The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
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Adevertlser Bureau.

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 One of the most enthusiastic fans that ever yelled from the grand stand It baii game is Dave Burns. He is now in New orleans. and in . letter to d friend here. writes that he is making all kinds of honorable efforts to get Mobile in the Southern League next year. He writes that, like Poff Ar thur, both Little Rock and Shreveport ore bound to cspitulnte and. the mo- men this occurs. he proposes to ask for franchise for the Gulf City.
 He states that he has talked with several managers of clubs, all of whom are favorable to Mobile. He will make it a point to be close at hand when the League meeting is held in order to put in his oar. He claims that with his persistence and the support of rood men of Mobile, the Gulf City will be in the going the coming season and the fans will again be able to hear the giadsome sound of Play Balls
 Anent the article given out yester- day afternoon by q prominent Repub- lican," dealing with the custody of the government building, quite a stir has been created not only among the mem bers of the Black and Tan" and Lily White" Republicans. but among Demo- crats as we'll. It developed late last night that the statement of which the gist was given in this mornings Ad- vertiser, was handed out by Collector Tebbetts, and that, even when he gave out the statement he was in possession of notification that Postmaster Barker had been appointed custodian of the government building. The following card. which appeared this afternoon in The Daily Herald, unearths the teapot tAv onA fnrh n nl strifes among the followers of the Big White Elephant:
 Headquarters Republican Executive
 Committee. First District. Ala
 bama Mobile, August 30.
 Editor The Herald:
 You published in your paper of yes- terday an article which virtually charged that Postmaster Barker was in Washington endeavoring to be reap pointed custodian of the Federal build- ing in order that he might make 1t warm for several employees of the building for their testimony at re- cent investigation in which several clerks and carriers were removed from the postofilce. It is further stated in the above mentioned article that Post master Barker desires to secure the custodianship in order that he may se- cure q reversal of the testimony of these witnesses, so that the postofiice employees who were removed can be re- instated.
 k"In the absence of MT. Barker from the city, take it upon myself to reply to the statements all of which I brand as false, and which am prepared to prove were given out from the office of the collector of port. Captain Tebbetts, and at his instigation. and when the fact is considered that Captain Teb- betts has just been removed from the of1ce of custodian, and that Mir Bar ker has been appointed to that office. and that Captain Tebbetts was aware of his removal when he gave out the statement in your article of yester- day, his action Is strange isdeed. He charges, first. that Mir. Barker Is in Washington trying to be appointed custodian. I declare that this is not so, for to my certain knowledge Post master Barker is not in Washington at all. Second. he charges that the postmaster is trying to have Ben B. Cox. J. T. Peterson, c. F. Allen and others reinstated to their old positions in the postofice. and further on in the article 1t says that Captain Tebbetts is strongly opposed to the carrying out of such a scheme, and will fight it to g finish."
 This statement is very inconsistent in the captain, and win certainly place him in bad light with the adminis- tratlon, for to my knowledge it is g. fact that shortly after the recent Re- publican Convention at Birmingham. when Captain Tebbetts learned that a petition had been gotten up by promi- nent Republicans asking for the rein statement of these men. that he, Cap- tain Tebbetts, being afraid that he would not be able to get his name on the petition. telegraphed to the ref cree to whom the petition was sent and asked that his name be added to the petition.
 More than this, he went SO far as to offer the position of inspector of, cus- toms to James T. Peterson, who re- fused the offer, .whereupon he appoint ed c. W. Allen, another of the re- moved employees, to the position. and Allen still holds the place. The arti- cle next states that this change in cus- todians is a part of a general plan of the Republicans now in power in this State to embarrass other prominent offce holders (of whom Captain Teb- betts Is supposed to be one) who were not In sympathy with the majority at the recent Republican convention at Birmingham, and says that these "oth- CT prominent ofiiceholders" were most active and effective in smashing the lily white" move in this State,
 It is only necessary to mention that