New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-05

ministraton came into power in 1885. Democratic
Reform, turned him out. The good sense OF MI
Wanamaker has restored this excellent Official to his
former sphere of activity, Notwithstanding the prciu-
dice that existed in the minds OF many excellent
people against the appointment of what are some
times called enormously and very unjusy, political
back-numbers."
Judge Tyner the Assistant Attorney General for
the Department. has of the widest acquaintance
with postal affairs in this country He was First
Assistant and then Postmaster General himself once
He is Mr.. Wanamakers constant adviser and friend,
and is rarely called upon by the committees OF
Congress for information which he is not able 10
furnish.
There are other distinguished {" successes" among
the Postmaster Generals subordnates But IL Is
possible here to name only few. one Is Chief Rath-
bone of the Postofce Inspectors. the other Is o"-
perntendent Lowrie Bell of the Railway Mall oerVioc
Chief Rathbone has raised the inspector force 10 'o
highest state of efficiency 1t has been hepV wy
busy during the first Of the Republican Au''n.s.,
ton Thousands upon thousands oil s'n"" a.
l,rities have been looked into but TASK pu
heavy has been the Investigation OF charges "s' .n,
Democratic postmaSters In the hrst so"' nos
new Administration not less than LOU VI W
Democratic postmas,crs have been remover iio"' wa
places for Appointments hau " " ". rdar
I'll the places. Civil service reiorme,'' nv, ha,.
standing who the true friends OF the icioi"l on, -
railed
strike back 1t knows for certain, U, mo matter has
ennrts on file in its archives. what inc n r He
been with each removed smpy in order to shield
the cuiprts family that these o cP Commend Itself to
Nshed Such course may not Ooi, ny D., master
noiiticians Int il reflects credit upon tie ros'h"'
General perSonah e took hold of the railway mail
,;co I, was a common thing for hundreds OF SAN s
and packages of letters ana heWspapvrS York
up uS Kansas City The bartenders and plug
uelesS who had done line WORK ior unc rcincts
1.S1
and wards lad so crowded the service that inc ioce
Of eicient trained Republican clerks WHO n ao
the work The reinstatement of hundreds OF these
skilled employees. who had been removed DeT ;T
mail service up point beyond It's former enclency
even: yet now and then some Democratic newspapot
insists that the President delaying the extension OF
the Civil service rules TO the railway mai service
only order that the old Republican employs may
Commission has repeatedly been unprepared win lists
Of egibeS~ from which to NJ! the places O .e nail i
ser, 10 has been reformed as quickly as the CVn
service Commission would permit It. to be- ana IT. nS'
Republicans of course have been numerousH rem
stated in the places OF Democrats bnt tls mas oech
simply because the Republicans could do the WORK
and The Democrats could not. The mails are not
Ss are n s made a on e trains and in the room
Selves, Chief Bell thinks. and in the Of
forms he isn't through yet
FAST NAILS on LAND AND WATER.
The reform which has attracted the greatest at
t.r4ion nerhap. has been the saving of day in the
:. ~ .uo,eoo,o.i,or,.l nil mi. NO,
uahshisSioh Va "a" u" mai IN ~
only means the gain OF days time between Ne"
York and San Francisco, but it means pTop0rtionate
benefit 10 all business centres and all outlying regions
sIonc the transcontinental lines. Chief Bell is
practical railroad man, and meets rallrOad men on an
xesf The touch of his vigorous hand has resulted in
expedited mails and regular connections.
Ing =. ~, ~ ne orar nnsdfbre cars in order
~ nrenare he foreign mails for instant dispatch on ar
rival at port has received the careful attention OF the
pepsrneno III , ,e laSt t ,boritis ~ The
German Frnpire and one of the principal transports
oD companies looking TO this end The subject will
require conference with OF the foreign nations
hef,ro the change I'm the present system can be in
augurated. The adoption of Marine Postorice Svs
tenn in the opinion Of the Postmaster General would
be Of great advantage 10 the business world ana on
days when vessels arrive aitcr O'CLOCK IN ue al''T
noon II would often make dlneren.e OF one udN N
terest on remlttanceS mat uhuef tle present sNsn
cannot always be denvcren tle same usN III. ndla
maker suggests Ciearlhs npist s,i'IdIF lo
the steamship COCKS 1or ,e nauinS al 81 I'll
only, 10 TRANSFER lie pu.solis man M ,,r, ,ho
roao satlons 10 5teslssps "' a; no
new olh CIH Z. a'u y. ~ ~ raf,road ia
PROPERLY sePaia'ou "'''"s mans " WV
uons'
THE MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.
Tho ohiect 80 the money orier system is to afford