The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-13
NEITHER man WILL
GET ANY PATRONAGE
Cabinet Officers viii Probably Have
Naming of Federal Appointees in
Mississippi Under Democratic Ad.
ministration.
(By F. D. Lander, Jr.)


ity of Senators Williams and Varda-
man reaching an agreement on the
distribution of Mississippi patronage
is past They may agree on the Re-
ceiver of Public Moneys and the Regis
trar of Public Lands, but that is about
as far as they will go.
While neither Senator has admitted
that they cannot agree on plan, it
is known that three propositions which
Senator Vardaman has made to Sen
ator Williams have failed to be accept
ed, and that Senator Vardaman will
insist on the acceptance of one of these
plans.
The three ways in which he has sug-
gested a division of patronage are
these: For Senator Williams to take
the attorneys and marshalls of the
northern district and Vardaman the
attorneys and marshals of the south
ern; or for Williams to take these Of
fees in the southern and Vardaman in
the northern; or for Williams to take
both the attorneys and give Vardaman
both the marshals. He has even gone
80 far as to offer to luck it out" by
placing slips of paper with the names
Of the two districts written on them
and leave it to fate to decide which
Senator shall receive the patronage
in the respective districts. Each pro-
position carries with it the provision
that Vardaman shall name the Regis
trar of public lands and Williams the
receiver of public moneys.
Senator Williams objects to all
these plans, it is understood, and will
insist on Senator Vardaman agreeing
to still another plan which Senator
Williams has offered. He will not ac-
cept the patronage in the northern
the candidacy of Senator Vardaman's
brother in that district. He will not
accept the patronage in the southern
district, because in that district, he
claims, there is no vacancy in the at
torneyship and will not be for three
years. Charles Lee is United States
attorney in that district and as he has
always been a Bryan Democrat he
would not be removed at the end Of
his term even if the Senators agreed
on another man. because it is not the
policy of the administration to remove
Democratic officer without cause.
Senator Vardaman's third offer, that
Senator Williams name the attorneys
and Vardaman the marshals, is refus-
ed for the same reason, Senator VIII.
liams claiming that such a plan would
give Vardaman the power of naming
two marshals, whereas he would get
the power only to name one attorney
Senator Williams, insisting that only
one attorney is to be appointed wants
agreement: for Vardaman to name the
registrar of public lands and Williams
the receiver of public moneys, for Var
daman to name the marshals in the
northern district and Williams in the
Southern, and for the two Senators tc
fight 1t out over the attorneyship In
the northern district.
Senator Nardaman has refused tc
agree to this plan and the matter is
therefore, at crisis, with little pos
siblitv that It can be settled amicably
Senator Williams has already rec
commended the appointment of Clay
Sharkey of Jackson to be receiver o
public moneys: Maj. Geo. L. Donalt
of Maeee to be marshal Of the south
ern district and Shad Hill of Green
wood TO he attorney for the northern
district. He will stick to these recon
mendations and unless Senator Varda
man accents the Williams terms o
agreement. 1t is probable that none o
the men nominated by either Senate
win be named by the administration