The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-10
ADvicEs INDICATE MEMBERS CAM
NOT AGREE ON DISTRIBUTION
OF PIE IN THIS STATE.
JUDGE POWELL MAY Be FACTOR
National Committeeman VIII Probably
Be Consulted About Appointments
Where Congressman Fail to Agree
No Rupture Yet Between Senators.
Special to The NetDs.

Jackson, Miss, March 10.-Advices
received here from Washington indF
cate that all is not peace and harmony
among the Mississippi delegation in
Congress on the subject Of patronage.
While there has been no open rup-
ture or overt act of friction thus far.
members of the delegation in the low
er house are making it very plain that
they expect to have something to say
about where the splHms shall fall, and
that they do notnawantaths. tworsenar
tors to do all the shaking of the pa
tronage tree.
Thus far no definitsapolicy of pa
tronage has been mappeF out, but it is
expected that the delegation will hold
a conference witkin the next week
with this end in sSiew. 1t remains to
} be seen just what concessions that
; the contending elements are willing
to make, and to what extent an ami
cable apportionment of the jobs can be
+ arranged.
2 1t is the general belief that Senators
e Williams and Vardaman expect to
u have the word final concerning the
principal Federal jobs, such as Unit
It ed States marshalships, district attor-
d neyships, register of the land office,
e collector of customs, ETC., and 1t has
T. been suggested that perhaps they viii.
to a large extent, defer to the wishes
= of Congressman relative to postmas-
6 terships. qs
r. Up to this junctuFe, however, 1t is
n not even assured that Senators VIII
liams and Vardaman can agree be-
tween themselves as to these principal
berths. but friends of both men declare
that there is no likelihood of an open
rupture between them on the patron
age question; that II the two mel
"agree or disagree" 1t is going to be
y over something of more consequences
man Federais jobs. - -
Il seefas 70 be taken fof zrsze
8 | that tns toliey of sae eaa'Irls'ra
WIN be te tec1Are All Fsderai p1sl<
vacant rsesrdless of the terms OF pres
emf incnmhents, and, this being the
case q large mess efpie'will be ready
for cutting after the special session
convenes.
- A factor ID the patronage question
u, ~ not Hitherto reckoned with is Judge
~ RobeunPowell, Democratic nationa
- - committeeman from this state. THU
- fsk Judge Powell has kept out OF tns
= va94ous squabbles that have developed
- - brt-the opinion prevails in some quar-
" ters that. as a matter of party courte
:. sv his, advice may be asked In IN
III stances where members Of the dele
er- qsfion in Congress- cannot agree.
at It is practically certain that ther
I'm will be a new Federal Judge to appoin
in this state before the close of tn
ne extra session, through the creation Q
ice q new district. Senator Williams ha
he purposely delayed final action on tn
-ys bill creating this new district in orde
IN to make assurance doubly sure tna
re- the berth will go to a good Democra
us. and there are at least half doze
wv members of the Mississippi bar, me
nts who enjoy high standing in the leg
md profession, who are active aspiran
for the honor. s
rin- The quantity of pie for the siicin
Vho however, is going to be much smail'
iev- than many of the hhngry horde anti
les- pate, owing to the fact that fully
ase per cent of the postmasterships
Mississippi are now held by Democra
in good standing, and these men
; = naturally doing everything possible
= retain their Jobs. :