The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-06

appearing as the first sigDer of that pa
per. To avoid this responsibility IT was
signed in q complete circle without be-
ginning and without ending Thus the
famous round robin of the officers Of
the American army in Cuba came into ex-
istence. No private dared do even this
This came from soldiers. men whose lives
were in a balance, and whose health was
dependent. as they believed, on their re-
moval from that death dealing cline. h
American civil employe, in no danger
from anything according to gentlemen
who advocate pensions and increases OF
pay for him, except old age and his own
extravaganza. organizes and sends his
walking delegate here to interview
Congress in his JeAalf. The soldier hay
ing faced death in battle, and a thousand
fold worse. from disease. must remain
mute. ] am in receipt almost constantly
Of communications headed Letter
Carriers Association of the United
States, Association of Railway Mail
Clerks, Associated POst0fflce Clerks,
and associated clerks of all sorts. sizes.
and description. signed by somebody as
chairman, and somebody else as secre-
tary, insisting that all employees OF h;s
particular branch of the public service
should be equalized, everyone insisting,
Mr.. Chairman. on equalizing up and none
down.
1t has never yet occurred to these
gentlemen that equalization may go two
ways, up and down. They always insist
on leyeling up. Now | do not undertake
to say that the letter carriers OF the
United States are not entitled to an
equalization of service, but | do under
take TO say That no employe, be he letter
carrier or railway mail clerk, has the
right to enter into union for the purpose
of forcing legislation through Congress.
of tor ,y...ip oh md
three-quarter hours work day and re-
ceive $1,000 salary. with fifteen days
leave on pay. 81 600 is at least fair pay
for messenger service.
Il am in receipt constantly, Mr.. Chair
man, of communications from the Post
Office Clerks of the United States, body
organized for what declared purpose l
| know not, but insisting as an organization
/ thai they shall be protected by change
| of the law and an increase in their sala-
| ries. These people have the best case
! of any as they work longer and get less
pay than any postal employees. What
next? The fourtf-class pOstmasters have
organized. and 20 coo strOsg' are marcn-
| ing on Congress. | know they have griey-
ances. but we all have grievances, Mr..
Chairman and Congress was not estab-
I lished as panacea for every grievance OF
/ every Government employe.
There are about 300 0G0 employees of
/ this Government body which. once thor
oughly organized and voting solidly. could
turn the scales in any Presidential cleo
| ton. In almost every Congressional dis
/ trict in the United States an active or
ganization of Government employees may
! be able now to turn the scales at every
election Supposa it should come TO this,
/ Mr. Speaker, where would the free repre-
/ sentatives of the American people stand
/ Instead of being. as they have always
/ boasted, free and independent representa-
! tiyes of a free people they would come
| here bound hand and foot. the mere pup
I pets of organized oflceholders Should all
! officoholders at last go under the civil
service rules with a life tenure on their
Offices and become organized into a great
/ body Of salary gra bbers. 100000 strong. l
would trembie for the safety of the Gov
ernment and OF the Republic. ! repre-
sent here farmers, merchants, lawyers.
mechanics. traders. bankers, preachers.
/ and doctors / represent also railway mail
I clerks postmasters, postofifce clerks, and
I letter carriers. The pay of every class of
| these offieeholders is far better than that
I of the average private citizen. / am will
/ ing to admit for the sake of argument
/ that members of the service in every sec
tion thereof have many wrongs, but, Mr..
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! testiies to its trut1. he fact
that every branch of the postal serv-