Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-24
Maine P. Ms Success
fully Pass the Civil
Service Exams in
Third District
Showing the Wisdom of Careful
Selections by Senator Burleigh
When a Member of the House
Interesting Chat of Maine
People and Interests at the
National Capital

Washington, D. c., Oct. 23-(Special)
Maine folks at Washington, who
have to do with Congress expect to be
up and away before the present week
is over. The senators and representa-
tives will naturally return home, as the
city has nothing of immediate interest
for them until the next session OF
Congress assemblies. That will not be
til early December, quite six weeks
from now. They have, of course, no
campaign worries for their contests
for reelection are all behind them. In
this regard they are the exceptions of
all the northern members of the House.
Representative McGillicuddy may tarry
for a little as he has work as chair
man of a subcommittee that is inves-
tigating the record of district Judge A.
G. Dayton of West Virginia, to ascer-
tain whether Impeachment proceedings
shall be undertaken. Representative
Kinds has been tarrying here, getting
settled for the winter, but expects TO
return to Maine for awhile.
One of the interesting Maine arrivals
here recently has been Consul General
John O. Wood, who is native of
Bucksport. His duty in recent years
has been at Ads Ababa, Abyssinia,
where he has performed very meri-
torius service for the government. de
probably will be transferred to some
other post and would like to be as
signed to Italy, where he is very well
known. The King Of Italy is his
friend, because of important service
that Mr.. Wood performed while con-
sui at Tripoli, during the war between
Italy and the Turks. Mr.. Wood met
here the other day an old friend, ex-
Gov. Frear of Honolulu, whom he be-
came acquainted with while practicing
law many years ago in that city.
The Postoffice Department has re-
Gently put out a bulletin of comment
about displays of parcels post appli-
ances at county fairs throughout the
country Maine Is one of the very few
states where none of these displays
We're had. The Department took
unusual pains to interest postmasters
in having these displays prepared, but
the Democratic postmasters in the
Maine towns and cities demonstrated
no interest in the matter 1t was
hoped to stimulate interest among the
Maine farmers in shipping their prod
uce by parcel post.
Two Kennebec county postmasters
of the fourth class have emerged safe
ly into the classified" list. One of
them is George E. Coleman, many
years postmaster at Maranacook,
where the pay is approximately $500
a year, and the other Agnes E. York
at windsorville, where the pay is about
$500. The Hancock county fourth
class postmasters, however, seemed to
have been especially successful in
passing the civil service examinations.
Fourteen of them are safely covered
in and will not be molested by covetous
Democrats Here is the list with the
approximate salaries each of them re-
ceives: Viola H. Stockbridge, Atlantic.
$500; Nettie A. Stanley. Cranberry Isles,
$3.50; Francis D. Long, East Blue Hill,
$3.50: Charles 1. Merrill, Green Lake,
5000; Horatio G. Eaton, Little Deer
Isle, 5000; Mary E. Stanley, Minturn,
5000; Ivory L. Wardwell, Mount Desert
Ferry, $500; Fred L. Cole, North Brook
lin, 5000; Angie r. Cousins. North
Brooksville, $500; Annie L. Hutchins,
North Penobscot, 5000; Arthur H. Sar-
gent, Sargentville, $500; Helen H.
Bartlett, Sullivan, $500; Dora c. Stin-
son, Swans Island, $500; and Oscar l..
Tapley, West Brooksville, $3.50.
1t will be noted that many of these
postmasters in Hancock are women
and they were undoubtedly highly quail
flied for their places or they would
not have stood the civil service exam
nations. Most Of them were selected
originally by Senator Burleigh, dur
ing the many years that he represent
ed the Third Maine district in the
National House. In those days there
were no civil service restrictions upon
the selection Of postmasters but Sena-
tor Burleigh made his endorsements
to the Republican postmasters general
from his knowledge Of the fitness OF
the applicants to serve their respective
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