The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-27


The nzos4 dsaphxnczs triek Of The
season il nat sAt<fy r<rpefrx<<d BY
D<norrzts 10 seattle fer the k<Hefst Of
Mr.. Charles 9. voorhees,. Postmaster
Lyon, of thzt place, has within fbe
Lzsf q bears seEs Telegram 60 wash
inx11n xsklnx fer fwo a<3difSsnai clerks
In the tcexni5re. On the xruurd tbs.
the h1stnez< IL fhe offlce arrsnslr de-
raands Il. and Mr.. VOORHEES, xas
placed In the aftstsksse d zsinx his .-iss-
haenee for the purrose Of securing
the additional clerks They viii o.
course be allowed a. eses. ard Mr.
VOORHEES, is 10 eorae 10 for the graft
ts<3e q the people Of that city for o.
tanning this need. The fact Il fsssr
these two clerks hare been 81 bad
~ needed ever since early last sp-ing
that In order 20 ob<sin their mail Il
all the business men and others were
forced % contribute monthly a sutA-
Gent sum 70 pay extra help in the
posto<fee. After some months they
berame tired OF this unjuss tax and re-
fused 70 pay the additional help,
which the Democrats administration
failed 10 furnish. and the result ras
that the rscstsfssce fell back inso its
condition Of utter ineffisieney. From
morning until night. string Of szaen
IN Indian file. exfending fsr out into
the street. stood facing the one de-
livery window from which mail vas
served, and xt which women would ap-
pear 81 the rate OF II or "a an hour, for
their mail. and the string Of rzeH
woald calamity hold back until the
women we're waited upon. Thus II
would consume never los than an hour
Of any mans time every day 10 get 10
the window, and as the force was
not sufficient 90 distribute the mails
such thing Is getting any but letter
mail Was for the most part impossible
5ecuxd class mail accumulated in large
saekfuiEs. and was not touched for
days az time. Every box in the post
Office was rented, and hundreds who
would have gladly rented boxes we're
unable to do - and, therefore, 10 fan
into line in the street, stand in the hot
sun or the drenching rain, and get un-
der cover by slow degrees, za= the
only alternative. ard BY the time one
got to the window he was 70 tired and
exsspersted that frequently he didn't
cars whether be got any mail or not,
and was thankful 10 escape with his
health Wnimpaired
This became such q crying annoy
anee 81 last that the business men Of
seattle returned, In seif-defense. 20 the
plan of paying for the additional help,
and the clerks were re-empioyed BY
them Nov. close upon the election,
Mr.. Voorhees, i to step in and with
his magic Influence" secure the help
which The government should long ago
have furnished, and thus. with the ex-
ira tar taken from them and with eff
cseut distribution and delivery Of m ais,
the people OF Seattle viii be supposed
10 hease sigh OF relief and in the next
breath vote for Mr. Voorhees,. The lit
tic trick viii fail. II is too transparent.
Early In last August, when high
official Of the general postoiiice was on
this coast he was anxionsly and conf
iienfiy expected in Seattle for a week,
Dr more. and it had been arranged
that the matter should be laid before
him personally with request that the
difficulty be removed Whether be
Fisited Seattle OF not Is not known at
hts writing. ~ any rate, the diff
sulties were not removed, but have
seen left a. ground upon which Mr..
voorhees, could cultivate a large crop
II gratitude. The crop viii be a
allure.