Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01

makes them a hero at home and pro-
vldes one or more junketing trips dur
ing the year at assiciation expense.
After the Detroit convention, Parsons
and his crowd set out to wreck the New
York City branch of the organization.
At the indianapolis convention, in '92,
he sent a contesting delegation. Par
sons and his wreckers were thrown
out bodily. Then they started paper
called The Postman, a sewer Of slander
against the national organization and
its officers. Particularly did they aim
to iniure the then national secretary,
who, I'm addition to his other duties,
owned and edited The Postal Record,
which he had purchased to help build
up the organization. The trouble in
New York grew out OF the attempt Of
Parsons to make the constitution Of the
X. of l.. the constitution Of the New
York branch of the n. A. L. G. and to
place the charter of the latter In X. Of
L. hands. The secretary was a member
of the New York branch. He offended
Parsons by opposing both moves. Par
sons put a boycott on The Postal Rec
ord. It was a lively scrap and lasted
nearly two years. At the Kansas City
convention the reportorial representa-
tive OF The Postman was invited to
make himself scarce.
Ex-President Dennis, Of Boston, read
a sample slander from The Postman,
and then the convention hurriedly rid
itself OF the reporter for the pest.
Parsons did dirty legislative work In
Washington. He caused a second sal
ary bill to be introduced and sent a
representative to the capital to shove
| Il along. The bill affected the salaries
OF the carriers OF the ten largest cities.
| Parsons hope was to form a new or
ganizatiOn with these tiCkled CD cities
as a nucleus. He received no support
outside OF New York and Brooklyn,
! His efforts to ruin the ~ A. L. 9. were
abortive. AS president OF the X. OF L.
assembly Of letter carriers In New
York he rode a high horse. He aimed
| 70 ride the N. A. l.. c. charger.
At the Cleveland convention, In "a
steps were taken 10 secure peace In
| New York. The movement originated
with the branch Of that city, and re
ceived the support Of Parsons. Anal
gamaton was had late In '94.
At the Philadelphia convention In
| '95 Parsons. for himself and the entire
New York delegation Of seventy, de
clined to accept any Office in the asso
citation. The prodigals seemed repent
ant. and were warmly welcomed back
In the fold. They had missed the three
preceding conventions. Their self de
nial was taken as sincere penance.
Parsons began 10 build at Philadel
phia. His eye was to the future. Want
ing to make IL appear that the legisla
tive committee OF the association haC
been hampered for want OF funds, h6
offered a resolution providing "That
all moneys on hand or hereafter col
lected for legislative purposes be paiC
over to the legislative committees" The
constitution controlled the matter, anC
yet he would not OFFER his resolution
as an amendment thereto. He was q
"Campbellite" on constitutional ques
tions He was and is one Of those who
have persistently regarded the associa
ton purely and simply as a money
catcher for that committee "If you
(the committee) do not succeed I'm this
work (hoving salary hin made law
we will hold YOU strictly accountable, %
said the virtuous generous Parsons six
years ago. He didn't want the commit
tee stinted IN arv wav by being oblig.
I cd TO furnish to0Jhpicks instead OF ci