The Washington herald., 1913-11-23

correspondent for many outside papers
during the famous front porch campaisn
OF 1896 and Mckinley appreciated the
work Of the country newspaper eoitor
more than the efforts OF many metropoil-
tan correspondents in the Canton colony
that year. After many years AZ MAT
sielles, Skinner became Consul General
at Hamburg through merit alone aioeo
possibly by the dfSeernment OF francs
y. Loonis the assistant Secretary OF
State who had been a consul and knew
a good one when they came along
The jump from Hamburg TO Berlin
and under a democratic administration
Is a great compliment to Skinner VINO
never got over being a Republican and
gives assurance TO other consuis thae
merit win prevail.
The promotion Of Skinner. with its i'm
piled adherence to the reward OF the
merit system, gives cheer TO the friends
Of John L. Grifiths. the Indiana spell
binder OF other days. now Consul General
at London. The original appointment
of the rotund and eloquent Grifiths had
more politics in It and back OF It than
any appointment accorded TO Indiana In
many a year. and II was made at a
time when troubles were descending
uDOn the heDuDlCdh
that way The descending came along
ON scheduled time, and not even the
political wisdom OF the Griffiths appoints
ment could avert II. over In London
John L wept and sent carefully prepared
cabIegrams lamenting the duplication OF
disasters, but inwardly thanked heaven
that his sl2, 2,Oo0-a-year job was not to
slip from under him because the old
guard at home did the die and not sur
render act when the crash came As
an after-dlnner orator John l. has won
the British heart and, assured of stay
ing on the pay roll, HIS eloQuence viii
have a sweeter rhythm as the years
go by.
senator ]. Ham Lewis. looking the pink
Of perfection, silken and smooth from
vest to whiskers, and silver intonation
of voice, stepped softly through the
Willard corridors looking for his friend
and constituent, Carter Harrison. late
Mayor of Chicago. While awaiting the
Harrison return from a social hour with
Secretary Bryan, an effort was made
TO elicit lament from the Hon. J. Ham
on the patronage proposition IN ILLINOIS,
The lament was lacking as the suaVe
senator is too diplomatic for a show OF
sorrow and he recounted that while
Illinois may not have a MEMBER OF the
Cabinet, and outside OF Ambassador Pm
dell has had no great allotments. some
good places have been given, and besides
II is early yet. don't you know. Even
so the Senator reminded that his friend
Valpiko had been appointed Minister to
the Bulgarian States, and Louis f. POST
was made the Assistant Secretary oil
Labor.
Then. another Lewis friend OF Illinois
Prof. Putney, had been given high place
i'm the State Department looking after
affairs of the East.
L. w. Hurley. of Chicago, was onered
the Comptrollership OF the Treasury but
declined, not caring for the responsioiii'
ties imposed by the new law, which In
fact, makes the Comptroller little more
than a chief clerk with excess of work
and much less power or honor than IN
the old days when bankers bowed down
at the ComptroIler's wave Of hand.
The Senator, Lewis observation Is that
Illinois will get her share before the
Presidential term Is half through and
meantime he is placid-also persistent