The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-19


orIt poll tica1 iieutenants in
plass man ad pos tmaster at
resi- dent Mckinley
Roosevelt has advised Mr..
slner thai either Congressman
elators name postmasters in
aehasetts nor any other State,
bat ia though always at liberty
dations and offer
dY1ce the hit to nominateis vest.
and exercised by the President
Jniteds States: The following
closed cident
eside nt,s Letter. Il.
louise shington.
October 2S, 1904.
2ear ongressman +:
received your letter concern
pointm ent Of q postmaster
erhiI there ttorney General
1861 Predecessor, who has
III Caminet successfully
forneg Sseneral, has recomm ended
present Incumbent be reap
this present incu1nben being
atinti ted BY every one to have
aracteFs and capacity which fit
= the place and being, from
find out, entirely satisfac-
fhe people of Hayerhill. He
ppointed BY President McNin-
HE suggest ion of Mr. Moody,
songTess nlan from hat district.
speak Of our privilege of
1averhiT postmaster :
yoIa IetterSto Mr.. Moody you say: 4
IA tS IA Eparal lie IL case in Massa-
to- those other States where
select the postmasters. In
has been under
Gongressma shall select
nos Imasters in the cities and
avn lis own id district"
cIearNup any possible msappre-
would Ike, at the outset,
hat the Senators do not
seisse tnasters in any State
am resident I consult them
the vast majority of
ss:ases act On the recomme ndations
MAJ but Il the selection is mine,
heirs and time and again during
( ears have been President
posfffyel ": refused to select
dual suggested to m for non-
sisaatte 5postnl aster various Sen
lower sof the Senate.
am 40 satisfied with the char
tanding Of the man whose
lataa lggesteds to me / never nom
siIaslfs s5s1nde rstand perfectly
md he first article OF the Con
Senators are part OF
Esaintfng power, and that they
have he same right to reject that I
osnominate, and that, therefore,
ppoint men must represent an
tsbetWeen them and me;
sa1ld Observation-Disclosures of the Sena-
State is always much
reatar Than the knowledge Of the
den can possibly be, it is the
ing that should listen to-
sad vice as to- these appointments,
genera1ly do so.
But stop listening to it as soon as
ealize5 that he is advising me
SssEongI
While Impossible to avoid
lses nominating thousands of
candidates to- local Offices on the ad
wee OF hundreds of different adv1s-
Serss2yet never knowingly nominate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uillll Vi ~
whose candidacy. think there is good
objecfions and the question Of unfit
ness regard as one to be determin-
ed judgment and not that of
the Senator
practice during The last three
years has been exactly that set forth
s. tatement and I may add that
Srepeatedly have refused to non1i-
41afe at he4requestsof some Senator,
man to succeed some public SER
YAM hon feel had particular
claims to be Hrenominated, or whom l
REGARDED as markedly superior to his
sproposed successor.
much 3as TO my relations with
lyconstitutio nal advisers. But the
seq ion OF a Congressman TO these
ents rests not upon law, but
upon custom
las been found in the actual
our government that, as
tiisS Congressman is the best
man 10 consult about the appoint
1aents come ON under his special Il
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Ssisiee 81 irF ssn essmen.