Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01

in ali kinds OF weather and under the most
difheult circumstances. The precious mes
and certainly II there is q class OF. public
servants who are entitled to the highest
is he American letter carrier. CXppisuse5
1t Is for that reason that it Is my own
conviction that that service is not as well
paid as II ought to be and ] rave tried 70
give assistance TO remedy this defect. and
l feel that in doing this ! am entitled 70
/ have been at least once on the post
ONCE payroll and I received about the same
salary as the South Omaha postmaster.
II was about five years ago, when l was
drafted to serve as a member Of the uni
versal postal congress, and as one of the
gress l devoted about three months of time
to the postal needs Of the world. In the
course Of This session came the tour made
While In that remarkable journey with the
commissioner met more carriers than
deiphia l2,OOe c~Er-ie-s entertained US; in
Boston we received a great ovation, the
same as in other cities that we visited. In
Chicago we went through the various mnil
departments Of that great city. as we dld
in St. Louis and Albany, IN Atlantic CITY
popuiace who were engaged in doing moth
Ing. II was in that great trip. which
by almost every Official, from governor Of
the state TO mayor of the city, and in the
state q Massachusetts the legislstHre met
Cured in New York and in other states.
We were recognized as the one body OF its
many years to come. The next congress
will be in Rome in 1904. and the next will
be in some other worlds city seven years
Cast vote of the Nation.
It is quite an experience for one to sit
In a national convention of this kind and
cast the vote of an entire state OF the
be in the great chamber and cast the vote
OF one of the great nations Of the world,
States devolved upon me and l regard II
as quite an affair to cast that vote
Most of the nations Of the world were
Almost every nation Of the world was
represented and many of them sent their
| deieTates also. We even had the postmaster
generals Of Egypt and Constantinople. 1t
was a great gathering.
carriers association, but II does relate to
the fact that you are one OF the links OF
together; that reaches out to every part Of
the world, and while they have not letter
carriers in Patagonia or in the Congo
country where letter carriers do not obtain
and some Of them have facilities that even
and Cuba has the postal telegraph. In
Germany you can see a long nne OF yenow
carriages and every one Of them represents sfses
Here. / am thankful TO say. the postofiees
are in the lead. and the express companies
I trust YOU may be successful. I fee, sure
that your national officers have done every
thing that can be done 10 secure reco tSSnt
/ met the president of your association az
Washington and discussed these matters
both with him, the heads Of the postal de-
partments and even the president OF the
United States and i know that the postal
SfFSef efade Is Of i pay fa S0d 1 p fesfi 'S cefsai no that !
in the near future you Will get your Jus'
deserts, (Applause.)
1t was after the hour Of midnight when
the banquet was finally ended.
Plumbers Must Clean Up.
Tn city oficials are being confronted al
most daily with complaints about the man
ner in which plumbers repair excavations
in streets. Streets are opened to make
connections for gas and water and the un-
Outstanding is that those opening the streets
must repair the pavement. Where the work
is done under the direct supervision Of
either the gas or water company there IL
little complaint, and It is the local plumbers
who appear to be negligent. This neglect
on the part of plumbers and gas filters has
caused the city to expend considerable
money in repairing pavement within thu
last few months.
Members OF the present administratio
insist that when a street is opened 1t shall
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proper condition. II this is not done steps
will be taken TO revoke the license Of the
plumber doing the work. In some case.
where immediate repairs have been made
the cost to the city almost equals that Of
the fee derived from the license fee de-
manded Of the plumber doing the work.
MemoriaI Exercises.
Memorial day was observed In South
l.
years past. The members Of Phil Kearnsy
post No. 2 and the Woman Relief Corps
decorated the graves at the cemeteries.
The only difference this year was that a
section was detailed from the South omahs
cavalry troop to escort the veterans and
others to Laurel Hill cemetery. J. o.. East
man, post adjutant; Rev. NJ. A. Head and
Rev. L. lane delivered addresses at the
cemetery. Rev. Andrew Renwick pro-
nounced the benedietion.
Flowers had been sent by friends to the
Woman's Relief Corps and each grave at
Laurel Hill was decorated with an album
dance Of cut flowers and small Gags. Ranks
were broken at the cemetery and the vari-
Gus delegations came back on street cars,
All of the cemeteries in the city were Wis
tied by details from the Grand Army and
the Woman's Relief Corps.
Business houses closed at noon ana the
packers and stock yards shut down as soon
thereafter as possible. Some departments
OF the packing houses did not call men out
at all. There was quite q display of bunt-
ing and flags on the public school buildings
and at the postorhce were placed at half
mast
About Basement Rooms.
Parents Of pupils compelled to attend
school in the basement rooms at the
Lincoln sehool have shown their displeas-
ure within the last few weeks by keeping
their children at home. 1t has been as
serted more than once within the last few
months that the basement rooms in this
building were unhealthful. Both teachers
and pupils have noticed the damp air and
q number Of reports have been made OF
the matter. An effort is TO be made By
those who ~patropiEe the Lincoln school e
induce the Board Of Education to abandon
the basement rooms and either secure
rooms in an annex or transfer Of q portion
OF the pupils to other buildings
MIX Gets Better.
Sanitary Inspector Jones reports tina
since the recent rains the milk supplied Il
South Omaha by the dairies is improving II
quality. The increase in supply and i'm