The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-18

ranking member Of that Committee
Eiid no other name was considered un-
ill after Your drcination had been
received,
Yours very truly.
(Signed)
20. w. Underwood,
'i.Icnry r. Itaincy,
"Cordell Hull.
"A. Mitchell Palmer,
Claude Kitchen,
Lincoln Dixon.
Andrew j. Peters,
Francis Burton Harrison.
Nv. s. hammond, I.
ID. w. Shackleford,
ollie NJ. James,;
"W'm. lIughes.''
II Baker, will read this statement
he, win find attached 10 1t the name
OF Hon. Ollie VI. lanes of Kentucky,
who was Il mcmbcr Of the Ways and
Means Committee in the Sixty second
Congress, and who is now United
States Senator. and whom he has at
tempted to r"Otc against me.
This ough. to be convincing proof,
even to Dominich and Baker, "a 10
the chairmanship matter. 1t Is true
that have not hcen attending the
meetings ff tho committee during t.
Six!y-third Congress-. ana it is ais
true that my course Ii approved by
my colleagues who understand the
situation. have found plenty OF. 9TH
er work 10 do. | attended one meeting
OF the committee, when NJ vote was
needed TO secure fave "lbie rerort
on some needed legislation. It some
times happens that the vote of one
honest man Is badly needed, and my
vote has always been ready when it
VAS needed. III committee or else
whc:e. During my entire service in
Congress l have never failed to vote,
or ito be paired. on any Important is
sue.
THE ANDERSON PosToFFlcE
it Is charged that have kept an
unworthy NAB. republican. in Of
flee as postmaster at Anderson. be-
cause Of political cowardice. This is
the first time | haye"ever been ac-
cused Of coYardice. land nS will prob
ably be the,eIhst time, Here are the
faots as to-. the Anderson posioffice:
Soon after President Wilson's in
auguration. If not before, it was an
nopnced TO be the policy of the ad-
inipistratioa that where republican
postmasters were giving good SER
vice. and: thc re WafeS.nos demands for.
their rethova oh the part. :, OF the
patrons.of the Office, the !pp5tmasters
would f1c aitoweii to- serve out their
terms..I opposed that policy then and
am opposed to 1t now. II had had
my way, every republican postmaster
In the country would have been fired
within month after Wilson's inau-
guration. But the administration
thought the other course should be
followed. and bhaye had to acquiesce.
Some months, ago Mr.. Cochran, the
postmaster at, Anderson, and the as-
sistant postmaster and the assistant
postmaster's father after having
been friends for n long time. became
estranged and some bitter feeling
epsued.
Serious charges were filed against
sp4ctor was detaiied to investigate
them. When his report came Id 1t was
unfavorable to the postmaster. But
the officials of tho Department, having
hHd experience In matters of = this
kind. and pursuing the policy or TAX
ins nothing for grantCd-and per-
haps having reason to believe that
the Inspector was not without bias
or had been deceived in the matter
had another inspector detailed to
mnke IN investigation This inspector
aaa never heen sto Anderson before.
an4 knew nobody there, He ~ spent
several wcekAa In anderson fningiiug
with the people sand trying to get at
the facts, and. his report was alto
gether different from that Of tho first
Inspector. Still ~. another inspector
made report. and his report corrob-
ortRated hat OF the second Inspector.
These reportS. made wholly independ-
ent Of each other. Tailed in almost ev-
cry detail. The department officials
wera thoroughly, convinced that the
charges against Mf. Cochran were made
through spite. and 1t was, clearly es.
tablished that. most OF the y charges
were without foundation while oth-
ersi were grossly exaggerated. The de-
partment officials Informed me that
not sufficient grounds for. the post.
masters removal hnd been shown;
and that there was nothing, for. me,
to do. ~ q
II Is true that when the difficulty
between the postmaster and the as
sistant postmaster first occurred
some good people at Anderson wrote
that they thought the postmaster
should bo removed. Most 81. them
have since written that they were
thetlthey did not fully sup.
derstand thes circumstances. and that,
they. thought 1t would be only, Justice
fori him to serye% out his term, which
expires I'm DeGemheri; There q ore a
number OF applicants for the nf1c4 all
Of whom are my friends, and every
ona Of them has Informed me itlIat he
10 willing for ,Mr. Cochran St6 serve
out his term. It sig sRortny sUra mention
In this connection tiiat there are Rome
25 or 80 clerks ,and carriers In the Ans,
cerson postofflte They are as tins and