Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Civil-Service Commission submitted a report of its investigation of the charges against Postmaster Jones, of Indianapolis, to the President. The commission acquits thc ficcused official of violations of the civil-service act or rules, but intimates that he was indiscreet in his * utterances before he understood the purport of the law as fully as he does now.The fourth annual meeting of the National League Civil Service Association was held at New Haven, Conn. Mr. George William Curtis, who was re-elected President, made an address, in which he congratulated the country upon the progress of reform under the new administration, and urged the necessity of continued vigilance by friends of the cause.... Between March 4 and July 25,4,046 fourthclass postmasters were appointed, in a great majority of cases to fill vacancies caused by resignation or death,. ..Col. Wm. R. Morrison’s health is so poor that he has been advised to abandon Washington and politics for a while and go to the seashore. From the inauguration of; President Cleveland to the 25th of July, says a Washington dispatch, there were appointed 4,046 fourth-class postmasters. Omitting appointments in Territories, the appointments in the States were as follows:__ State. No. State. No. 1ndiana..'...327-New Y0rk....310 Virginia... .5210hi0..... .310 -MissniirL. f....... ..240jIllilkliS . .t2H= Pennsylvania.2o9'North Carolina..... .190 Arkansas..;.. 152; Kentucky 134 10wa......117’Georgia ....., .109 Tennessee.... lOojMichigau .... 96 Wisconsin 96 West Virginia 95 Vermont..Bß;Alabama. 84 Texas .. .........83'Misaissippi..78 Kansas.... 70 South Carolina 68 Maryland 62 Louisiana 49 New Jersey. ... 46 New Hampshire 43 '"Maine 38 Minnesota 37 Nebraska 32 California 30 Massachusetts ...... 27Florida. 21 Oregon 16 Colorado ; 16 Connecticut... 13 Delawsre. 10 Nevada 3 Rhode Island 2 The great majority of these appointments have been made to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation. It seems almost incredible, but it is a fact that 222 Ohio men have resigned theit postoffices, which beats the record for Illinois, where 14,9 of the appointments were made to fill vacancies caused by resignations. The total removals have amounted to 998, of which 169 were in Virginia, 132 in New York, 98 in Indiana, 74 in Ohio, 55 in Illinois, 47 in Wisconsin, and 11 each in Michigan and lowa. , , ’ ,