Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-13
sampIes of Postmasters.

Samples of POstmasters. .s
W. r. Bennett presided as grand mutt
and delegated Postmaster II. E. Palmer as
his special consort in the ceremonies fol-
lowing. When the gsrnishments Of youth
had been bestowed on the postulants
very entertaining program of music. talk
and song followed. Captain Palmer. who
had prepared the lambs for the sacrifice.
opened the talkfest. He was followed by
Captain A Fl. Hollingsworth of Beatrice,
who Is drawing pension and a post
masters salary; the first because of a,
wound received while he was trying to
assist In the benevolent assimilation OF
Aguinaldo in the Philippines. and the letter
because he needs the money, and there Were
so many candidates for the ONCE at Be
atrice that they had to give It to the
Philippine veteran TO keep peace in the
family and keep the salary away from the
other fellows who. thought they had a,
cinch. The captain told how glad he
was to be there-rlot in the Philippines but
at the Den, and then he said some real
nice things about Omaha. Mentor A.
Brown Of Kearney. a nedglIng postmaster
to whom the office is yet so new that he
has not yet learned the different denom-
nations of the postage stamps, though he
has had his lightning rod up for twenty
five years. told how he first struck Ne
braska with but II cents, and when that
got down to l cent he went to Council
Blufs and then swan the river to get
back to Nebraska. where he stayed until
he got a postofice out at Kesrney in
order to help him keep his paper, the
Kearney Hub. off the shoals. Mr.. Brown
knows lots about Nebraska and has been
/ dRbfinn no Ell "a hat Il.
ready, TO lick any man who dares deny
that It is the best state in the union, and
he doesn't limit his territory either He
put In several nice words for Omaha, too.
|. Fink and Kennedy Help out.
Hal Fink followed the talkfest with Loeb
Lomond," and couldn't escape until he gave
another song. THE Armorer's Song" from
Robin Hood" Then William Kennedy.
head of the Clan Gordon Of. Nebraska, broke
the spell. by giving a good champagne story
ling, sHGenga Dhin," that was simply all
right. ''''' sF'S HH''''''' '''' 'aoh'"E
Postmaster j. J. McLucas of Fairbury
escaped from an urgent telephone call long
enough TO tell how glad he. was that Il
wasn't any worse and what a pleasure II
was to be here. Victor Rosewater was then
called for and said some very nice things
about the convention and the postma sters
and undertook to deny the soft impeach.
ment that he was going to talk about post,
masters next Thursday. A trihing disar-
! Tangement of the speakers platform oc-
CURED at this moment, and the address wac
concluded with the observation that the
nearest that he had yet reached the dignity
OF p NJ, was as an A NJ
Lett the Last One.
. When John Lett. postmaster OF Benedict
was called for he had to be pried up to the
platform, and 1t was only after the grand
| multi and Captain Palmer solemnly af
firmed that It had been nailed down secure
1 ny that he ventured on It. He talked Of how
j good he had been since he became postmas
ter UP at Benedict thirteen years ago anC
that even the babies came to him to ash
for mail and called him John. Mr., Lett II
a veteran of the civil war. president OF tn,
Nebraska Shiloh association, and has jus
retired from the position of department
commander of the Nebraska Grand Army
LOT the Republic.
4 At this stage OF the game the grand mutt
called the formal proceedings on. and in
vited the postmasters TO enjoy the refresh
ments provided In the banquet room, with
the solemn assurance that there wasn't
string tied to any Of them. The refreshing
part OF the program continued until nearl!
II o'clock. and the postmasters found tn
cars outside in waiting 10 take them dowI
town, where all dispersed TO their RESPECTIVE
hotels.