Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
MEN WHO BRING THEETTERS
State Mail Carriers Assooiatn Meets in
Annual 0onventi,.
DISCUSSIONS ON GOOD oFTHE SERVICE
Members of the Craft Kbate Their
Own Affairs and Iistu 60 Adj
dresses by SPehkei for
the OccaitOn

The fourth annual contntion OF the
State Letter Carriers asocition was held
at Odd Fellows hall, sothOmaha. Friday
afternoon. The fact tina ae day was a
holiday gave letter carer and postmas-
tiers all over the state IN opportunity 20
get away from their regLs duties and at
tend the business s%essionnd the banquet.
While the representationd delegates was
not large there we're preat when roll was
called:
Kearney-E. g. Dorsey Adelbert Smith.
G. r. Miller.
Llneoln-Thomas Mcshu. A. R. Waite.
W. J. Warnke.
South Omaha-w. J. Masan, F. @. Hagin.
N. J. Grady, E. G. Roze.
NJ. F. Finnan Of Bloaington. ILL.,. the
rational vice presidentE the order. was
present and during a Tsss in the after
boon delivered an addfs pertaining en-
tirely to improvements the postal service.
c. ". Miller Of the nathal executive board
also delivered an adore, telling what had
been accomplished in be way Of matters
recently brought befoT the board Of which
he is q member.
Postmasters Ross l. Hammond Of Ere
mont. F. ]. Etter osouth Omaha and z.
r. sizer Of Lincolrwere elected to hon
erary membership
Some routine siness was disposed Of
and then the visng postmasters and the
delegates we're swn over the city by the
member Of the cal association. The next
state conventioIwill be held at Nebraska
City May 80, 1S.
Ban,et in Evening.
In the event the members Of the Letter
Carriers Sta. association, together with
q number Of 'iting postmasters and prom
inent citizen were banqueted in the Odd
Fellows hal There were almost 100 per-
sons present.. W. Miller Of South Omaha,
q member the board of control Of the
national agitation, acted as POSTMASTER
and made capital one. His introductions
were h~appsDd brought out repeated bursts
OF applaus
Poastma,r Etter Of South Omaha was
the first eaker. He reviewed the work
of the Soh Omaha department and espe-
eially theouth Omaha carriers. He gave
a detail report Of the growth OF the
postofice South omaha and OF the needs
Of the 'riers in the city. I~ncidentally
he praif them for their eficieht work.
MAyorrank Koutsky followed Mr.. Etter
weleom' the delegates to the city, but
HpGakluDIASuy. ne was followed by MT
Sizer, tmaster at Lincoln. He expressed
his inaty TO discuss the American letter
carrier f1culties, but stated that he was
familis with the postal rules Of Cuba
which had investigated thoroughly. Mr.
Sizer n entertained the %banqueters witt
a lenC description Of the postal frauds
of CS criticising some OF the ofncia,
c~onclpns reached in the Investigation
His sess was entertaining and was In.
tersped with anecdotes bringing forth
mucbughter.
W. Sloan, the hrst postmaster of South
Omal followed Mr.. Sizer. He told about
the ly days Of postofice life in South
Oma and his description Of his earning
rome once, where the entire cancella.
tion the first day only amounted to tn,
sum % cents. amused the listeners.
Element Chase's Remarks.
Gent Chase of Omaha gave a detailed
accd Of the growth and benefits OF th,
civirvice laws OF this country. He salt
thate selection Of candidates for publi
ofic through qualification rather thai
fropliticsl pull had done more to elevatl
thelntry than the colleges had lone 70
a number Of years. His address wa
theagest Of the evening, but was inter
est
lis address Mr.. Chase said in part:
n January will mark the twentieth
anrsary OF the Inauguration Of the civi
ser law, that act having been passel
In Previous TO that fitness was at