Show LAST x rEn at the request of Senator Cameron the postmaster at Steelton Pa was removed for no other reason than because he was an independent republican and therefore opposed to the Cameron clan A stalwart republican named Neibinger was appointed to the place A few days ago the stalwart was arrested for embezzling money belonging to the money order department de-partment He confessed and says he used part of the missing funds in meeting the demands on him for political expenses during the late campaign He shows receipts aggregating 50 for money expended ex-pended in buying suppers and drinks for political managers An assessment of SSG by Camerons stalwart state committee and also the 2 per cent assessment of the republican blackmailing crew He could have refused to give remained honest and lost his his place That course he should have pursued but he was too weak he knew that e party demands must be met or he would have to go and he hadnt the moral courage to be an honest independent man He put his hand into the public purse and now pleads as an excuse for his crime the party requirements The blackmailing system that is worked so persistently by the republicans re-publicans may not always lead to official crookedness but the ten deucy IB in that direction Thera are many officials who cannot afford to give all that is required from them and if they respond to the bloodmoney demands they bate I to deny themselves necessaries > or comforts to which they Are entitled Under such circumstances a good many men will do Neibin ger did hoping restore tbelrpec ulatlons before the discovery Is made If officials can afford to give from their salaries they are paid toe much It they cannot afford to give it is downright robbery to require it from them |