The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-27
CRASHING OF TEETH
Weeping, Wailing and
Drawing of Swords.
The Post Office Agony is Ended And
Bears Disruption in its Wane.


Bears Disruption in its Wane.
On Wednesday evening of las
week, as we noted in our Fridays
issue, the post-office matter wa'
ended by the "whole-thing" Gros
venor coming into our midst and
holding a secret session at the De
pot House. He was met there BY
the Executive Committee anC
Chairman Kelley of the Centra
Committee for consultation and the
grand final. The cause Of the de-
lay up to this time was, that in or.
der for Mr.. 'Vickers to receive this
appointment he must needs cause
a meeting of the central committee
and get dissolution of the newly
made executive committee and re.
construct with Col. Sand and Ed
itor Mckay on the committee. He
was also requested by the great
soldiers friend to disguard the COM
bination with w. S. Larimer as de-
putty, that Larimer was a dispised
soldier and too poor last fall to pay
campaign assessments, and he
must be suuelch ed. Mr.. Vickers
had returned from Washington,
and endeavored to persuade Chair
man Kelley to call the Central
Committee together for the end
sought, but Kelley refused to be
tossed around in such manner,
and there the matter bucked.
Larimer's soldier friends got after
Vickers also, and would not hear
to anything but sure thing on de-
putyship, thus the aspirant was be-
tween fires on all side. He knew
the demands Of Grosvenor, but how
to fulfill them he knew not, so it
became necessary for the Congress-
man to come here. The conference
early resulted in the dispelling one
important obstacle; that Of the
committee. Vickers resigned
from the executive committee
and that body filled the
place with Col. Sands and Editor
Mckay. But the next thing that
the committee know must be re-
ceived was the permission for post
master Vickers to have Larimer
for deputy according to agreement.
The great 81 am" was obstinately
determined that Soldier Larimer
should get nothing, that young
Pond should be the deputy. That
the soldier must positively be ELI
minated. They must have nothing.
Tae committee worked and swea'
with the royal dictator until at
last he very reluctantly consented
that the old soldier might be de-
putty if he would be real good and
make up for the short assessment
some other time. Oh, he loves the
soldier so. He writes them such
kind letters when he needs them,
but when the soldier wants any
thing it takes whole county of
fighters to pursuade him that he
ought to think of them for a little
one horse deputyship, in prefer
ence to a boy of few years polit-
ical service.
At the close Of the conference the
great General decended to the de-
pot platform to take the train to
Pomeroy,but he would rather have
remained under cover and made a
rush for the train, for he had no
sooner emerged than he was sub
merged in shower Of invectives
from the old soldiers, laying for
him. One stalwart republican SOL
dler approached him, and reminded
him that he had played hi in
Hooking County, that he had lost
the county to Republicanism, that
he had done DIN well for the old
soldiers, that he should keep his
nose out OF any complaints that
went into the postmaster general,
etc, ETC., came the censures thick
and fast, to all of which the General !
consented, and hurried half way
up the yards TO get into his train,
out of the storm of words. The
old soldiers then held a conference
and determined to make it 80 due
idly unpleasant for the new post
master that he would resign the
first month, that the law is that a
postmaster shall be present at the
dellyerence of each Mail, that he
shall over see its immediate distrl-