South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-18
Keeps "0pen House" and is
Host to Many Callers and Of
flee Presents Busy Scene.
NO APPOINTMENTS
BEFORE DECEMBER
"DopeSterS" Continue Their
OnSIaughtS on Mayor-EIeCt'S
PrerogativeS and Name Ap-
pointmentS for Him.

mo appointments will be an
cember," was the announcement of
Mayor Elect Fred w. Keller, Monday
afternoon, following the busiest day
he has had since his election.
Keller kept "open house" at his Of
flee Monday and his constituents ap-
parently appreciated II. The line or
callers at the WhitcOmb & Keller real
estate offices in the Jefferson building
would otherwise have seemed to 1ndl-
cate that the firm was doing a real
land office business in the vicinity of
some newly opened Indian reserVa-
ton.
With upwards to a score and half
of appointments directly at his com
mand, and about the same number OF
strap hangers" in the name of which
he has at least an advisory voice,
these plus some hundreds of employees
who just labor and never get their
names into the annual reports, and,
all to be designated on an efficiency
basis before the mayor-electS reform
administration can get into full SWING
is a problem that is beginning TO loom
up before him, as he is coming to ad-
NIT with, considerable intricacy.
Still Talks Efficiency.
OF course. il is the larger plums
that is giving Mr.. Keller his most con-
Germ, notably the city controllership.
the city attorneyship; three mem berS
of the board of public works, clerk,
park commissioners, superintendent
and clerk, superintendent OF water
works. chief city engineer, street COM
missioner, members of the health
board. three members of the depart
ment of public safety, and the ponce
and fire chiefs, together with the
school board,-but these are only the
beginning Of his troubles.
The mayor-elect recalls his promise
that all appointments are TO be made
on the basis of efficiency, and not with
a regard for political service render
ed. and this plan, according TO his
program is to extend all the way down
from the principal office in the city
that is within his power to fill, to the
"white-wings' that care Tor the
streets. or the shoveler who works in
the Sc $.
Wh. Makes Problem Diffcult.
But the adherents Of the citizens
program, some of them, and espe-
cially the leaders, are not taking his
campaign plan quite so seriously as
the mayor-elect would like TO and,
according TO report, are willing 10 IN
fuence him. if not for themselves,
then certainly for their friends and
particularlv against their enemies.
What the new mayor ought 10 do.
whom he should recognize, and why
he should recognize them-usualy
with a regard for services rendered
during the campaign as basis'-ls
the talk of the street, and the men
who talked the loudest against using
public office as a reward for such SER
vice. before the election, are among
the loudest TO talk in favor OF IL now.
Slate after slate has been prepared
by these adherents Of the new party,
if not to present to the Mr.. Keller.
at least TO conjure with. Portions OF
certain Of those states have already
been made public but there is one
queer feature about them not hereto
fore touched upon. All the dope
sters" have Ralph Keller. former
county surveyor. and brother of the