Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-18
THEY RESOLVE.
After the Usual Tafy They Get Down TO
the Business Point.

CHICAGO, I'LL, Feb. lG.--At the con-
ventlon ofpostmasters held here to-day
the committee on resolutions made the
following report; We, representatives Of
the postmasters OF the United States of
the third and fourth classes IN national
convention assembled, hereby resolve;
/. That we point with pride to the
postal system Of the United States as
| built up and extended by successive
administrations of the national govern
ment, until II stands to-day marvel
Of simplicity, economy and efficiency,
transactng the most complicated and
laborious business OF the public with
such facility, convenience and dispatch
as to command the respect and conf
dence OF the nation.
| 2. That in the presidents recommends
tlons TO congress relative to postal affairs,
we recognize Mr. Cleveland administra-
tion as a worthy successor to any which
has preceded IL. In Postmaster General
! Villas and in Assistant PostmasterGeD-
eral Stevenson we recognize earnest and
consistent champions of every valuable
Improvement in postal service and in the
condition Of Its mqlpyes. That we real
ize the relative position which the third
and fourth class postmaster sustain to
the public and that we earnestly recon-
mend that each individual postmaster
constantly study the public convenience
| in every way possible and aid the postal
department in making the service more
efficient and Of greater usefulness to the
public,
3. That the operation OF the present
postal regulation fixing salaries and al
! lowances of third and fourth lass post
masters has been found by practical eN-
pericuce to work great hardships to the
I incumhents of these offices, the reason
able demands of the public as TO cOnven-
fences In handling OF the mail,
making the administration Of these
Offices very expensive In pro-
portion to the salaries These
expenses having to be borne entirely by
/ the postmasters out Of their slender sal
aries, and in all cases consume the
larger portion OF 1t and ia most cases
more than three quarters Of it, leaving
them, as return for their entire time de-
voted to the postal service OF the public,
in positions Of great responsibility, in
VOWED only modicnm of their salary
4. That we recognize in the Post
masters National ASSOCIATION, as ordered
to be formed by this convention, the
. NtlASlil Representative vi lllt LllIN AUG
fourth class postmasters OF the United
States, and to them we delegate the duty
I OF preparing memorial to congress,
specifying in particular the lrregu-
la53ty In the present postal-law,
as affecting salaries and compen.
sntion, and authorizing them
| TO prepare and have submitted to con.
gress suitable legislation looking to our
relief. That to our senators and repre-.
sentatives In congress we commend these
our representatives, respectfully asking
for them patient hearing and an equita,
Bile consideration of the claims
which they may present, hav,
ing the utmost confidence that the
representatives of the people in congres,
Will afford to the post servants of the PEG
pie sufficient means and facilities to meet
the reasonable requirements of the people
In regard to proper administration Of
their affairs"
These resolutions were heartily ap
plauded and adopted without question
The committee on money-orders rec
commended that "the letter of advice" be
abolished as cumbersome, and hat the
name OF payee and remitter be written OF
the face OF the order and copy entered
on stub after the styl,
of the present postal note. The
committee also recommends that fees
charged on Issuing money orders be re
duced ana graded as follows: 81 to $40
Sc $40 TO SIS, Toe Si5 to $50, I6c.
$50 to 500, zoe $50 TO S75, 25G.; SO [,
500, 30 cents. 1t was resolved TO appoin
an advisory committee of 1--WE TO wort
IN conjunction with the national commit
tee j IL Patterson was made mem