The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-27

over disputed or overlapping claims.
There is little in the Alice case that is
not inherent in the spoiIs system The
fact that the displaced office holder hap
pened to be woman appeals TO the
sense of chivalry. but it does not other
wise constitute an unusual exhibition Of
the plan under which appointments are
made.
The system of which the present case
is a disgusting expression has arisen as q
result of the senate's being made to share
the appointing power with the President,
just as it shares the treaty making power.
1t works out that President must accede
TO the wishes of the senators in order TO
get his nominations confirmed The coun-
try has had two recent examples OF the
extremes OF this sort. Practically all of
President McKinley's nominations were
confirmed; the senate in neglecting to con-
firm three or four merely acted the pat
Of an engrossing clerk who detects Lnin-
tended errors or makes allowance for
later information He vetoed no bill
which congress had passed, except a few
which the real leaders wanted to have
vetoed. The relations of President and
senate were absolutely harmonious. Mr..
Cleveland. on the other hand. vetoed much
of the work of congress. and disregarded
right and left the advice of senators of
his own party concerning appointments.
His nominations as a result were badly
cut Up. Two Of his nominees for the SUI
preme court, men prominently prepared
for that bench, failed of confirmation
No one supposes that the senate rejected
William B. Hornblower for the supreme
court, and confirmed John Goodnow for
consul general at Shanghai because one
was fit and the other unfit 1t rejected
Hornblower because President Cleveland
had not recognized" the Democratic
senators from New York; it confirmed
Goodnow in spite of his record. because
President Mckinley was having square
deal with the senators.
President Roosevelt has been considef-
ably more critical than his predecessor
regarding nominations sent to him for
confirmation. although Mr. Mckinley in
not a few instances, besought individual
senators not to press names upon him.
BY his amiability and tact he accom-
plished much in persuading them from
their worst plans.
The disposal of Presidential offices is
ere of the problems for which nobody has
presented a thoroughly satisfactory solu
ton. How is any President to know the
personal qualifications of scores of per-
sons in different states whom he must
select for positions of responsibility. even
under a most highly developed system of
civil service reform? He must have adj
vice and information from somebody
Since these are party offices, it is assumed
that the men whom the same party of
any state puts TO the front offer the best
rejection of it's majority sentiment But
this commingling of legislative and execu-
tive branches in the selection Of sub
ordinatcs for the executive departments
often leads to such distressing cases as
that which has been brought to light In |
Delaware.
Miss Todd cannot understand why she
is particularly and personally offensive
to leo when she never saw him but !
ono. in her life and that was when she |
STEPPED into his little jewelry shop in |
Dover to rake a small purchase for which |
she paid the schedule price Why he |
should tuTp his back on old customer /
because he has risen TO the United States !
senate, is president of one of Mr. Adj
lifk ks gas companies. and has become q
most serviceabIe man for Addicks, she
affects not to comprehend. and her state
nent of the case is calculated to appeal |
so strongly to the voters of Delaware as
10 do Addicks considerable damage.