The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-04
BUSY MONTH IN JOB GIVING
PATRONAGE, LARGE AND SMALL,
EXPECTED TO MOVE LIVELY.
Southern Office Seekers Are Getting
Insistent, and GeOrgians Are Not
at All Backwards in Claims.

! "HILt must IidI JhSlS dlC ulLl 10
taxable signs that the month of April
is destined, in many respects, to be
the big month of the Wilson ad-
ministration. 1t is to be big month
in more ways than one. Besides the
many hundreds Of nominations, some
| large and some small, which will be
scattered all over the country, rang
ing from the important foreign posts
to the fourth-class postofFices, many
questions of party principles are to
be determined
Among the most interesting ques-
lions to be settled, aside from purely
local matters, will be who is to CON
troll New York state patronage af-
fairs, and just how loud the Tam
many tiger is to growl will also be
among the interesting events of the
next few weeks.
O'GOrman the New York Dispenser.
When Governor Sulzer came to the
Inauguration it seemed to be well set
tied here that he had formally re
treated down the patronage gangway
in favor of Senator O'Gorman. 1t
was said then that judging by the
number of applications which had up
to THAT time reached the New York
senator he would be tagged as the
New York state patronage dispenser
and that none who failed to get his
% X" need apply. 1t was said that
between Montauk Point and Niagara
it was generally conceded that Mr..
O'Gorman was to be the man with
the handy dish of white house fruit.
Since that time little has been heard
from Governor Sulzer, and from Con-
gresham Fitzgerald not a sound has
come. If Fitzgerald las even so
much as darkened the white house
doors it has been so seldom that it
has occasioned little, if any, notice
from the press.
Staff men who came to the inaug-
uration to cover the news for the
papers predicted that O'Gorman
would be the real thing in the Empire
State affairs, and although little has
been done in that section yet in the
distribution of Offices he will un-
doubtedly show his hand soon.
South to BE Heard From.
From Southern standpoint the
coming month should be especially
interesting. Take the states of the
South one by one there is enough in
sight to keep everyone awake for
some lime to come.
Cross the muddy Potomac river
and step on the soil of the Old Do
minion. What the Virginia people
want is now almost ancient history,
but what they may get is another
matter. One thing seems certain,
that aside from the usual routine APP
pointments that state is scheduled
to get at least one big foreign post
early in April, and possibly two. Split
the fourth circuit judgeship with
South Carolina and there is posi-
bility that Virginia may land there
also. though the Palmetto state al
ready has this place on the safe side
of the ledger What else is in store
for Virginians is, of course, not
known, but it is safe to say that Vir-
ginia will not be forgotten while the
plum tree is shaking for others
Then there is South Carolina,
where interest is keen in postmaster
ships. the question of who is to be
district attorney and marshal and
other places which will be parceled
out in the near future. South Caro-
lima, like Virginia, has hopes Of Sc
curing a foreign post or two, and it is
not improbable that she may land.
Georgia Is Not Backward.
North Carolina and Georgia were
never known to be backward in ask
ing for what they want. The two
Tar-Heel SENATOR'S Simmons and
Overman-are known to pull excel
lently in double harness and if there
is anything their constituents want
and don't get it will not be for lack
of effort on the part of the senators.
Georgia is almost certain to land at
least one foreign pOst-that desired
for Col. P. A. Stovall of Savannah.
Senator Bacon has declared that al
though Colonel Stovall may not go to
Switzerland, as he would like to do,
he is almost certain to get an attract
i've berth.
Two other Georgians also-An-
drews of Atlanta and Johnson Of
Rome-want to serve the country
abroad, and they, too, may annex
their names to the government pay
roll in the near future.
Then there are Florida, Alabama,
| Mississippi and all the other states OF
the solidly solid South. To them,
also. the month of April will bring
/ showers of spring fruit. Senators
Fletcher and Bryan and all the other
members of the upper house of con-
/ gress are ready with the handy bas-
ket to gather the plums that fall with
the April breezes.
SOMETHING GOOD FOR
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