The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25
ny WAITER EDWARD HARRIS.

| ,,.l,;.l, nrs,,aiis stha+ HE once Of POST
/ ma sier.c General Isl the perouisite of the
nan most conspicuously active in pro-
noting the election of the successful
cnnlidate Observation-Disclosures is correct.
/ Henry c. Payne. Mr.. Mciinley's Post
! masier-C;eneral was an ilmstrious and
I luminous example of the working OF
the rule.
Scarcely less striking as an ii.
| lustration of this practice of Presidents
10 look upon the office of Postmaster
C,oneral- as 1hat ar chief patronage
,;;spenser Il, tire administration was
Mr., tRooseyelt.s appointment of Mr. Cor
,clyou in short time after the lat
Ter as head of the Republican com
,nittae had, t.cond,lcted campaign
which landed his chief in the White
House by az ma iority unprecedented in
late wears. at least.
And incidentally. the fact may be
mentioned that while Mr.. Cortelypu
has for some months now been at the
head of tho Treasury Department his
!: word goes further than ANYBODY else's,
ihe Presidents excepted IN .he selec,
tlon ol aiisiiettnts'r oiis tps. . !"
positions, put Tor an other places IN
DER me aolhihistra'ioh.
Two Exceptions.
tits also proper to state that two
1 nntahla executions 10 this rule of maxi
inc tl}a up M a." the dispenser of
pa tronage under the President was Mr..
! ,,Ia,o,and,s annoIntrnont NJ William r..
| wilson ana president uarrisons an
| no;,,tman+s &c Iohn wanamal,er For
! ,hiIa M WilsonI as leader of the
I I,a,,ocrntic ,nuio,itv in tho Honse Of
I I2enrnsontatives had occupicd tho most
/ ,,rn,,inn,,t ,,nsifion in the .nartv after
Z that ~ lie sctief Id 5yas6not a politi
\ cinn in the generally accepted sense
A and nrohablv had less to do with dis
i nansinp t3aff6nnriccz han had several
y nil,er ,nanbars of the Cabinet And
II while Mr.. Wanamnker had contributed
y ilorgo,v 70 t,o fnnd of tho Ren,blicans
u /, tbn camnaipn which resulted in the
s .iaotion 80 Mr Harrison his ron,,to.
! tion as business man.was warrant
IA s,,n,oiar+ for III. annointment and II
- Mi simnlo iustice Ia lsav I hat there
las nrobahlv never been a better 'ad-
m,inistration of tha affairs of the de-
,n,,n,ant than under his direction,
q is.
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1t was notfuntil 1879 that thesPost-
II master-General became member Of
W the Cabinet, and the dignity was only
Stbestowed then to- crafty the desire OF
u President Jackson, who Wlshed the
honor for his personal friend, William
I. Barry. But before Jackson day
there had been several dlstlnsulfhea
men at the head or me postal service.
- Barry was Kentuckian, and mem
her of distinguished famllS lie sns-
4taired the latter day conception of
ii the Postefiice Department. and the
-5tehargc was freely made that he made It
political machine he was merely
assalled by botn Democrats ana wings
in Congress.
Among Barry's most persistent as
sailants was MIR. Johnson, member
OF the House from Maryland For MS
denunciations son Of the.Pos trlaster-
General sent the member a chal-
lenge, which was accepted but before
the meeting took place the challenge
was withdrawn President jackson
finally made a change in the office by
appointing Barry minister to Spain.
Great Politicinna
Amos Kendall was appointed to suc-
coed Barry as head Of the Postottice
Department. Kendall Is entitled 10
rank as probably the greatest pol!t!-
clan America has produced. Theodore
Roosevelt alone excepted. Kendall was
a member of Jackson's famous Kitchen
cabinet" and. was known as the
thinker, planner and zof the adj
ministration. He was writer of far
more than ordinary force and power
ana most coilsuiiiiitto Poiitical Or
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- ali naTties During his administra !.
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