The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-03-22
WHOLE NUMBER S92.
lNCUMBENTS.

INCUMBENTs.
Our distinguished Senators in Ceorrss,
think they have .'hesded'' Gen. Taylor's
administration BY having Mr., Boo,h's ap-
Poin.mcnt, rs Surveyor General for Iowa
and Wisconsin, confirmed By the Sesa,e.
Il was 70 be expected that President Polk
would I'LL the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation Of Scns,osi Zones, and the. shs
term ri tho incumbent would cxpire on thu
4th Of March next.
A IN evidence that Dodge and Jones IN.
tend 10 hcep this Office in their interest,
every locofoco paper in Iowa comes out in
glorious exulsation, defying Gen. Taylor 10
remove Mr.. Booth without violating ths
Jeflcrsonian rule. 0, no! "Mr. Boo.h 10
honest, he is capable. he 10 qualified; they
dare not remove him." Nov No undertake
to say that, Mr.. Booth lacks one very No.
cesssry qualification for dischsrginR the d.
ties Of Surveyor General; We siluds 70
practical kno,rlcdge. Recent develop
msnts in tho department at Washington
prove that, thousands of dollars have Sesu
and arc being paid by our government lor
re-surveying tho lands belonging 10 it,
How happens il, that work Of deputy Sur.
veyors have been received, and paid los By
tho Surveyor Generals, which afterwards
proved incosrectl We snswes that il il
solely because the Surveyor General did
not pOsscss q practical knopledee Of ssv.
reyisg, and consequently vas not 4ssl;f.
ed TO judge Of tho correctness of the vosk.
j. u we'll known that previous 10 tho 3D.
'ninissrsiion II Gen. Jackson, no one
thought Of applying Coz The Office II Survey.
o. General unless 30 wss . theoretical and
practical surveyor. Jefesson would q
soon have appointed lawyer. ssrgeos in
the army, - . pcrson 70 The aIics or Sur.
veyor General Who did not possess . pr,c.
tical knowledge Of tho duties of The oGics.
Al this very time, deputy Surveyors ere
rc-surveying islands in the Mississippi riv.
e.. for surveying which goverumsns bee
onco paid; and there 10 no telling tho i'm
menss amount II has and wilI cost Inc Uni
ted States TO psy for extra WORK, csused By
the ignorsscc Of official iunctionsries.
do Mr. Booshs friends pretend that 10
Possesses the requisite qualification TO iudeo
of the work ofhis depusissi Wi.hou. wish.
ing TO detrsct from the business capacities
Of Col. Booth, in his ordinary busiosss q
selling sugar and coffee and keepios ne.
counts with bis mill hands, ~ vou,ure the
assertion that he cannot wrise letter 9th
regard to tho business Of biz Office. uuss-
sisted BY his clerks, which could Do iu,elli.
gible either to himself OF the department, ss
Washington. Then 10 insist ihsl the m.
Poin,ment Of Mr.. Both, sby and ~ifk liz
adcicc and consent Of tie Scnate." Vas am
attempted imposision upon Con. Taylor's
ADMINISTRATION; end We trust the new sd-
m'n'efrai'on will show, by ID prompt &C.
ton in this matter, that the Office Of Sur.
vcyor General was created (as oshe, pur.
poses than advancing the clsims Or poln;.
c'aos for place 10 tho United States Sen.
ate. We hope some honest aud capable
man, possessing . theoretical and r,ac,i.
cal knowledge Of tho important duties Of
the Office, may be placed 10 chn,cs Of il.
~ the way. can any Of M. Booths snx.
'ons friends inform " what has become Of
cerssin contracts, let by the presen. incum.
bent! We're they given 10 deputies VIM
could do the work themselves, or did the
lucky fellows cell shcm out and alone?
How many moro u Senator Jones. con.
tracts arc there vet 10 flli We merely
ask Tor fsraher information. M. Booeh
70 worry quiet polision. never iassrleres il
po'i'ic'.-Dsbsqse Telegraph.