Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
NASBYS COME TUESDAY
Nebraska Postmasters' Convention
Will Be Held in Lincoln.
DEMOCRATS FIND CREDENTIALS
Delegates to Denver Convention Given
Scare Because Papers Are Mas
ing-Tom Allen Comes 90
Their Relief.
tFrom a SOD correspondent.l

LINCOLN, June 2l-Cspecial)-The post
masters Of Nebraska will be here Tuesday
for a three days meeting and great prep
a~rations are being made for their enter
tainment. While there Is nothing politically
significant about the meeting. II is a dead
certainty that no democratic ~postmasters
will be in attendance unless they be wives
OF republicans. Postmaster Edward r.
Sizer, who has a national reputation as an
entertainer, has found the Job too big to
tackle single-handed so he has called on
the city TO help him out. Therefore the re-
csption committee will be composed Of prac-
tically all the people in Lincoln. including
Governor and Mrs. Sheldon. Wednesday
evening the State Journal and News will
entertain the visitors at "A Night OFF, at
the Oliver. and on Tuesday evening an in
formal reception will be rendered the post.
masters at the executive mansion. Among
the big guns who have promised to be
present outside Of the Nebraska congress
sional delegation are the following: John
A. Holmes. private secretary to the post
master general: c. P. Grandfield, assist
ant postpaster general: J. T. McCleary,
second assistant postmaster general; w. J..
Vickery, inspector in charge; Tor Cooke
Of the canal zone. and others.
The headquarters of the association will
be at the Lincoln hotel, Secretary Wesley
J. Cook in charge; headquarters Of third
class postmasters will be at the Windsor
hotel, A. A. Hyers in charge; headquarters
for fourth class postmasters at Lindell
hotel, Secretary b. J. Newton in charge.
The following topics will be discussed
"closer Cooperation. between Post
masters and the Department"
Education of the Public in Postal
Laws
parcels Post"
"Postais Savings Banks"
Vacations for Employees and Sick
Reconsideration Of Mails and simplin-
Discipline and Efficiency Records"
should Back-stamping Be Dlseontin-
appointment of Rural Delivery Car
riers. Should postmaster have same APP
p0iiGGtdinnSS ROWS as i is OthSr ss STpIey
Should a Postmaster Have More Dis.
erection in Expending Small Amounts in
"offiees Of the Second Glass; Their
"offiees of the Third Glass: Their
"offiees of the Fourth Glass; Their
Needs"
Democrats Find Credentials.
Delegates to the Denver convention Sc.
lected by the democratic party Of Nebras.
ka had the fear thrown into them good
this week. when they discovered none OF
them had any credentials and no one
could remember who was secretary OF the
convention. For several days there wal
a lot Of skirmishing around ?nd all the
big guns were called up to find out whC
the secretary was, Finally Tom Aller
sent out word that he himself had attend
ed to the credentials I'd they were nov
safely slowed AWAY in De pockets of thu
secretary of the national committee. Con
sequently the Nebraska delegates have n,
fear now OF beng able to secure seats a
the Denver ratification meeting.
Plans for Democratic Dinner.
The plans for the big democratic Dime
here are almost complete. Richerd L
Metcalfe has been selected as toastmaste
while a number of great and near grea
from over the country will be invited 4
DO the speaking.
Berge Objects to Ticket.
George Washington Berge and som
other demo-pops down here seriously OBJ
ject to the nomination of Congressma
Sherman for vice president. They clair
the republicans would have strengthene
themselves by nominating some wester
man and they profess to be sincerel
grieved over the matter. No. real reput
lcan so far has made any public state
ment objecting to the nomination of tn
New York man. so far as this part G
the state is concerned