The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-11-12
Patronage in Georgia

published the following:
Now that the truly loyal have dent
ed their derbies with tossing them in
the air, now that the shouting is over
and the bets paid, those valiant cap
tains who helped carry the banner OF
Woodrow Wilson to- victory are paus-
ing today to consider the most mo-
mentous question which Southern
democracy has faced in exactly TWEEN
ty years:
What do | get?"
There is a large and juicy pie to
cut and distribute, even if the civil
service rules did lock up the side
dishes several terms ago In Georgia
alone the new administration has
about 100 presidential postoftices.
two district attorneyships, one job as
collector of internal revenue, proba-
bly, one district judgeship and sew
eral score of minor places to give
those faithful ones who gave freely
of time, gasoline and Oratory to the
cause. And the word has gone forth
from Seagirt that in Georgia old fac
tional lines are to be forgotten i'll cut
ting the melon, and that Wilson win
ners and Underwood losers, Hoke
ers, shall share and share alike in
the gifts to be given-if they get the
right backing. Hoke Smith is to be
the chief distributor of the plums,
which may or may not modify that
clause about factionalism and forget
fulness.
Republican Pensioners.
Along in the late spring, after the
Fourth of March and its epidemic of
pneumonia, there will be a second
plague sweeping through the country,
with a marked fatality among federal
Office holders. 1t is an axiom in poll
tics that victOrs are spoilers, and
Woodrow Wilson probably will spoil
number of promising young ca
reers. For twenty years the profess
sion of being a Southern republican
has paid well, inasmuch as competi-
ton was light and jobs fairly plenti-
full Indeed, in some cities, it is said,
there were more offices than there
were republicans, and occasionally
democrat was permitted to slip in.
Hugh L. Mckee, postmaster of At
lanta, will be slipped a tip to resign
along in the Ides of March, and the
VI 0OIlS prominent AZ
lanta Wilsonian will be announced
officially, about three weeks after the
papers have printed it on their
own hook and published the picture
of the postmaster-to-be. 1t is said !
that Colonel Walter P. Andrews, one /
of the most energetic of all Wilson |
can have the place if he
wants it, but there is a likelihood |
that Colonel Andrews would prefer |
a diplomatic post abroad, and he may |
get it. J R. Smith, power in Geor- |
gia politics in recent years, may land |
the place, or something else, if he
cares for it, though the GOODNESS of |
the friendship existing between him
and Senator Hoke Smith may inter-
fere here. Both were staunch Will
son men. Shelby Smith, too, is said !
to be in the running for a federal |
gift, though the wise ones have not |
decided where they will place him
on the dope sheet.
For Attorneyship.
F. Carter Tate, district attorney of
the Northern district, and Alexander
Alderman, of the Southern district,
also are slated for retirement. The |
far is that Hooper Alexander of De- |
Kalb will be given Mr.. Tate's place, |
and Hoke Smith is reported to have |
himself in this matter.
It has been reported for some time |
that Judge w. T. Newman of the fed |
eral court in Atlanta will retire this |
year, and that Reuben Arnold, noted !
will be appointed to succeed |
4. IL, ], 1fV,r to mi
flee his practice for the honor.
Henry S. Jackson, a comparatively |
new collector of internal revenue, |
went down in the crash with William |
Taft Mr. Jackson has stuck
to Taft through thick and thin, the |
former adjective applying to their
and the latter to the pick
ings to come, and undoubtedly Mr..
Jackson soon will turn over the keys
of the custom house to some loyal
democrat And about the same time
there will be a sudden increase in
Job Wanted" advertising by promi-
nent colored citizenry of Atlanta,
who have made the custom house
their headquarters and their meal
ticket for many years past. The sight
of a negro in public office will be
of a curiosity for the next
four years, at least.
President-elect Wilson told a GeOr
gia congressman several weeks ago
that, in case of democratic victory,
there would be no discrimination in
Georgia appointments between those
who supported Wilson and those who
worked for Underwood. He said I'm
derwood had been one of the first
of his opponents to come to Seagirt
and pledge hearty support, and that
support had been given.
mo friend of Oscar Underwood
shall be Disseminated against"