Evening journal., 1903-09-22


4 Charges Made by Payne
4 About Postmistress
Enion Men in the Town
\ Afraid of Boycott If
They Speak a Good
Word for the Deposed
Il Woman
Make up this Todd affair and write
4full and impartial history OF the
#se." These were the words ringing
n the ears Of the Evening Journal re-
a rtcr as he took the train the other
& y for Greenwood.
@Hc knew the chief incidents of the
IS Sc as they had been given from DAY
n day, and it was his mission 30 n;
Ne pieces together, to supply any that
xere missing, and to verify certain
Hatements that had been called into
81 testion.
@FIis instructions read further: 1T
aems that somebody is lying. Get
'lraight story, and find out who It is, "
81 the reporter was fastening towards
sfeenwood.
IS Now Greenwood is not a great place
lhen regarded from the standpoint Of
.ealth or population, but great events
i've clustered around insignificant vil-
zges, and Il may just happen that q
NV impetus may be given 20 the civil
lrvice because Of an affair In the lit
~ Delaware village, and we may come
81 say that "as Napoleon had his
II aterloo so a cabinet officer had his
brentwood"
81 It is a small town of only a few hum
red inhabitants, the centre of a farm
2g community that is growing pros
Hkrous from its fine fruits and trucks.
Nhe railroad station and the postoffice
re the two chief places of interest. and
A eve together with the hotel and a
80 geheral stores comprise the CEN
s Of activity during the year. At
present time the canning factories
se in fun blast, and the farmers as
+ ey wait to have their wagons un-
saded discuss crops and the Todd af-
ir.
y #I.istening to their conversation one
/. hay hear scraps Of vagrant opinion OF
his order: "That man Payne amt
a eated Huldah right" well. no.
p say that he has" is the reply
Dfs we've got TO have the offices, or
hey amt no use carryin' elections.
ut all are prompt to assert thai tlIui7
Nah Todd has made the best postmas-
er Greenwood ever had.
Start of Trouble. laci
+ The trouble started when q psssa-
raph appeared In the papers a few
feeks ago announcing that four post
masters of Sussex county had beer
superseded by persons recommended
by Senator Alice. 1t was an innocent
Booking item, and as the offices were
Insignificant little attention was paic
o the matter
But two persons were particularly
Aonce-aod. one was Huldah B. Todd
vhe hsd had every assurance that she
would hold her place. Therefore, a:
he had received no official notice ol
her decapitation she wrote to the post.
'bficc department. The other interested
85orson was Senator Ball, who wa'
.mozed that efficient postmaster
|should be removed without his llnowl'
A.dgc. SO he also wrote to the post
.5nice department asking the rrasor
i .or the removal of the four officials.
Miss Todd waited in vain for he
answer It hasn't come yet. and /th'
. .1niy knowledge she hos of her re
Imoval is contained in the newspape
paragraph and the verbal statement o
. Mr. Payne.
Neither did Senator Roll receive
.seply although as a Senator from Del
aware he was vitally interested.
of to Washington.
SO one fine day Miss Todd decided q
go to Washington to find out for her
sclf how matters stood. At her re
quest her brother, Robert G. Houston
and Senator Ball accompanied her. ant
in The light of the events that followe'
it scei..s that 1t was well that the.
did SO.
The particulars OF that interview ar
wcll-iSnown, and are only set dow
here to make the story complete. The.
saw the chief clerk to the Fourth AS
'sstant Postmaster, who assured Di
Dall that there were no charges OF an
mature against Miss Todd. Il ther
HAD been charges they would naturall
have been in his office, SO that matte
/ Twas regarded as settled. 5ut the cler
Informed her that in ords~ 20 ascertai
TIC cause for removal Miss Todd woul
have 10 sec the Postmaster General a
he had sent the order for her remova
Saw High Mogul.
This was ignihcant so the delega
tion asked FOR and were admitted TO
conference with MT. Payne. He seem
ed tr.nc worried and embarrassed
but assured Miss TODD that there wer
no charges against her and that as IA
as he knew she had been most eN
cellent official, but that she had bee
removed because he had in writing
statement that she was particular
anc personally obnoxious to Senate
Alice. He said he regarded that 9
pelns sufficient cause for removal
But the matter did not stop ther
The story of the interview was sprea
broadcast, and then Mr.. Payne bega
II 10 oner certain explanations, anon
them being that charges had been file
a6alilsS Hiss Todd alleging that 81
nan used her cfslce in a manner 10 giN
ohense to Union Republicans III;
sne had boasted of having done
At TIC interview with him, and that