New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-25

There has never been complaint Of
any kind as to the manner in.which he
has conducted the examinations and no
fuss over change would have been
made had it not been tor the young doc
tors father, John Lind Republican,
who wants the job. In his interests q
petition was circulated privately at the
Redwood encampment, asking for the
appointment of the old board, and this
petition was signed by over hundred
old veterans at that encampment who
did not understand the situation. The
work of circulating this petition was
done mainly by Populists and Democrats
and the move, if successful, would Iut
a John Lind Republican, Lind Bryan
Republican and William Mckinley
Republican on the board. A counter
petition, asking for the appointment of
DR.. Jacob Welcome, a good, straight
Republican, has been numerously signed
this week by veterans and pensioners
and every signature of the $50 on the
petition is that of veteran or pension
er. The Brown county Republican COM
mittee have not signed the petition, but
gave DR.. Welcome Jr. thei1 cordial and
hearty Endorsement, in personal letter
to Mr.. McCleary, the Republican county
committee believing that good Repub
lican has right to ask for recognition
from Republican congressman and a
Republican administration, particularly
when it is the question of ousting from
Office of Republican by Populists and
Democrats that is up for settlement. K
The contest over the postoffice in this
city was formally inaugurated last week.
Gottlieb Schmidt, who held tie office
under Harrison, is once more candi-
date and is actively circulating a petit
ton among the citizens for endorsement.
John H. Weddendorf, who had his
eye on the place eight years ago but
was put off with railway mail clerk
ship, is alsv in the field, and will bother
McCleary in making his selection not a
little. In fact, the contest in New .Ulm
will undoubtedly be as warm as any
with which the Mankato congressman
has to deal, and, matter what the out
come, his reputation as an ''ideal states
man" will have. dropped peg or two,
at least with a certain element in New
Ulm. Weddendorf's candidacy will stir
up no end of opposition and his friends
will putup correspondingly strong fight.
Sam Peterson, it is said, is quietly plan
ming to take the plum Cor himself, and
if that should prove to be the case the
problem which confronts McCleary will
have been wonderfully simplified, for it
goes without saying that Sans services
last fall en- title him to whatever he hap
pens to ask for. With him eliminated,
it is rumored that the genial and popu-
lar Capt. Burg wouldn't object to be-
coming a compromise candidate when
the fight between Schmidt and Wedden-
dorf gets warm. s
Finding that the civil service rules
stood in the way of getting certain good
places in the customs and internal reve-
nue. services to Republican party work
ers or personal friends and family rela-
tions, President Mckinley took the first
opportunity after the adjournment of
congress to alter them, and now several
hundred Offices can he filled with new
men who will only have to satisfy the
partisan heads Of departments that they
are the right persons for them, says the
New York News.
This is scandalous betrayal of the
Republican pledges made as rec emily as
last year on the subject Of civil service
reform, and it certainly should increase
many-fold the shame and disgust of the
honest Democrats who were inveigled
into voting for Mckinley. They know
now that not only were they bunkoed
on the sound money and tariff questions,
but also on this of protection to mel
itorious of6ceholders against the assaults
Of the hordes Of hungry spoils hunters
who did the shouting for the trusts and
their cause during the campaign. IS
Mckinley, in seizing on these offices
in the customs and revenue branches Of
the government service, has, to some
extent st least, the fear ef public opln-
ion before his eyes, and he tres to soothe
its wrath By hypocritical pretense Of
benefitting the vast mass Of employees
Of the United States. Having appointed
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