Show rOUTILAl HUMOR Of MOmlf CONTEST OVER THE POSTOFFICE INTERESTING Possible Effect on the Spirit of the Civil Service law Democrat est e-st Ousting I Mobile Ala Dec 5The controversy j over the postmastership at Mobile is attracting I at-tracting attention on account of the important im-portant legal phases of the case and the possible effect of the spirit of the civil service law Postmaster Rapier who refuses re-fuses to surrender the office to P B Barker Bar-ker is a Cleveland appointee whose commission dates from Dec 1 1894 I and his official term will therefore I fore not expire until December ISiS Mr Papier contends that the I ilon1 tKP dnt ng i section of the revised statutes under I which second class postn sters are appointed ap-pointed provides in terms hat such postmasters post-masters ar3 appointed for the term of our years and can be removed by the president only and with the advice and consent of the senate I The president on the 1st of October gave to P D Barker a Republican a commission as Rapiers successor Barer I Bar-er who was out of the city did not return until recently and on the 1st of I December demanded of Postmaster Rapier Ra-pier the surrender of the office Mr Ra pier claims he received no notice of his removal according to law and will not surrender the olllce until the legality of his removal has bean passed on by the courts Barker the new appointee was postmaster post-master at Mobile during the Harrison administration ad-ministration and served his full term of four years |