Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-13
BURLES0N WILL
MOVE SLOWLY
UNEXPIRED TERMS OF REPUBLIC
CAN POSTMASTERS WILL AS 4
RULE BE FILLED OUT By PRES
ENT INCUMBENTS.
SENATOR'S ARE TAKING UP MAT
TIERS OF FEDERAL PATRONAGE
RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. MANY
ANNOUNCEMENTS EXPECTED
SOON.
Especial STAFF Correspondents

The new administration is now in full
swing and a number of Texans are idcll
titled with it in making Democratic his
tory. Business promises to be humming
at Washington for some time to come
for there are very large tasks ahead and
Democrats are applying themselves
thereto
With practically two members in the
cabinet, Texas will have an influential
part i'll the presidents immediate coun-
Gil. Former Representative Burlcson, as
postmaster general will be the political
sachem of the cabinet as postmaster
generals have generally been in the years
agOnc. His hand will be over the dis
tribution of postal patronage. He is
getting his assistant postmasters gen
eral quickly 50 that they may be "brok-
en- i'll" and settle down promptly to
business. He will not hasten unduly
about filling the vacancies in post of
fees. where Republicans have filled out
their four year terms but as soon as
there is opportunity to test out the or
ganizatiOn and get the names of the
right Democrats there will be Democrat
ic postmasters in all these Offices
Secretary Of agriculture David Frank
lin Houston is a Missouri man, bv res
idcncc, but the Texans here account him
one of them, for he resided in Texas
many years and his wife is a Texan He
is taking hold of the work in the de
partmcnt of agriculture with alacrity
and is giving promise of great useful
ness there to the farmers of the count
ry.
But over at the Capitol. Texans are
coming into new prominence. rs the
senate is now q democratic body. the
two Texas senator's have larger scopec
Of activity than ever and will have
much to do all through the extra session
Of congress, to be called in early April
In the house the Texas delegation is two
Y"shy." the vacancies having been caused
by the transfer of Mr.. Sheppard to the
senate and bv the transfer Mr. Burle-
son to the cabinet. If rumOrs should
prove true and Representative Slaydcn
be made ambassador to Mexico there
\ =
cancy in the Texas delegation and there
will be necessity for three special cleo
tiOns in the Lone Star state. The sen
atOrs are taking up matters of federal
patronage as rapidly as seems feasible
and in the course of the next few weeks
will endorse number of Texans for fed
eral jobs within the state borders.
The applicants for these places are le-
giOn. Many of them are in Warshington
looking after their interests and unwil-
ling to accept no as an answer. For
some Of the places there are actually 80
or 40 applicants Senator Sheppard has
Ii applicationsfor the position Of United
States Marshall for the Southern dis
trict Of exas as follows: Capt. J. f. Arch
or, OF Houston, (endorsed by $ .B. Brook
W. +. Arnold, of Eel Campo; L. H. Bates
of Brownsville; I. j. Bennett. of Angle
ton, Charles III. CasselI of Texas CITY:
j. j. Faut of Houston; Geo. A. Hall Of
La Grange; Capt. j. A. Herring Of Mad
ison Villa; K. L. Morris of Humble: :
Cart +. Massart, of Galveston; Dal-
LIS Matthews, of Houston; Capt II. S.
SisG of Houston; and Ed J. Weber of
La Grange. There are about 80 appli-
cants for the United States marshalship
in the westernsdistrict of Texas.
The applicants for the United States
district attorney in the southern district
of Texas, as shown by Senator Shep-
pard's list, are II. l.. Cole, of Houston ::
W. \. Foster of COnrOe; John +. Green
ir., Of Houston; A. G. Lipscomb of Hemp
stead; X. B. Maury of Houston and d..
f. Simmons of Houston: with bod Boon
of Anderson and ID. j. Wilson, of Gal
weston, as applicants for the position
of assistant district attorney.
The applications which Senator Shep-
pard received for collector of customs
here before the districts were consolidate
ed: For the collectorship at Brownsville
the applicants were: s. p. Spiller, of
Austin: W. T. Evans. of Austin; s. III.
Parker. of Grand Falls; Frank Rabb,
of Brownsville; J. +. shelton; J ".
Simpson, of Asherton: Maj. J. NJ Breen
of Brownsville; c. c. Black of Browns
Vile; H. Z. CrOwder of Quanah and c.
G. Hallman of Quanah. The list of ap-
plicants for collectorship of the Cor
pus ChristiLaredo district include Dr.
j. b. BurfOrd. of Rosebud: w. p. Cor
nclius: c. .TcffricS of Laredo: IT. F.
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