The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-22

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 merely obiectionable in character, but who had not lived in the town althougn the law ref.tlires that every puStmasteI shall reside within the delivery or 'ne office to which appointed. .,,..
 In public speech and in written articles Mir. Ciarksorr championed the spoiis sys, ys, tenn, which he had thus applied; m .a,o he defended ..rotation in office as the strongest assurance Of honest aha .,.o,,'. cno' tive administration. and the ciean swp every four years AS the best guarants'e of general interest in public anaIrs. ,n
 The North American Review he not oh.y
 attacked the Civil SeSVice Coni Cs .bn and its examinations. put dehouhee" ~
 Wr Kas,savsi, 1Imself is perfectly Ia miliar with this disgusting receru oi ,g,,ii Clarkson. He was memper ol .. . AL
 Service Commission at the tthe esa' ..a Clarkson was denouncins that ovo; o;,ce of
 he considered it a duty to take notlce oi
 the attack. In speech at St. Louls, MT
 Roosevelt said such things as these:
 '-The Civil Service Commission IS mos.
 undoubtedly hostile to Mir ciarkson ane
 the idea which MT. CIarkson represents.
 We should fail in our duty If we were
 not. We can no more retain the sooo
 will Of the spoilsman than poilceHa1
 who does his duty can retain NIT the cisrs, s2pu
 keep a straight face and deny IL. tnal
 during his term of service as F1rst As sistant Postmaster General ne anH'I'S tered that office. and had it administered,
 as it was administer before mn; n, a1u hv hy turning out all the fourth-class post. masters, competent and incompetent alike, If the people who sought tne'f places had sufficient political backing.
 If there be man in the Repupieah Party whom a civil service reform Presi- dent would seem bound to neglect. .. It IS James S. Clarkson. Yet it is this very
 man whom Mir. Roosevelt picks out Tor special honor. Mir. Clarkson was or low 2 when he was appointed First Assistant Postmaster General in 1889. but he lost his hold in his own State not long after, and some years ago he came 10 Ne" York. He has cut no figure in the DO
 litfcal or the business activines or tne city. The sole occasion on which he has challenged public attention was when ne appeared, a year ago, as the spokesman
 for a corporation. which pushed through the Legislature what came to be Known as the West Street Grab Bill, which | was vetoed by Governor Odell. He mas absolutely no "claim' known to the pub l lie for the place now. given him-ever on the low plane of political activity, ioi | he is without influence in the local Re | publican machine.
 The Surveyor s. office is not a place o great conseduence but the selection o | James s. Clarkson for Surveyor by Thee dore Roosevelt is an act of the first nm portance. II IS ploW III the ldce VI | every sincere civil service reformer 1T l this city. It will rejoice every spoilsmar l in the land. It will increase the appre hension of candid observers that MT | Roosevelt IS going to compromise away l the popular strength which he possessed | when he entered the White House. 4 | dozen years ago Roosevelt the Civil Ser | vice Commissioner realized that he would l fail In his duty if he did not show him
 self hostile to MT. Clarkson and thu idea which Mir. Clarkson represents" | Now Roosevelt the President pays spe
 cisl honor to MT. Clarkson, representing
 the same idea. What does 1t mean?