Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-01
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF
POSTMASTER GENERAL TO
RECOMMEND PosTMAsTERS.
IOWA DELEGATION OBJECTS
TO MANNER OF SELECTION
No Educational Test Required. and Re-
publicans Have Little Chance, Mem
bers Acknowledgements Good to
Stand For Efficiency in His District
Thirteen Candidates For Office.
[By T. G. JJousherty.I

Special to Times Republican.
Washington. D. c.. May 1.-The
presidents order requiring post
masters in presidential classes to be
selected regardless OF politics, and on
the score OF efficiency alone, Is being
fagrantly disresarded by the post
master general who continues to see
that deserving democrats get all the
plums. members Of the Iowa delega-
ton in con gress today asserted, when
Il developed that special emissaries Of
the postmaster general are to visit the
state and give the applicants for pre-
sidentially appointed postmasterships
personal inspection before selection
is made.
Efforts to determine who is best
fitted to be appointed postmaster at
Iowa cities, therefore. are not confined
to the United States civil service, as
President Wilson's general order in
dicated. but a personal representative
OF Postmaster General Burleson is 10
pass upon the applicant before the
appointment is made. This became
known positively today when Con.
gresham Good made inquiries at the
civil service commission for progress
made on the selection OF postmaster
at Marshalltown Representative
Goods inquiry was answered by the
commission sending a letter contain
ing this admission:
No Educational Test Required.
an reply ! have to say that appli-
cants for this position were not re-
quired to report at any given point for
an educational test. and their ratings
upon education. business training and
experience will be determined upon
the sworn statements made by them in
their applications for examination in
connection with a personal inquiry to
be made later by representative OF
this office with one from the postoffice
department as to the personal char
acteristics and suitability Of each
candidate
Little Chance for Republicans.
II the personal characteristics and
suitability" Of the Marehalltown and
other Iowa candidates are satisfactory
to the postmaster general, therefore.
and it IS expected that the political
color Of their hair is to be considered
as one point in Suitability" the re-
publcans applying for the Offices are
believed by the Iowa delegates in con-
gross to have little chance for appoint
ment regardless Of their capabilities.
Good Will Stand For Efficiency.
Congressman Good indicated today
that he will vigorously oppose any
selection of postmasters in his district
on grounds other than pure efficiency.
He said that he would soon begin a
thorough inquiry into the Marshall
town situation. the decision in which
would establish a precedent for the
selection Of all Iowa presidentialiy-
appointed postmasters.
Unlucky Number Of Candidates.
There are thirteen candidates for
the Marshalltown postmastership.
They are as follows:
Pearl A. Hawley.
Nicholas z. Furlong.
Robert E. Johnson.
Charles Henry.
James McNally.
William G. McCarten
Miller S. Mcfarland
Walter T. Scott.
Fred o. Bailey.
William A. Anderson.
Frank G. Pierce.
John F. Hobbs.
Theodore H Bendlage