The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-13
How Whatcom's Postmaster Got Rid of
a Republican LetIer-Carrier.


whatconl Dec 12-After weeks OF per
sistent effort on his part. Postmaster
George W. Boyd has secured the removal
of Letter Carrier Charles w Stone, for
what the first assistant postmaster gener-
al is pleased 10 term "the good OF the
service Mr.. Stone is a strong Republi-
can, though by no means an offensive
partisan. and was one of the first four
carriers appointed. and who entered upon
the discharge OF their duties when The.
free delivery service went into effect,
December IA. 1872 He has from the first
been faithful and dlhgent in his work,
and. 50 far as he knows. not single
complaint has ever been made against
him by any person upon his route. From
the correspondence relating to his re-
moyal It appears that the only charge
against him was preferred by the post
master IN letter 10 the department
under date OF October &C. In which he
said he had found Charles w. Stone was
making schedule reports. reporting sched-
ule time when no trips were actually
made" And he is charged with having
persisted In recording schedule time in
stead OF actual time" In defiance OF an
order OF the department OF August Is.
which is alleged to have been shown the
carriers at the Whatcon office and posted
UP in a conspicuous place" Mr.. Stone.
IN a letter from the acting first assist
ant postmaster general, dated November
), was requested 10 submit statement
OK any defense you may have to this
charge and show cause. If possible. why
you should not be removed from the ser
vice" Immediately upon receipt of this
letter Mr.. Stone replied that according
TO the instructions of the former post
master, c. q. Cole, who, by the way
was also removed solely for partisan
reasons, the carriers had reported sehed-
ule time whether trips were made or
not. and up TO October 10 or 16 1894 we
had never received orders to do other
wise" Referring to the letter OF August
p he says il was never posted in this
office at that time nor at any other time,
and the same is not there now" He
states, however, that the deputy post
master showed ii 10 the carriers ana
told them in response TO their request for
instructions 10 report as they had been
doing until they received further orders
These orders were not given them until
the 18th or 18th OF October. after which.
~" pNSAAC So NAS aCtAal tune
and have continued to do so. as my re-
ports VIII show" There the matter rested
until November 80. when Mr.. Stone was
suspended BY Postmaster Boyd, although
section el0 OF the postal laws and rec7l-
lauons says; IN all cases Of recon-
mendAtcns for removal carriers should
not be suspended, but postmasters should
await the action OF the department.
But protests and requests for an inv~sti-
CATION awaited nothing. stones place was
wanted am another carrier Is now upon
his route.
Stone says that he knew very eooon
after tho change in the management OF
the Office tcck place that the new posi-
master was making a pretext for his re-
rnovaL and he adds tsat this design be-
came more ana more apparent after he
refused 20 Join the A. Z. \. Of which. he
says, he was urged and advised by two
or the carriers 20 become a member.
The appointment Of Mr. Boyd a few
months ago over veteran sam Bass was
the last straw that broke the back Of the
county Democracy, snt-was triumph Of
what the facetious captain calls the
Maloaey fraction"