The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
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Cortelyou Declares There VIII
be No Wholesale Removal Of
Eourti-C Glass Postlnasters.
PRESIDENT APPROVES ORDER .. :. B
Eliminates Attractive Field Hun
cry Republicans Have
Been Ogling.

III (From Our Regular correspondents
5 WASHINGTON D. c., April 1.-The an.
nouncement of Postniaster-G General COR
telyo,, that there would DO no wholesale
ren,nval of fourth class postmasters pc
cause Of their having served the govern
ment eight years, has created more o's'-
satisfaction over the country than he eA-
pected When 1t began to percolate INTO
Tho minds OF the Republicans who were
numbered with the outs, that the Pres
ident was pretty well determined to re-
move from Office those who had held posi-
tions for two terms there was rush
made for everything from fourth class
misunderstanding ITO aI,bassadoral positions
abroad. There came appointments TO GER
tain branches Of the government service
which Indicated that the President was m
earnest and that the chance of the outs
was come.
President Approves.
But the President approved fully the
4 order of the Postmaster-Generald directing
that tho efficiency of the service be COLI
sidered above everything else in making
appointments to misunderstanding OF the
fourth class, even above partisan polltics.
In other words, where Democrat holds
K n misunderstanding he is not to be removed
because he does not vote the RepubNcan
ticket.
as The Postof1ice Department has been
overwhelmed with protests from all over
the country against the order not 70 re-
move even m zen OF other than Iaepub-
lican faith unless the efficiency OF the
postal service would seem to demand
Iii. 1t is said that these letters of protest
are more numerous from Republicans OF
the South than from those OF any other
section. They are hungriest. There are
local opportunities for pie for Republic
cans OF the North and West, but these
chances are few and far between in the
South.
Pos,master-G General CorteIycu is firm.
There will be no changes except in the
Interest OF the service, he says Deaths
and designations will constitute the chief
grounds for postal changes. 1t goes with
ont saying that more changes Will be
made for the former than the latter rea-
son.
Appointment of Rosser.
I,is thought the serious illness of POST
master Rnsser, at Charlottesville. may
Interfere with plans which the Pres
ident has for him. It has been semi
officially announced that General Rosser
will be made marshal of the Eastern Dis
trict OF Virginia to succeed S. Brown
Allen when the term of the latter ,eX-
4 pires in about twelve months. Should the
\ illness OF General Rosser be as serious
as was feared at first, the appointment
Of successor to Mr.. Allen Will have
to be sought elsewhere. Possibly. when
the President sees 1t Is impossible to
reward the old Confederate general as
he had hoped. he may allow Mr.. Allen
to hold his position another term. Mar
shall Allen has u good record, and there
is nothing against his reappointnlent,
save that he comes under the more or
less general rule of having already been
in office into his second term. It is liko-
~ that a change will be made, whether
General Rosser be selected for the place
or not. 81
Questions concerning the intentions OF
+ the President In the matter of taking
care Of Morgan Treat, which Mr.. Roose-
( welt promised to do when he turned him
H out OF tn coffee of marshal Of the Western
District are not heard SO frequently now
as they were some weeks ago. The
matter OF Treats removal was fresh then.
4 Now 1t Is almost forgotten. Mayllap tlS
President has forgotten.