Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-05

the election Of a republican president, upon the suggestion of the late Con gressman Charles A. Russell, some sixteen years ago. Now this same Mahan happens to be the congressman who will probably name the suc-
 cessor of MT. Mckinley, and it may be within his power to retain his own successor in the office so near the end of his term as congressman. It would be most magnnanimOuS act
 on the part of the congressman and
 be appreciated by MT. Mckinley and his political friends But if MT. Me GinleV must go there will be no dffH- culty in seeking out some good demo
 crat who would condecend to accept
 the postmastership of New London for
 the honor and the money there is in 1t.
 The postmaster Is the only one in the
 local office that can be supplanted by
 democrat, as the assistant post
 master and all the other employees are
 in the classified list
 Down in the granite building in
 Bank street, the seat of customs for
 the port of New London there is
 housed al least eight government em-
 ployes, and all in the classified list
 so there is no opening there for any
 of the worthy democrats. In the de-
 partment on the second floor, it is pre-
 stunned the men of the local inspectors
 office are beyond the pale of politics, though years ago. the offices were di- Vided politically, that is the board was non partisan, and perhaps it is so at the present time. In any event no democrat has a line out for the places occupied by the present officials of that department. On the first floor in the customs department, the office of col
 lector of the port was abolished when the consolidation scheme was adopted with Bridgeport the headquarters of the collector of the consol dated dis trict. That's a reason why Lewis ceed the late Collector Thomas o. Thompson, by President Taft, is now considered to be out of the running.
 There are three customs inspectors, all in the classified list, and there is no democrat who expects a look in on those jobs. It so happens that two of the inspectors are democrats who were appointed under Cleveland's sec ond administration and came under the classified list. The other inspector is a civil war veteran and a medal honor man at that and no one would make the slightest attempt to dislodge them were such ta thing possible. Then there is the job of janitor that has been filled by Anthony Jerome for over forty years and there's not a man. woman or child in the town that could stand for .'Tonys s" removal
 So there is TO chance for a democrat getting into office in the custom house, unless, perhaps, it be the best office in the bunch. that of deputy collector, now filled by a republican, but who years ago was an applicant for ap- poin tment as inspector at the custom house as a democrat and lost. A few years later he became republican and was appointed deputy collector. and since then that office has probably drifted in the direction of the classified list. It is understood that there is really candidate for the position of deputy collector in the person of a democrat who filled the position very acceptably before being succeeded by another democrat and then by the present incumbent. Reasons for the removal of the present incumbent are being framed up and perhaps will be brought to a head soon after a demo- crat is appointed as collector for the consolidated district with headquarters at Rrid