Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
FINISHED THEIR WORK..

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ClncAGo, Feb. 1.-THE postmnstcrs re.
assembled yesterday %forenoonln the Grand
Opera House, with President Grubbs in the
chair. The attendance was large. The
Committee on Mailing Letters in Portal
Cars submitted its report. After stating
that postmasters were at times subjected
to heavy losses by mnilinglctters on trains,
the committee recommended that each
! postal clerk be provided with cards and re-
quested to make Il report OF the number OF
letters cards II papers received in sucl
manner, their destination, etc. and to TO
turn the same to the posta! station to
which the clerk reported. Iinc report was
adopted.
The committee selected to report upon
The subject OF the special delivery system
offered Il resolution ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
special delivery system be extended to all
towns OF four thousand inhabitants. A del
egate from Indiana offered an amendment
making the system extend to all towns OF
u population of twenty-fivehundred. This
met with hearty opposition, and several
other amendments were suggested, and
after Il lengthy discussion the convention
adopted the resolution as originally pre-
sented.
The report OF the Committee on Post
masters Bonds recommended that it be
enacted by Congress that corporations be
taken as surety on postmasters' bonds.
and that the rule in regard to the subject
be repealed. The report was adopted.
The secretary read 81 dispatch to be sent
to Postmaster-General Villas, in which the
postmasters' convention begged to tender
its sincere congratulations and hearty well
wishes for a prosperous administration.
The dispatch was sent.
The Committee on Postal Savings Banks
and Postal Telegraph recommended that
the matter be left to the wisdom Of Con-
gress. Adopted.
The Committee on Boz Rents reported,
suggesting that if the Government collected
the rents it should furnish the boxes, which
was adopted.
A vote OF thanks was given Mr.. John II.
Patterson, editor of the United Sta ties Mail,
for bringing about the convention.
The Committee on the Postmasters' Be-
nevele4t Association reported that if two
hundred and thirty delegates would con-
tribute two dollars each a permanent asso-
citation would be organized, with h%eadquar.
tiers in Chicago. The report was accepted.
The Neutrality-suspicious. Committee was
then appointed:
Alabama, L. H. Grubbs: Arkansas, II. P.
A. .. Baker; Georgia, J. b Roberts; Indiana,
!. +. Brady; Illinois: l. j. S~acriste; Iowa,
S Seesse =; Gso1 W. b. KKa oWs: M Il; G; ca # :;
Hussey: Minnesota, Neil Currie; Mississippi,
W. A. McMislin; Michigan, W.T. Il. schcrmer-
norm; Nebraska. =. a: Simmons; New Hump
sh:re, f. u. Daniels; New Jersey, Miss Emma
Hersos;; Pennsylvani n. WY " Iof R"!o' Ten:
TSo@as q y Bray n, A Wiscon;jn. WET v. +. T Gagndn..
A recess was taken until two O'Clock.
During the recess the National Committee
organized by the selection of l.. j. Sacriste,
OF Illinois, for president. and j. G. Herzog,
OF Ohio, for secretary.
The Committee on Money Order System
recommended the abolition of the letter OF
advice, and that the writing OF the naneo
the payee and remitter be written on the
lace OF Che order instead, and further, that
each postmaster be allowed to keep on
hand q surplus OF one hundred dollars
instead OF remitting the whole to Offices
OF deposit; that ~postmasters receive one
half OF the fees charged and ene-fourta
OF IL per cent. Of the amount paid; finally,
that, in order to increase the money
order business the fees be reduced to 3
cents for mounts up to $40, to 10 cents
for amounts between $40 and SIS, to Is
cents for amounts between SIS and $50,
to 70 cents for amounts between $50 and
$50, and 5 cents additional for each add.
tlonal S25 up to 500. There a a
great amount OF talk about the poor DOM.
p%ensation which postmastcrs receive for
work in this branch OF the postal service.
The whole matter was referred to the Ma.
tional Committee.
The Committee on Delivery Of Mails
thought the present law good enough, and
dld 0 nave to make any suggestions. The
National Committee was empowered to ap-
point a subcommittee to present the griev-
ances OF the postnasters to Congress; the
usual vote OF thanks to the press, the COM
mlttees, the officers OF the convention and
the managenlentof the Grand OperacH House
were passed, and then the first Postmast-
ers' convention adjourned.
After the adjournment the following Off.
GERS for the Mutual Benefit Association
were elected: L.. j.. Sacriste, president; w.
ID. Hoyt, vice-president; j.. II. Rolston,
SECRETARY; Perry Russell, treasurer; D. NJ.
Soper, y. l.. LOOMS and Charles L. Axt,
executive committee.
The National Executive Committee met
at the Clifton House last evening and or
ganlzed by the election OF L.. j. Sacriste, OF
oH' ShoAA i1144, W. OoLuSOI, Oh OnlO.
secretary, and j. w. Patterson, of Illinois,
treasurer. After fixing the location of the
next annual convention at Chicago-the
date to be hereafter determined bv the
communicable meeting adjourned.
L. G.. Johnson, chairman OF the Commit.
tee on Resolutions, next reported. TributeG
We're paid by the committee to Postmaster.
General Villas and to his assistant, Mr..
Stevenson. Each postmaster was encoa,-
aged to study public convenience and to
aid the department in making the ser,.
ice efficient. The operation of the
present system OF postal regulations,
fixing the salaries allowances ei
third and f~ourth-class postmasters, haa
been found, however, to work great
hardships. The reasonable demands
OF the public with regard to delivery in
volved an expense in handling the mail
matter that was out of all proportion
with the salaries of the postmasters, as all
extra expenses had to come out OF
their slender salaries. It was recon-
mended that the postmasters' National
committee be recognized as the official rep
resentative OF the third and fourth-class
postmastcrs OF the United States. To Il
should be rclegated the duty OF memorial.
lzlng Congress for the redress of their
grievances. The committee was rom.