El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-14
Application for Office i'm Cane.

viii be the presidents first cOnsulta-
/ tiOn with a member Of the Progressive
| Republican wing
Application for office In Cane.
/ President Wilson today found himself
[ reading an application for postmaS-
I terShip in spite of his rule not to con-
/ slider applications for minor offices in
person W. I. Hepner, of LOmpOc, Cal,
/ sent to the president a cane, which did
| not look as if it was loaded, but when
1 the president unscrewed its top he
! found that Hepner had inclOSed a re-
/ quest that friend be appointed post
| master at I,OmpOc- The president re-
/ ferred the application to the pOstmas-
J ter general
! Wisconsin Man for War Office.
The president formally offered JO-
! seph E. Davies, Of Madison, Wis, secre-
| tary Of the Democratic national com
| m1ttee, an appointment as assistant sec
/ rotary Of war
| State senator Roosevelt, of New York,
/ who has been nominated for assistant
! secretary of the navy, paid his respects
| 10 the president today.
Representative Jones, of Virginia,
| recommended the appointment Of T. z.
1 Morgan, Of Warsaw, Va, to be public
/ printer. Senator Hoke Smith presented
/ the name of W. J. Harris, Democratic
| state chairman of Georgia. to be com
missioner Of census, and p. A StOvaIl. OF
/ Savannah to be minister to Switzer-
land
Examinations for PostmasterS.
Within the next few days pOsmas-
ter general BurIeson is expected to
present for the presidents cOnsidera-
I ton a plan which viii open to Demo-
Gratis the $4,000 third ana fourth class
postmaster placed under the civil
service recently by Mr.. Taft
Mr.. BurlesOn said that he had not de-
cided whether TO ask the president for
a revocation Of this order or not If ne
decides against asking for revocation,
he will sugg est that pOstmasters who
benefited by the Taft order be required
to pass a merit test which would be
open also to others. If the president
took the first course, thousands of
postmasterships would be available at
once.
Ever since Mr. Taft issued his IA
nous order, which, with a similar one
by Mr. Roosevelt, put every third and
fourth class postmaster in the cOun-
try in the classified service. it has teen
subjected 20 vigorous criticisms by
Democrats, who charged that its pur-
pose was to keep in office through Mr..
Wilson's term thousands of Republi-
cans VINO were not in sympathy with
the administration and who We're given
such protection merely to keep the Re
publican political machine in working
order
Plan Patronage Distribution.
Mr. BurlesOn and chairman MciC0mbs,
OF the Democratic national committee,
have settled upon a plan for patronage
distribution which also will be submit
ted TO the president shortly.
II II IS accepted, the question Of
whether a candidate for office is
backed by organization men or
''anti-OrganiZation men," viii not figure
when he is weighed for a place The
president will be advised to go on the
Scr1bes TO the Democratic platform and
shows his belief in Democratic princi-
pies is politically fit for office. Per-
sonal fitness, of course, will be con-
sldered first but the question OF state
factions or Dre-cOnvention alliances
VIII have little weight This DISPOSE
ton has been shown in the first batch
o. presidential appointments. Some OF
the most prominent men whom the
president thus far has named, opposed
his domination at Baltimore.
No FavOritism for Factions.
The appointment of John SHELTON
Williams as assistant secretary Of the
. treasury was viewed by callers at the
white house as an example of the Sc
lection OF an Independent Democrat
The selection of Beverly T. Galloway to
be assistant secretary of agriculture is
regarded as an appointment in which
political affiliations were not COnSid-
cred, since he has served in that de-
partment through several adminiStra-
tons The nomination of state senator
Franklin D. Roosevelt to the assistant
secretary Of the navy recalls his OppO-
Murphy. Of New York. Representative
Edwin r Sweet. of Grand Rapids,
Mich, was picked for the assistant sec
retaryship Of commerce with the en-
7
Michigan, Progressive leader Of the
Michigan Democracy.
Urges Merchant Fleet.
Representative Stevens, of California,
announced today that If the free pass
age provision of the Panama canal act
were repealed by congress he would in
trOduce and press at the extra session
a bill to provide a line Of government
owned steamships from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific to carry both passengers
and freight He believes the owner
ship and operation of a fleet OF vessels
by the government would act as regu-
latOr Of freight rates. both by water
and rail.
Texas Senators Endorse Mcdonald.
Capt Bill" Mcdonald. body guard to
president Wilson in his recent cam
paign, and a former Texas ranger, is
likely to be appointed United States
marshal for the northern district Of
Texas. Senator's Sheppard and Culber-
son, Of Texas, have sent In their en-
dOrsementS of Capt. Bills candidacy.
Appointments Confirmed.
The senate has confirmed the ap-
pOintments made by president Wilson
of Daniel c. Roper, of South Carolina,
first assistant postmaster general; Al
eXander NJ DOckery, of Missouri, third
assistant postmaster general, and Jas
l. Blakeslee, of Pennsylvania, fourth
assistant postmaster general A num-
Der Of army appointments also were
confirmed
VENEZUELA IS PLEASED
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