Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1885 — Why He Was Bounced. [ARTICLE]

Why He Was Bounced.

[Washington special.) The Court of Alabama Claims has revoked the commission of Charles C. Olson, who had been authorized to take certain testimony in Europe for the court. The following is a part -of his letter ( to Congressman Leopold Mors'e, of Boston, for which the court revoked his commission: In American politics I have always been a Democrat, but I do not allude to this as a matter of assistance, as under the new civil service act such a thing is out of the question. However this may be, I will hereby suggest to you that if I can obtain ihe above mentioned position (that of Consul at Gothenburg) through your influence, I shall immediately upon being informed to that effect from you forward my check to the amount of $1,50P for services rendered. I also will render you such service abroad as in my power from time to time without any extra charge. As I under* stand the salary of this consulate is but a little over $2,000 per year, it is not for the income of this that I ask of you the assistance to obtain the position, but the main point is to establish an American trade in Gothenburg that will exhibit American manufactures, and if i ermitted by your government to hold a commission business the official position will bring a faircompensation.