Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-20
Oan's Recommendation Regard
ing State Patronage
ARE IGNORED BY GROVER
And lhsa Ne ln<1osse0eue - An
Telling whats Whal

gan politics has been taAen. Ii IN a
stsp ~hieh an-cts primarily the demo
erst organization u the state. but it sill
he startling information 10 the msmb bsrs
of al parties II Ia u a personal az sell
az political character, Tor 10 involves
the foremost men - the Democrat party
in Miehlgaa Who have become conspic.
gously idsatihed with national politics
ard With Mr. cieyelaad's aiministra-
tion
Dansei j. Campbell -. Detroit, as
chairman q the state central Democrat
committee ot Michigan. aad IS the
Michigan meGlbeE ~ the democrat
national cornmittcs has rled written
statement with Postmaster I.eneral Bls
sci. setting forth that secrc, ,ailueuccs
are operating "a control the federal ap-
p,intmeut- 4ni direct the po.itlcal af.
fairs ot the state. ant that the eons,i
tut-,i ofh.'ef of the party have been st
assie and The direction ~ Michigan
poiIiica! Affairs gwen over % private
p.rsona holtliug nO ofhcial station With
tne dcrlocra. organization Of Michigan.
Esp- Don VI
The statement sflis that in the
~Orphan" districts. according % rur,or.
referees have b.~n chosen upon whose
r"cominendat!on appointments would te
tuassc. that the committee did not lie
Aes- "a the slssiom 90 such a course.
tuf r the department had sl-term,ae.l
upoa lt the commlttee deemed II proper
tnat the pubic should know VINO IN.
- 49, A. II
might have a hearing and fair one
The important feature - this csm-
munscation - that II * me official action
n the state central committee and
county cOfnmit.ees ani not % Mr.. Cam
pau in a persona. capacity.
There can 10 no mistaking the pain
meaning of this written statement. nor
Of the issue u presents % Mr.. C,cve-
lands administration and IL Don NJ
DtcsInson and such gentlemen as he
may designate az referees. The step the
state eommitfe" has now taken has been
uudcr consideration Tor many weeks.
aud - The elimination of . series of
.vccts shich have been taken In lndi
cate that the state organization was to
b. sgtordlnatei o. th. influences u Mr.
Dickinson and those closely identified
with him.
Campau's Plan
When the new administration took
hrfS - Affairs she state chairman came
here and with vi-v To having the
state committee cooperate with the AL
niinIstration IA appointments and par, ,
afars q the stai.s lie was received
aad listened o. by the president aui 10y
the several cabinet officers with all due
courtesy. yet the views. wishes and rec.
concentrations - the state committee
seem % have ended at that point.
Subsequently the chairman returned
here and LAID before the p~tosfsce de
par'msut plan by which the Official
representatives. q the party in the state
s0uHi h"k after appointments. psrtlcu-
larry IN those districts having no Gsno-
cTat congressman. Moreover the state
central committee submitted large.
number of recommendations FOR ap-
pniriulsnt-. These recommendation
had come up from the town. county and
district committees. and tho democrat
candidates fpr crngre-s aHd finally the
state comuitfse. thus securing cOmp-e-
henslye Endorsement from all the repre-
sen'etisc pariv organizations II the
state
fhou Turned Down
II was fouad. however. that little or
no attention Nas gwen a. thes4 slg
suggestions and recommendations On
the contrary the hst q appointments -
made public daily showed that men ~ho
were recommended hy tho state ,cm-
miitee we're npt appointed vhiic men
ei.nsr unknown q the rommittee or
k1pru o. them "a cn,lors''d 10y prlvste
infnenCrr se,-urri the appointments.
Recently % Vas rer.rtcd - the chair
man q fh. state com niitee that toarsl
90 refrfevs hsi oesn designate, ~ the
psSfrr'ico department "a control ali
Michigan appointments The-a refor.s :.
~ lsls b~sn ascsrtsine.i. srr A. follows:
Femth district James H kennusl
seth district. l. w. Eovlry
Eighth district T. t}rucker.
Ninth district. r. H. BlacScr
Eleventh district. Stiles kera actly.
rN-iftb 'hs'rIct unsnovn
These Sentierren are we'll known as
persona, lriruds q Dicsinson From
fhls 90 sas eun,ls,l~d that tho psssti,ice
trra-tHFn, hal preferred % loas % the
r''frr"ess rather thau ts thc party organ
izat.on - the STATE
iiis little ~rnsa,ssa
The Michigan referees were printed in
'abuiaf inrm and wsrs hung IN tns prst
ol'ie~ department az tnN eifoy e l.eo
Mortimer the appointments cler< IN
charge d.chigan appointments VI
Campau rnciusled that s- thi. private
t.oarl q referees had been selected ~
control Michigan AFFAIRS p" ronla. as
-tate chairman and ns;ioual committee
man ahsllcafe fhe formal funrtior.
which The state officers vera $upc, .s,i
g. exaTetsc
The lst',.r . NJ Csapau vss the ~
snif u xsS written several LAYS ago AZ
D.tro,t snt vas afislrrssa,i 'e F,~tu a-
te- f,rneral liisssli r. vent through
tie usual channels q the arpof- aleu-
ard assn began to svcite much cosu ~ snt
With fha hesuis - the lepar-rhert e
-renied quite - mach = q serzaticn ~
snvfhier froueht O. tAair alt5re sincr
fhe administrator hrgan. They had
.ieaIs hafsfa WITH clashes = authority
buf fh..s, h1.i heeu 4 rincr r-fnsssqu sncs'
,.rrrrarei with the fFrrsl written pr1
trrt q sfate chairman anil naticnsl
.-,ri n f..@nien - state sgainst thr
parsons = 30 hai hssn rec-g,' Es.i "a 70
spre''- fer the state.
FAss, - Dan. Whsrhf
Tha .effer -ai.se.l such wisie Nfra Tnenr
fnzs.ln fh.s .ierar-rlerf that = a. as'
r,ssrhesi The puhiic ard hs- hesa rtueh