Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1914 — Evidently Holding Up Some Postoffice Appointments. [ARTICLE]

Evidently Holding Up Some Postoffice Appointments.

. The commissions of the postmasters at Goodland and RenMngtcn expire Feb. 15, and that of the postmaster at Lowell on April 2. At this writing Congressman Peterson has made no public announcement of wio will be given any of these plums, even if he knows. ‘’Boss” Murphy has been quite busy of lite, it is said, in giving a little attention to his $6,000 per year job, on tlie public service commission, and it is possible that he has neglected to tell M>r. Peterson whom to Appoint, although it is reported that Murphy had parceled out all the postoffices in the district, in some cases promising one office to a halfdozen different, men, long before the last general election. The Remington office pays a salary of $1,500 per year; the Goodland and Lowell offices each SI,OOO. In the second best postoffice in the district, Hammond, the present incumbent's term will expire nexft December. , S. S. Tull, who was recently removed as postmaster at Monon, to make room for a democrat, would have served until Feb. 23, 1915, had be been allowed to fill out the term for which he was appointed. None of the other commissions of postmasters jn the district expire until 1915 and 1916, those of Crown Point, Hebron, Indiana Harbor and Monticello expiring in the latter year.