The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12
TWO MINUTES AHEln

time because the presiden, 4.
states is liable to appoint
as postmaster OF washinrtos 's
tated this sycephantlc city ~.
circumference. 1t amuses
the capital city OF the MATHS
tickles him. These people =.
LICK the boots Of any admIa,.,.'l
comes in. no matter tie sS,,s''
pleAion OF It, that II is ref,s.ss''
a while, to see them get & y
so TO speak, good and hard. =
are ten to one that they VII, n.
on this enthusiastically. fbs..''
the true inwardness Of tbia rs XII.
and 1t is dollars to douglass
president has made up n. ,-,''
point u Detroit man to that r..s
man is Mr.. e. G. Madden 49,.
pert postoifice man and h. 4
high in the Detroit office a. 1. d
out being made POSTMASTER \.
stituteu more reforms and sSs1
short cuts to facilitate ths MI.
any other man In the United 81
fact, the Detroit postoffice "a I'll,
that 1t has been visited nv MI.
postmssters of the big ctties !, I.
try in order to get pointers. al
forms are due to the ingenuity Y,
of Mr.. e. c. Madden.
The application Of Mr.. NADIA. !.
position of postmaster Of wasA,,
c., came In a peculiar mann.-
not his doing at all. He Ia n.
of the Brotherhood OF Loco-.,
gineers, and was Endorsed 4 4.
dent by them. MIR. Madden va. /.
puller for ten years, is a msnA..
Brotherhood of Locomotive EprIs.
is well and favorably known an I.
by the members OF that \.
order. AS Is well krs,
majority of the members OF that orss|
ported Mckinley for the presl,s,
1896. They may have done SO from Il
and they may done SO because tn,
dent, Mr.. Arthur, who has eres, ]
with each individual member Of a.
asked them to do so. on accom-,
close relations with Mark Ham,
being citizens OF Cleveland, 0AIo. \
rate, it was done, and Hanna and Nd
seemed to appreciate the fact III
order had rendered good service
ticket.
Early in the beginning Of this a,
tration the leaders of the order x.r
for and asked to name some posltIo,
in the gift of the president that Ii
bestow upon some man OF their owl q
ing, as a mark OF appreciation to hs1
Tor its good work in the campdr
was a long time before the ordg
known its desires in the matte.
eaders were consulting and cotr2
among themselves as to the man u
position. At last both the man II
came to the front, and The 4
lent was informed that the order ii
,ided to ask for the position OF pssrI
If the city of Washington. TAg
informed the president that thd
vas Mr.. e. C. Madden OF Detroit
They said they knew him and wen
ng to trust the good name Of ts
n his hands, as a Representative
men who compose the brotherhood
laid they had picked out place that
10 conspicuous and ore In which "
would make either consplcuou; n
" an ignominious failure. know
nen, and they were willing % III
he man of their choice to do then
There the matter rested and It vi
o Mckinley" He has sent fof NJ
len a number OF times and had co1,zd
With him. He Just concluded on
asst one. or rather the latest 81
ther day.
Every time Mr.. Madden shows y
n this city the people and the loea
lave a conniptlon 1T. There a'
twenty-five candidates for the pps'f
his city. and they are all as hunt
ledge hog after it. II there Is ~
he average Washington man Is aug
is government pap. They lowR
han a hound pup loves pot llqM
mack their chops every time mu
I drawing salary from unclc y
oing as little work as possloR
lay be a worse conducted posloile
ountry than the Washington 0
there is / have never heard obA
imply rotten. This is the only i,'s
nat properly describes its manss
ompetency. | have been here "
half and they have not yet PROF.
ated me. ! continue to get ~!
eYeral places when / get II az =
resent incumbent of the Wssnln5w
ftice Is Washington man
pplicants for the position IRON =
re as poor material out OF wnlen Y
postmaster as he is, then ! ~
ope the Brotherhood OF Loconpsa "a
ineers may win out In then
IT. Madden. If that gentlem'D
then his appointment
Iade In a different manner from Il
lat has been made during lns
alton. Hitherto, they havs
trough political pulls. somsrr
p in the councils of the palu
ne who could do the adminlsus
ad to stand for the big major.
that Mckinley nn II
his application of Mr.. Maaa,st X,
ich Endorsement and he ana ~
ehind him have refused TINS ~
, allow any politician TO lus rsis
In fact, there are very rev s,s r ,,1
no know anything about w. ii