The Detroit times., 1913-05-28
WILSON MAN
TO BE NAMED
COLLECTOR
Arthur Mcguire Returns From
Capital Confident of Caha-
hn's Appointment
CONGRESSMAN BEAkES
HAS INDORSED HIM
Applications of Machines Two
Candidates Not Even
Filed

Arthur IL. MaSulTe, Deino'iot'N
lawyer and one OF the Wilson lead
ers in Michigan In the campaign,
returned TO Detroit today from
Washington, confident. he says, that
the collectorship Of internal revenue,
for the eastern district OF Michigan,
will 20 TO John c. Catalan, or Wyan
dotte, candidate Of the Wilson forces
Said Mcguire TO The Times:
1T Is evident that the wayne
county vote swappers are MAKING
the fight OF their lives TO down j. &
Catalan. 1t is death struggle on
the part OF the machine. and the
bosses seem TO realize IT, They not
only expect the administration 10
help them perpetuste their rotten
system OF political corruption by
turning this important office over &c
them. but. at the same time, they
want TO discipline Catalan for his
allegiance TO Woodrow Wilson and
decent politics-and. strange 10 say
they also expect the president 10
listen TO their desperate appeals. too
'In snort time they Will learn,
however. that expediency is not the
watch ord OF progressive statesmen
that harmony can not be pur-
chased by trading Jobs.
Every man In Detroit who favors
clean politics Is anxious 10 see Ca
halan's appointment materalize,
They know, as | do, that his selec-
ton for Office will be in the nature
of reward for long and faithful
service to the government; and they
also know that his faithfulness and
ability. Those traits make Tor the
efficiency Of the office.
II hear that the organization has
two candidates, Mr.. Clifford and Mr..
Brady, but | believe the verdict or
Detroit business men would favor
Catalan over either Of them, on ac-
count OF his experience In govern
ment work. even II in other respects
their respective qualifications were
equal. this should have great weight.
Mr.. Catalan lives In Mr.. Beakes'
district The position. OF course, is a
federal office. and also the patronage
Of a United States senator when men
Of the same party az the administra-
ton represented Michigan In the Unit
ed States senate. We have no demo
cratic senator from Michigan. thanks
10 the machine in Wayne county and
the state, but we have a defeated
candidate for the senate In the person
OF the Hon. Alfred Lucking, whose
voice should be heard in a case OF
this sort. He has Endorsed John c.
Catalan.
We have no two candidates for
the ONCE We are not playing one
against the other. We don't play that
kind OF politics. We have only one.
Catalan, and We will stand back OF
him to the end We have faith that
Beakes OF the second district has
given him his unqualified indorse-
ment.
1T seems passing strange that the
applications of neither Mr.. Clifford nor
Mr.. Brady has been filed In Wash
ington. What has become OF them
Why are they held back? What is
the deep mystery?
Are the leaders OF the machine
studying which one is the best vote
getter and will prove most useful III
future campaigns? Or are the gen
tlemens qualifications for the office
OF collector so evenly matched
that Boss Connolly can't tell which
will make the best government
officer? Why not come out In the
open and name his political candidate
and as the machine cannot endorse
both Clifford and Brady, name one 81
them. and promise the other one
something just as good
III the machine wants 70 show tha'
IL has been converted, why don't II
ioin In the chorus and shout for cana
lam II he isn't ft. why don't they
begin to tell us what disquaifies him
And II he's 1T, why do they object tl
him. The real reason is that they
can't use him. don't forget John {
Nagels def, made over one year ago
the voters be damned. Wilson hasn'i
look.in. you bet Nor do forget
how he kept his promise and how me
election booths were closed on pri
mary day. hours ahead OF time, ant
the people denied their right al
American citizens to select delegates
for Wilson or whoever they pleased
Il swore that day that " Woodrow
W,son were elected, | would see TO H.
~ II was within my power. that none
n, that gang would foist their poiitl
cal henchmen on him. That is why
wen, IN Washington. Pa1Fdhy Is near
at hand and the Boss OF Wayne com
Nv must settle with his neutenants
D,rtv work like | have described mus
ne rewarded by the machine, beea'ife
thev need the workmen again. but
do not believe the present administrs
ton will become a partys,fo such tao
tics.
I'VE are justified in our conndepc'
that Canadian will be appointed