Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-01-20

|J4B: MARTIN THE NEW POST
/ MASTER AT ST. CLOUD.
y. Cloud Journal Press II: St.
Qpud is to have q new postmaster
a he will be James A. Martin.
mor has been busy with this Office
+ the past few months but 1t is
OILY within q short time that definite
I'D official information o: the
Change has come to hand. 1T is under.
stbod that Congressman Buckman q
short time ago wrote to Postmaster 81.
9. Wire. advising him to resign. -
Mr.. Wire it Is said refused to con-
slider the proposition and will now in
aii probability be asked by the de-
partment to step down and out. Mr..
Martin was offered the Office some-
thing over two months ago but did
not make up his mind to accept it
until day or two ago. He was in
St. Cloud last night but said nothing
Of his new position.
It has been common talk in st.
Cloud for some time that Wire would
resign or be removed. Since the un-
fortunate affair just before election
(which threw the present postmaster
into rather unfavorable limelight the
hostal department has been making a
Nniet but efficient investigation Of
ahe affair.
M There have been secret service men
IND postofice inspectors here and the
R7hole matter has been laid before
Che postmaster general. These things
f#ere of course known to Congressman
EH3uckman and hence his advice to
HWire to resign, which was unheeded.
@States Senator Nelson made the offer
5a@of the Office direct to Mr.. Martin.
jfSM artin is we'll known in St. Cloud
Hand to the politicians OF the state.
EHe managed Judge Collins pre-con-
;fvention campaign aud later went into
1.-THE Dunn fight for the good Of the
.Inarty.
Il He is popular young man and
sThis many friends here will be glad
81 t. learn that he is to be rewarded for
a his services to the party. It is not
Il known definitely when the change
q will take place.
4 ST. CLOUD KICKING ON MARTIN.
--'"'St. Cloud Times 1s: The political
IL juggling which is being had relative
4 to the postmastership of st. Cloud,
whereby the Office ia made nothing
more OF leaRshan >>piece of merchan.
{ sthl
consideration for political debts, with
out reference to the wishes of Its pat
> rons, is meeting with no small dis
! pleasure In this city.
As many as half dozen telegramf
were sent from st. Cloud yesterday te
those which have the recommendatlor
and appointment Of a successor to b.
G. Wire wanting to know if the
people were not to have voice in the
choice. Congressman Buckman, Sena
tor Clapp and President Roosevelt
were among those queried. The fol.
lowing is reproduction of tele
gram sent Congressman Buckman by
certain high up city official Tues
day noon:
; "Congressman G. B. Buchanan
''Wlll the patrons of the St. Clou6
postoffice be permitted to have voice
in the choice of successor to the pres
ent F. M. o.
The answer received a little later it
the day was decisive refusal, whick
said that the matter was closed.
: A similar message sent Senator
Clapp brought an almost similar
: reply.
With no relief in sight from thit
: source halfdozen prominent citi
zens worded and sent the following
telegram to President Roosevelt. L
f was dated Tuesday afternoon:
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,
Washington, D. G.
, Conformation just received here
that today at Washington there will
be recommended for appointment: {
, postmaster for this city Such recon-
3 mendation is without any knowledge
3 or action on part of patrons of thi!
Office. Please have the action sus
8 pended until our people can have 8
9 voice in the selection. No emergency
Z requires hasty appointment.
> This was signed by half dozer
persons, all prominent in this city.
q In none Of the kilograms was it in
timated that anyone here had know
ledge of whom was to be recommended
as Wires successor.
Kueper Bros. -four mill, one mile
east of Rice was destroyed bY frt
3 Wednesday morning. Loss SO. 600, in
sursnce $3. 900.