Evening journal., 1913-04-19

! ARE HUNGRY
FOR OFFICE
Demand for State Postmaster
ship Overwhelm SauIS-
bury and BrOCkSOn
MANY OF THE ANXIOUS
WILL BE DISAPPOINTED

WILL De DAShL IVANALO
special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
WASHINGTON, d. c., April ls.--
Fhere are going TO be some greas
surprises and some great disappoint'
nients when the nominations for me
Delaware postmastershlps are so'
to the United States Senate loi ~
frmation by President wilson sum
OF those persons who think 1ney nase .,
the postmasterships IN Shel WV
towns "cinched,' either lot ensnh en-,
selves or for others, are going 70 lhu %
that they know very little aoout ene
game Of politics after All, lunlons
in the corridors Of the Oapl'oi oon-
cerning what is going 70 De ION ~
Delaware can be accepted as d ioie-
cast. - oa,,is-
bury and Representative brochson ..,,l
are keeping as silent on tne niae0e,
as IL Is possible for two mempsIs VI
Congress to keep on 50 inpVI.ane ~,
subject but a word mas leaAeu 'ists az.
now and then. though carrying with
1t no name, and Just enough nas
c.ne known to make II certain that
INC two Junior members OF Oon-
sreaa IRON, Delaware are hunting the
easiest way 10 solve diihcuit prop-
,rhe whole trouble Is that the DEM
,orsta in Delaware are showing
ereediness for Office which has over
whelmed Mr.. Salisbury and Mr.
Prockson. There are only eight
nostmasters to be appointed at this
tms-one each in New Castle, Mid
dletown. Milford. Seaford, Laurel,
Milton. SMYRNA and Mtllsboro-Dut
tbere are at least three dozen appn-
cante for the eight places. In some
of the towns there are eight or ten
applicants. and in nearly all OF them
two or three feel certain that they
are going to carry off the coveted
prize.
Democratic members from Delaware
is one of keeping in suspense all, OF
nearly all of those who are hghuns
for the places. The result rs that
none are certain they are going 70
ket II. while all feel sure that they
have as good a chance as the otnef
fellow. In the end Il simply means
ahat a great many more than hair
uaill be disappointed.
There is no doubt but that Presi-
dent Wilson will appoint those whose
names are sent TO him by Senator
Saulsbury and Representative BROCK
fhn. In fact, he has no other source
from which to select them, and as a
matter of courtesy he Will appoint
those fndorsed by the Democratic
members Of Congress from the state
in which the appointments VIII De
made. There may be some delay In
The appointments, for Il Is limited thai
tie President Is holding all state
appointments over the heads OF the
members until his tarin bill 10 either
passed or well under way.
Senator Salisbury and Representa-
tive Brockson are not going to give
an opportunity for a protest 10 the
president on any names they SEND
him This is going TO be avoided oy
keeping the names an absolute secret
until they become public by being
sent to the Senate for confirmation,
where a protest would have little or
no weight even if one were made. II
Is not that there will be any serious
objection To a protest being made, for
- would hardly count for anything
shut because Mr.. Salisbury and Mr
,.lrockson have had about all OF the
so7ice-hunting delegations before them
that they want for a good many years
to come.
A conference on the subject OF ap-
'Bointments was held yesterday by
senator Salisbury and Representative
sBrockson. but they both declined tc
have anything to say about II. AS
pQstmaetership appointments are be.
ginning TO go TO the President from
ether States Il is rot thought that 7
will be long before some, at least
of the names will be sent TO the
White House. Just when that vii
3le neither of the two Delaware mem
hers will say at this time, bat befor,
The end of next week. in all proba'
hlt-, President Wilson will have b.
fore him a part OF the Delaware list
at least.
hnThe most complicated situation
probably Of any has arisen over th'
Milford postmastership. From tina
town there are nearly a dozen as
pirants Some of them are John Mus
tard, H. c. Conwell. B. w. Mills
James S. Hallett. William H. Robin
son, Asbury Smith. Harry Latchun
and Allen l.. Vinyard Each has th'
Endorsement Of a faction OF the Dem
ocratic party in the town.
Smyrna is also well up in the rank
with candidates. Among those VIII
would be the postmaster in that tow
are J. Fletcher Truax. A. Lee Cum
Minis. James d. Wilds and Thomas Il
Wilson. Although II is hard to ge
anything definite on the Smyrna con
test 1t is believed here that the figh
has narrowed down to Mr.. Wilds an
MIR. Cummins.
Other smaller towns in the state
even where the term OF the postmas
ter, does not expire for sometime I
come, are getting in their work. an