The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-01
WOOLL-EY'S FOES
G. Q. ?. Workers Rejoice
That the Post Office
Scandal Must Re-
tire Him.
NO USE TO HIS PARTY
Man Charged With an In
dictable Offence Can't
Remain at Head of
Organization.
NO USE TO HIS PARTY

Public interest is still centered in the
of the conduct of business in the Post
once. .sThe News's'' exclusive story has
given politicians particularly something to
talk about and certain gentlemen OF that
genus opposed bitterly to Assistant POST
master Edward w. Woolley and all his
ways are chuckling with i'll concealed
glee. Everybody knows that certain Re-
publieans in this city and county have
been for years endeayoring to GUST the
Assistant Postmaster from his position
as Chairman of the Republican County
Committee. One of these, who had for
some time little influence in Washing
ton. an implacable and uncompromising
foe of Mr.. Woolley, is credited as the
author of this act. To divest it of purely
a faetional character it was cleveriy ar
ranged that letters complaining that let
ter carriers loitered on their routes, were
sent to washington as well as the COM
Spiaint that some postmen were trans
ferred for non-payment Of political as
sessments. Thus the investigation took
dual nature, and the men who have
been examined by the inspectors have
answered questions on both these points.
proof of this IS found in the cases of
Mail Carriers Laux and Theurer. 1t is
true that Laux was found guilty of loi-
tering. which means that his delivery CT
letters was not prompt enough ana he
was suspended. He, it is said, is one of
those who refused to Fay the assessment
ana for that reason he was recently taken
oil his route in the Fourth district and
made a collector. In the case of Theurer,
another who didn't wish to pony up he
was removed to another district
2sessher of these men will talk about their
cases any more than any other letter car
ries, wnc knows full well that should he
discuss the matter publicly his occupation
as d servant OF the Postoffice would be
gone
70 a News representative this after
noon, very well known Republican.
whose name for many reasons must be
withheld gave these interesting words:-
.-When a letter carrier has been carry
ing on a route for ten or twelve years
for the Assistant Postmaster to transfer
him to remote and inconyenient route
10 do precisely the same duty, and then
say it is for the good of the service is
to say the least peculiar. There is some
other motive at the bottom of it. I sup
pose it must take a newly transferred
familiar with his route. 1 know that
where live the letter carrier there knows
everybody. What it must be for a new
man to be suddenly pitchforked into a
quarter inhabited PoIacks, Jews, ETC., etc.,
is more easily said than conceived. The
charges so far as l can learn, were
the Hudson County Republican Commit
tee. Now it is certainly peculiar that the
transfers by Mr.. Woolley for the good
of the service invariably took place just
Immediately before or after a political
campaign. Odd, isn't it?
.'The delinquent letter carriers were
made to feel the lash in manner ex-
tremely Irritating to them he continued.
SAT Christmas and New Years it is a gen
sral custom to give your familiar letter
carrier some little money gift, and he de-
serves 1T. Here was an opportunity to
shift him to a strange place before the
holidays where no one knew him and his
gifts were nil.
.Again that unlucky carrier who didn't
hand up got it in the neck. so to speak,
when vacation time came along. Do you
think he would get his in the summer in
his regular turn? Not much. know Of
two cases where the men got theirs when
ordinary people never dream Of going to
the seashore or the mountains AS I
learn, it was Mr.. Woolley and an indiv-
idnal. superintendent of Carriers Bertsch,
who arranged the mems vacations. Nice
chance to get square and these gentlemen
are not in the habit of missing tricks.
"A rumor has gotten abroad that even
should the Inspectors find that Mr.. Wool
ley has violated Post Office regulations
and they are very concise, precise and
severe, he could not be dismissed, since