The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
JOBS
 MUCH IN DEMAND
DEMOCRATS ARE HUNGRY
THERE WILL BE TEN THOUS- AND APPLICANTS FOR TWO
 THOUSAND JOBS,

e'ic eiDout lV,ooO appllCdIllS LOT lne z, l GOO federal positions in the state that
 are at the disposal of the president.
 For a generation the Democrats have l been kept away from the pie-counter,
 and it would be strange if they were
 not hungry by this time The Repub- llcans have garnered about S4 900 .0O0 from the public treasury, and now the i Democrats of Arkansas consider that turn about is fair play" The Repub-
 licans yield their places reluet antly ] but have no recourse
 Il jS new experience for the Demo cfats, who have not been seeking gov
 cinmcnt patronage long enough to
 make it a habit. But they are learn
 ing, and no place will go unified be-
 cause Of a lack of adequate material.
 The marshalships, the district attor-
 eyshipS, the land offices, and the 115
 presidential postoffices will be the
 storm center, and about these will ral-
 y the army of earnest and willing pa=
 triots. And there will be great re-
 Vamping of political records, the orig
 !nal Wilson men having first call.
 it Is interesting to know just how
 this great amount of patronage will be
 handled. If the states nine represent
 atives in congress do not make the
 most of the situation for the strength.
 ening of their political fences, 1t will
 be because they lack the necessary ishrewdness and forethought. Where
 there are 10 applicants, however for
 one postoffice, the badgered member of congress runs the risk of winning the opposition of nine-tenths of his con
 stituency. But that's his lookout.
 f To avoid this responsibility as much
 as possible and reduce federal patron
 age to a genuine Democratic basis,
 many of the cities of the state are dis
 cussine the holding of preferential
 postoffice primaries to determine whom i the people want This is meeting with favor in several places, but in Texar- kama an opposing sentiment has been aroused because it would throw the se- lection open to Republicans and ne- groes, and the victory flushed Demo- crats insist upon the old maxim, that
 Ito the victors belong the spoils.'
 The close corporation that has for years been dispensing with govern
 ment patronage, the executive commit
 tee of the Republican state central committee, has been deposed, and for once is out of job. The duty of ref cree must therefore devolve upon some one else There are l,750 fourth-class postoffces which have been transferred
 to the postal inspectors for recom- mendation, without reference to relig- ion, politics or color, but there are enough places left to get every member of the congressional delegation roundly condemned by those who fail to receive appointment
 While no announcement has been made as to the plan to be pursued, it has been suggested that the senators and representatives will probably agree upon a division of the patronage, Senators Davis and Clarke probably taking the large district offices and the representatives standing sponsor for the postoffices. But that is only sur mise However it may be, there are nine Arkansans making their tempo rary home in Washington, who will not be permitted to forget that they have a receptive constituency at home.
 A statement emanating from Fort Smith that National Chairman Me Combs, whose original home is at
 Hamburg, where they are already
 running him for the presidency, will expect to take an active part in the distribution of Arkansas offices, has
 attracted a good deal of comment. Telegrams have been received from MT McCombs denying the report, The Arkansas delegation did not come to Wilson until the last ballot in the Baltimore convention, standing by Champ Clark until the landslide started, and doubtless those stood by the New Jersey governor through the historic contest will have more consid- eration than those who voted for the Missourian to the last. Members of Wilson clubs and men who worked
 with Mr McCombs against the over whelming Clark sentiment, will expect to be served first at table, and the