The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-04-23

We nope our feeoeD VIII pardon ~ lot
referring to this subject again but Il is one
that interests many Of our readers. and l.
not therefore entivsly personal. The
last Asyas quotes the following from the
Rutland Rcriew With The rsmsrk that 70
shall be sorry presently for having made >
hsht for the postolice.
For political cheek 70 rscomnend the
editor-rostmssteF- politician Of Aanches-
tsr. Nov psssonally NJ. Himonds 10 .
nice nan. hs y . gentleman. father and
. scholar, bat - . postmaster be y far from
. success. not because 81 any psrsonal
failure. but bscanss b. u politician.
Politics snd posts6icss do not RIM we'll
together, and when The two are combined
10 one man. you either have poor poll.
tician, or an indifferent Postmaster. We
10 Rutland have had Taste Of this sort Of
thing, and know what Il L. But No refer
10 NJ. 6inonds' cheek. He u also editor
Of The Manchester JOURNAL, 10 whose col.
umns lately appeared the following:
The present postmaster 10 strong Re-
publican. Of which fact be has made no
secret. consequently be expects 10 b.
ousted; but ii the patrons Of the oifice
desire 10 present petition to Mr.. Clsve-
land thA. be may be retained, OF course
they are 1t liberty 70 do so.'"
Well, the patrons Of the ONCE did circu.
late : petition and. though IL was some
weeks after the Democrats had circulated
one for new postmaster, procured lao
signatures out Of about 100 patrons Of the
Office for the retention Of the present
Official, and on the list are several Demo
Gratis out OF about twenty Of that party
who are patrons Of the office. The list
contains the name Of every merchant,
lawyer, doctor and minister who are pat
rons Of the Office and every business man
but two, not including as business men
farmers and laborers.
The people here know about Is well
how the Office has been run as does the
Rutland Rerier or Montpelier Argus.
The Reriep wanted TO hit futile Of the
Herald slap and did il over our back, and
The Argus wants an excuse for putting .
Democrat into the Office and Hence these
tears"
As matter OF fact there is no business
In the orld that works in better with the
postoiiice than that Of editor Of weekly
paper. We can see how the business Of
daily paper might interfere with the bus
mess Of large postofiice like that Of Rut-
and. With postofiice like this one Of
Two things must be done, The postmas-
'er must either hire cheap hand to run
i, or il he runs II himself he must have
lone other business, and business that
IAN be left at any minute, to wait on the
,fiice. Our business has seldom hindered
Is from attending to the Office in person,
ind out Of over 1900 mails received dur
ng year We have always managed TO dis
ribute oil but about dozen. In the sum.
ner We have attended to the work Of the
'liice from 4. N. until 10 r. n. and 10 the
winter from Z A. N. until P. NJ. or later.
II
We have been absent from the Office on IN
versge Of about four days in year. We
ave done no better than thousands Of
theirs have done but We certainly have
ot neglected the Office for political work
II private business.
Fight for II. Bless your soul. Brother
Itkins. We know better than 10 6ght when
he other side holds both bowers and the
ce, unless We have the little joker and
hat will not be dealt except in some case
Ike the New York Office where il will
lake big show. Pearson, though good
fficsr no doubt, is no more faithful. and
oes not work half as many hours Is thou.
lnds Of country postmasters who do not
OF one twentieth Of bis pay. and who
ould get . better Endorsement from the
strons OF their ONCE than he can from
is. Our fight is to have the thing put
xsctly where II belongs. You take The
lice because you want to reward some
ne Who has done political work for your
arty. We do not expect you will own
p. We expect you to dodge the issue,
ut false prslsnsss will hardly do.