Arizona republican., 1902-04-21
THE JUDGES POLITICAL PULL.
Landed One Relative, But Let Out
 Another Brother-in-Law.

Tn those halcyon days when 'Chet' Arthur ran things republican in New York I was a district judge" said the ex-judge, removing his glasses to pol ish them so that he could the more ac curately observe the effect of his anec- dote. That was when Arthur was col lectCr of the port. before he became president. and We were compelled to treat him with q greater deterence than before. It was the days before civil service reform had arisen to veX us with it's restrictions in the proper dis pensation of patronage in the building up of a party to advance proper and patriotic principles"
 The eX-judge mounted his glasses and beamed upon us as he thought of those halcyon days of political activity and leadership.
 Well he went on, "in my district there was an active. industrious fellow named McMahon-Marty, one of those fellows to whom you only need to say that such and such a thing must b2 done and you could lay back and con- slider it done. but it would be just as well not to inquire how-rest content in an accomplished fact. Marty had one defect. however. which deprived him of ripe excellence and comfort. His demand for places for his family went ahead of anything l ever knew. It seemed to me that he spent one day manufacturing relative that he might hunt me up the next day to demand place for him. But then he wasn't so different from the rest of the workers only little more persistent and ur- gent. Well, one day he started in to have q brother-in-law of his put into the custom house. I had been pretty busy securing such kind of places for my district, and didn't feel very anX- ious to go to Arthur, and told Marty so. That didn't make any difference to Marty. He was at my house before breakfast and when I started for bed. If I opened my office door I found Marty in the corridor patiently waiting to prefer that request for his brother in-law. This went on so long that in sheer desperation I went to Arthur.
 ":Weli. judge, said the collector your district has had it's quota of ap- pointments now-more than it's quota "I know it, collector I exclaimed. but I must have this one. If this thing goes on another week l shall be a dead man. I can't live through it and my man won't be said nay. Now l am quite sure that you, as the head of the organization. don't want to lose an eff ficient district leader
 Arthur smiled. but the smile was | quickly succeeded by frown. At | last he took from his desk list of names and after looking it over. handed | it to me. saying:
 "'This is a list of appointments for your district. Look it over. select a name you care least for. strike it off, and I'll appoint your man. It's the best l can do.
 'I took the list and presently struck 1 the name of man of whom I had no | knowledge. I didn't recognize it as be- | longing to anybody I had ever heard of and I struck it off. Marty's brother-in- law accordingly was appointed. "A week later I met Marty. He was cold and sullen-frowning Indeed.
 Whats the matter Martyr asked. I got your brother-in-law ap- pointed. didn't I?'
 "'YCu did, sor.' he replied, 'an' by the same token, you bounced my other brother-in-law to do it. An all it's done hes been to quiet one sister an put another about me ears
 ] ''I flung up my hands. I couldn't ex- 1 plain. ."-I3rooklyn Eagle.