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The Commoner.
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 19
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Election of Postmasters
By Congressman Stephens of Nebraska
In view of the numerous in
quiries and criticisms on my plan for
allowing the people to choose their
own postmasters, I wish to state for
the benefit of those interested in this
great reform, that the plan is work
ing admirably and that the people are
intensely interested in exercising this
privilege. Wo have now held seven
elections in all where the people
held open elections, or democratic
primaries or caucuses. In every in
stance there has been a good man
chosen for postmaster and in most
instances the vote cast has exceeded
that cast at any general election.
Even when a democratic caucus or
primary has been held the vote
practically equals the total usually
cast by all parties at a general elec
tion. For example at the last elec
tion for postmaster where the vot
ing was restricted to democrats upon
the request of the five candidates
there was about 200 votes cast. The
local press described it as a most
enthusiastic election and says that
the streets were blocked by the
people and business practically sus
pended while the people were busy
picking a man to serve them as post
master. In closing, however, the
author of the article, who was a de
feated candidate, stated that the plan
was very unpopular and that many
thought if their congressmen did not
have backbone enough to appoint a
postmaster without bothering the
people with it, he didn't have back
bone enough to servo the people as
congressman. Certainly a candidate
who receives less than ten votes out
of a total of about 200 has a right
to feel that the people can not be
trusted to attend to their own busi
ness. But they surely show plainly
what they want, and if the people did
not want to be bothered with this
little matter of choosing their post
master they would not block the
streets coming out to an election.
Down in Hooper they liked elec
tions so well they held two of them
and some wanted a third whirl at it,
but I protested. The democrats held
a caucus and the republicans later on
held a mass meeting. Everything
wont off in fine shape and the critics
of the plan, have had crrpnf fun i,rir,.
about it. The democrats held a
caucus and elected Mr. Fritz unani
mously. The caucus was the only
poorly attended meeting of the seven
due to a stormy night, but since thero
was no other democratic candidate
another election was not necessary.
Mr. Ring, the present republican
postmaster and a good man was a
candidate for re-appointment and
since many democrats wanted him
SramSS ,had asreed to recommend
Mr. Ring in case a democratic caucus
recommended him to me. The demo
cratic caucus did not do so, but in
stead unanimously recommended
Mr. Fritz, whereupon Mr. Rinir
through two or three friends called
a mass meeting and naturally demo
crats refused generally to attend It
Even this meeting, called fo? the
specific purpose of nominating Mr
Ring, gave Mr. Fritz who was not a
candidate before the meeting fifteen
votes. No less than twenty-five
newspapers have printed the account
or this mass meeting and the fart
EaSrMp,Pp!ts reCeIvd fleen voLs
l M!- Ine'3 ono hundred and fifty
and that I refused to appoint the
people's choice, and not ono of th
mentioned the fact thatTpwtoS
democratic primary had elected Mr
Fritz unanimously, and that renubH
cans are barred from being cand"
dates under the rules
I mention these details to correct
.tno record and to show that the
people are as much interested in
electing their postmasters as the?
were in electing a president last fill
and where such interest prevail'
good results must follow.
Another critic advances the idea
that my plan of electing postmasters
is against the latest ideas of Kov
eminent which is a tendency toward
the short ballot- the election of
fewer officers instead of more. If ho
had considered the subject closely ho
would have seen that the election of
postmasters is the short ballot idea
in a nutshell. It is the shortest bal
lot possible and the candidates aro
known to every voter. The evil that
argues for a short ballot is the long
list of candidates, for instance, that
the average voter does not know, and
which is elected as a rule by guess.
Whatever merit the question of a
short ballot may .have, it applies
forcibly to the election of post
masters from among their friends
and acquaintances, whom they know
almost as well as they do members
of their own families, just whom are
they competent to elect? They elect
new mayors, members of the legisla
ture, and state officers, and they do
not come in contact with these offi
cers once a year, whereas they deal
with the postmaster daily. Does tho
fact that they must meet the post
master daily and stand for every
thing he does, good, or bad, dis-
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