The Springdale news., 1914-02-06

soon as Wilson was nominated last June, year ago, he devoted 90 p.=r cent of his wakeful hours to the busi- ness of writing letters to office seek CTS, and inquired what more could he do. He said that he had naver Wilfully failed to answer letter that was of any importance, although he had sometimes taken the liberty of refusing to duplicate letters to importunate office seekers
 The senator said that Candidate Kirby had also arraigned him for keeping in office fourth class post masters i'll Arkansas, and various other Republican officers. He was especially offended at the idea that there should be a Republican super intendent of the Hot Springs Res N yation, and recklessly laid at the door of Senator Clarke responsibili= ty for this condition. If he had been frank he would have said that Senators Robinson and Clarke had recommended for appointment to that place Democrat in the person of #Dr Leonard Ellis. Dr. Ellis con ceiytd the idea that lie could secure all increase in salary by op6n hing up correspondence With theZlnteriof Department direct; that his efforts only resulted ill his seVering his connection with the position, that tbis occurred during the absence of the secretary of the interior in the west, where he was confined ill . hospital as the result of serious attack of=heart failure; thatdnring his absence Assistant Secretary Jones had assigned temporarily to the position of saperint ndent at Hot Springs Capt. Towbr5dge, Who has for about 2O years been one of the chief inspectors iu the Interior De partment that the appointment was temporary and 10 be dealt with per manentty upon the return of the sec Fatary. The senator saId that tti secretary had just returne q to Wash ingt0n q few weeks D fore the form CT left for Arkansas, that he had an interview With the & CTS tary, n which that official told him that as soon as he could catch up With more important matters than mere office holding propositions, q good Demo crat would b. selected 10 take charge of this position. The supern tendency of the Hot Springs ZReser. yation is not patronage in the ordl- nary s.nse of the term. but il Is 2 mere courtesy extended by the sec retary 10 permit the Arkansas sell ators to have any voice in the sa- lection of this official That during the administration Of Secretary !. O. C. Lamar as secretary of the in- terior, he sent from Georgia q per son to fill the place The appoint rJr f3y- and is not subject to confirmation by the Senate, and, therefore completely beyond the control of the senators as q matter of right The senator said that the matter would eeiSe due attention and in proper time, and that time would ba indieat by the secretary, and not by Candidate Kirby nor any elamor that he might raise
 Wanted Job From Taft.
 Candidate Kirby also ssems offend cd b cause H. L. Remmel and Frank Mayes arc parading ID and down the state w#lh commission III ther pock ts signed by President Tat. He seems to overlook the fact that the only reason he hash got i'll his pocket q commission signed by President Taft is because ot the fact that Taft wouldnt give him one. probably because he did not deem him fit to hold one. When Judge Rogers died. candidate Kirby came the most aggressive and VT. cious candidate for Republican favor that ever beat the tom-toms around Washington City. The only reason that can see for him thinking that President Taft would give him the office was the fact that he was q better Republican than Judge You- mans. Taft was a Republican, ou= mans was a Republican, and every body knows that Youmans is bet ter man and better lawyer than Kirby, and the only ground, there i fore, of precedence that he could of fer was the fact that he could rend CT better service for the Republl- cans than Youmans could If there 1 is any reason why Taft didn't ap- point him it will be up to him to make the explanation. It is the on 1 ly one that occurs to me. The fact is, he was never seriously consider ed for the place, although his con i tempt for Republicans and Republi- can commissions was not so well de yeloped then as it appears to be now
 Holds to His Job.
 The senator said that the fact that Candidate Kirby holds onto the position of supreme judge while he Is conducting his mud=sHnging cam. paign over the state illustrates the character of sensibilities that con