New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-19
TILLMAN AGAIN TO THE FORE
,rs CONDUCT GETS SECRETARY CAR
Isle IrSTo TROUBLE.
LATTER CALLED UPON TO SHOW WHY
rE GADpIs SHOULD NOT BE RETNsTATED
INTO PLACE FROM WHICH HE
WAS REMOVED FOR PAR
TlsAN REASONS.

INTO PLACE FROM WHICH HE
WAS REMOVED FOR PAR
TIsAN REASONS.
Gsr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBrxEi
washington April "a mandamus ISSUED d!
10 bradley. of thc District Supreme Court was
- upon Secretary Carlisle this afternoon !"
~s,ch he is commanded to snow cause why he
NH ,s No, before rsesday next. reins;ate Eugene
soV- rsais n the r'oce in the Registers Once
L. - ho,d until owed therefrom last summer
Wne" :" r,uua The case OF Mr.. Gaddis has
" - once bee .ferred TO in these dispatches.
NOR ,.o. s,ch \ q, ring violation Of the law that
IL ~, 80, ssr.lca Commission seems intent upon
Ue Us. case as to the power OF depart
nam" eo.ds n -eau chiefs 10 remove. for polit-
meh' cler.s holding positions In the
cal r., Official reasons are admittedly
olasNn,1 ,lch prompted Register Tillman
the oN'' - -an,oval OF Mr.. Gadds. He
I" ,b,si lost convincing manner. He has
pro'e' w addressed by the Secretary of
ihO'. he Civil Service Commission in
~N,cb the ar.: ling claim is made that' even II
= vsre true the. Mr.. Gaddis was removed az ne
,-,s for political reasons only suCh rehoNdi
orla not constitute a violation OF the law II -
~ che !, lrxely that Secretary Carlisle and his son
nv ,vho ls the chief clerk Of the department. not
~ .r.,,ion Register Tillman, Of Farmers Alliance
-, and the intimate Of josiah Quincy. Will
- = g tnre at the hands Of the court which
I'm an r. t,n them somewhat as to their duty 10
..,,a 80 law as II stands, ana not as lhev
would Ike Z TO be
There are some hitherto Unpublished uetalls III the
.,,,on Of Mr. Gaddis, asking for the issue OF lhe
rnandamls upon the Secretary of the treasury
nn,,b throw a strong light upon the Civil Service
..a.hoas which have obtained under this Admins
,,,io, 7, will furnish interesting reading TO those
o.,-r,e-s who pretended TO strain at General mar
-,so, M, now bolt Cleveland whole. Mr.. Gaddis. II
NAV b. renen Sered was clerk OF excepuohal aoi-
,,v NJ, only had he passed an excellent eXaihlha-
,lon UPON en- er!ng the civil service out ne hau
succeeded IN reaching in a comparatively s"oI'
reriod ene OF the highest clerkshps in the Regis
- on,o nassing through successive competitive
examinations HIS services were appreciated by
more than IN, Secretary. and he was nnaIIY ue-
tailed at n request Of the Civil Service commas
s,on ~ conduet examinations of applicants for po-
sit3ons or for promotion in the departmental service
This position he filled until the ADVENTURE I'M
man appeared on the scene, his arm hhheu al s,'"'
Of Josiah ouln-y thirsting for the spells or once
nlace held hy Mr. Gadds. But In order to circunn-
vent the Civil Service Commissioners aver HaEas
was an excellent clerk and that there W. ~
charges Of ~ kind against him. ne dn Hrt in
secure Mr. sad1is's recall from his detail HrS. III
order to briag him more thoroughly under ms Per,
sonsl and acia control and then 10 qisc dSd for
his ignorant degraded henchmen 0rtunat r
FOR Tillman the Civil Service EonI,55 o re-
ported 10 the Secretary They considered MS ser.
vices as too valuable and, moreover, pointed our
olsy Interfere with the work of the office .o a..
At this iunetlre Thlman enlisted me acrse Who
operation Of Assistant Secretary W. T. ult "
wrote 10 say that however valuable me ser 49,
Of Mr.. Gaddis might be to the civil Service Con-
ury Department, and particularly 70 me eur
To make long story short Nh Gaddis was Ely SUI To-
r. sIauFhtered by TiIlman and Curtis. But before
letting the official axe fall there was a Sdtr and
TlIman 10 which reference Is made in the ps.u,0nI
for the mandamus They not only show me ofu tb
law but exhibit him likewise IN the role o, Si
tempting by turns TO cajole bride and corrupt ms
date ana bulldoze him Less could not nave
expected from who, in the last fIesne 80 Ne b1
copagn trafhcng upon me me 6pe Camp into
the other managed 10 betray DOM. 10Y IL Insiab
Intimate friend and boon companion ths NJ done
But here is what Mr.. Gaddis says in his sworn
Sad Tilnan demanded OF your petitioner, on said
August g. and > AMI said succeeding Gays Ina
be should say and declare mat me- and thai
he would take no further active action or
pate in politics in II = 'DEe as fdr petjtioner
retention in the office ~ the ReglSttr OF ' ne
Treasury reduced grade ana a,ger,y ~ and
lawfullv refused 10 accede 10 said demand or pro
posa that certain day between the sayp Your
and H. A. D. 1889 IN conversation between Xo o,i
petitioner and said Tillman in which your Ptull
Toner protested SAID notice Of dismissal the sdiu
Tman stated to your petitioner that a c T,I
William A. Dav ex second Auditor of SAID treas
Try Department had reported 10 him CIllimam,
hat when your petitioner served under hirn u,aI)
mai he was a superior clerk and a good Democrat.
pvt that upon the change of Admin stration four
iears ago, be mad become an enthusiastic kepuD-
.ican: TIA, said Tillmau then and there sald 10
your petitioner that he would at once recornileIiiu
and bring about a rescission OF said order OF ais
provided he your petitioner, responded TO SAID III
man that ne had always been consistent RepuD,
can. though he did not parade his politics, ana
that he could not accede to such conditions
.. That on certain day 6etweTn AusuS n When
your petitioner agan protested against said orier
said Office said Tilinlan. while examining certain
book compiled BY your peummoneI In &c., ~
the Treasury and the various duties assigned 10 the
different division therein remarhed tnat your I'm
lTulman) II he we're only q Democrat, that sald
Tillman on ano ,r occasion. between said dates,
further said 10 cour petitioner. that he CIfmanD
hal friend VII m he wished to pass the civil Ser
shere might be no DELAY in securing his appoint
ment and that ne would secure your petitioner $
retention in his said Office. on SAID board OF exam
nsrs q said Civil Service c4mmiTfifGn + ne ed
would pass an right in his examination; that
your petitioner at once expainsd his duties a. as snG1
b. utterly Impossible for any examiner even though
as should corrupty De DISPOSED 10 90 SO 10 e
established rules and safeguards and furthermore
hat he your petitioner. would not for a moment
entertain such proposition
tempted bv Register Tillman, and shows what
KIND Of man Mr. Clsveland placed IN this mportsn n,
order az knsves whose disposition 70 do mischief
balanced 10 some tent by their ignorance and stu
pdlty and 81 Is for this reason that some curiosity
Is manifested as TO the nature OF the answer whicf
he will ASH Secretarv Carlisle TO furnish to the
mandamus Of the court.
COZ. wy,IItu C4RRERE ANGRY ~ COURT
co,o,., ,.,u,.b, carrere. an ex-offlcer in the
Confederate Army vas a complainant In the Jeffer-
son Market Police Court yesterday against Jennie
81 Carrere with wnom. his wife he admits h'
lived for eleven yezrs. Mrs. Carrere was charged
With attempting 10 extort money from Colonel Car
re7e The yornans maiden name was Jennie NJ