The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10
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1870 NBw YoRR-AvE. N. W.,

WAsHfNGTON. ID. C., May 8. J
They never resign and seldom die" is
an expression that Is attributed TO Jeffer-
son relative 20 federal office-holders.
But an Indiana postmaster has demon
Itrated that they sometimes resign. This
Indian;an holds the important postofiice
at Brownsville, Union county. Recently
Senator Voorhees, received the following
appeal from the postmaster for relief:
BROWNSVILLE. Ind. Mays.
ID. w. Voorhees,, ESQ;
DEAR SIR-SOmetIme ago / sent in my resiR-
nation postmaster OF this place Az yet 1
have heard nothing rom it. Can not you inter
cede in my BEHALF / am very anxious TO be
relieved before warm weather as | am Obliged
TO move TO Michigan on account Of poor health
of myself ana family. II you will be 50 kind
as to use your influence it will be highly appre-
ciated.
George w. Cline is the ouIy applicant that
we know of for this Office. Yours respectfully,
J. NJ. ACISTOsH, p. NJ.
1t is understood that George w. Cline,
the democratic applicant, is as anxious to
20 in as Mr.. Mcintosh is to 90 out His
application has been on file for a month,
but Mr.. Maxwell has not been able 20
reach il. Yet the alleged civil service re-
formers have been making Dig howl
about wholesale removal OF fourth-clsss
republican pOstnasters. The facts are
that the fourth assistant postmaster-gen-
eral Is working ten hours a dav to fill va
cancies which occur at the rate of seventy
five per day. This is big country, with
postotlices al every Cross roads
The democrats of Batesville, Ripley
county. are not well pleased at the way
the postotiice department Is treating them.
They have good reasons for complaining.
NJ 9
Batesvllle. lie was appointed four years
ago, when the Office was a fourth-clRss
one. Last January il became a presi-
dental Office and Greeners name was
sent to the senate by President Harrison.
lie was promptly confirmed, but his COM
mission was delayed till February, when
1t was issued for four years, of course.
Now, under the fixed policy of the admin
istration TO let pOstmasters serve I'M
I'll the expiration OF their commissions
GTeener will 20 out of office On.v few
weeks before MIR. Cleveland retires to
private life. in 1897. This will give Green
or almost eight years OF Office, almost four
years as q fOurth-class postmaster and
four years as presidential postmaster.
The office pays over 81 1000 year. and
Batesville is the largest town In the cOun-
ty Greener is not only a republican, but
a most offensive partisan. He has a large
furniture factory. and in 1883 voted his
men in blocks of five" for Harrison. He
stood near the polling place and made his
employees hold up their ballots before
handing them over to the election
board. Those who refused to be bull
dOzed were discharged from his factory.
At the last election, owing TO the Austria
liam election law. he could not bulldoZe
his men to vote for Harrison, but be tried
10 scare them OFF, He had notices pasted
in his factory telling his men that if
Cleveland was elected he would close
down his factory and they would all be
thrown out of employment. He has not
yet closed. lie also runs a store where
the postoffice 10 kept and mis- employees are
expected to trade there. Greener was
chairman of the local republican commit
tee and devoted all the time he could
spare from his factory TO the republican
campaign. be never attended TO the
duties of the postoffice per-
son ally, the work being performed by
a deputy. He is also the financial hacker
of the republican paper of Batesville. tie
has made himself more obnoxious to DEM
ocrats than any other republican of the
county, and all democrats, including busi-
ness men, have sent affidavits requesting
his removal. Representative Holman has
urged his removal. Workmen have
sworn that he discharged them because
they refused to vote for Harrison in 1883.