The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-07
THOUSANDS WILL
Lose. THEIR JOBS
Victory Of Wilson Means Great
Overturning of Govern
ment Employees.
10000 IN WASHINGTON
Old Rule to "Victors Belong the
Spells" Will be Put
in Force.
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Especial to The Times. Di-patch.l
Washington. November s.-lThirty
have their names on tho governments
pay roll In Washington. Twenty
thousand Of these. II 10 estimated.
thronged newspaper ofnces. watched
election returns from points Of want
age. or got close to private wiress here
last night as returns from the oorty-
eight sovereign States came in. many
shaking In their boots at the thought
that In the election OF Woodrow WILL
son their long tenure OF ONCE must
end. These 10000 persons minded not
the chill November night nor the
jostle and noise Of the crowds shey
met. Men who do not come on the
streets once in q year at night. and
women Of refinement who ordinarily
would not be seen In such crowds.
rubbed elbows with the street urchin
and the newsboy. the vendor Of cam
pa lgn buttons and chewing gum, uhc
auto chauffeur and the driver OF rAe
.owI" that moves here and there In
the silent watches OF the night. These
persons were not gay with the mov-
ing crowd. The incoming returnS
meant more 20 them than those asound
could fathom. Would the election Of
Wilson and Marshall. with a consa-
quent upturning Of the government
service. mean the loss OF their jobs.
some Of which have been held Tor
forty years? with straining eyes they
scanned returns from Maine and Mas
sachusetts. from South Carolina and
south Dakota, from Vermont and Sir-
ginia-in fact from the four points
of this big country Of more than So
00O, 900 souls. The result meant every
thing to them.
Although these 10000 persons whose
names are on the government pay rolls
are. mainly. protected by the civil ser
vice, that is no absolute garantee that
their tenure of ONCE will longer hold
good. Even though the civil service.
10 cloak that 10 supposed to protect
good empioyes-and which. in way,
does 80. II Is not invufnerable.
How will these 10000 men and wo-
men be relieved OF their places TO make
room for Democrats-that 10 with re-
gard to such Of these 10000 as may be
OF the Republican faith II is COM
parativeiy an easy matter. II Is only
necessary to lodge charges against an
employe charging him or her with In
efficiency cor neglect Of duty. There Is
no opportunity for reply. and the thing
is done.
Aside from the civil service places
which will come TO the DecoEarass. the
old theory that ito the victors belong
the spoils,'- there will. It is estimated
be no, less than 10000 places TO be
distributed at the hands OF Woodrow
Wilson. AS an instance to this, there
-n.Yir
in the United States which must. from
time to time, be filled There are col
lectorshops. consulships. special COM
missionerships Of different kinds and
a thousand and one other kind OF jobs
which the new President must fill. 1t
is true that there will be considerable
red tape surrounding such appoint
ments. much wire pulling here and
there and possibly q few examina-
tious to test the sppointee's eligibility
but, after all. they win come direct
from the hands Of Woodrow Wilson.
II has been q long time since Grover
Cleveland was In the White House-eo
long. in fact, that the retrospect seems
hazy, and even longer since the Demo-
Gratis have had q taste Of that delicious
Federal pie. Waiting has whetted
their appetites for keeps. and the man
VINO 00cS NOT 8eS uiS WJSuiu Sho
next year will go hungary. either be-
cause he Is not capable Of filling gov
eminent jon. OF because he 10 too In
different to 90 after It.
Way down South IN Dixie land"
where the people have been lighting.
like tigers for the success Of Wilson
and Marshall. and to keep the Bull
Moose from their doors. the approach
ing feast looks most appetizing. Only
to the Congressman and the Senator'S.
who see loads Of work piled up ahead
and constant visits to the White House
for Their constituents. Is the sight not
the most aIluring. True. they will pull
CT many a good job here and there for
the people at home. but It means much
work for them. Eating 1t second table
for nearly twenty years. has not been
to the liking Of the Democrats. but
now they may eat to perfection It's
hard luck to the 10000 army. but it's
the spoils Of war. Tell your Congress-
man what you want then go after IL
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