The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-01

its treasurer, }. L Crupper. postmaster al
Alexandria George Z. Bowden. a mem
Der who is almost national committee
man, is clerk CT the district court for the
eastern district. John N. Griffin is post
master at Fredericksburg; Thomas Low
cry. is deputy collector of customs-an
excepted position-at Norfolk: Morgan
Treat is United States marshal for the
eastern district; {. {. Lincoln is post
master az Marion; and :. Brown Allen is
marshal for the western district. John
r. Brown. c. N. Gibbons and ". a jam
ieson enjoy the notable distinction OF be-
ing without Offices up 10 date. whether
because the supply has given out or be
cause they have not sought any is IN
known.
During the late campaign there was fly
ing about the state an assessment circu-
lar bearing the name OF one Of the com
mittee. and addressed TO Republican Of
fee holders in which.aftcr the usual ster-
eotyped partisan appeal, occurred the fol-
lowing passage: Those persons espec-
tally who are receiving emoluments from
party appointments should contribute at
least per cent OF their salaries 10 be
I have been commissioned by the proper
authorities to communicate with you.
Some copies Of this circular found their
way into Washington and viii be laid be-
fore the president.
To show how little good the Republican
party derives from the work of an Office
holders ring. the results at the elections
in Richmond, the chief city OF Virginia.
for several years may be compared. The
Republican vote for Harrison in 1892 was
62S2; for Mckinley in 1896 it was 5.15s.
and four years later ,, 70, while for Hoge
in 1907 it was only $50. A the same rate
vanishing point cannot be far Off.
The experience of the party IN Virginia
is only a replica of its experience IN other
states where as bad a system or worse
one prevails. The recent removal OF
Sapp. the internal revenue collector at
Louisville. draws attention TO the fact
that the Republican vote fell of in that
city some 5000 in four years; and that. if
Sapps' henchmen had not forced the nom-
ination Of Taylor for governor in 1899. the
time was ripe for the election OF Mr..
Yerkes by a majority which could not
have been overthrcwn even by the trick
cry of the Goebel law and the state
would not now have had the scandal of
Taylor's flight and the murder-conspi- !
racy trials.
In Louisville a like condition Of affairs
is observed. Tho collector Of customs at
New Orleans, Captain Wimberly. is Re
publican boss of the state. and has his
relatives ana minors billeted around on
the government pay roll, although he had
been twice dismissed from the public ser
vice under charges before receiving his
last appointment. When il is recalled
that the result Of one recent state election
showed that his candidates received only
900 votes in spite of the fact that his
office holding pets numbered 1000. and /
that at another they received only .. 400 |
votes, although the voting benencaries |
Of his bossism numbered more than 400 /
it can hardly be said that the continuance |
Of such a gang in Office is great help 10 |
the upbuilding of the party IN Louisiana. !
The votes which could not be accounted |
for probably went TO some OF the Dem /
ocratic candidates, for Senator McEenry /
Is Wimberly's friend when the distribu- 1
lion Of patronage is going on. and the |
senator calls himself a Democrat and has
Democratic candidates to take care Of
L some official heads drop into the bas
get in the south before long, it may not
De because any charges of theft, or black
nail. or other immortality have been
lied and proved directly against the de-
but because the president has
lad all he can stand of the way things
AVE been going on IN the circle where
politics and officeholding are mixed.