Evening star., 1907-10-23

rear Of the House with q democratic
friend Il myself am one OF those re-
publicans who doesn't stutter when he
says sol, and he said to me: IF you
had measure which you desired to
put through the House, and which had
no merits, and If you wanted to use
some argument other than that which
appeals to the brain-that Is, money
point out the man you would go to
first. And l am proud to tell you that
on that floor we could not find one man
whom we thought 1t would be safe to
approach on such an errand:
You will see the finest building in the
world-and / have seen those of most
civilized countries-the temple to litera-
ture: the best building given to the best
thought. And tomorrow you'll pay your
respects to the foremost American. Gap
plause and cries of Third Term!' and
Hope he. stay there forever.'D But to
me there is a modest little building on
10th street which is the Mecca of all
Americans 1t Is the house where the
soul of Abraham Lincoln took its flight.
Across the street Is Fords Theater, now
the repository of the records Of every SOL
der who fought in the Union army dur
ing the civil war. When you have seen
Mt Vernon and the Lincoln house you
will have seen what, to my mind, are the
two places most worth visiting in this
neighborhood.
Suggestions Welcomed.
"Our organization is a vast army, and
from the privates in the ranks we shall
all welcome suggestions, for in what bet
ter way can we learn the needs of the
service? No man is big enough for a po-
SIT on who is not too big for it, for he
must know the environment of his task
besides the task itself"
Mr.. McCleary then described the organ
ization of the Post Office Department. and
m q ri htyfa to fhn
saying that he was the most hardworking
man in the department, who was dead in
earnest in his measures for the improve
ment of methods in the department and
the introduction of new ideas
Il have been asked to explain about the
sea post Offices continued Mr. McCleary.
1t is exactly similar to the railway postal
service escept that it is on the water. we
use the four fastest steamships of each of
the following lines: American, White Star.
North German Lloyd and Hamburg Amer
lean. The German lines had some COM
plant about payment and threatened to
discontinue the service, but ! am happy to
say, that the difficulty has been adjusted
and new agreements signed yesterday.
France has not yet adopted the system
but during my recent visit to that country
l discussed the matter fully, and we conf
IDENTIFY expect to have it established on the
French lines by January /.
Mail Weighing Nears Completion.
THE department has recently been car
rying on the greatest investigation ever
undertaken by any country in any age.
1t Is the weighing of the mail originating
from your Offices At first it was thought
this six months task could not be done,
but it is now near completion, and when
the additional work Is over and the re-
suits systematized and tabulated the re-
port will give Congress an adequate ba-
Sis on which to fix rates for payment to
railways for carrying mail. 1t Is the
greatest feat of its kind, and the report
will be in demand from every civilized
government on the face of the globe.
There have been curious condolences
where q special schedule induced autbori-
ties to transfer mail to certain railways
just before the quairennial Weighing the
schedule being abolished after the mail
was transferred. necessitating sending
other road got the money, for four years.
CAnd here Mr.. Lawshe. who used to be
an auditor. punctuated the proceedings
with laugh.)
Il think the rural free delivery Is a
good thing, but do not think that 1t is
always advisable to substitute It for the
star route, for there are some cases
where 1t will not serve as WELL since the
star route originates from the place OF
delivery, and in some cases I have re-
fused to make such substitution when it
has been requested. on the ground that
the service is not adequate, thus inter-
preting an act Of Congress which helped
to make.
II Will close by reminding you again
that we want your help"