The farmer and mechanic., 1906-09-25
PARTISAN ri RiI CAktiEitS.

The rural delivery carriers are for
biddcn by law to take part in politics.
They occupy i peculiar position. visit
ing day by day the homes Of all the
peopIe on their routes. As they are
generally courteous and accommodate
ing. they are welcomed at the homes OF
the farmers. Though there have been
serious complaints of their pernicious
activity in other states. as a rule they
have not been political emissaries in
North Carolina. There was complaint
of some of them two years ago, bat
not many were subject to it. This
year, under the Adams Butler-Jim
Young trinity Of Republican leadership
a desperate effort is being made TO
increase the Republican vote and or
ders have been sent down to such
carriers as could be controlled, to de
vote more time to preaching Radica?
doctrine than attending to the business
for which they are paid. Some of them
have gone into political controversy
and become perinatctic Radical har-
anguers. Some spread the news OF
Radical speakings and shreWdly try to
get people on their routes to help
swell the crowds. But it remained
for an Iredeu county carrier to go into
a Democratic meeting to disturb it
and speak offensiveiy of the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress who was
addressing the meeting.
Senator Simmons, who is a mcm-
Der of the committee on Postoniccs
and Post Roads has been appealed to
by indignant citizens to call the attcn-
ton of the Washington authorities 70
the disorderly conduct of one carrier
and the pernicious political activity
of others, with the request that thci"
illegal and unworthy conduct be in
vestigated and suitable action taken
be useful in accordance with the OBJ
iect of its creation and not to become
disreputable by going about the coun
try preaching politics.
The people of this State will not tol |
crate the attempt of the Adams-But- |
ler-Jim Young gang to make the car
riers do the dirty work of the Radical |
party 50 long done by the bung-smell- |
er and revenue doOdler. The Watts |
law and the Ward law have driven |
most of the doodlers out Of business I
They were the best recruiting officers |
the Radical machines ever had They I
still use most of those who remain aS |
recent revenue trials have shown. SO
long as Yerkes aud Duncan and like |
politicians are the head of the revenue |
service we need not expect the bung-
to reform But the mail car
riers as Il rule are Of Il better class,
more intelligent and of cleaner lives.
and they must not be permitted to de-
the people by executing the orders Of
the Radical machine in North Caro-
lima. Those carriers who have OBJ
served the letter and spirit of the law
and refrained from participation in
politics are interested in preventing the !
debauching of the service.
II unworthy carriers become political
emissaries all the men in the service
will be injured in regulations There |
have always been some good
men in the revenue service in North
(very few but they have
suffered because most Of the croW1
were bum" and gave mvre thought
to Radical politics than to preveting
fraud on the government Indeed +
many of these have been in collusion
With the men who hava Systematically
defrauded the government. Is the
mail carrier service to replace the p,
bung-smeller as the hated
Radical emissary?