Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-01
THE SPOILS SYSTEM"
PsDLlTICAL SCRAMBLE fOx PLACE

Who Shall Succeed George spurrisr.-isuss
McMe.ien sets Up His Dummy
Halt Dozen Candidates.
There is consider able buzziny in po.,ii
cal circles relative to tho appointment OF :,
superintendent Of the Lancaster county
hospital aud insane asylum. position
made vacant by the death Of George Spuc.
rier. There arc Eu;lber of candidates
named for the position and they and their
friends are busiiy engaged in endsavorng
TO impress ths members OF the board ot
poor directors with the magnitude Of their
claims upon the parity" and their pecu-
iiar htness for tho position. They are u
rather bad lot, Zone Of them measuring up
to the stature required Of an officer Of SD
important q character.
BOss McNeilon's Nan.
Capt. Elias McMellen, it is said, asp,es
to tho place, either in person Or by proxy.
Ii he cannot secure Il personal endorse.
ment, which is very doubtful, he will do
all he can to push forward Joel l.. Haiics,
barber and the assessor of the Third ward.
Haines was candidate for the position y,
the time Mr.. Spurrier was elected, but he
certainly possesses no especial qualiiicl-
tiOns or claims, except that he has been I
faithful lieutenant under McMe'len, and
one of ''tho best workers in the ward
1t is claimed that Directors Evans, Krri.
der and Musser arc ''agin him" aud ics..
he cannot be elected.
An Old siager.
Elm Herr, of StTasburg township. ii
also candidate. 1t will be recOllccted
that he was candidate for steward of the
almshouse at the beginning If tho present
year, and that for more than six months
the directors iiv.dct their votes equally
between him aud .Iohu Brock. and finally
70 elected Brock by IN unanimous vote.
MIR. Herr, instead Of waitin. to give Brock
! another tt:stie, seeinra to- think it would
be an caster matter to slide quietly int,
Spurrier's > vacant shoes. IL is quite likely,
however, that Brock himself will
be candidate for tho plar..
1t Is we'll known that he thinks
he possesses peculiar qualifications for tho
place, that he rendered intelligent and val
liable services at the time the asylum was
destroyed by fire and, If VIC are not mis-
taken, after tho fire, made u Proposition
to tue authorities to perform the d,ities pf
both steward and superintendent at much
less cost and more efficiently than they
have been performed under the present
system. Brock has great deal OF energy,
in his present Office with either dishonesty
or neglect of duty.
Jero. Cooper to the Font.
.Jere. Cooper, late clerk to the board Of
prison inspectors, is also being pushed for:
ward as candidate for the vacant super
intendency. He Possesses 4 clear heal.
good judgment, and . better education
than any OF his competitors. Hn made i
fnI VyINS
prison, and none Of tho irregullrites''
that have marked the management Of that
institution have been traced to him. It's
friends claim that he Possesses excnilcni
administrative qualities and that III is
blest with wife who would mako ar al
mirable matrOn.
In the EreunasciaGt.
Isaac Evans. butcher, OF this city, is
also announced as q candidate. 1t is not
known that his education, tastes, or bi,i-
ness pursuits have been such AZ To quality
him 70: tho delicate duty of caring for tho
insane but ho has the advantage Of
having . friend at COURT his brother.
John Evans, is president of tho bOa:d
that chooses tho superintendent, and III
these days Of nepotism it is not likely tlIa.
he will overlook Isaac's claims or neglect
to impress his fellow members with hts
fitness for the place.
More To bs Heard From
Edward Sutton, Of this city. is also q
candidate. He has rather influential
family influence to back him has been
straight Republican all the time, and is i
man Of good character and fair auaiii;ca-
tiOns.
The above arc tho only aspirln;, yet
heard from, though doubtless there ,So
many moro willing and anxious t" serve
themselves and the county in looking after
the interests Of those unfOrtunates who
cannot take care Of themselves. What
their relative chances of success may be
wo do not know, as VIC are not il, the con
tidcnce Of the directors. Perhaps we may
know more befo;e tomorrow night.