The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-03
Answer to Don't be Children
Article in the Examiner"
Communicated ).

uC Il lNhNl " Law III NC VI ~ T.
TEN Der -. contains. on the editor
ial page. a communication headed
"Don't be Children" which con
tains many false statements and
casts unSeemly reflections upon
the Anti-PearIe movement at this
place.
Now, concerning the origin of
the postoliicr trouble here which
appears somewhat cloudy to that
correspondent, the Anti-Pearre
Club is in position and will
gladly give him and all others in
, teteSted the facts in the case. as
well as the causes that led to the
formation Of the Anti Pearre Club
at LadieshuTg. The instigator of
the trouhle here was one John
Smith. boss of gang of track
lahoIerS on tie y. c. Ry., and Z
man so protane and abusive that
| he is here a veritable social out
cast lie is member OF the
townsville District Republican
/ Central Committee. and had a
| grudge against Mr.. Adam ID.
Birely, in whose store Mr.. Reuben
X. Staub, the Republican post.
master kept the Office. because Mr..
Birely. who is christian man,
would not permit him to utter his
( foul oathS in his store and led him
out. He went Oft curSing and
swearing that he wauld have re.
venge. Accordingly. last fall
sometime, a petition was secretly
gotten up and carried by this John
Smith, signed 10y the gang he
/ hOsSed some enemies of Mr. Birely
here and some parties residing
away from LadieShulg. together
with Fred. Miller, ChaS. Thomp.
son and l.. Blessing, members of
the townsville District Republican
Genital Committee. and not pa
irons OF the Ladiesburg poStoflice,
to have Mr. r. X. Staub. the post
master, removed. and one Luta O.
MartZ, who was nearly as popular
as the said John Smith, appointed.
This petition was not presented
to William b. Grimes. Thomas +.
Birely and Lloyd y. Warfield, the
! other three members of the Johns
Vile District Republican Central
Committee, who are patrons of
the said postotfice.
Why? Because they would not
have signed any such petition, as
Mr.. Staub was giving general sat
iSfaction, was deserving man,
poor, recently buried his wife and
has two small children to main
tain.
The Office was kept where the
patrons almost unanimously want
cd it on account of its being the
most convenient place When
that movement was found out in
December, seventy.nine out of
about eighty.fve patrons signed
a petition or wrote personal let
terS to Col. Pearre Directing to
the removal Of Mr. Staub or the
appointing Of Miss Martz.
Mr.. Staub went to see the three
central committeemen first named.
found them partially intoxicated
and asked them what they had
against him that they signed for
his removal. They said they had
nothing against him personally,
but because he kept the postotfice
III the house of Democrat (Mr.
Birely) who Mr. Smith did not
like. At the same time and for
some years past they had their
poStotfice and postal station at
townsville in the house of S. b.
Furry, a Democrat. After the
seventy nine patrons had entered
their objection together with the
other three central committeeman.
every one believed that Mr..
Pearre who had been fully and
truthfully informed of the move.
ment and its object would act
justly and honorably in the mat
ter and no further attention was
given it. In April the patrons
were again astonished when they
read of the removal of Mr.. Staub
and the appointment Of the said
Luta Martz. Thirty four out of
the about forty Republican pa
irons protested against the com.
misSioning of the said Luta Martz,
again setting forth their obiec.
lions and further informed Mr..
Pearre III said protest that if they
commissioned her they would re-
sent it at the election. This pro.
test was given in the hands of
Mr.. Pearre by Mr.. Thomas f.
Birely, one of the central com.
mitteemen, and furthed explained.
Her commission was withheld for
about three months when it was
sent her and she took charge of
the Office and removed from the
convenient and desirable place to
a place inconvenient and undesir-
able. These Republicans, true
to their word, will resent it at the
election. have formed an Anti