The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-24
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the app3ilitnlent OF Dir. samuel r.
Murphy as poslmasIes IN tais city. MIR.
Murphy has been assistant postmaster
for taIes OF four years. aud tue present
incumbent having rendered his resigna-
ton, II is IN accordance with the ciyil
sersice law AMI rules that be should be
appointed He Conner no 20 the JefIer-
spnian standard in honesty and capacity
for The posi ion. In fret we doubt #
there is postmaster 10 the state who is
bs tier posted IN the postal laws and reg
nia ions than Sam Murphy. Dir. Mur-
| ply has been hs re since bCyhood and Is
we'll kntwn. lie is far representa- i've
II the young men o Eupni', who
should be Encouraged, and who must
soon tske their plaees as sclive
business men. We beiieve be will make
good postmaster, ono that will be ac-
cep,ubls TO the ra'rons Of the Office, and
We congratulate him on his promotion.
La this connection it seems Beces-
sary 10 say a few words personal
TO the Outgoing 10 tmaster, more ospac-
tally tor tie Information of friends out
side of the cry As sort of tsxt for
what We saail say we cnpY the following
from the Leaven v osth Tim s.:
Senator Plumb has unfortunately
coDplicatcd the question rs 10 who shall
be pos master al Emp0ria. Mr. StoIler
IA had pledges for the last year that be
would be reappoint,d The opposition
had issuance fiom the iame source thai
he would not be TehpPUuted. UudeT
tie circumstances Mr. StoileT DoluRtGrtiy
r, signs his posis'oa. Score wet brY
Tor +, umb and tn Republican. Jake
will be lie xarded."
We wish 10 assure our irieI d of The
Times that our resignation was entirely
yolun asy, ard that ITS statement that
Senator Plumb had complicated she
posimasirrship here is without the
sh ,dow Of "a foui Tiun 20 rest upon
Ia fact tids was a e hind time wa had
rendered our rctignaIion in two
years, and both other times it was with
IraSn ut Senator Plun,b's urgent re
quest, IN the present Gaze, when the
re signaiion was peremi ny, nobody in
sisted more str 'ngly II ION our rc-appoibt-
ment than S. ntor Plumb. We VIII
ms, ure the Times that Wa could have
h ID The 0flics had we desired it. AMI its
theory that it was "a doteat tor anybody
ar n vic o y for any body is simply guess
work
The reasons which I'D to the rrsigDa
ii ~ are quite numerous q. d need not be
gwen IN &c all. In the first place we
thiik Line Yeas is enough. whtre there
Is only one federal flee IN The town, for
one man To hold it. We agree with Dol
Miller in his II III IN that ttber fellows
ought Ia have a chsnc Ia the second
place, the postofiice md taken us
away from our ptpr almost
entir,ly for the past two
years, and we ihipk mnIe of THE NEWS
tran we 90 at bidding the postoffice.
D Ic ,thtr rms IN Was. HAT the position
of l6stmastr is the m,anest one on
esrth. II is a regular dogs life. ana we
became utterly di1gusicd with it long
ag,. L. is The most trsspme, exacting,
and embarrassing pusiion We ever
flied IL has been esp; ciallY 50 for two
or three years. The los master not
only calcl.e It r. NJ he public, right or
wrurg. bat lac is the victim of all the
cleIi IN the departure At AT Washington.
We got florg for s. versl wears iolera6ly
~ H. but the DIP utmcIt kept getting
IN re arbitrary all the time. They
are {: Instantly tinker ny with The affairs
ot pos;ollices which they know nothing
about-coustantly adding new duties
md cutting down the lay. October
Isl they rcduc, the ray of the post
master here about $500, and since then
they have add.d any quantity IF new
ties. TheIe is an idea generally prev
a'cnt that IA pOsIUflice is bonanza A
man never finds out different until he
gets inside In the EmpOria Office the
postmaster is required not only 10 put
in his own TIME, but has for years had 10
pay 5000 year ont Of his sllaTy tor
clerks, uni then there have not been
clerks enough 10 do the work. Until
quite recently the postmaster has been
required 10 pay for all his fuel,
light, staff lnery, etc. For about two
years, from 1876 To 1873, we only got
ahou, 81 100 out Of the Office, and it is
now Fixed 80 We could only get about
400. Considering the heavy bond,
the great respons bility, the constant
aExi :iy, the meanness of the depart
meni, and all, We had rather play edi or
and be independent al $500 Il year than
be postmaster at 81, 400 or 81 1900. So