The daily Gate City., 1913-04-20
!; A LIFE JOB
At $1,000 YEARLY.
hat Jerry Sullivan Gets From Presl-
dent Wilson for Having Been
a Faithful Demo
crat.
RoUBLE AMONG IoWANs
Wo Factions In the State Who Are
Not Getting Along Very Well
Regarding Appoint
ments.
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Especial to The Gate City.l
WASHINGTON, d. G.. April 19.-I
erry B. Sullivan, the democratic |
.ader of Des Moines, has been sig
ally recognized by President Wilson,
tho has named him general appraiser
merchandise at New York, life /,
ob which pays $4,000 a year. The
ppointment came unsolicited, too, itl
Gems. Mr.. Sullivan is in Washing
on. He said upon arriving that he
gas not here to oppose the appoint
lent of State Chairman Reed to the,
United States marshalship of the
outhern district of Iowa, and was
lot looking for anything for himself
good many democratic politicians
,elieve Jerry had his fingers crossed
When he talked like this. These poll
icians say there is no use longer
lenying the fact that a little clique
,f prominent democrats in the state.
dissatisfied with the manner In
which the Iowa patronage is about to
De distributed and is trying its best
o stir up trouble.
E. G. Dunn of Mason City, and Mr.
Sullivan are named among the dis
satisfied. Mr. Dunn referred to him
self and advisers as Wilson men"
He classified the members of the 9th
n faction of the party as reaction
lries AS to State Chairman Reed,
Why, he is a reactionary of the worst
ype Mr.. Dunn said.
Louis Murphy Of Dubuque, who viii
be collector of internal revenue for
he northern district of Iowa, said in
ais Telegraph Herald that he would
hesitate to classify Mr.. Reed as a re-
dictionary, but judged by some of the
company he keeps, he is that"
Politicians interpret this statement
Of Mr.. Murphy as shot at Judge
Wade, national committeeman. whose
prominence in the councils of the
democratic national committee, the
evident cordiality with which he is
received at the white house, and
more than all, the power about to be
given by the administration to him
in the handing out of federal plums
to the boys back home" are anything
Jerry Sullivan. In this connection it
is of interest to note tina. Mr. Sulli-
vans friends are planning to defeat
Judge Wade for reelection to the ma.
tional committee.
But Mr.. Sullivan has his knockers
In the party, too. They say that for
years he has been supporting Senator
Cummins in Iowa and that It can be
shown by the poll books in Mr.. Sulli-
vans voting precinct in Des Moines
that he voted for Cummins for COVER
nor when the latter was opposed by
Claude r. Por.er. During his present
visit in Washington, Sr. Sullivan has
conferred with Senator Cummins and
Senator Kenyon and this fact has
caused friends of Mr.. Porter and Mr.
Reed to fear that plan was on foot
to have the Iowa senators hold up the
appoint ments of these two, even II
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Iowa democratic organization.
Tariff Commission.
WASHINGTON d. c.. April ia
tariff commission, which shall be com
posed of five commissioners, who
shall be appointed by the president
for terms OF six years, the duty .
which commission shall be TO inves
tigate the cost of production of al
articles produced in the United States
which by any act of congress are now
or may hereafter be the subject o
tariff legislation, Is provided for II
a BILL introduced Thursday by Repre-
sen ative Good of the fifth Iowa dis
trict.
Mr.. Good introduced a tariff com
mission bill in the sixty-first congress
but it did not get far. His presen
bill embodies the cardinal features o
8 his former bill. and grants the com
mission larger powers.
\ Fusion Bill.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 10
Dispatches from Des Moines tellin