The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-11
Distribution of POliticalPlums
to Democrats Left to
Wilmington Man
ULLERY SLATED FOR
ONE COLLECTORSHIP

to Have Become Disguised with Fac
tional Fights of Vermont Office
Seekers.
BOSTON, March II. - The Globe
today publishes tine following:
Shl The Democracy OF the Green
Mountain state is divided and the adj
mInistraton al Washington has refus-
ell to recognize the warning leaders of
factions. Those in y position TO know
say that there is the '.Oid Nick" to
pay over the distribution Of the loaves
and the fishes. and it is over this that
the sturdy little band Of Democrats Of
that state H. split in two
The national Democratic adninistra-
tion refuses To recognize National
Committeeman Thomas H. Browne The
latter : old political opponent. Jim
| Burke, OF West Rutland. Is ont for his
/ scalp. Tie fight between Burke and
/ Browne began NJ the Denver conven-
/ tion in l"aN. when both of them were
/ candidates for national committeeman.
/ After - ballots, two of the delegates
refused to vote any more. and Browne
| WAS elected over Burke by one vote
! The war between them has been on
/ ever since.
Every time that National Commit
teeman Browne might recommend
man for a federal Job, Burke would
he sure to get in touch with Washing
ton and object. On some of the big
Jobs Burke bombarled Washington
| with tclcgrams and letters against
/ Browne : man.
Martin A Brown Is Called Upon.
Postmaster General Rurle~on and
Secretary McAdoo al tia treasury got
tired OF the controversy and called in
Col. House Of Texas and Dudley Field
, Malone. sending them on to look into
the situation and in some way tix
things up, so that there would he one
man to whom the department could
look for advice when appointments
werp about to be made
Col. House aud Collector Malone
iourneyed to Vermont, talked with tht
leading men ot the party, and then
. / on advice OF several of the leading
: Democrats Of the Green Mountain
. state. looked up Martin y. Brown of
: Wilmington. one Of the wealthiesi
/, Democrats in the state. whose husines,
: is IN Boston. where he spends much OF
his time Mr.. Brown, it Is said, made 4
, hit with MeSsrs. House and Malone
: and when they reported back to Wash
r ineton they advised the department.
heads TO consult Mr.. Brown of VIII
, mirgton and Boston, whenever in
, doubt.
At any rate. Mr.. Brown of Whining
ton has made several trips to Washing
ton this winter and several promInen
Vermont Democrats have made pil
grimages to Boston to consult Wit
, Mr.. Brown They do say up in Yer
mont that an Endorsement from Marti
u Brown j. worth more than the in
e. dorsements of Burke and Nationa
t | Committeeman Browne when it come
: to applying for a Federal job in WASH
G ington.
+ Martin \. Brown : friends say tina
4 his only object in having anything I
i do with the distribution of the loave
: and the fishes Is to build up the part
y and see If he cannot patch up tn
5 breach between Browne and the Burke
d for it is said that EX-Mayor jaime
y +. Burke of Burlington, who wants t
Z he collector of customs of that city
Il has joined in the war on Nations
Committeeman Browne, who, by tn
way. also wants TO be collector OF en-:
toms ut Burlington.
Interesting Charges on File.
1t is said that the files of the d,
partments at Washington contain som
e interesting correspondence and charge
a. against many of the candidates fC
is Office as a result Of this war betwee
le Tom Browne and Jim Burke, rakin
10 up the fight in the spring of 1912 ft
re delegates to the Democratic nation;
! convention.
The term of the Republican collectC
- of the port of Burlington expired Fe
= IS last. The candidates for the job al
|. Ex-Mayor Burke Of that city. II.
Comings, of Richford, recent candidat
= for lieutenant governor in the Dem
Dd cratic state ticket, and National Con
~ mitteeman Browne. An appointmei
ch is looked for any day now, and tho'
OF in Il position to know. say that the
IS are quite sure that it will be Coming
In this fight William J. Bryan h;
. been appealed to by the friends OF h
Mayor Burke. who has always been {
ardent admirer of the secretary
state. 1t is claimed that Mr.. Bryf
s' put his OK on Mr.. Burke S Democr
ey. The place pays $4,000 year.
IT The Newport colleetorship is anoth
er bone of contention between the Dem
ss: cratic factions of Vermont The sala
of the latter place is also $4,000. The
. aren t many 5000 federal Jobs in VI
m mont. and the candidates for them a