The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-15
Postmaster General Makes RuI-
 ing for the Children
SENATOR CLAY IN FIGHT
Georgia Senator Is Trying To Keep Women Postmasters From Losing Jobs-Western Women
 Are For Fairbanks.

Washington. December 14.-(Special.1- Santa Claus can now nave his mail de- livered
 Children may now rejoice for their patron saint has been re-established as an American citizen in good standing by order of Postmaster General Meyer.
 All mall addressed to Santa Claus is to be delivered to any phllanthropic so- ciety in the city to which 1t is sent that sngnihes it's readiness to assume the bur den of playing the part of the gray bearded dispenser of gifts during holiday time
 No applications for Santa Claus mail have yet been filed by any of the philan- thropc societies of Washington, but by Monday 1t is expected that a number of such organizations. both lay and religious. will have volunteered to take care Of the appeals and act as understudies for the good old saint.
 Following Is the text of the Postmas- ter Generals order, issued today:
 Ordered that hereafter and until the close of the first day of January, 1908,
 
 letters arriving at their respective post offices addressed plainly and unmistalS- ably to Santa Claus without any other terms or expressions identifying the per son for whom such letters are intended, to any regularly organized charitable so- ciety in the city or town of address, to be used exclusively for philanthropic pur- Ir, ba ia cla ms ghnnI1 be made by more than one such society for letters so addressed such letters will be equally divided according to number between or among the societies making such claim.
 Kris Kringle," name under which Santa Claus has been known by some misguided young persons, will not be all lowed to have his mail distributed In that way. for it appears that there are real Kris Krinkles living in the United States-so real that they have their names in the directory and pay taxes presunl- ably Postmaster General Myers order is in response to a demand from all over the country and it wass ent out today to every postmaster ia the United States The reasons given hitherto by the de- partment for denying sne requests of the childrens friends are the following
 "That letters of importance would be chased with Santa Claus letters through error; that 1t would be exposing to prl- yate parties secret correspondence; that letters might contain valuable inclosures; and that such practice would violate the principle of sanctltcy of the mails
 Clay Begins Fight.
 Senator Clay of Georgia has begun determined fight to interfere with the re- moval of women postmasters in his state. He has held up the nomination of T. w. Scott to be postmaster at Toecoa, to succeed Mrs. Hattie F. Gilmer, and John T. A. McCulen, to succeed Mrs. Mary Melton, at Conyers. The offices are of the third class and both women have served long and satisfactorily. according to pro- tests received by Senator Clay.
 1t is charged that the displacement of the women postmasters is the result of Assistant Postmaser General Hitchcock $ efforts to control southern delegations and that Hitchcock was advised by Harry Stillwell Edwards, the republican referee for Georgia, that unless the women were turned out and men named whom he would designate 1t would be impossible to control the Georgia delegation to the republican national convention.
 Senator Clay is determined to popose combinations to the utmost. holding that the action of the postoffice department in hIs case Is not In accordance with the announced purpose of the administra- ton to make no removals but for cause
 Women For Fairbanks.
 Vice President Fairbanks Is assured of the support of western women, one very beautiful woman told him today The Vice President went to the White House to ascertain if January 15 would be the proper date for reception to the senate, the President and house of repre- sentatives He didn't want to mix dates with the White House. He found that date all right and was about to go away when Representative Montell introduced him to former Wyoming belle. who Is married and now lives in Omaha.
 But you will lose your vote by living in Omaha" said the Vice President to his fair friend.
 No, won't. if you are nominated .' she said. "f will go at once to Wyoming and stay there so as to vote for you and she thereupon assured the Indiana states man that the women of the west are his staunch friends. W. s.