The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-23
Job Hunters in Quandary
Regarding Policy of
New Regime.
ROUGH RIDERS
LIKELY TO GO
Administration Not in Sympathy
With Roosevelt's Spec
tacular Friends.
By ]. c. WELLIVER.

Otfceseekers are not getting a vast
amount of comfort out Of the procedure
OF the new Administration thus far, but
they are at least getting some general
notions about the policy that will be
pursued in handing out the jobs. There
are great numbers of officeseekers in
Washington, and vastly more of them
at home, diligently writing letters to
their Senators and Representatives urg-
ing their claims.
They are not getting things very fast,
and the suspicion is creeping in that the
new Administration is going to offset its
policy of general changes in the upper
strata of public positions. with one
of very little shutting in the lower Levels
OF positions.
II President Taft has any general
policy about handling the Offices and
offceseekers he has not told anybody
much about it as yet. Members Of Con-
gress don't know whether be has a
policy Most Of them don't think he
has, and as rule they are glad of 1t.
As to Rough Riders.
But few things are now pretty PLAIN.
as TO the filing of the offices. Presi-
dent Roosevelt's rough rider favorites
VIII not be given any especial consid-
sration unless it be in a few cases in
which he may have asked Il, and those
are very few. if any.
There will be a striking mortality in
the next year or two among the political
careers of deputy marshaIs marshals
and officials of like rank, who serv ed
90 the famous Roosevelt regiment ~
Jack Alternately, United States mar
shall in Oklahoma, is to go, and report
IS that Seth Bullock, who holds the same
position In South Dakota, although he
wasn't a rough rider, viii also be
dropped as soon as his present term eX-
pires.
Bullock was supposed to be a sup
porter OF Taft for the nomination. but
his political affiliations in South Dako-
Ia were with the Kittredge faction
which is not now looked upon as having
beer very effective in its devotion TO
Taft
Bullock was an eId-tine plains-day
friend OF Roosevelt. He Is on the wrong
side OF things in his State now, with
both the Senators against him; and it
is understood they will acquire his scalp
ct the earliest convenience.
VIII Not Punish.
President Taft is apparently not going
10 use the Offices for the purpose OF
either Furnishing his enemies or re-
warding his friends. The influence of
Secretary Knox will naturally be
against such policies. Tor Knox was
himself a candidate for the Presidential
nomination.
Another thing which has been made
apparent is that the people who drew
good comfortable salaries from the Taft
pTe-conYention bureau, are not to be
considered as having any special claim
for pOlitical rewards. Thew are looked
upon as having beer very well COM
pensated for the work they did, in the
salaries they received.
The case of Arthur 7. Norys is cited.
He wanted Cabinet place, and couldn't
have il. He might have been internal
revenue collector, but he didn't think
fl good enough. The end Of it is that
after q fortnight in Washington be has
, washed his hands Of il all, and gone
back to Ohio, TO quit politics for good.