The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-03
OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD MACHINE
LOOKED TOO GOOD
Marshall Is Looking After
Marshall. 1t Is Noticed by
Latest Move on Metropoli-
tan Police Law.
OFFICE SEEKERS
ARE BEING SPURNED
But Little Attention Being Civ
en- Them by Governor
EIect-Taggart May Defeat
John w. Kern.
OFFICE SEEKERS
ARE BEING SPURNED
by Ellis osarfss.

1y Ellis ssar4ss.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 3.-Evident-
ly when Governor-elect Thomas R
Marshall saw how it looked in print,
he decided to change his mind about
the letter he wrote TO Muncie, telling
a political friend over there that he
intended to give the cities OF the state
home rule in the matter of the selec-
ton of members of the metropolitan
police boards. There are fourteen
cities in the state that are under the
metropolitan police law, and in his
Muncie letter Marshall said he pro-
posed to appoint members OF the po-
lice boards only on suggestions made
by the mayor and the common coun-
Gil of each city. This was sent broad
cast with the statement that 1T meant
that Marshall would permit Repuhli-
can cities to retain a majority of the
members of their police boards while
Democratic cities would have the same
preference.
But Marshall was here yesterday.
In fact, he is still here. and he says he
will not do anything OF the kind. He
says he is going to appoint two Demo
cratic members OF the metropolitan
police board in each city and give the
Republicans one member. Thus, in
stead of letting go of an opportunity
to build up a political machine for
himself by giving the cities actual
home rule, as indicated In his Muncie
letter. Marshall does not propose TO
let the chance slip by to take care OF
the interests of Marshall Those cit
les that had acquired the idea that
they were to retain their present
boards and that Marshall intended to
be exceptionally kind and generous to
them may now get rid of it
Office Seekers snubbed.
Marshall is not paying any atten-
tion to office seekers, SO IL 10 said He
fs merely taking their names and adj
! dresses and filing their applications
| away with the promise that If any
thing turns up l will let you know"
And that Is about all he or any other
man could do under the circumstancl
es, for the Office hunters are legion.
| There would not be enough jobs I'm
| seven states to take care OF all OF
them. Marshall says he will remain
in this city until he and Mrs. Mar
shall decide OF house In which to
live when they move to this city next
month. During the campaign Mar
| shall was emphatic in his statement
that he would pay his own house rent
| and not use any or>the states money
for that purpose. He still sticks TO
that proposition, although there IL at
the disposal of the Governor for house
rent the sum of $500 year in addi.
tion TO the salary.
| severidge Relieved.
One OF the best pleased men In In
diana over the order issued by Presi.
dent Roosevelt. few days ago, plac-
ing all fourth-class postmasters In the
states north Of the Ohio river and
| east of the Mississippi river under
Civil Service control, is Senator Bev-
| eridge. The fact that the senator will
for at least two years control all the
federal patronage In eleven Of the
thirteen congressional districts Of the
state has promised to make his burden
about all that any one man could bear.
and not the least of it was in the Sc
lection of fourth-class postmasters.
4 The new rule promulgated by the pres
ident relieves the senator of that part
OF the work and will also remove the
possibility of many embarrassing con-
tests which the senator would have TO
settle.
There are 1,Os4 fourth class post
masters in Indiana. This class of
postmasters is composed OF those
whose compensation is based on the
value Of stamps Cancelled In their Off
ces and not on the value of the stamps
sold. They receive 100 per cent OF
the first 500 worth of stamps cancel
ed in quarter: 90 per cent Of the Sec
ond 500 worth, and 10 per cent of
tbs value of all other cancellations
their Enumeration amounts to more
than $3.50 quarter for three consecu-
tive quarters they go into the third
class The terms Of their service con-
tinued until their successors were APP
pointed. Under the new rule they
may be removed only for cause. Here
tofore fourth class postmasters have
been appointed by the congressman OF
the district. Hereafter they will be