The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-11
SENATOR'S BACON AND SMITH
OVERWHELMED WITH APPLI-
CATIONS FOR POSITIONS.
1883 WILL BE DISAPPOINTED
IL Senator Smith Has Opposition in
1914, 1t Is Said, 1t VIII BE Based
Upon the Office Seekers for Whom
He Is Unable to Do Anything.


Upon the Office Seekers for Whom
He Is Unable to Do Anything.
ATLANTA.-A man who stands
close enough to one of Georgia's
United States senators to see and con-
fer with him practically every day in
Washington made the statement here
that there are on file with Senator's
A. o. Bacon and Hoke Smith at least
$4,000 applications for appointments
under the federal government from
true and tried Georgia democrats.
They have been counted, he said,
and I know for fact that there
are around $4,000 Georgians who
have applied for federal jobs.
What is puzzling Senators Smith
and Bacon is where they are going
to get even twelve jobs to satisfy
this demand. This would mean only
one in a thousand, but if they get
that many they will be doing well.
of course, there are many minor
positions under the federal govern
ment with which not a few of this
$4,000 Georgia applicants would be
satisfied; but it must be remembered
that practically all-ef these positions
are under civil service, and are filled
only from the classified service list
made up from those who have stood
the required examinations.
II don't refer to the court and
postoffice appointments within the
state. There are, OF course, many
of these, and while some Of them
will be distributed by the two sena-
tors tho majority of them will natur-
ally be the patronage of the congress
men in whose districts they are To-
Gated.
What | am speaking of is general
federal appointments Such, for in
stance as that allotted to Chairman
w. J Harris of the state democratic
executive committee as director Of
the census.
What They May Get.
"If Senators Bacon and Smith sue
coed in getting dozen appointments
of this sort outside Of the civil SER
vice, allotted to them, they will do
better than most of the other sena-
tors
According to the foregoing state
ment there are going to be some
thing like 1888 dissatisfied federal
office seekers in Georgia. Some Of
the politicians in Georgia are already
basing hopes Of political preferment
upon this widespread dissatisfaction.
1t is said if Senator Smith has OPP
position in 1914 it will be based
largely upon the disappointed horde
or office seekers for whom ne has
been unable to do anything. Sena-
tor Bacons position is little bit
different, inasmuch as he has just
been elected for a new term of six
wears and will not have to go before
the people again until 1918.
In the meantime stories are being
sent out from Washington regarding
the large and influential part which
Senator Hoke Smith will play in the
next congress 1t is being pointed
out that he is likely to be the spokes-
man for both President Wilson and
Secretary of State Bryan in the COM
ing session. He has predicted that
the new administration will be pro-
| gressive throughout.
All of which is taken to mean, by
some at least of the Georgia politi-.
clans, that Mr.. Smith is seeking to
hedge against the disappointment of
Georgia democrats who would like
to hold federal jobs.