Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1888 — SELLERS RESIGNS. [ARTICLE]

SELLERS RESIGNS.

The Unites State* Dintr ct At'orney Fioris Official Life Undesirable. Mr. E. B. Sellers. U. S. District Attorney for Indiana, surprised everybody on the 12th by tendering his resignation to the President. Some days ago he stated to a reporter that it was his intention to resign, but it was supposed that he had no idea of relinquishing the office before the beginning of the ne • administ' ation. On the 10th he went to Monticello, his old home,and it is his desire to remain there. His experience in the office has been rather trying. His prosecution of the Marion county tally sheet forgeries, which was most vigorous, made him many enemies within his own party of men who were friendly to the men under indictment. The recent investigation of the Grand Jury into election frauds has made more work of the same kind,for him, but toe condi•tkms aresomewhat different. - The” members of the party, • says one in authority, have been vigorously demanding the indictment and punishment of the man they charge with having written the now famous ‘‘blocks of five’ 7 letter, and it is to Mr. Sellers that they look to carry but their wishes. There is no doubt that he has faithfuly endeavored to find sufficient evidence, to warrent the jurv in returning an indictment. The adjournment of the jury without reporting an indictment was something of a disappointment, and has been accepted as evidence that there had been no testimony presented to warrant a criminal prosecution. Another man that contributed to bisection was the election of his law partner to a Judgeship. The business of the firm would be entirely lost should he remain in his present position. It was his judgment that it would be a serious mistake for him to neglect the opportunity merely for the sake of holding the office of District Attorney for a few months, and therefore his resignation was not deferred. It reached Washington on the 12th but the President stated to a representative of the Associated Press that he had not accepted it and did not wish to do so: The Attorney General telegraph d Mr, Sellers that it was the desire of both hi mself and the President that he should withdraw his lesignation. Mr. Sellers gives as the reason for his resignation his pressing private business. He said his action had been determined upon previous to the election and that later ’ developments cut no figure in the case. / The President has nominated Leon A. Bailey as District Attorney for Indiana, to succeed District Attorney Sellers, resigned.

One of the proof readers of the Charleston, 8. C., World is an unmarried woman of refinement, who is glad to support herself in that way. She goes to her work about Bo’clock in the evening, and does not quit the office until 3th e next morning. Then she lights a lantern, and with that in one hand and a loaded revolver in the other she goes home. Speaking of her the Atlanta Constitution says: She has no fears in the heart of Carolina, where woman is next in divinity ro God;” but it looks very much as if she thought that the divinity of woman even in the heart of Carolina wasn’t as good- of a protection as powder andjball. - tpXt, ' I " - ’ . -.. •