New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
DEMOCRATS REAP|NC
PATRONAGE HARVEST
Senate Confirms Three Assist
ant Postmasters General and
Receives Nominations.
AIDS FOR CABINET HEADS
Wilson Sends in Appointments
of Roosevelt, Galloway, Will
Jams and Sweet for De-
partment Posts.

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. March lS.-The Senate con-
frmed to-day the nominations OF Daniel
&. Roper 10 be First Assistant, a. NJ.
Dockery To- be Third Assistant and James
] Blakeslee TO he Fourth Assistant Post
masters General.
The nominations of Dr. Beverly 7. Gal
loway, chief of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry. to he Assistant Secretary of Az
rculture; Franklin ID. Roosevelt, of New
York. 10 be Assistant Secretary of the
Navy: John SHELTON Williams. of Viz
.mid, 10 be Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury: Edwin +. Sweet, of Michigan
70 be Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
and James +. Edgcrton, Of New Jersey.
t. 10, purchasing agent of the Postofii e
Department. We're sent to the Senate to-
lay 10y President Wilson.
The President shattered the hopes and
ambitions of bosom friend of Speaker
Champ Clark by nominating Mr.. Williams
to be Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
John Clifton. of Missouri. one Of Mr..
Clark's managers at the Baltimore con-
NentiOn, had been under consideration for
this place but Mr.. Clifton failed TO land.
Mr. Williams who will be first assist
ant to Secretary McAdoO. was president
Of the Seaboard Air Line Railway until
Thomas r Ryan forced him out after
bitter fight He has been known as IN
independent Democrat. and on this ac-
count has been accused Of voting against
Bryan, although nobody has proved it.
William A. TAYLOR assistant chief OF
tho Bureau of Plant Industry. who has
been in the Agricultural Department for
more than twenty years. will succeed Dr'
Galloway as chief.
Plan for Job Distribution.
Mr.. Burleson and Chairman McCombs
of the Democratic National Committee
have settled on plan for patronage dis
,ributiOn which will he submitted 10 the
President soon If it is followed the ques-
ton of whether candidate for Office IS
backed by organization men or anti
organization men" will not figure when he
is weighed for place. The President Will
be advised TO go on the principle that any
man who suhscribes to the Democratic
platform and shows his belief in Demo-
cratic principles is politically fit for Of
fee. Personal fitness Of course, will be
considered first, but the question of state
factions or pre-convention alliances will
have little weight
This disposition has been shown in the
first patches of Presidential appointments.
Some Of the most prominent men whom
the President has thus far named opposed
his nomination az Baltimore.
Postmaster General Burleson is also OK
pected to present for the Presidents con-
sideration plan which will open TO
Democrats the $4,000 third and fourth
class postmasterships covered into the
civil service recently by Mr.. Taft. Mr..
Burleson said tonight he had not yet de-
cided whether TO ask the President for
q revocation of this order or not IL he
decides against asking for revocation he
will suggest that postmasters who hene-
flied by the Taft order be required 10 pass
a merit test. which would be open also
10 others II the President took the first
course thousands of pOstmaSterships
would be available at once. and # he
chose the other Democrats who entered
the merit competition would have as good
chance ss Republican incumbents.
Beverly Thomas Galloway has been Tor
more than a quarter Of century in the
various branches Of the Department OF
Agriculture. He was born at Millersbur9,
Mo-. October To- 1865. and was graduated
from the University Of Missouri in 1854,
becoming assistant in the horticultural
department of the university. where ne
remained until 1856. when he was MADE
pathologist. Soon afterward he entere'.
the Department Of Agriculture. He is tie
author OF several works on botany, horh-
culture. plant diseases and their treat
ment
Franklin y. Roosevelt, member OF THE
New York State Senate from the '2a n
District led the fight against Tamn,ary.
preventing the election OF William r.
Sheehan TO the United States Senatr He
is only thirty-One years old. having been
born at Hyde Park. Duchess Cou nrp, y
Y. January 30. 1852. Mr.. Roosevelt was
educated at Groton School and IHs.rvard
University. from which ne was Graduated
in 1901 ana at the Columbia IN versity
Law School. He was admitted to the bar
in 1907 and became managing Clerk in the
firm of Carter, Ledyard 4 hJlburn In
New York City. In 1910 he join e.i the firm
Of Marvin. Hooker & Roosevelt
Mr.. Roosevelt was a mem per Of the
Hudson-F Fulton Celebration commission
He is director Of the Ftyst National
Bank of Poughkeepsie. the harvard CLUB
the Naval History Society -and the New
York Historical Society. ~, was married
in 1905 to Miss Eleanor Ro osevelt, OF Ger
mantown, y. y. and they have three
children Mr. Roosevelt Z is engaged IN