The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-10
COLLECTOR A, B. WHITE
p,nl0,ns the Changes Iislng Made In His
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p,nlains the Changes BEING Made In His
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internal Revenue Collector A, B.
white was one OF the ylsitors at the
state Fair. Ills attention was called by
an Intellgencer reporter to the fact
that here is vast amount of mislnfor-
nation on the subject of the collectors
force. among those who ought TO be well
nosted, and in response Mr., White said;
hinder the modified rules issued by
President Mckinley July 2S, there are
folr pdsltlons In the revenue service In
his state. out OF about thirty-five of all
classes. which are not IN the classified
servIre Those positions are the CASH
ipr the chief deputy, the stamp deputy
M WheelinF and the stamp deputy at
Nartinsburg, ! have made three OF
these appointments, but have not APP
nojnted the stamp deputy at Martins
burg.
"Fhe collector has no other appointing
mower whatever, He can appoint no
ane else. He cannot remove from office,
except on written charges to which the
defense has the right to reply, and the
Nnal decision rests with the appointing
mower at Washington.
There were seventeen or eighteen
Union soldiers in the service from this
state under the last Republican admin
istratOn who are entitled by law, upon
application and showing competency, to
he relnstated when there are vacancies
ia MI. They cannot be reinstated, any
how, 10 exceed the number allowed for
the work.
There have been a number of these
veteran soldiers relnstated or are being
reinstated,"
The following clipping from the Par
kersburg Journal, gives the changes
that have heen made;
Parkersburg state Journal; Joseph II.
Van Meter, deputy collector, In charge
of the seventh division Of this United
States revenue collection district. re-
signed some days ago, TO take effect on
Septemberl. His division is composed
of the colonties Of Tucker Mineral,
Grant, Hardy, Pendleton. Hampshire,
Morgan, Berkeley and jefferson. The
vacancy will be filled by transferring
j. II. Knapp, deputy collector, from the
second division to that division,
The vacancy in the second division
will be filed by the reinstatement in
the service as Union veteran, of Capt.
John W. Conner, of Phillippl, who was
an efficient deputy collector under Col
lectors Duval. Pierpoint and Mccormick
and gauger under Collector White.
This division is one OF the largest In the
state, and is composed OF the counties Of
Monongaiia,' Preston, Marion, Taylor,
Harrison. Barbour. Lewis, Upshur,
Randolph, Braxton and Webster.
Deputy Collector A. II. Wiedebusch, of
Wheeling. in charge of the first division,
has resigned, and his resignation has
been accepted, to take erect on Decem-
Der first. His division Is composed Of
the counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio,
Marshall and Wetzel.
The vacancy in the first division will
be filled by the Reinstatement in the
service OF Capt. w. Newt. Bonar, Of
mar was deputy under Collector White,
and has fine record. He will be re-
instated to his former division.
Capt. A. L. Hoult, OF Fairmont, who
has been reinstated as q Union veteran
in the revenue service as a United
States gauger, will be assigned In a few
weeks to duty at the Hannis dlstlllery
at Martinsburg, In place OF Gauger
Berry.
Capt. John D. Sutton, of Sutton, has
been reinstated as a United States
storekeeper. He had splendid record
as Il soldier and as an officer under Col
lector White. He will be assigned to
duty at the Hannis dlstillery as head
storekeeper in q short time.
Anthony Staubly, another Union vet
eran. OF Martinsburg, has also been re-
instated as United States storekeeper
and will be assigned to duty at his
home.
other Union veterans who have been
restored to the service and some OF
whom are restored to duty In this state,
or elsewhere, are General Bukey, trans
ferred to the treasuy department at
Washington; Captain c. d. Smith, dep
uty collector for the third division; Cap
tain Thayer, OF Grafton, United States
gauger; j. v. Daniels, United States
storekeeper, Harpers Ferry.
A number OF other veterans are seek
ing reinstatement, among them Mere
dith Harman, of Martlnsburg; John H.
High, of Charleston; Captain Turner, Of
Raleigh county; Captain Maulsby, Of
Marion county, and others
Collector White says that there were
seventeen Union soldiers in the service
during his former term Of ohifilce. He
is getting as many OF them back in the
service as possible, as vacancies occur.
Collector White took good care OF the
old soldiers under his first adminlstra-
ton ana therefore there are so many
eligible for reinstatement. But the
number of deputy collectors has been
reduced in number four or five from
what 1t has hitherto been, and includ-
ing office force and stamp deputies there
are but thirteen deputy collectors in
the entire state. AS deputy collectors
are the only officers who are commits
stoned by the collector. and but four Of
these are exempted from the classified
service. the collector has had little
chance to distribute patronage. The
three old soldiers who have been rein
stated as deputy collectors were all ap-
pointed to fill vacancies by resignation
The gaugers and storekeepers are APP
pointed by the secretary OF the trcas-
ury and are bonded to the government.
The collector does not appoint these oli-
cials.