The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-30

mail, putting it in his pocket and bringing it
eat IN the early morning and giving it to his
1ellow roundsman to be delivered. 1 made
this charge to the postmaster, and offered to
f. prove It, ou' was told that he would look into
Again: That the postmaster was aware
that Lafayette was arrested for keeping a
gambling house and pleading guilty bat al
lowed 1t to go unnouced
That in reference to John D. Campbell,
there Is striking illustration of how the
postmaster is controlled by republican letter
carriers Campbell does not spend one half
OF his time at his work as a carrier being
away in different parts Of the state, organic
ing lodges, etc. That the daily carrier re-
ports OF the past two years will show conclu-
slvely, that Campbell merely holds his posi-
ton to keep in employment whilst
IN the city. That in recent
case, Campbell did not collect his mail, and
many important letters of the Central rail
road Offices and of the Armour Packing Com
pany, were left for hours, and when spoken
to about this mail he replied that it was all
right. The stamping clerk asked him for
some information about his failure to collect
the box, and Campbell cursed him and as
saulted the clerk who gave him a severe
beating. This entire affair was brought to
the postmaster's attention who did nothing
about it until the matter was said to have
been reported in Washington. whereupon
Campbell was suspended for two or three
days, although the offense was of the most
serious character.
mat Ll6 postmaster KNEW Ildb
James E, Whlteman, then general delivery
clerk, daily made Jim Ferrebee, the porter
OF the building, attend to the general delivery
window, whilst he. Whiteman, would be away
to his bar That this man Ferrebee disdained
10 do the office work, causing much com
plant among the carriers. That Ferrebee
not only looked after the delivery window,
but spent nearly all his time putting up the
carrier and box mail that he was under no
bond. and had no right to act as such clerk,
but the general bad management OF the office
allowed the mail to be handled by pOrters as
well as by clerks and carriers.
Further, That although Ferrebee is no
longer in the postoffice, vet the porter who
succeeded him, the son of r. w. White, is
made to perform the same work. ''
These are the charges against the post
master, to support which MIR. Greene in
PRODUCED the following witnesses: John j.
Hewlett, r: W: Greene, George Bosseeil,
George Lord, M. j. and r. H. Burke,
Henry Hymes and William Coolidge, be-
sides large number of affidavits from a
number of democrats and several court
officials, especially as to Whiteman being
the proprietor of a saloon at the time of
his appointment.
HARD on TIE EMPLOYEES. ....
He also introduced specific charges
against large number of the employees
of the postoffice, among which he charges
A S. Lafayette, with frequently being
drunk in the building; G. Q. Deveaux,
with being a republican letter carrier and
the proprietor of a republican paper,
which weekly assaults the Democratic
party; John D. Campbell, with being an
organizer of republican clubs in the city,
and at certain times with having failed
to collect his mail from the street boxes /;
r. w. White, with being made delegate
from this district to the state republican
convention in Atlanta, and also with be-
ing delegate to the national republi-
can convention, at Minneapolis,
He charges further that White is to-
tally incompetent to fill his position, and
is man of unsavory character in the
community, that he abused the demo-
cratic administration in an outrageous
manner, and cursed the name of Presi-
dent Cleveland while on duty, that L. M.
Pleasant, Jr., was appointed to heal up
.dissensions in the republican factions,
that Abner Miller, a democrat, was re-
moved to make room for an ardent worker
in republican meetings in the person of
Joseph Merault, that S. E. Webster was
appointed distribution clerk because he
was the secretary of the county re
publican organization, and that Webster
is very incompetent official, which
is testified to by II. w. Greene, chief
clerk; that w. w. Cannon, a competent
democrat, was discharged to make room
for James f. Whiteman, who at the time
of his appointment. was the proprietor Of
a barroom, and that nearly every mem
Der of both republican factions has been
rewarded with positions in the postoffice
department.
Inspector Bulla has some other work to
attend to to-day which prevents the IN
PRODUCTION of testimony in rebuttal until
Monday or Tuesday morning. The mat
ter will then be again taken up.