El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-06
POLITICAL POINTS.
A Brief of Sketch What is Going on
at the Federal Capitol.


at the Federal Capitol.
WASHINGTON, March 2, 1897
E. H. r. Green. chairman Of the state
repu blican committee, is now in Wash
ington and has opened headquarters
here and will look after the Texas end
OF the appointments, as far as lies with
in his power. He is showing himself q
true naturalized Texan by having the
Texas flag gracefully drapped in the
window of his headquarters. Many Of
| Mr.. Green's lieutenants are on the
ground with him and strong efforts
will be made by them to control the
public patronage for Texas.
DR.. John Grant is also in Washing
ton and is looking we'll to his fences
and is making strong effort to divide
the Texas public patronage with Mr..
Green. It is whispered that DR.. Grant
will be rendered the position of fourth
assistant postmaster general. Mr..
Grant is an original Mckinley man
and the faction he lead in state politics
we're the ones that were seated in the
St. Louis convention and this fact
gives him "a strong pull with the new
administration. If Mr.. Grant is made
fourth assistant postmaster general
there is but little doubt but that the
Texas patronage will be divided be-
tween him and Green.
Mr.. r. r. Hawley, who was elected
to congress from the Galve stOn district
will also have say about Texas ap.
pointments, but he is in with Mr.. Green
and if a factional fight for the patron
age is brought on then he will use his
influence for Green's interests.
Bob Campbell of Ell Paso, Is early on
the scenes in Washington and has been
hobnobbing with the big guns of the ad-
piCt To ho
orship of that port and is taking time
by the forelock to get the advantage of
his opponents. Others who are seek
ing the same position are depending
strongly on the influence they have at
the capitol and the petitions they send
in later
AS there is to be a complete change
in the heads and chiefs of all the diff
ferent governmental departments it is
not probable that any of the inferior
appointments will be reached until
a bout summer time and it is a waste of
time to try for any position sooner.
There is going to be big fight on
for several positions in Texas, and es-
pecially those in West Texas. The
several collectorships have several
and each claims large back
ing. but all are working in
the dark yet and no one knows where
lightning is going to strike.
Indications are that President Nc
Kinley will only appoint to office men
with clean records personally and polls
tically and if this policy is carried out
1t will be great thing for the repub-
lican party in Texas, as, If they get a
good, clean set of federal Office holders
it will help the rank and file of the
party in the state and many who have
refused to affiliate with the party in
the past will fall in line, as they are
sickening of the democrats who have
had such long and uninterrupted sway
in there. These people can't go to the
populists because it is 80 far away from
their political belief, so they have af-
filiated with the Texas democrats rath-
er than become mixed up with lot of
republican pie hunters, as the party
has been termed for several years past
in Texas.
Both Mr.. Green and DR.. Grant are
good leaders and both are working for
The best interests of the party and they
both give the party prestage with the
people at home, and it is pity to see
them at loggerh eads with one another.
If they should join issues it would
greatly benefit the party with voters
and then they would better be able to
select the chaff from the wheat in their
recon mepdation for suitable parties to
fill the several federal Offices in the
state of Texas. TEXAN.