The chronicle=news., 1913-04-04
NEUTRAL DEMOCRAT
TO DISPENSE JOBS

Washington. April ,-i'luN IN
the distribution OF the s-Ncrrl fat
jobs In Philadelphia which are ut
III" disposal OF III. various depart
m"Hts under the Wilson Admlnistra-
ton has kept small army OF Demo
cratic lights aud lcsscr lights ON tli.
anxious bench for several weeks. ana
the apparent lack of Information.
even among the leaders, ns To who
Is To b" III. local patronag. disiribu-
tor. has not served to east their
minds. nor materially To stimulate
their confidence"
Speculation has In turn been the
hope and the despair .nf the "ili.c
hungry, It has placed the patronage
crown upon one IcffcrsonIan head
on" day. unly To SHIFT It To another
the next. each such change bringing
home with fresh emphasis to som"
nEplgant III" fact that past ALLIANCES
ar" incompatible with present ambi-
lions
The peculiar condition, that have
enlisted for years In Pennsylvania
and particularly In Philadelphia.
whcr on" faction ~ thu Democrats
has n-"n branded "a mere wing ~
the Republican machine. Is said to
hay. confused III" situatinx as to
n"c"ssIint" an entire r-drafiing of
tn. party lines
IN fact. IN" real question now CON
fronting the P.nnsylyanians who
AZ" In tn" confidence OF the pr-sI-
dent j. how 10 build mp aud strength
en- Int" "a compact working orgrnIz-
ALTON tn" previous minority known as
The R"orGnni1"r-. and Ia AZ til. snmc
time hold Intact all that is valuable.
or tn" old Democratic machine. .
IN Philadelphia especially. til.
Hhipu" situation IL looked upon a.
calling for til" services of a man who
mas political sagaciiy. but who can
t"' u" characterized a. having b.-
lonsed To amy OF III" original frc.
lions. II t. felt that with such n
man 10 guild. the patronng. distrihu.
n"n. friction may he reduced to "A
! minimum: HAT al least II, Lisap.
itoin'sd office seeker cnuuo, ,,.rIb.
ute his failure to III. fact thai tn.
dispenser -; fnrors was guided by
obligation 10 another faction.
Necessarily. because oi I'll. Limit.
ed number of Federal appointment.
to he made. all tbos. who seek ofric.
either for themselves or for their
friends. cannot he accommodated. 1,
j. pointed out that one Of ,h. prin-
'ip'l advantages of the present pro-
Srhmm. Is that while 1t promises an
eventual nmaleamntion Of all til.
Democratic forces. IL will nj tlr
same time be so harmoniz,ux all tho
various factions. deprive individual
Rick"rs OF any organized weapon of
retaliation.
Democratic thought In this city
within tn" last few days, therefore.
has been turned largely To tn. uucs.
ton OF who will be influential in the
distribution OF Federal patronage.
II Is accepted without dispute that
such n leader must firs, have the
iuli approval of Representative \.
Mitchell Palmer. II he Is to be Il
man not prominently identified with
thc roorannizers' movement. ut least
1t Is a forcsonc conclusion he Will be
on" who did not oppose IL.
prominent local Democrat, who
has been spending considerable time
TN Washington recently. threw out II
valuable hint in discussing this situ-
alton though he disclaimad any
definite knowledge of who tn. selcc-
ton will he.
The peculiar situation exists" he
said, where n man must be had who
VIII De trusted by all Democratic
camps. and whose word and deed will
be accepted no matter who is affect
ed, don't know yet who 1t will be.
nut ! remember Il similar. though
probably not 20 Important. demand
TWO years ago.
"All the Democratic factions were
getting together to give a dinner to
Governor Wilson. Important, speech
es were to be made. Guthrie and
Palmer were selected to speak. re-
spectirely. for the Democrats OF west
crn Pennsylvania. They wanted
some one to speak for the Philadcl-
phia Democracy. and then the trou-
bl" started. Every man mentioned