The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-12-20
MARIETTA. GA, DECEMBER IS, 1912
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington City,
December 16, 1912


December 16, 1912.
Congress will adjourn this week
for the Holidays and will reconvene
on the End of January. Then two
months more of Taft and after that
Woodrow Wilson.
One of the fights just ahead will
he over the offices. Taft has done a
characteristic thing. All over the
country the postoffices are filled by
his appontees. There are perhaps fiji
~ thousand OF them in all and they
mean lot in election times. About
thirty five thousand of these are
what are called Fourth class post
masters. They have the small offices.
raft has issued an order putting
them under the civil service regula-
tions so they cannot be removed,
And that is what the Democrats
are mad about
They regard it as a piece of usur
Pation, which it is, and they are 60
ing to sit up with Mr.. Taft about it.
Many of Taft's appointments will
have to be confirmed between now
and March 4th and the Democrats
led by Senator Hoke Smith, are GO
ing to see to it that his purely poll
teal appointments are not confirm
ID.
Down in Georgia there are lot
Of Republican Poamasters and since
the election there has come up quite
~ protest against the confirmation of
aay mere.
The Probabilities are that Wilson
will revoke Taft's order putting the
Eourth-class pOstmasters under civil
service. Wilson is not a spokesman,
but / do not think he will let Taft
beg things like that,
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From the best information | can
pick up do not think our Marietta
postmaster will be disturbed until
the end of his term Mr.. Keller will
IN all likelihood be permitted to
serve eRt his fall four years. So far
rs / can learn there rs ne disposition
80 have it otherwise,
y &
Senator Hoke Smith is source of
sorry to the Republicans. If the
Senator would go away and let them
run things until March 4th they
would be very much relieved but
he shows no signs of doing that. He
INSISTS on staying on the job. The
Republicans have been trying to hold
an. executive session so as to confirm
some Of, Taft,s appointments but SO
Ear they have been headed off by the
Last week the Democrats
held a caucus to decide on a line of
policy and Hoke Smith was appointed
one of a cOmmitte of five to handle
ihe situation.
Col. Moultrie NJ Sessions was a
visitor in Washington a few days age
on his way home from New York. He
called ON Congressman Gordon Lee
and other friends. -----m,
What is known as the Omnibu!
Claims bill has been under discussion
IN. the Senate for several days. Thii
10 the bill which carries the old wal
claims and one has not been passed
In five or six years, 1t is hoped tina
she present bill will get through.
The bill as it stands has an appro
Driation to pay the Church of Chris
at Acworth $500. the Methods
Church at Powder Springs $500 an,
ina Missionary Baptist Church a
Powder Springs $3.50.
Great interest is felt here over Wi
sous cabinet. Those who are on the il
side think Bryan will be Secretary o
State, One report is that Bryan will
not consent to enter the cabinet un
less Wilson agrees not to be a candi
date four years from now If such a
agreement is made it will mean tina
Bryan will be in the race in 1916
do not think there is anything i
that talk. Possibly it is part of
scheme to get up trouble betwee
Wilson and Bryan.
There is no doubt in the worl
shat but for Bryan's fight at Bait
more Wilson would never have bee
nominated. Clark would have bee
nominated and defeated