The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-20
"OUST FLENTCE
And I'll NAME
A POSTMASTER"
~. ]. RUSSELL
81 Will Not Make An Effort
To Save Him." Declares
Congressman.
PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY
WILL BE THE CHARGE
DR.. VOrbeck, in Statement, Di-
vulges Some of Charges to be
Made Against Flentge.

candidates for that office Immediate
ly," said Congressman Russell to a
representative of The Tribune.
"And you may say for me" he con-
tinued, ''that I shall not make the
slightest effort to save Flentge. |
have not heard what the charges are
going to be and have not seen a copy
of them. | understand that he urged
voters in this district to vote for Mr..
Atkins against Senator Stone, but the
only information ] have Oh this is
what l have seen in the newspapers.
'The President has said he would
not remove a Republican from Office
unless the official is guilty of PERM
cious activity in politics. Just what
constitute this offense | am not able
to say.
"If the charges against Flentge are
taken up at once and he is removed, l
shall indorse one of the candidates. l
do not care to discuss the various can
didates until I am ready to make the
appointment.
"The charges will go to the Post
master General, who will pass upon
them and then report to the President
It is my opinion that the President al
ways acts upon these matters.
There has been but one Postmaster
removed in this district since ] have
been in Congress. That was at Chat
fee, but politics did not figure in it."
Congressman Russell attended the
dedication of the new hospital Sunday
and received the congratulations of a
host of friends upon his victory. He
came to the Cape from Jackson, where
he spent the greater part of Saturday
and Saturday night.
He visited many business houses
yesterday and met old friends. As he
was passing down Main street, he was
nabbed by Tom Juden, who buzzed in
the COngressman's ear.
DR.. j. c. VorbeclI, called the Emdcn
in the Postmastership contest, got to
Congressman Russell Sunday for a po
litical discussion lasting two hours.
DIR. Vorbeck declined to talk about
what transacted at the conference.
1t is supposed that the meeting had
to do with the fight that is to be made
upon Postmaster Flentge. Late last
night Dr. Vorbeck gave out state
ment regarding the plans to remove
Mr.. Flentge.
DR.. Vorbeck gave out the following
statement last night:
Several leading citizens have ask
ed me to give them some idea Of the
character of the grounds upon which
the charges | shall make against the
present postmaster, and by which |
expect to bring about his removal will
be based. 1t has seemed unusual to
me how anyone residing in this city
and county, and who is at all CONVEX
SAINT with local and general politics can
fail to have at least partial acquain-
tance with these grounds.
"Those who have watched Republi-
can activities during the past two
years can hardly fail to have observed
that where these activities have not
been managed by our postmaster, it is
only because he failed in the attempt.
at is we'll known that he was not
only delegate to two Republican
county conventions during the past
two years, but that he endeavored to
control these conventions through his
own selection of the delegates to
them; and that he sought to be the
guiding spirit in whatever political
plans they set on foot.
"Who was it that took an active
part and assisted in the perfection of
an organization which had for its pur-
!
dates who wanted to be members of
present school board, if it was not Mr..
Flentge? Can this be considered nom
political when it is recalled that at
least two of the candidates chosen by
this organization were active Republi-
can political friends of the postmas-
| ter?
mot long since petition with the
signatures of over 900 citizens, repre-
senting in large part, business men Of
this city, praying for the repeal of an
ordinance prohibiting the operation OF
moving picture shows on Sunday, was
submitte.. to the City Council. A re-
monstrance which prevented the
granting of this prayer was circulated
and the citizens who opposed Sunday