Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1894 — j. ADAM BEDE'S RESIGNATION. [ARTICLE]

j. ADAM BEDE'S RESIGNATION.

Marshal J. Adam Bede, of North Dakota, has resigned because he was not willing to comply with the President’s order forbiding Federal office holders from active participation In political campaigns. Attorney-General Olney accepted the resignation in a letter which concludes as follows; “I have just been obliged to call for tho resignation of a United States marshal, who beginning a political campaign With speech making, ended by shooting, and is now under an indictment for murder. From the tone and temper of your letter, it would not be surprising to find you in a like predicament should you undertake to bo a political worker and United States Marshal at the same time. Undue excitement and recklessness are almost inevitable when to the ordinary political partisanship is added the personal interest inseparable from office hold ng. Your resignation as Marshal is accepted to take effect upon the appointment and qualification of your successor.” The executive order referred to was issued by Mr. Cleveland in 1886.