Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-08-28

Editor Of EIiaeorfa american:
In = political speech delivered In your city
las; week, by His Exoellcncy. Gov. GarceIon.
learn tina, among other charges Of waste and
cItravA SAnce for which the Republican party
Was alleged to Be responsible, WAS the charge
or statement that the L. 5. Railway Mail Ser
vice was wssisfully and exHs,axantly man
AGED on the knox 4 Lincoln x. r., inasmuch.
las he stated As there were three or ave mail
agents who only ran from RocklAnd to Bath,
on salary Of $3.50 . year each. and ihA; two
men would be sssseien; to perform the service.
A. His EXoellency's hAranxue upon that ooea-
sion was in the in;eresi Of honesty. economy
and reform In order 10 have entitled himself
10 the conadencc Of his auditors. he should
have taken. .; least, ordinary care TO have bad
some foundation In truth for his statements. II
the res; Of bis speech ~As characterized by 80
ErcA; . want Of foundAiioa In fast, a. 10 the
above. 1t either demonstrate, the Jeplorablc e.
noranoc Of the Cnief Executive Of this state Of
the whole subjec: matter Of hi. speech, OF thA;
be Was no, ignorant Of the fact and stu made
the charges, ihen,-well. the inference Is oevl-
ou.. Now As TO the statements The mail
route referred 10 instead Of being limited 10 the
line Ct the Knox 4 Lincoln 4. r, extends from
Portland 10 Brunswick. The salary OF the
route agents, Of which there are three instead
Of Eve. Is $50, instead Of tissO. 1T. Exosl-
lebey se;s within y. per cent. Of the truth.
CThe writer sincerely regrets TIA; tho state
meat a. TO saiArr Is not true.l The duties OF
thcsc agents require them in the Aggregate 10
travel about - 40 miles. aud distribute and
make up on board the train from go 10 Bro tons
Of mail matter yearly. They have pass through
their hands, yearly. several hundred thousand
dollars In value o. registered mail matter. such
8 money aud other ,aluAblos, for which they
ar. obliged 10 rcoeip, and become p>rsoaail
responsible until properly delivered BY them /:
and not dollar has ever b~ca los, on this
route. The service knows no holidays, nor do
the Agent. know any vacation. save As they
furnish substitute. al their own erpensc. They
~ their WORK, standing amid ths jar and elA;-
ter Of The irAln, sableei 20 all the per,s " rail-
Way travel.
Their expenses are lsrg ely 10 sxoess Of that
they would be II doing basiness .; ons ,oes-
iion. II 10 true that bu; two agents arr en-
time Of the sxenis - hen Of the train 10 lArxely
occupied By the making up Of reports To The
department, anil the fAusiiaririns Themselves
with the train schedules and mail distribution
Of other routes
The Axeni IL always subyee, 10 the osdcrs
Of the department; and mus; bold himself In
readiness 10 answer . call .; . nome n,'s no
tier, erea ~ ben Cd The Train II will easily b.
seen that thu position 10 no sineeore nor can IL
be fied by . "bosfer'' 10 use the 6oyernor's
classic phrase. learn also tina, he stated ID II
the '-li,iIe route from his home to Brunswick
hsd three agents. This IL slightly Inaccurate
inasmueh - there 10 bot one on that route.
should not have botiocd ihese allegations, II IL
were only 10 refute the misstate nents Of al
ordinary political demAxosue; but when the
Governor Of the STATE svaiIs himself Of such .
charge. away from the locality where IL could
be corrected, In order 10 bolster his waning po-
litieal fortunes. and CRAFTY the morbid cravings
fer the fictitious, Of the - 90 good and true IN
response 10 whose earnest and imperative
requests t.ic) be consented O. TO become
again their candidate for the position which he
now by unfortunate accident oils.
claim Ii bot just that the isc;s be known. To
those ~ho listened 70 his speech IL will give .
good index ~ 10 the probable correctness Of
the startling facial and figures which he gave
them throughout. When . deduction OF 81
per cent Is taken from II - An effort to es,ab-
ii.h eXussssance and waste, 1t will RINK with
bis well known incoheren, comments upon the
efficacy Of the Maine Law, when enlis hts ming
The citizens Of Georgia.
ROUTE AGENT