The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-21

!R. 2. Lawson of bingham. H., presi-
dent Of the national association OF sec
ond and third class pOstmasters- ac-
comDanied by Miss Lawson, Hannibal
Hopkins of st. Clair Mich secretary OIL
the national association, accompanied
! by Miss Whiting Senators Kearns and
Smoot and Congressman Howell ana
/ Postmaster Thomas Of Salt Lake Pos
/ tai Inspector F G Sharp and Manager
/ Lippman of the Tribune.
Among the delegates are the follow
James Glove. Provo: :. w Ross.
! Lehf: Joseph OdelI. Logan: Grant ST
mons. PaySOn- =. +. Slaughter. Hinck-
I ley: Heber G.. Wagstsff Charleston.
/ Charles II. Roberts Bingham Canyon.
! Thomas Brady nj Pleasant b r
I BoOthe Brigham oliver wilcox Gar
land. L. r. Booth Nephi; J. H Bar
/ ker jr- Cache Junction. James P Dris-
coll Eureka. p G.. Christensen. No
| GriHfths. STnitbfcld. 7. o. Lawrence.
I Spanish Fork George Miller. Hunt
/ inston: Arthur l. Thomas, Salt Lake
! City: y Y. Snapp, oakley. James d
Thorne. Pleasant Grove; John Peters,
American Fork Lucy 4. Clark. Farm
/ ingtOn. : .. Robson. West Jordan,
( W. W. Wilson. Sandy; John A Smith,
! Heber; Israel CAL Bountiful. William
Gundry. Stockton. =. =. GoodIife. Park
Valley: Eliza A. NorthcOte. Coalville:
! Bigiow WaIsburg-
The sessions of the convention are
held i'm the elegant quarters Of the
Elks. which have been rendered for the
/ occasion. and which furnish a. most
( convenient and comfortable place of
meeting. and with the aute-roOmS and
other accessories d desira BILE place for
the visitors 10 make their headquar-
+ ters-
Opened With a Prayer.
At II O'Clock the convention was
called TO order by President Glove In
vocation was offered By Rev T. il.
+ Scruggs of the Baptist church
Senator Smoot addressed The couveu-
tion in welcome lie did not know why
he should have been asked ID make the
address of welcome. except that he had
] been a postmaster himself Cor two OF
three days. Senator Smoot felt srati-
fed that the convention had met I'm
/ Provo. and he did not doubt that Provo
would keep Up its reputation for hos
pitaiiJy and that the delegates would
feel to add 10 this reputation when the
convention was over.
The senator cOmplimented the dele
gates upon belonging 10 the postal de-
I
was the depart ment he would select If
he had a choice of the departments
with which he should be connected. He
took up the history of the country and
the development of the postal service.
In 1860 the receipts from the posi- Offices
throughout the nation was SS,500.000.
with an expenditure OF $4,000. 600 Last
year the receipts were SI94 0o0. 900. and
The expenditures S13S. 000. 600. or this
amount $4,000. 600 had been expended
for free rural delivery otherwise the
receipts would have exceeded the cost
This magnificent growth of the depart
ment had been brought about through
the wise legislation of the Republican
party. senator Smoot said. and the
/ speaker felt proud of being a member
of this party. and proud of being an
American citizen
Smoot Talks Politics.
He paid glowing tribute u Presi-
dent Roosevelt as a man no cOuid'not
ne controlled by any power and for
that reason there was some opposition
to him by people who could not control
him He was the greatest American
living today and the speaker did not
doubt that he would nc elected and that
1 the great department which was repre-