Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
The lsrOwlstiale PO%t-Ofhce.

AUSTIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE Fl, 1885,
The Rrowmstiale Po$t-Ofice.
We print below communications from
two citizcns-onc u resident of Browns
dale, the other of Waltham-which come
to us rejected by the Register. We do
not believe in taking any part in the
strife for the Brownsville postmastership
by making recommendations or signing
petitions. That belongs to the citizens of
Brownsville and vicinity. But we do be-
lievc in the right Of any community, or
portion Of it, to present their views in u
fair, gentlemanly, candid manner, and
cheerfully give space in our columns to
the discussion of any subject of interest
to any considerable portion of the county,
without considering ourselves committed
to the views advocated. If Mr.. Nelson is
backed as strongly by the people, and is as
proper person, rs represented in these
communications, we have no doubt, from
the favorable opinion We have formed of
Mr. White, that he will recommend the
appointment.
BROWNSVILLE, Mimi, June IS, 1883.
Milo White, as one of his intimate
friends here asserts, claims that in his re-
concentrations. for appointment of post
masters in his district the will of the peO
pie to be served together with just re-
gard to the efficiency of the service both
as regards patrons and P 0. department,
is to be his rule and guide. This is an
admirable rule-the will of the people,
when efficient service is attainable there
with. 1t does not, and should not, how
ever, cut off the right to reject the largest
petition when for person who can not
effectually perform the duties of the office.
But another one of Mr.. Whites intimate
friends, a man of influence, who did good
service for his cause in the last election,
declares that John Nelson will never be
postmaster of Brownsville by MIR. Whites
recommendation.
Now, let us see how this last declaration
agrees with the platform announced
by friend No. /. Is Mr.. Nelson's applica
ton to be refused because his appoint
ment would be against the wishes of the
patrons of the office? Hardly, for $50
patrons of the office ask, in black and
white, that he be appointed. He has an
endorsement at the hands of his fellow
citizens, irrespective of party. creed or
CLIQUE, such as is seldom vouchsafed to
any man. Few indeed can command, as
he does, ninc-tenths majority, a major
ity amounting to practical unanimity
But perhaps there are other reasons affect
ing the good of the service, which justify
refusal of the appointment. Is he re-
fused because the petitioners ask not wise
ly? Have they petitioned, not knowing
x,,l, nv 1>o hos tho ability, nj
which make the good OF the service de-
mand his appointment? Have they blind
ly preferred their request not knowing
his character as man, citizen, and as
a conductor Of the Office itself? By no
means. He has been citizen here for
many years. He is known and trusted
as man of strict integrity and of bust
ness ability as we'll. Furthermore, he
has had an experience of four years as
assistant postmaster of the very Office to
which its patrons ask his appointment as
its chief. During this incumbency he
has won the good will of everybody by
his faithful and obliging discharge of his
duties. No, neither the will Of the peo-
pie nor lack of ability, or experience, or
integrity, stands in the way of his ap-
pointment.
Then why does friend No. declare he
shall not have it? Is Mr.. White fettered
by prediction promises which bind him
to recommend appointments st the dicta-
ton of some local 'boss, irrespective of
or of the wishes of the people he is to
server Will he do the very thing, and in
a most aggravated form, which he and
his henchmen SO loudly accused his pre-
dicessor Of doing, and howled themselves
hoarse in denouncing? Does he mentally
exclaim: Not my will, nor the will of
the people, but yours, oh! little bosses, be
dOne?" Let the appointment of T. NJ. at
Brownsville answer. VOx.
WALTHAM, MIMI, June %, 1888.
Dir. EDIToR:-1s it better to get the
good will of a dozen persons doing a
wrong thing than to have the good will
and respect of twenty times that number
doing a right action? Surprising Milo
White is actuated by only personal and
selfish motives (which the writer IS not yet
prepared to admit) what will it profit him
TO outrage the feelings of the ESQ patrons
of the Brownsville post Office, who make
an eminently fit and reasonable request as
to the appointment of P. NJ. there, by CO.
ing back on the platform he has adopted
of "the will of the people?" Doesn't he
know that each of the $50 petitioners will
feel and resent the outrage just in the
proportion that being one of SO large a
majority intensities and emphasizes it?
Can't he see that it not only digs the polit-
seal grave of himself and adhefehts as far
as this community is concerned, but that
the effect will be felt, more or less, to the
furthest confines of his district? Argus
eyed, his opponents are watching his
every move. He cannot escape the con-
sequences of every injudicious or ill-timed
action, of every mistake, much less of so
outrageous wrong as many believe he
contemplatcs. If he has made any bad
promises he had far better break than
keep them, on the ground of both princi-
pie and policy. H.