New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
IN the contrary, their political action Is oue eo
kneir failure TO secure Office.
wANMAKER PECULIARLY FIT"

hn the contrary, their ponticai acAioh 40 WV ~
kneir failure TO secure Office.
wANMAKER PECULIARLY FIT.
You ouo:e newspaper as saying
We are aow getting daily lessons in Civil SeINlSe zee
ssorm from the White House which ought 70 rs az
fract national attention Tne f the totally
unfit George "; wanmaker as Arppssnts AppIstes refusal
lsoors, is now followed pg ene nan ss collector Of
scustonis at Pattsburg
This article is good example OF the accuse accuse
sions made by those Of our opponents whoee
snars;sors,,tn renders them especially unscru-
s1ulous and untruthful. Mr. Wanmakers aP
Yointment was recommended oy Nhe tii,es e. ~, tto
Eressmen from New York County ana ps - ,.le
svro senator's the appointment being made pre-
.rfsely as the hundreds Of similar appoihtiieiIt'
,,f postnasters appraisers, internal revenue cor
secrors and the like which are connrined pS Iile
Senate are made, and in conformance Win ule
custom which has obtained throughout my . re. ~
RI service and throughout the terms OF sefnice
~ M- mckinley Mr.. Cleveland and my othef
predecessors. In this particular case, as II nap
pens. Mt Wanmaker is pecuiiaIty II. ,;sar nor saar
position, being already an assistaht app. p1a
who has rendered good service IN mat piaoe
and his appointment is the promotion Oh d
,sroper man He appointed assistant ap
r.raiser bv President Mckinley twelve years ago
has served as acting appraiser several tunes ana
has a very good record. - 80
The refusal TO appoint a good Hughes man q
Collector of Customs at Platts5urg refers 10 lhe
case of Mr. Walter Witherbee, and the accuSa-
tion in this case is particularly CONT, Taft
Mr. Witherbee was an open ana aEoWeu WOW ,.ta
,nan the cIassnate of Secretary Tafts prother
at Yale and both Secretary TAFT ano MS proCIei
requested his reappointTDent-1he oihS NC"
yor;x officeholder for whom they made such
REQUEST. The Congressman from his distrlct anu
xhe Senators have not agreed aDout ms su..e 80
fsor and he is still In office. These facts were
either known TO the editors OF the paper Li
louestion or could have been found out py the
AligFtest inquiry
AS TO OHIO APPOINTMENTS.
There remain the allegations &c the ap-
ssointment of Taft workers to pos.onlces IN tl
Ohio. In Ohio 1 have made ffty-eisht posloL
'sice apnointments TIyenty-seven Of these were
reappointnents thirty-one were new appoiue
,nents the last including the cases Where lhe
sucu;nbent had died. had been removed Ior CduSe
'sr fad resigned Generally the appointment was
l,uada exactly as in other states. upon lle rec
onrnendation of the Congressman from the dis
srict In various cases, however, as at Maunlee'
sStrashurg Bluffton, GreenYiile and LelpSlC' the
nominations were made upon the recommends
Fion of both Senators Foraker ana Dlch- of VI
the other
the Senate In two Of these. Dennison and IN
sicilsyille the nominations OF the new men Meio
made upon the recommendation of the then Con-
gressrnan Mr.. Sn1yser- In each case the preEl-
Gus incumbent had not been giving very salts
factory service. in one instance he having 1alieo
10 give sufficient personal attention 10 his once
es reported by the inspector. and In the other
case the postmaster being also the publisher ana
editor of newspaper and various frregularlties
having been noticed, some resulting III Eloia'Ioh
of law in the interest Of the postmasfers paper.
The course followed was precisely similar 10
THAT followed in the case OF the various other
r,ostofces in Ohio in the districts represented by
congressman Keifer Kennedy, Cole and others,
end precisely similar to the course followed as
regards the recommendations of this same Con-
Eressman Srnyser in other offices.
At Spencervie investigation by the inspector
showed that it was inadvisable TO reappoint the
sncumbent and that Mr.. Wetherin, who had been
originally recommended for the position by Sen
etor Dick. should be appointed Senator DICK
afterSyard withdrew his recommendation. but
the inspector reported that Mr.. Wetherill had
by that time already been appointed. and that
80 hhaf1 orniE wOrl6
snjury TO him and would defeat the ends OF
justice. The nomination was accordingly sent
an
AT wapakoneta the incumbent did his work
well, but the postoffice inspector reported that
7he feeling almost unanimous among his
fellow townsrnen that there should be change
and a Mr.. aIoser appointed. it appearing that
the postmaster not popular with the peo-
ple. while the man suggested for the nomina
fion WAS unquestionably the choice Of the pa
irons of the Office being regarded by them as
q most progressive and public spirited young
business man, possessed of more than ordinary
ability, extremely popular with the people OF
his native city. irrespective Of party affiliations
l cali your attention TO the fact that the SEN
ate withdrew its opposition 10 one Of these four
men ana confirmed him. so that the charge re-
lates TO only three out of the whole number,
eleven hundred and sixty-four postoffices; that
of these three two nominated in the usual
fashion, the recommendation of the outgoing
Congressman, and that the third nomination
made the report Of the inspector and
would have been made without the slightest re-
gard 10 whether there was Presidential can
Tass hand not.
The statements in the editorial in question
are therefore untrue in every particular
"A DELIBERATE INVENTION"
As for YOUR quotation from another newspaper,
running follows:
Federal of1ceholders may be commanded 10 use
theiE nuense and their ap4ry a a IN benaf ,d o. INA
the President should know of il Some
obtain from their subordinates either their resig
nations their pledges of support for Taft dele
lfEGT n 10
sachusetts efforts of this kind have recently been
becans ouf the ostassrs @ SS on o qBe Attempts enI
were made Rad the courage TO resist and partly
from other
There is really nothing TO say except that il
does not contain the slightest particle OF truth
and that the misstaternent is SO gross that it is
difficult TO believe il other than a deliberate in
rention. There is not the slightest foundation
fer it, and no successful effort be made TO
show that there is the slightest foundation
for it
AS regards the Massachusetts postofices, in all
except five cases my appointments reap
ppintments: that Is. the incumbent was renonli-
mated, with the consent Of the Senators or Con-
gressmen, at the expiration Of the regular term
OF these five cases new men were put in three
times because OF death and twice because of the
resignation Of the incumbent In each case
whether Of appointment or reappointment. I fol-
lowed the ordinary custom. accepting the sug-
Eesuon either OF the Senators or OF the Con-
gressmen, or both, as in each case the men sug-
gested were eTninently flt
Not particle OF difference has been made in
snis respect between those Congressman who
were for one Presidential candidate and those
Congressman VINO were for another: and SO far
as know, in every the appointment has
fully satisfied the local people In other words
tire appointments have been made not to control
but 10 recognize the sentiment Of the locality
IF such assertions those of these papers are
made in good faith. knowledge of facts and
with any other purpose than to produce a poit-
Zeal effect by false pretence. or by reckless
statement without knowledge, let those making
them produce the specific cases to whct they
refer II in any such case the accusation IS
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