The Springdale news., 1912-11-29
WHO WILL DISH
 OUT THE PIE?
QUESTION THAT Is NOW AGd- HATING MINDS OF MANY ARK ANeAS DEMOCRATS.

no cause for marvel in the d tt that there are about ten thousand applicants for the two thousand federal positions in the state that are at the disposal Of the Presi- dent For q generator the Demo crats have been kept away rem the pie-counter. and it would De strange if they were not hungry by this time The Republicans have gar nered about four million aolla=s rom the pubic treasury. and nee#H the Democrast Of Arkansas cons der that turn about $ fair play The E Republicans yield their Plaets re= luctantly. but have no reeourse
 It x new experience Tor tte | Democrats, who have Dot been seeking government patronage long E enough to make | habit But they are learning, and no place VIII go unified because Of lack CT E adequate material The Marshall ships, the District Attorneyshi9s# ! the Land offices. and the l. ! Presidential postoffices will be the storm=eenter, and about these will | rally the army of earnest and wili= ing patriots And there will be | great reyamping Of political Tee ords, the Original Wilson Men hay ing first call
 It is interesting to know just how this great amount Of patronage wIl I De handled If the states nine rep= resentatiyes in Congress do not make the most of the situation for the strengthening of their political fences, 1t will be because they lask | the necessary shrewdness and fore thought Where there are=ten ap plicants, however. for one postoffiee. the badgered member of Congress runs the risk of winning the oppo- dtion of nine-tenths ot his eonstitu ency. But that's his lookout
 To avoid this responsibility as much as possible. and reduce fed eral patronage to genuine Demo | cratic basis, many of the cities of the state are discussing the hold ! ing of preferential postoffice pri- maries to determine whom the peo- pie want This is meeting with i favor in several places. but in Tex i arkana an opposing sentiment has been aroused because t would ! throw the selection open to Repuh-t Hcans and negroes and the victory flushed Democrats iHsist upon th. [ old maxim that To the 1letors b"- long the spells !
 The close corporation that ha- Tor years been dispensing the goy= ernment patronage, the Executive Committee Of the Republican State Central Committee. has been de posed. and for once is without q job. The duty of referee must therefore devolve upon some one else There are I75o fourth-cla lass postoffiees which have been trans ferred to the postal inspectors for i recommendation, without reference to religion, politics. or color, but
  there are enough places left To get every member of the Congressional I delegation roundly condemned by I those who fail to receive appoint l ments
 While no announcer has been | made as to the plan to be pur sued. 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 ana the Representa- l ttves standing sponsor for the post offices But that is only surmisa However it may be. there are nin. ! Arkansans making their temporary I home in Washington who will not | be permitted to forget that they I have receptive constituency II home.
 A statement emanating from Fort r Smith that National Chairman Me Combs. whose original home is at Hamburg where they are already [ running him for the Presidency. I will expect to take an active part I in the distribution of Arkansas of- fees. has attracted great deal of comment Teleerams have been received from Mir MeCombs dens. ing the report The Arkansas del [ egation did not come to Wilson I until the last ballot in the halti- more convention. standing by Champ Clark until the landslide started, and doubtless those who stood by the New Jersey governor through the historic contest will | haya mnro cnnsidnratin than those