Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29
A CHANCE TO VOTE
ELECTION DAY ARRANGEMENTS
BEING MADE FOR RAILWAY
POSTAL CLERKS.
Instructions Issued to Enable All Of
Uncle Sans Employees to Vote at
Coming Election - Permitted to
Double Back and Exchange Runs.

Uncle Sam has decreed thai every
railway mail clerk shall have a vote
IN this coming election, if it becomes
necessary to call into service all the
substitutes and extra clerks on the
list. Arrangements as to exchange Of
runs, and doubling back are now being
made in order that no one in the SER
vice shall miss his chance to vote.
Impartiality characterizes all orders
and instructions. All railway mail
clerks running through this city on
the Burlington, Milwaukee, Rock Is
land, Wabash and Ft Madison roads
have received at their headquarters
the following orders explanatory of
election day arrangements:
So They Can Vote.
Division superintendent Of the rail
way mail service are hereby directed
to issue such instructions to the chief
clerks and clerks of their respective
divisions as will enable those who de-
sire to vote at the approaching cleo
ton, to do so, irrespective of party af-
filiations: Provided, That no instruc-
tons shall be issued that will inter-
fere with the proper distribution and
dispatch of the mails, lessen the secur-
ity of the registered matter in transit
or confuse the records of the same.
Permitted to Double Back.
'The runs Of some OF the clerks will
begin at their places of residence on
the day of election before the polls are
opened, but in many such cases the
opposite runs will arrive at the same
places before the polls are closed
Therefore, If clerks so situated are
permitted to double back from meet
ing points they will have an oppor-
tunity to vote. Where this can be done
without detriment to the service, it
should be authorized and to this end a
section of the postal laws and regula-
tons will stand suspended for that &C.
casion. 1t Is also to be understood that
such agreements as may be entered
into between clerks who have voted or
who are not legal voters, or who may
not desire to vote, and those who are
eligible and desire to VOTE will be ap-
proved by the officers of the service if
the conditions mentioned in the provis-
ion of the first paragraph of this order
are not ahrogated thereby.
Impartiaity characterizes Orders.
"In short it is expected that division
superintendent and chief clerks will
do whatever Is possible and not incon-
sistent with satisfactory service to &C
commodate those of their subordinates
who may desire to vote, and that what
ever arrangements are made shall be
clearly understood by the clerks and
their officers, and that impartiality
shall characterize all orders and in
structions issued on the subject.
On Sixth Division.
Cali railway postal clerks Of this d.
vision who will in due course be on
duty on election day, and who on that
account cannot deposit their votes
/ without making special arrangements
are requested to make the facts known
:, to their chief clerks at once, making
such suggestions as to temporary
changes in runs, returning from meet.
ing points, etc., as may be practicable
to enable them to deposit thir bal
lots. Chief clerks are notified to give
this matter prompt and close attention
and will make every effort tc SO al.
:; range runs that every clerk who SO de
; sires may have an opportunity to cast
his vote. If necessary clerks off duty
may be called upon to relieve those or
duty, providing the former will not
thereby be prevented from voting il
they so desire