Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-08-29
POSTMASTER'S
CONVENTION
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
The entire forenoon Thursday wa
taken up with the general discussion
of topics of interest to the post
masters convention. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President-W. B. TScharner, La
Crosse.
First Vice President-F A. Holl
man, Green Bay.
Second Vice PreSident-R. A. Etter
Monroe.
Third Vice President William
Chase, MauStOn.
Fourth Vice President-Mrs. Hattie
B. Babcock, Union Center.
Secretary and Treasurer-A. w.
James, Waukesha.
President TScharner, as soon as he
was elected appointed the following
named men as members of the
executive committee for the ensuing
year:
E. w. Keyes, Madison; I'll. j. Smith,
Racine: Fl. M. Blumenthal, Columbus:
George w. Smith, Eau Claire; and f.
M. Griswold, Lake Mills.
Message From Cortelyou.
He received the following reply to
the congratulatory message sent to
Postmaster General Cortelyou by
the convention the day before. The
message read as follows:
"President Wisconsin PostmasterS'
Association, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Il cordially reciprocate the greet
ing and expressions of good will from
your 3members and shall be glad to
have their cooperation in the effort
to advance the best interests of the
postal service.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
"Postmaster General, U. S. A.
Washington, D. c."
Excursion for Convention.
On Thursday afternoon all memb bers
of the association with about 200 OF
the men and women of La Crosse took
an eight mile ride up the Mississippi
river, during which time Dana s
Third Regiment band furnished
music. Refreshments were served
and delightful afternoon spent in
social converse. The scenery all along
the old Mississippi is grand above the
city and all enjoyed it, Thursday
evening Congressman III. c. Adams,
of Madison, delivered an address OF
great value and interest to uthe
members of the convention.
Resolutions Adopted.
At Friday mornings session the
committee on resolutions recon-
mended the following resolutions,
which we're unanimously adopted by
the conventions:
Resolved, That it is the opinion OF
the convention that the public service
would be improved if postmaSters
could be authorized to use their dis
cretiOn in the expenditure of such
small sums of money as may be nee.
eSSary from time to time to meet
emergent eXigencieS such, for exam
pie, as resetting or repainting a
collection box or repairing cancelling
machine. The delay and humiliation
| incident to reporting such cases to
Washington for authorization to make
such expenditures do not comport with
the dignity and confidence which
should be accorded to persons com.
petent to discharge the duties
devOlving upon postmaster.
Resolved, That this convention re-
Spectfully recommends that preSen,
regulations. regarding the appoint
| mentS of rural letter carriers to ill
| vacancies be so modified that subSti
| tute carriers who have demonstrated
fitness and qualifications for discharg
ing the duties of such a position, Shal
be upon recommendation of The post
master, eligible to appointment.
| Resolved, That the Hubbard StamE
certificate, which has been endorsed
by the two preceding annual meetingl
Iof this association, still commend.
itself to our Judgment as the mos
feasible proposition for the immediate
relief of the postOffice department an(
the public from the Inconvenience,
and annoyance of postage stamps uSet
for small remittaDceS.
| We Furthermore recommend thai
congress enact some appropriate legis
latiOn whereby the use of postag
stamps for making remittances shal
be prohibited, or at least material,
circumscrihed. and their subSequen
sale or purchase In large quantitie
and at discount, shall be made
miSdemeanOr.
Resolved, That we esteem it
privilege to make official record of ou
appreciation of the courteous compli
ance of the department with ou
request to send representative t
attend this convention. 1t has bee
a source of great pleasure to us
individually and collectively to NEE
so amiable gentleman and an officia
SO thoroughly informed on posta
matters as Mr. Guy Gould. assiStan
!, superintendent of the salary an
allowance division.
Resolved, That the attendance G
ICongreSSmen Esch, Jenkins an
Adams at our convention and tn
able, interesting and instructiv
addresses with which they favored U
boyo hmm on ipSpi rot tiop and opaor