The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-22
FUN AND FISH
FOR P0STMASTERS
Congressman Howell Makes
Only Political Speech of Day.
LOGAN GETS CONVENTION
CLOSING ADDRESSES AT PROVO
MEETING OF Association.
Especial to The Herald


ing effected an organization, believing
that it would be productive Of great
good. He said the government at
Washington was very DESTROYS of do
ing all that could possibly be done for
the advancement of the department IN
all its branches The congressman
trouble in selecting a suitable man 10
fill an Office, out Of so many suitable
and well qualified applicants as each
town would present was touched upon
and the fear expressed that the pleas
ant meetings of this ASSOCIATION WOMB
make the desire to become mempet
of the postal service greater than ever
before. He was pleased, however tnaI
there were few changes in the Ctah
postofices. II was not the intention
to have the pOstmasters changed with
the desire of every faction, but thaI
competent services should enUtie
man to retain the Office, and thus make
the service assume peTmanency- MI
Howell then. in an interesting manner
took I'D the history Of the postOf1ce
department, showing the financial con
dition of the department from time 10
time and that it took some time IoL
the government to arrive at the con
clusion that the postal department
of revenue but that primarily II was
a branch of government conducted for
the benefit of the people Win the &C
ceptance Of that view the various m
provements had been made Ihe es-
Ia bIfshmenr Of free rural oenVery
routes at the rate OF 600 month";
with a loss on every route OF about
$4,000 it was evident that the 0ehclI
would continue, for some time AT least
This was not undesirable from tile
point Of view previously expressed
that the department was to be con
Quoted in the interest Of the people
Takes Dip Into Politics
He paid a glowing tribute TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his vigllanC war
against graft in the department ana
read from a speech Of President RoOse-
welt a strong arrangement OF corrupt
methods in public affairs
The educa tionai benefits and social
and business advantages Of the post
office in the diffusion of knowledge by
periodicals and papers, and the trans
mission of social and business mes
ages, were eloquently portrayed, ana
the blessings OF Providence upon the
efforts of the people in the develop
ment of the resources of this greatest
country on earth were made the sub
ject OF an earnest perOration-
Postmaster Slaughter Of Hinckly
spoke Of The Fourth Class Post
masters and Their Hardships.
He felt that his class was IN the
majority in the convention and that
while no one would be apt to accept
the Office for the emoluments, yet they
were DESTROYS of doing their share IN
the work of keeping up the efficiency
OF the postal department. He closed
with a few suggestions for improve
ment in the affairs of the fourth class
Offices.
Congressman Howell here took oc-
casion to say that in no place on eartn
did the Scriptural INDUCTION, KNOCK
and it shall be opened unto YOU work
with more efficacy than in the post
office department, and he urged the
postmasters to let their wants be
known to the department at Washing
ton
Mr. Lawson Speaks.
p F. Lawson was again called on
for an address. He had assisted in the
organization Of a great number OF
state associations. and the work tneE
had ACCOMPLISHED was a source of great
pleasure to him He said he had never
attended a convention where there was
more intelligence and enthusiasm thar
at the present convention. and while
he had attended conventions where
there was a larger attendance. he had
not attended any where there was
larger percentage of the membership
in attendance. He urged the postmas-
ters to labor for the good of the serv-
ice and to push their Offices along into
higher class whenever possible Mr.
Lawson again told some amusing Sto-
ries of his pOstofice experience
Professor a. G. Lund sang with beau
tifuI effect "The Ocean" by Forester.
and. in response TO an encore, 'Twi-
light is Falling"
Inspector F. G. Sharp apoIogized for
losing his speech and was Of the OpIn-
ion that President Glove had got away
with it. He gave some hints about
keeping the letter marking stamps
clean so that the mark would be some
thing different from a mere blOtch. and
said he had some good stories about
The inspectors work which. however
he did not tell He made a cOmpIi-
nentary. reference to State Senator
Loose. who had invited the association
TO the lake resort in the afternoon,
which brought out great applau use This
caused Mr.. SHARP to say that he did
not intend anything political. as that
was foreign 20 the department But
things are not always as they seem.
said Mr. Sharp NOW. yesterday 7
saw Senator Kearus and senator SmOot
both here. and both made excellent
speeches, and vet in yesterday morn
ing's Herald I saw a picture indicating
that both Of them had gone out fish
ing. so you cannot always judge By
appearances nor depend upon what you
see and hear.
Miss Florence JeppeTsOn delighted
the convention with a beautiful rendi
ton of "Gav0tti.@ from ~Mignon." and.
In response to a yoclferOus encore
Mighty Like a Rose"
A Humorous Address.
Hannibal Hopkins OF Michigan. sec
rotary of the national association.
proved quite a humorist and scored In
spector Sharp for forgetting the good
points for his speech in which Governor
Thomas and Nj Hopkins had coached
him The speaker was not afraid Of
Mr.. Sharp. as he did not GENE 10 check
him up. and he was not ike the rest
of the postmasteTs he had seen this
morning scran1bling to see which one
should carry the inspectors valise- The
subject OF The Western Postmaster
was lost track of in lot of drOll stO-
ries. delivered in an Artemus Ward
style. and the convention was kept
Laughing all the time he was talking
on motion Of Governor Thomas the
officers elected last April were elected
to serve another year. They are.
President, James Glove, Provo City;