Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-23
KICKS STILL COME
UNION LABOR NOW TAKES A
HAND IN THE PosToEe,ce
AFFAIR,
WILL MAKE SERIOUS CHARGES
FAvoRlTlsM AND lNcoMpEreuou
LAID At DOOR OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS,
wyNNf IS on THE GRID,pox
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
GENERAL MAY BE ASKED To
EXPLAIN.

Washington, April 20. - Indica,io.o
are that organized labor will become
party to the investigation of affairs
of the postoffice department. A sne.
cial committee of the Central ahor
union of Washington, which has heen
secretly considering the matter has
formulated charges of favoritisn,, in.
competency. etc., against certain of.
ficers of the mail equipment division
of the department. The charges
which probably will be filed with the
postmaster general to-day, allege that
mail bags that do not conform to the
specifications, have been accepted hv
the chief of the division. Col. Thomas
P. Graham. Other charges allege
among other things, that worthy and
needy white woman is Disseminated
against in favor of negro woman.
that the forewoman of the sewing
room used offensive language to her
subordinates; that when the machine
operators were reduced from So day
to $1.75 day the salaries of the
superintendent and some of the other
officers were increased from $3.50 10
5000 year; that the
Suspension of One Clerk
was illegal, and another unjust; that
engineers were worked overtime with
out compensation; that the foreman
of the lock shop is not lockmaker,
and that recommendations for promo.
tons are not based on merit.
Reports that promotion ring"
existed to control promotions in the
Brooklyn, N. Y, postoffice, similar to
that which is now being investigated
in New York city were brought to the
attention of che postofice department.
1t was stated at the department, how.
ever, that as yet it has no evidence Of
such ring in its possession. Post
master General Payne said last even
ing that he was not contemplating the
suspension of any official during the
investigation, but added that if Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Rris-
tow, who is directing the investiga.
ton, were to recommend suspension,
the recommendation would be consid-
cred carefully.
Wynne on the Gridiron.
Chicago, April 20. - A Washington
special to the Record-Herald says:
The merry war of mud-throwins con-
tinues at the postoffice department.
Now it is First Assistant Postmaster
General Wynne's turn to take a seat
on the gridiron. On account Of Mr..
Wynne's zeal as reformer Of other
divisions of the department his enc
mics have been looking into his al
fairs. They find first, that the orig
inal salary of $4,000 year was not
enough for Mr.. Wynne, and he had it
increased in the postoffice appropria-
ton bill to $4,000. or $500 year more
than any other assistant postmaster
general gets. Then he contrived to
get an allowance of 5000 year fer
carriage, and-strange to say-s2oo
year for travelling expenses in the
District of Columbia" AS if this were
not enough. he put his son, an elsh'
teen-year-old boy, in as his private
secretary at $4,000 year. (Which IS
not so slow for a reformer,' say the
enemies of Mr.. Wynne. These trivial
tiles are fair samples of the straits to
which the warriors in the postottlce
row are put in their efforts to find am
munition to shoot at one another.