved a greater number oil ~.
anges IN his district than any othcrIo'
ember OF Congress in the United so''
hela m in scorn ,,o.a'a ~ snoulo Usl
AZ. lie availed himself Of this oppor. ~
nity to vindicatc himself. The frsrl19c
possibility Of retaining in Office such c,; aos
~ dii not rest on his shoulders, bnt ~. ou.'
the shoulders OF the Fourth Assist W.
Postmaster lie then offered a res 70
'tion Tor the appointment Of a com "o
ttee OF three members to investigated ''o'
} reason why Robert A. Maxwell pcn
urth Assistant Postmaster Geparsl Pos
4 not mada ,ho $780,. mah
q Sneaker sa;l ia, ~: 'iuos.cu an1
vileyed rosolr,;,. ""S "o' lis id
Then MIR. Bretz asked unanimous con- ~ni
u Tor lis consideration, but TO this ~, ~,
I. Tracy (Dem.,) Of New York, object. nm
and the incident ended. 'a'