The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-10
STATE ORGANIZATION of MEN in
CHARGE OF FOURTH-CLAss
OFFICES.
P. F. MURPHY is PRESIDENT.
MOVEMENT WHICH, is ExPEeyrED
TO EVENTUALLY RESULT IN
PLACING THESE MEN
WHERE POLITICS INTERPRETERS No1
Address Delivered by Men Inter-
ested in the Movement-List of
Officers and Committees.

The dream Of the fourth-class post
masters of Minnesota were realized to
some extent yesterday at the state con-
vention of stamp -lickers of the fourth
division, held at the Merchants hotel
The nucleous of the meeting held last
summer at White Bear lake has borne
It's fruit in that the county organiza-
ton erected at that time has spread
and enlarged into state organization,
and 1T is now the dream of the fourth
class postmasters to effect a solid ma
tfonal organization. which shall de-
mand of congress the passage Of an act
granting them the protection of civil
service.
Yesterdays convention was attended
by some sixty delegates, representing
300 members, living in sixty eight coun-
ties In Minnesota Twelve or thirteen
counties have failed as yet to come into
the state organization, but by the time
that congress is ready to take up the
matters interesting the fourth-class
postmasters Minnesota will be fully or
ganized and a powerful factor in the
national association.
r r. Murphy presided at yesterdays
convention. There was great enthu-
siaSm manifested from the start in the
organization of the proposed state as
sociation, and a number of speeches
were made along that line During
the day number of addresses were
made by influential st. Paul men who
are in sympathy with the desires of the
fourth-class postnasters. Addresses
were made by ex-Postmaster H. A.
Castle, Postmaster Smith and Albert
Scheffer.
The state association will have the
full support of a large number of the
states representatives at Washington.
Congressman Loren Fletcher sent a
message to those assembled that he
would do all in his power to further
the movement Congressman Stevens,
kiefer and others,i sent similar mes
sageS to the delegates.
The principal work of the day was
the formation of aJstate organization,
with its proper Officers and commit
tees. The success of the undertaking
shows the interest the fourth class Of
fcials Of the postoffice department are
taking in their own welfare The cleo
tion of officers resulted as follows:
PTesident-P. F. Murphy, North st. Paul.
Ramsey county.
Vice President-F. w. Jaynes, Grant, Wash
ingtOn county.
Recording Secretary-W. II. Morris, Excel
sior, Hennepin county.
Treasurer-G. F. Faber, Chaska, Carver
county.
Corresponding Seeretary-M. D. Brown
Fairfax. Renvile county. se
Assistant Corresponding Seeretary-H. G.
SchraE1, Cottage Grove, Washington county.
Executive CommitteeAIT E. Dibbitt Ros-
mond; c. H. Collins, Waverly Mills. Also
the president and two secretaries.
The other committees appointed were
as follows: sea.
Resolutions-F. W. Jaynes G. f. Faber
o. Nelson{ M. D. Brown t. E. Dibbitt
bylaws and Constitution--L. W. sMafkoe,
J. ]. Smith. G.. ]. O'Brien. Thomas Walker
and Jacob Meyring.
National Organization-L. w. Markoe, M.
D. Brown and William Ray
Expressions of Approval-H. G. Schramm
Matt Hagerle, Gilbert Gutterson.
The last named committee has been
charged with the task of communicate
ing with the various board of trade
and business organizations throughout
the country, and ask for expressions
OF opinion regarding the proposed
movement of placing fourth class post
masters under civil service rule When
these expressions are all secured, they
viii be presented to congress in the
form of a memorial. The committee on
national organization will frame a reso-
| luton, asking the state legislature to
petition congress to pass the Hardy and
Cummings laws, which provide for the
reforms desired by the fourth class
| postma sterS.
The meeting expressed it's purpose in
! the adoption of the resolutions, of
which the following is the substance:
The association is but a part of q
similar movement which is going on all
over the country. The matter Of poll
tics is entirely ignored in the debates of
the fourth-lass postmasters. Aside
from the feature of civil service, the
fourth-claSs postnIaSters also want
their salaries placed on better basis.
They are, as rule, an underpaid class
| of government employees The move
| ment originated with Editor Lindsey,
of the "Fourth-Class Postmaster" pub
| lished at Washington, D. G. AL the
| f1rst-class postmasters in the country
t are in favor of the movement. In his
| address yesterday, Capt. Castle, for the
past four years postmaster of st. Paul,
said he was thoroughly in favor of the
| movement, and also believed that the
! pay of the fourth-class postmasters
! should be increased. Capt Castle be-
! lieved that the government overpaid
| the railroads of the country for carry
| ing mail, and thought some of this
money should be devoted to the in
crease of fourth-class salaries.
The resolutions cite the introduction
| OF the Cummings and Hardy bills in
| congress, and after commencing the
4 measures, recommend that the atten-
ton of all congressman be called to
| the measures. The resolutions assert
that the two bills, if passed, will al
| low fourth-class postmasters to give
better service than at present 1t is de-
manded that the fourth-class postmas-
ters be included in the classified civil
service system: they assert that the
| 20 900 fourth-cl2ss officials in the United
States are the most inadequately paid
! of any class of government employees.
The resolutions declare that the fourth
class postmasters Of the United States
have united to secure the passage OF
| the measure, regardless of party aii1lia-
| tiCns.