The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-27
ORGANIZATION
men IN SADDLE
Administration to Recognize Them
In Awarding Patronage

The tidngs come from Washington
that the administration has definitely
decided 10 recognize the organization
men, headed by Chairman Wood OF the
! Democratic state central committee, in
the distribution of federal places TO be
filed by democrats. The story goes
that the postmaster general recently
told President Wilson that he has
| every confidence N the regular organ
! izat!ou i'm Michigan and that the good
| of the party I'm this state demands that
it's recommendation shall be determ-
| NATIVE in the matter of federal APP
| poirtments. The president told him To
act on that idea i'm naming postmas.
ters and making other appointments
within his jurisdiction in the state. 1t
is stated that when Representative
Beakes learned of this he heatedly de-
Clarcd that he would never again
dar,en the door of the postmaster gem
erals office" This would seem TO set
tie il that the combination Of original
Wilson men effected Immediately az
ter the Democrats came into power at
Washington for the purpose of con-
trolling patronage i'm this state is
down and Out as a factor in shaping
the policy of the Wilson administra-
lion with reference to federal appoint
mentS i'm Michigan.
The selection by the president Of
James j Brady for the office of collec-
tor Of internal revenue at Detroit is
men are in the saddle" II is under
stood however that the president and
department heads desire To have the
warning factions IN Michigan get to-
gether as much as possible on the
question of patronage distribution in
the state. The prospect seems To be
that they viii do this To measurable
degree, but with the understanding
chat the agreement with the managers
of the Wilson forces in the Baltimore
convention under which the Michigan
delegation went over 10 Wilson solidly
at the crucial stage in the proceedings
VIII Dee faithfully kept.
1t viii be recalled that when Il. Q.
Wood, chairman of tho state central
committee, demanded that his commit
tee should be recognized in the parcel
ing out Of places i'm the event of VIII
sons election, as a condition to swing
ing Michigan into the Wilson column,
he was given that assurance. The Will
son managers promised him that i'm
giving out the good things the national
committeeman from Michigan and the
chairman Of the state central commit
tee would stand as two senators from
the state as long as il had no Demo-
cratic senators. The Michigan delega-
ton went to Wilson on this under
standing, and it now appears that il is
TO hold good i'm matters Of federal pat
ronage in the state. This practically
ends the row over the distribution of
places which has thus far disturbed
the harmony of the party in Michigan.
II is probable that there would have
been no dissension if tho coterie of
original Wilson men" had been willing
to accord proper recognition to the
compact between Wood ana the repre-
sontatives Of Mr.. Wilson i'm the Balti-
more convention, above alluded to. But
they started i'm To dominate wholly in
tho matter OF selecting the men whose
claims would hc favorably passed on
at Washington. I'm taking this stand
they ovCrpllNed their cards, il the
news that now comes from Washington
me- D.,