The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-06
SILVER MEN ARE LET OUT.
PENALTY I'M TREASURY FOR HAV-
ING ADVOCATED BRYAN.
Among Those Summarily Discharged
Were Judge Fleming and Thomas
F. Rrantley.

The wages of free silver oratory is DIS
| charge. provided the orator is an EN-
| ploye Of the Treasury Department and
| further provided, that he is found out A
batch Of dislnissals were distributed IN
| Secretary Carlisle's department yesterday
| afternoon, the victim being IN every IN
| stance an ardent supporter of the doctrine
| of 16 to /, and as rule one who went
upon the stump for Bryan
The more prominent officials removed
were Judge w. Il. Fleming, of Kentucky,
chief of the Law and Record division OF
the Supervising Architects office;
Thomas T. Brantley, OF South Carolina,
chief of the Army and Navy PENSION
division. in the office of the Auditor for
the Interior Department, and Burton L.
DOYLE, assistant chief of the Warrant
division.
The notices of dismissal were not de-
liyered until late in the afternoon, and
simply informed the recipient that his
services would not be required thereafter
Tt is customary in painful necessities Of
this kind to give the victim few days
notice. but yesterdays dismissals took
effect Immediately. While no cause was
assigned for their removal, it was well
known that these three gentlemen took
an active part in Mr.. Bryan's campaign.
ADVOCATED BRYAN ON THE
STUMP.
Judge Fleming spoke in several States,
going as far as New York. Mr.. Dolye
put in ten days of his annual leave in
talking to the voters of Maryland, while
Mr.. Brantley confined his efforts to his
own State of South Carolina. Judge
Fleming. who is at present in Kentucky,
is a personal friend and appointee of See
rotary Carlisle, while Mr.. Doyle was
veteran member Of the classified service,
having been in the Treasury Department
since 1886. when he was transferred from
the War Department.
There were other dismissals, a clerk
named Ryan and a messenger named
Leech, also Bryan sympathizers, being
removed. Still more are expected, as the
department is full of silver men, many
of whom proclaimed their sympathies
from the stump. 1t was reported yester
day that the resignation of Appointment
Clerk Nesbit would be requested, as he
was also outspoken in behalf of free sill
yer, although he did not take an active
part in the campaign.
Inc uiSCHdTEeu are tul uAS7
posed to demur at the action of Secretary
Carlisle although they cannot help feel
ing that they have been Disseminated
against, for the reason that here are
number of high officials Of the depart
ment who were even more pronounced in
their efforts on the side Of the gold stan
dard.
THOUGHT THEY HAD PERMIS-
SION
1t was tacitly understood in the depart
ment that officials who were disposed to
take the time out of their annual leave
to make free silver speeches would not
render themselves liable to official CEN
sure, provided they did not criticise the
administration. In fact, one of the dis
charged men asserts that he was so adj
vised in 4 semi-official manner.
Mr. Doyle said last evening: "All did
was to exercise the right Of free speech.
/ applied for ten days leave Of absence
which was granted, and / spent the time
in Maryland making speeches | con-
fined myself to a scientific discussion
OF the currency question, and did not ut
ter a single criticism of the administra-
ton. In fact, | never mentioned Secre-
tary Carlisle by name, and only referred
to him or the President in giving authori-
ties for statistics on one or two occa-
sions. The department is full of men
just as ardent in support of free silver
though all of them did not give their con-
victions public utterances."
There is good deal of speculation as
to whether Auditor Baldwin will be re-
moved because of the prominent part he
took in the campaign. Removals in other
departments are looked for, and it is I'M
derstood that Deputy Commissioner of
Pensions Bell, among others, will be ask
ed to resign, likewise Assistant Secretary
of War J. b. Washington Post.