The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-07-21
ALL OFFICIALS
VERY ANXIOUS
What q Change of AdminIstra-
tion Would Mean In the
Way OF Patronage.
The Indian Territory correspond

The Indian Territory correspond
ent OF the Kansas City Star says;
"Although the people OF Indian
Territory are not entitled to vote In
the approaching presidential election,
!. there Is no state In the Union where
\ the people are more vitality affected,
for change Of administration means
the distribution Of 50 much patronage.
"The situation Is doubly interesting
because the Democratic platform spe-
ciflcally provides for the appointment
Of home men In all territories, some
thing which has never been known in
Indian Territory.
There are more good places at the
disposal OF the administration, in In
dian Territory, than In the combined
of1ices OF the state and federal appoint
ments Ia any one OF majority OF the
Western states. There are fifteen
federal appointments in Indian Ter
ritory that pay an annual salary of
$1,000 each; twenty that pay 81, 900 and
twenty that pay $500 TO $4,000 In
addition TO these are the smaller APP
pointments
''In the 5000 class are the three
members OF the Dawes commission,
eight federal judges three members
of the citizenship court and school
superintendent. In the $4,000 class
are four United States marshals, four
clerks Of courts, four United States
attorneys and four United States jail.
era In the Indian division are the
agent and inspector, each at $1,000,
and two mining trustees at the same
figure, In the 5000 and $500 class
there Is revenue Inspector who gets
$4,000. Each OF the four marshals,
clerks and district attorneys have a
chief clerk who draws $500 a year;
the secretary 10 the Dawes commits
sion gets a., 500, the chief law clerk
$1,000 and the disbursing oiIcer an
equal salary. There arr seven town
site commissioners who draw $500
each, and the supervising engineer
gets $1,000.
"The heads OF the different depart
ments average about sl,sOO a year,
and there hre fortyappontments that
pay from 100 70 81. 500 a year This
includes the twenty-three United
States commissioners who draw sl.5OO
each. In addition TO all these there
are l75 employees on the Dawes com
mission aud fifty In the Indian offices
who draw average salaries Of 81, 200.
BESIDES all these there is much
other appointlye patronage. Each
marshal has about sixteen deputies at
salaries that range from 5000 70 81, ,2s0. |
Each clerk Of a court las the appoint.
cnt Of clerk at each court town IN |
his district, the entire number
amounting 70 twenty-three, and these
draw salaries Of $1,000 each Each Of |
the four jailers has TO have sixteen
guards, and there has 10 be a constable |
in each commissioners court. Each
u the judges has a stenognpher, as
does each member Of the citizenship
court and they draw salaries Of sl,2OO
to $1,000 There IS not one OF these
Offices that Is filled b a vote OF the
people There are only six who are
under civil service.
"a change Of administration. we're
the president 50 disposed, would mean
a clean sweep OF the slate from top to
bottom. A great many Of these APP
pointees, perhaps one.third are Demo
Gratis, bat d president who wanted 70
build a machine would not hesitate TO
replace them with other Democrats
Of his own choosing
eMany Of the appointments are for
four year and would probably carry
the Incumbent up 10 statehood but a
Democratic president and Demo.
cratic cabinet could reap harvest OF
designations Ia order that they might
shake their own plum trees.
"These Offices do not include the
postGnices Of Indian Territory, which
would also have neW posimasters /
There are seYentf.iise presidential
postonices IN the territory. Tho best
Of these pay salaries Of $500 10 the
postnaslers and sl.3o0 % hSt assist
ants. Ia addition q tle presidential
offices there are more than GDO other
post0nlccs that could b. supplied with
Democratic postmasters.
"rhe Indian Territory Is more In
tcmtiy interested In the outcome Of
the present national campaign than
any state Ia the Union; first, because
Of the possible distribution OF spoils,