Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-30
VACANCIES ARE
GETTING SCARCE
FEWER POST OFFICE APPOINT
MENTS BEING MADE BECAUSE
SUPPLY OF PLACES TO BE FILL
ED Is RUNNING OUT. Hf
RULE THAT POSTMASTERS MUST
DEVOTE THEIR TIME TO THE
WORK is BEING RIGIDLY EN-
FORCED.
Especial STAFF CorrespOndcnf.1

Washington, ID. c., July 30.-DO not
forget the wOuld-be postmasters. who
are striving 1t il getting to be something
of an old story now at Washington, The
nominations are not as numerous as in
April May and June. simply because
there are not as many vacancies. lie has
come TO the cleaning up stage in the
Postoffice Department. a. far as making
postmasters is concerned. And officials
are bending to the task. congressman.
however are still thronging the ante
room of the Postmaster General Tele.
grams and letters are flying back and
forth between the Department and con-
stitucnc,es which candidates are will
| ing to serve. Charges and commenda-
tions are rushing into the files. New and
then case is passed up to President
Wilson.
| After all notwithstanding fine spun
theories about Postmasters keeping out
of politics. there are no nominations un-
der all the sovereignty of the flag iii
which so much politics is involved. II
holds just as true under this administral
lion AZ Of yore. Of necessity there is
pulling Of wires for congressional en-.
dorsement and for the Postmaster Gen.
erals recommendation and. then, when
President Wilson has nominated. for con.
! tirmatiOn by the senate
Thousands of nominations for post
master have been made. 1t has involved
deal of labor at the department and the
White House Offices. Washington has lit
tie opportunity for knowing just how efJ
ficient the men are or will be. who have
been nominated. but the impression is
here that this great task. which eyerv
new administration must grappIe with,
has been disposed of i'm business like
and entirely honorable fashion. No gov
crnment service is so close to the people
rs the postal service. Mr. Burleson start
ed out with a proclamation that post
masters must give all their time, during
Office hours. to the governments busin-
eSs. He has adhered strictly to that re
Guirement and every new postmaster has
been given to understand that the rule
cannot bc evaded Now and then a pro-
fessiOnal man has pressed his candidacy
where il was apparent he hoped he could
divide his time. III he stood a chance for
the nomination he has been given to tn-
derstand that the department meant just
what il said and that he could not hope
for leniency, if when once installed in
office, he offended in that regard t'
Accordingly in the thousands Of post
Offices throughout the land, there are
as many postmasters showing up when
\ the official day begins and staying at
their desks till the official day ends. III
after that they want to practice law or
medicine or attend to private business,
the department has no objection.
Comparatively few nominations have
been held up in the senate. although Op-
position has developed i'm some cases.
That speaks well for the character of the
nominees. When once the Postmaster Gen
eral approves nomination. he stands
Loyalty by it, In some instances he has
assured nominees that. if the senate fails
TO confirm. a recess appointment will
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