The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-12-20
THE EXERCISE OF THE APPOINT
ING POWER.

cult task to perform. Unfortunately d
defeated applicants friends do not cen
slider that there are applicants with equal
" as warm friends and perhaps superior
capacity for the position and therefore do
not appreciate Mr.. Culberson's position or
cmbarrasmcnts Not all the friends
or defeated applicants keep their temper.
but make unseemly displays of their dis
abstraction. Nothing is more ludicrous
and contemplate than to hear little M
country court lawyer express his mdlS-
nation against governor elect and de-
clare that he the man of "iluence" gay,
the governor elect "a roast that he would
remember all his life" In the first
place this kind of hair pin has no in
lluence and applicants for positions would
save by not bringing him here and paying
car fare, hotel and bar bills for his 'llu-
ence," and in the next place these brag-
CARTS do not tell the truth. They are a.
meek as a mouse in the presence of the
governor elect and agree to everything he
says with fattcring smirk. They show
their insigniicance by the foolish beast
on the streets after the interview, that
they "roasted him" Why, this kind OF
fellows would shake in the knees in tn,
presence of Il backwoods constable, they
are so much in the habit of defcrrng to
everybody, hoping thereby to get case
in a Justices court.
There have been some dignificd and in
nuential men here in behalf of their
friends, and some of them have been dis
appointed, but no one has heard any
threat of the appointing power or any
boast of that roast given him. They APP
preciate his position; some of them have
held it, and they go home satisfied that
they have done all they could for their
friends. This thing of roasting a govern
or in his presence is no pleasant opera
ton. He has q thousand wire cOnnec-
tions with torpedocs under the chars Of
these hunkics that he can touch off in a
moment and they find themselves sprawl
ing on their backs gasping for lost breath,
if they have had the tcmerity they boast
Of,
Mr.. Culbcrson has very difficult and
very delicate duties to perform and he
performs them in obedience to his own
conscience, intelligence and discrimina-
ton, and not that of others. lie has made
oath to do his duty according to his own
and not your lights, and the man that
condemns him is ID, well, he is so
blinded by his own advocacy and interest
that his judgment is not trustworthy.
If Mr.. Culberson makes any fragrant
mistakes in his appointments, of course
he will hear of it, but there is degree
of allowance in all these matters that
every fair and sensible man will make
Mr.. Culberson, like all other men, has
his friendships and partialitics, which
will of course influence him in his APP
pointments, and while the indulgence of
his personal feelings may be subject to
criticism, we know down in our secret
consciences that if we were in his place
we would be influenced by these parti-
alities, but we do not believe that Mr..
Cuberson's partialities will run away
with him in any special appointments,bu but
while naturally influenced by these feel
ings he will demand that his friends shall
have equal, if not superior qualifications
for the positions.
1t is very well when you sit in judg-
ment upon the appointments of public
functonary that you should follow the
old suggestion, put yourself in his
place" Consider his relations to his up
pointees, as well as their capacities and
exercise the liberality of Judgment re-
garding him that you are quite certain
you, in similar position, would think
ought to be used toward you. At least
give him an opportunity to show the char
acter of all his appointments before you
hasten to condemn him for one or two
of them that happen not to suit you. And
if you do not want to be regarded with
contempt and have doubt thrown upon
your veracity do not go about the streets
of Austin Dragging that you have given
Culberson q roast. II your friend is dc
feated, take it like man and advis,
him to submit like a man and so HON,
and go to work.
PRNURIOUS STATE POLICY.
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