The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-07-20
More Exploitation of the
Post Office Question by
Peoples c o m m lite c

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residing under the delivery OF this
Office asking that Mr.. De La Mare
be permitted to finish his short re
naming term. which petitions were
ignored by the above mentioned
committeeman and because of their
ro,iticoi nositiors those higher IN
treated them IN the same manner.
Nov. candidlv. I'D those mon rep-
roeart the penuhIicen PARTY Tor
Peonie> in this action? Right heer
we want TO. evonerat e Congressman
Smith. who told the Peop'e's Com
rittee. in person. that those petit
tons ware never seen nv him and "
thew he'd been sent to him. there
would have beon no change of Post
raster for. said he. 1.-The wishes of
the neonle should have been
followed"
Tho n~a limitations We're held end
J.. ]. Robinson. Jr. George n Sc
vO-e ard Jos V. Haieht r~ssed the
highest nercentages. in the order
rared. whose qualifications ere
shown nv their examinations and
whose character end LOYALTY to the
ranuhiican marty Is unnuestionahle.
Mr. Robinson. while maintaining his
rcsition 90 first elioihle has with
drawn in favor of Mr.. Severe.
Mr. cevare was asked tn accom-
ranv the PEOPLES Committee to
Twin Falls ~ present to Congress-
nan Smith the petition for the an
rcintmert Of George H. Severe as
the Postmrster. which he did. and
a majority of the committeeman
went to Twin Falls also and met
Mr. Smith about l hour before the
People's Committee arrived. so Mr..
Smith heard both sides of the ques-
ton and he said.:
Gentlemen, may I explain nv
riethod of hsndling the appointment
of Postmasters?" 81 expect that
the County Chairman will call 5 or
90 OF the representative men of the
party together and discuss the mat
ter and the decision of the majority
he recommended to me and the an
rointment is made and where this Is
done no trouble follows" 1t is
needless to say that this was not
done Mr. Smith also said, at have
rot hid anything like this occur in
the 80 years of my political life"
OF the $50 people canvassed,
about 800 signed it after reading
the petition or had 1t read to them
"a remained neutral and 6 opposed
It. No relatives of the county chair
man were canvassed, but some OF
them phoned and asked to be per-
mitted to sign, when was granted.
There were parts of two sections OF
our community that were not can
vassed due to lack of time in which
to get the petition to Mr.. Smith
and when this was explained to him
he said. at will not be necessary for
you to get the balance" so over 30
per cent of those canvassed signed
and we could vouch for the balance
at the same rate.
Now we shall not divulge, at this
time, out of charity to one member
OF the committee, what took place
before the first committee meeting
was called, during the meeting. sub
seauent to that meeting and later. }
1t has been rumore0 that some
parties who signed the petition have
gone back on it, but these parties
have been revisited and told the
whole story and their present status
s as at the first.
Now the Peoples Committee re-
spectfully request that the County
meet them openly
'esore the public and discuss this
natter, for we have nothing to con-
zeal and will furnish the crowd and
place.
Very respectfully yours,
l.. ]. Robinson, Jr.
L. Critchfield