Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-01

addressed 10 this Office by Postmaster
Bonham Of Salem:
SALEM, Or, July 30.
On the 23rd inst. Mr.. Henderson
my mailing clerk called my attention
to the annexed statement published
in CAPITAL JOURNAL of the 22nd inst.
MIR. Henderson protested that the
statement above referred to did him
great injustice as he declared TO me
that every JOURNAL brought to this
Office at time referred TO which was
directed to subscriber To your paper
was duly dispatched without any
delay at all; but he admits that there
were a few sample copies OF your
paper which he did not have time Il
send out on the day they were brought
in. | have never heard Mr.. HendeT-
sons veracity questioned, and have
every reason to believe that his state.
ment TO me 10 this matter is correct.
| am confirmed in this belief from the
fact that no complaint has reached
me yet concerning the alleged irreg.
ularity.
If the facts la this case are as | un.
derstand them IL occurs to me that
you would do yourselves credit by re.
tracting or materially modifying the
published statement referred TO.
Yours faithfully.
b. Il. BoNHAM, y. M.
The original charge made In THE
JOURNAL was as follows:
One hundred postofllces in Western
Oregon will receive Thursdays
DAILY JOURNAL Cne train late by
failure OF the Salem postofilce to send
them out. The papers were delive red
TO the pOstotiice at GAO D. M, the
boy returning TO this Office at Gas D.
m, the overland train leaving Salem
at $3.50 p. N.
Mr.. BOnham does not deny that
these packages were not forwarded. In
fact he and his mail clerk admit they
were net sent out on the day they
were received.
Mr.. Bonham says his mailing clerk
did not have time TO send them out.
Mr.. Bonham's only excuse is that
they were not papers for regular
subscribers. They were lawfully
papers or he should have re.
fused them. II they were mailah!e
he should haYe sent them out.
We could overlook this neglect OF
duty had we not gone to the Office and
shown them package Of circulars re-
'erring to the daily of this date ad
iressed to 100 postmasters and notified
Them that we desired to mail a pack.
iRe OF sample copy dailies TO each
postOfiice that was to receive such a
circular, and then that we were es
Decially deslrous that the circulars |
Ind papers go in the same mail. |
Mr.. Bonham knew that there was a
peclal request made td have the 100
circulars and the 100 bundles of
ample copies go out in tie mail that
lay, and there was a special agree
nent to see that particular lot of
'apers was forwarded on time. At
east, there was such request made
Il the Salem p0stOfilce on that date.
His whole excuse falls fiat when
his fact Is stated, which we are pre-
areditO prove. We went To all this
rouble and we were baked and in
lred in pushing our legitimate busi-
ess as private citizen. We i'm
ledlately complained at the Office Of
he failure OF the rapers togo forward
D the same mall with the circulars.
nd II no compliant has reached his
laiesty, the Salem postmaster, il is {
OF our fault. But we are not going {
quibble with Mr.. Bonham. A
riYate citizen has no recourse with a :
nblic official but TO appeal TO the
ublH. An official who does nothing
'r years but draw public salary
nowS little Of the hard work and $
ose attention necessary nowadays To
AXE a private business self sustain /
H. Mr.. Ronham as public ofllcal b
as anything but "Yours Faithfully a
ward the publishers of THE JOUR. p
Al when he failed to expedite 100 a
lckages Of the DAILY JOURNAL on a
Ie date above referred to. v
THE JOURNAL Is Salem enterprise c.
at employs about twenty people. q
early every dollar received is paid u
Il here at home FOE labor Ia build al
4 up our mail circulation, we often u
end $40 week for lob printing tl
lne. The failure to forward the 100 III
indies of dailles promptly in the hi