The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-15

which is not without pcrtincncy To what
| is going on at present in Washington.
| His patience. we'll nigh incXhnllstihIe
| in such matters gave way on one oc-
| CaSiOn before the pcrtinacious and re-
| peatcd assaults Of an otiicc-seek"r of
notorious uniitncSs, and he turned upon
| him suddenly with the announcements:
Its no use for YOU to ask me any fur
ther: will not give YOU the place. At
| this the applicant said "Then ] am TO
understand, Mr.. President. that you re-
| fuse me JUSTICE" Lincoln sprang from
| his chair, seized the man by the coat
| collar, took him to the door and kicked
| him out. The astounded oflcc-seekcr
gathered himself up with some difficult
| " ana demanded his papers. Lincoln
| turned to his table. rolled the papers
into Il wad, and, hurting them after
| him. slammed the door upon him.
| This incident teaches that we have
| had strenuous presidents in the White
| House before Theodore Roosevelt. 1t
| also teaches that unduiy persistent Of
| hce-scckers and patronage mongers
| SHotlll jtNi itlt ltSl llc sI'illt u tlliti't-
| ton gain control of President Roose-
| Welt and he be moved to follow Lin
| coins illustriOuS example. Several inn
Fortunate visitors to the White House
| recently have caught II glitter in the
presidential eye that gave them feel
| have gone away subsequently With Il
more accurate conception Of the pres-
| dents character than they had before
| calling upon him. There was a dele
| cation from Kentucky a few days ago
| who went TO tho White House to assist
| the president in finding II successor for
! the collector nj Louisville. whose resig-
| nation has been accepted for the good
| of the service They were quite sur
prised to learn that the successor was
to be appointed for the good Of the
| service" also. ana they We're not able to
unite in recommending anybody of
| whom they could guarantee that quail
ncation. The president accumulated The
strain of the situation by informing
them that if they could not agree upon
| II fit man within twcnty-four hours he
would find such Il one of his own un-
aided efforts They We're. at last aC-
| counts, trying to get together on that
basis, but the supreme difficulty in the
| way of agreement lay in the fact that
| the presidents requirement of good of
| the service" had bowlcd out their entire
collection of candidates.
| This was not an exceptional ease in
| the presidents course of procedure. He
| followed the same method in the selec-
| tion of United States district court
| Judge in Kansas, in the selection of Il
| postmaster for The city of Wilmington,
! and Il collector for the port of Delu-
ware, and in the selection of postmaS-
| ters in Albania, mississippi and Texas.
| In all cases his ultmutum to the back
| ers of various candidates has been: "I
want To find man fit for the good OF
the service. If you will help me TO find
him | shall he glad to have YOU; but if
| you decline 10 help me | must find him
without your aid" The more patron
age broker looks at that proposition the
| more impossible does he find ii To get
an excuse for refusing 10 comply with
| il. Whatever else he may think of it,
| he knows he cannot so before the pub
lie in opposition to it and hope to get
popular sympathy for himself.