The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-03
l ostmaster General Smith.

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4 " The people who expected
that the silence of the Har-
risburg convention would end Charles
Emory Smiths name in connection
with the vice. presidential nomination
are mistaken. The omission of the
Pennsylvania state convention to en-
dorse Mr. Smith has not been accept
ed and will not be accepted by the
balance of the country as possessing
the slightest Specification in the mat
ter of his availability.
Nobody contends that his name on
the national ticket would cost the par
ty a solitary Republican vote in the
state on account of his antecedent fac
tional issues. On the contrary, the be-
lief obtains that Mr.. Smiths nomina-
tion for the presidency would
materially add to the popularity of
the ticket in the state.
The Harrisburg convention settled
nothing as far as Mr.. Smith and the
vice. presidential nomination is con-
cerned. The Philadelphia convention
will not he Influenced by the condi-
tiOns that controlled at Harrisburg.
The convention wants an available
man who will be absolutely acceptable
to the president and who will be his
peer in every way. The party de-
mands such a candidate for the vice.
presidency. Mr.. Smith meets the re-
quirements. There may be others.
There are others. But with the single
exception of Governor Roosevelt no
name in this connection has stood the
test of public criticism so successfully
| as Charles Emory Smith.
The two men are not unlike. Both
attained the highest official distinction
| by methods of their own. Both are
men of indomitable energy. Both are
active, jealous, interchangeable workers.
| 1t was Roosevelt who defied the anti
| quated machinery in the war depart
ment in meeting public emergencies
| developing and directing the domestic
| postal service with conspicuous ability,
| Postmaster General Smith has quickly
| apprehended and mastered the new
| duties and responsibilities incident to
the establishment of the American pos
| tai system in our foreign possessions
Under his direction "our postal SER
vice rode along on the very crest of
the wave of expansion, landing on the
shores Of Cuba, Porto Rico and the
| Philippines with the vanguard of our
victorious armies and delivering mail
To the men in the trenches"
by his own energy and by his own
methods the postmaster general over
came apparently insuperable obsta-
cles in the accomplishment of this re-
suit. The emergencies demanded un-
compromising firmness and unerring
judgment. The way had not beer
blazed by any antecedent experiences
He made his own methods and ruth
lessly destroyed every inch of depar-
mental red tape that stood in the way
Of their speedy execution. A prospec-
tive postal deficiency appropriation
never dsturbs him. The postal ser.
vice, in his estimation, is a great busi.
ness enterprise; under his direction
consequently, the service has attained
its highest efficiency.
Mr. Smith has been to the postoffice
department what Roosevelt was to the
war department. Both are men oi
great activity. Both men are gifted
with quick perception. They are orig.
inal men in their methods. Both arc
in tho prime of manhood and in robus
health. Either name on the presiden.
tial ticket this year would honor the
Republican party. Roosevelt declines
The party needs Charles Emory Smith