The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-12-15
CLASS MAIL NATTER
onaI Editorial Association
Madden's Recommended
Is for Increased Rate.

Louis, Mo.-At joint meet
OF the transportation and postal
lation committees of the Nation
Editorial association, it was de-
ID to communicate with all OF the
tie press associations and have the
arious organizations seek aid from
heir respective congressman in an
endeavor to defeat the proposed plans
OF the third assistant postmaster gem
eral to increase the rate on second
class postal matter The association
has decided to hold its next conven-
ton at Norfolk, Va, on June 1. The
committees spent the greater
part Of the lay mapping out plans to
head OF Assistant Postmaster General
Madden and took shot at the inter-
state commerce commission for its
ruling on transportation. The debates
which followed the introduction of .he
two subjects were heated.
R. F. Dowdell. of Artesian, S. D.,
moved to recommend to President
Roosevelt the dismissal of this
chuckle-head, Madden, and get some
fellow with a noodle who was not
prejudiced against the newspapers 20
succeed him.
Resolutions.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas. 1t is for the benefit of free
government that intelligence with regard
70 an public affairs and all other matters
anectinS the welfare OF the people should
be made to penetrate the whole mass OF
the people, and to reach avery Individual,
and.
, Whereas, This can only be accomplished
through free and independent news
paper and periodical press, and whereas,
newspapers and periodicals are of a char
acter to be handled rather as express than
nrst class matter, and can be so handled
other postage matter in general and no
added cost at all on rural routes: and.
whereas, The present postal laws and
rates nave been entirely satisfactory to
the publishers and to the people served
VINO as citizens constitute the govern
ment; and,
Whereas; There does not now exist any
real deficit in the United States postal
service. II the departments and Officers
OF the government are properly charged
Tor postal service rendered. but is an ac-
nual pront used by the government in the
payment for the transportation and the
fore, be it
Resolved, That we as members Of the
executive committee of the National Edi-
torial association, in annual session rep-
resenting 10000 newspapers and periodi-
Gals. protest against any change in the
postal laws OF the United States that will
cause an advance in postal rates or
charges on second-class mail matter.
Resolved; That we believe II has been
tuIiy established that cent pound is
luli and adequate charge for newspapers
and periodicals.
Resolved, That we deem the present
aw entirely clear and forceful. and that
the Only trouble has been that Of burden-
nS the law with rules and regulations
not required in the laws enforcement nor
ustlted by any fair Interpretation there
Resolved, Further, That we protest
against the charge that newspapers and
periodicals cause any loss or that they
IRE subsidized by the payment made by
he government to meet a deficit that Is
-eally the result of the cost of postal mat
er carried by The grsrnment.
Those Present.
Those present at the meeting were:
John e. Junkin, Sterling Kas.; Fl. B.
3rownwood. Tex: Congressman w. A.
Ashbrook, Jamestown. o.; ]. II. Cockrum,
oakland City, Ind; b. B. Herbert, Chi
stephens, Columbia, Mo-; Walter VII
iams, Columbia, Mo-; ]. N. Page, Jsr-
eyville. Ill; r. NJ White, Mexico, Mo-;
UNI W. JdChS, montgomery MO-,
!. w. Pepperman. Montgomery, Ala; J.
,. Baumgartner Pasadena. Cal; Carl An
erson, Fort Collins, Colo: George c.
Woodruff. Litchfield, Conn; William Cur
is, Kewanee, Ill; w. L. Jones, Lebanon,
H.; A. W. Glessner. Galena. H.: W. +.
'arrott, Waterloo, H.; c. D. HELEN, Web
ter. Ia: Sheridan Plonghe, Hutchinson,
las.; George c, Fairbanks, Matte Mass;
Y. r. Hodges, Sleepy Eye, MINI; r. III.
ienry, Jackson, Miss; w. R. Painter,
arrollton, Mo-; J. G. NewbiIl. Springfield,
To-: Ernest Fl. Pierce. Revere, Mass: C.
:. Douglas, Muskogee. 1. T.; Walter p.
rost. Providence, r. L; r. Z. Dowdel.
s. D.; ]. R. Ransome. Jr.. Cle-
urne. Tex; w. 8. Copeland, Richmond,
a, and II. ]. Simmons Of Clarence. NO.,
Tho les a candidate for speaker OF tho
Iissour, house OF representatives Miss
ose L. Colby OF Chicago was the only
oman delegate at the meeting. The
ives of several editors, however. were
resent.
The two committees to meet in
are composed OF the fol-
wing: Transportation-J. e. Jun
in, W. A. Ashbrook, R. NJ. White, H.
Knapp. w. F. Parrot and c. B.
ouglas; postal regulation-B. B. Her
ert, A. W. Lee, Thomas P. Peter. G.
. Fairbanks, F. NJ. Davidson, E. W.
tephens and P v. Collins.