Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28

were all lOO lIuc, vi TdtIltI tIlUl Hlduy
of them We're. also discovered that
the parties who were responsible for
this, might almost say disgraceful,
state of affairs, were the republican
examiners who have been allowed to
continue in Office under the present
Administration. And that is not
all. lam firmly convinced that these
hold-over republican examiners have
conspired together to bring the Office
into bad repute, in order to help the
republican party in the Presidential
campaign this year.
In order to get some idea of the
political effect of such a conspiracy
among these republican examiners,
just think for moment of the great
number of people who are either
directly or indirectly interested in
the business of this Office. Suppose
you notice for one day, everything
you see, and you will find how many
of them are patented or are the pro-
duct ola patented machine OF process.
You will be surprised, for you will
discover that about nine tenths of all
the things either manufactured or
produced in this country areconnected
in some way with a United States
patent.
After this discovery you will not be
surprised to learn that this Govern
ment issues more patents every
year than all the rest Of the world
combined. Now you can more
readily understand the amount of
damage that can be done the
Administration by the conspirators.
Every man whose patent is disal-
lowed without a good and sufficient
reason therefore, becomes a deadly
enemy, not of the Examiner, but
of the democratic Administration
which he believes has mistreated
him, and his idea of getting even is,
nine times out of ten, to work like
blazes for the republican party
This fellow is not alone, there are, sc
to speak, thousands of him, and the
republican examiners of the Patent
Office are to blame for all hi,
troubles.
In no branch of the Government i,
the head of a Department so depen
dent on his subordinates as in the
Patent Office. In 1885 President
Cleveland appointed Mr.. Montgom'
cry, a Michigan lawyer, Commission
err of Patents. At the time that wa,
considered an excellent appointment
But owing to lack of familiarity OF
the part Of Mr.. Montgomery witt
the extremely complicated practice
of the office, his republican
subordinates virtually ran it for him
The natural result was neglect anC
idleness on the part Of the employee
and complaints on the part of thu
representatives of the patentees of tn,
country.
| am informed by Il gentleman
who is in a position to know whereo
he speaks that there are quite
number of eX-eXaminers of tn
Patent Office now engaged in bust
ness here as patent attorneys, who's
sole capital with which to begil
business were long lists of the name
and addresses of applicants for patent
whose applications they had unjustl.
rejected for the sole purpose of after
wards getting fee as an attorney 70
, procuring the patent they had as al
examiner of the United States Paten
Office rejected. These men are re
publicans.
In order to break up this practice
j bills have been introduced il
, Congress several times to max
Examiners of the Patent OffiC
Ineligible to act as patent attorney
for two years from the date of thei
designations or dismissals from Office
So far interested parties have in som
! way been able to prevent such bill
from becoming laws.
Last year Mr.. Montgomery wa
succeeded by ex-Representative Hal
of Iowa, as Commissioner of Patent;
; Mr.. Hall is an able and honest mar
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