Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-28
Political Pull Cuts No Figure
With President

Il
ocratic senator's and representatives
who are working to secure appointments
for party workers without due regards
to their fitness for the employment
sought. Woodrow Wilson apparently
is outdoing Grover Cleveland in his
attempts to keep the offices away from
the spoilsmen,
The president forced the fighting
against reduction in the senate, but he
has not been compelled to force the
fighting in the Office seeking matter,
simply because thus far the men who
want Offices for others have refused to
fight, holding harmony and the party
future to he things superior to present
promises of government jobs.
Outside of the appointments to cabi-
net positions President Wilson thus
far has named only bakers dozen
of men to Office. Only two of these
appointees were backed by strong po-
itical pull and congressional influence
Senators Stone and Reed of Mis-.
souri, asked that Alexander M. Dock
cry be given the place of third assis-
tant postmaster general. and Mr..
Dockery was appointed. This SEEM
ingly was almost wholly a political
appointment, and the naming of John
1. Blakesly as fourth assistant post
master general through the influence
of A Litchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania
was an appointment of like nature.
The post Office department ordinari-
ly is the one which suffers from poll
tics. The postmaster general nearly
always is man who has done valued
service in the preces1ing cam2aiga.
Mr.. Burleson.was Wilson man
from the start, and his start kept him
going not only through the conven-
tion preliminaries but through the
convention itself and the campaign
which followed.
The postmaster general, however
has said that his Office is to stand Us
firmly upon civil service basis ~ it
can be made to stand
The appointment of former Cover
nor John Burke of North Dakota as
treasurer OF the United States has been
held by some as purely political ap-
pointment.
1t may be of interest to those who
so hold to know that the president
does not regard it in that light. He
had been asked to appoint the Dako-
tan to this place, but it can be said on
seemingly proper authority that he
had made up his mind that the former
governor was the man for the place
before any one had made application
in his behalf.
In the matter of ambassadorships
the president has refrained from con-
sulting the politicians as to their likes
and dislikes. He wants to satisfy Mr..
Bryan, of course, because Mr.. Bryan
will have to do with the ambassadors
and it can be taken for granted that
no one will be appointed against
whom the secretary OF state enters OBJ
lection.
It's said that the president will en-
deavor to make sure, OF, course, that
any man whom he names for a foreign
mission will be certain of contirma-
tion by the Senate.
John Shelton Williams, of Rich
mond, Va, was made assistant secre-
tary of the treasury without any con-
sultation whatever with the politicians
Even the senator's from MI. Williams
home state did not know his name
was under consideration.
b. 7. Galloway was appointed as
sistant secretary of agriculture on the
recommendation CT secretary Houston
There were five other candidates for
the place besides Mr.. Galloway, who,
however, could hardly be called can
didate, because he did not make his
desire for the job known in any way,
except by mere statement that he
would like the place. Most of the APP
plicants had political influence back
of them.
Franklin K. Lane was taken from
the commission to be made member
of the cabinet. Mr.. Wilson nominated
James Marble, the commissioners sec
retary, to fill the vacant place made by
Mr.. Lanes promotion. There was no