The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-20
VIEWS OF ADMINISTRATION CON.
cERNING APPOINTMENTS.
LEARNED BY Mr.. MURRAY
MissouIa Man Has Talk with Presi.
dent About Several 'cter.
estinq Matters.
Saturdays Daily Gazette,

From Saturdays Daily Gazette,
The Hon. S. G. Murray Of Missou
Ia was a passenger on this mornings
westbound North Coast Limited, be
ing on his way home from a visit east
of several weeks, some of which time
he spent at the national capital
MI. Murray was the republican
candidate for representative at the
last general election, and while he
did not go for that express purpose,
he looked a little into political mat
ters at Washington so far as they
are connected with or have any bear
ing on the state. He had interviews
with both the secretary of the in
terror and president and the situation
as it exists in Montana at the present
time was talked over very generally.
A Possible Fault.
To a Gazette reporter, with whom
he chatted a few minutes while the
train was at the station, Mr.. Murray
said that while he had not been in
full accord with all the state central
committee had done in the way of
making recommendations for appoint
ment to the various federal offices,
he was 10th to believe that the COM
mittee had acted with the manifest
intention of disregarding the wishes
of the majority of the party. He be-
lieved that if any blame was to be
attached to that body it was for hav-
ing been too seclusive, in other words,
it had not come in touch sufficiently
with the rank and file of the party
and consequently was not as we'll in
formed al it might be regarding the
choice of the party in the matter Of
presidential appointments. Because
of it's failure to better inform itself
concerning the qualifications and
standing of some men whom it had
recommended for places men had
been suggested who were not truly
representative of the party, and it
might also be said not suitable for
different reasons.
Protest That Availed.
While he declined to mention names
he said that in the conferences he
had had with the secretary of the in
terror and president several men had
been discussed. One appointment rec
commended by the committee had been
gone over thoroughly and on the
showing made assurances had been
given that the recommendation would
be ignored and the mans name
would eve be sent to the senate
for confirmation to the office for
which he had been advanced by the
committee. Mr.. Murray said both
Mr.. Hitchcock and President Roose-
welt had expressed themselves as anx-
ious to do all in their power to ad-
n the interests of the party in
the state and to promote harmony
While willing to listen to all and anYe
objections that might be urged
against candidates for places, they in
sisted, however, that those making
the objections must offer something
stronger than mere g~eneralites. They
want proofs Of the kind that will
stand. Both had, assured him that
they desired to have only the best
and cleanest men placed in offices
in the state and in ~furtherance of that
desire wanted all possible information
relative to the candidates presented
for their consideration.
Time For Concessions.
From his conversation with them
Mr.. Murray said he was satisfied that |
both the president and secretary of
the interior heartily deplored the un-
fortunate conditions of affairs exist
ing in the party of the state at the
present time and would do all in their
power to restore harmony. MI. Muir
ray himself said he believed the time
had come when both sides could and
should make some concessions and
seek to heal past differences. He
said he thought with the party har-I
monious and reunited the prospects
victory this fall would be good,
but without the elimination of the
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