The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-03
JUDEN IS P, M.
BUT HE'S SILLY
RUSSELL THINKS
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careful consideration have reach
ed the conclusion that / should
indorse Mr.. Juden for the place,
and will promptly so advise, the
Postmaster General.
The responsibility of selecting 4
Postmaster in this, as in many
other cases, has been quite en-
barrassing to me for the reason
that | have been compelled to Sc
lect from among several life long,
warm, personal, and political
friends. l regret exceedingly that
it is necessary for me to turn
down any of them, but in this as
in all other cases, | have felt that
should be governed by the wish
es of the patrons of the office, I'M
derstanding as do, that the place
does not belong to me, but to the
patrons of the office, who are to
be served by the Postmaster, when
appointed.
Mr.. Juden is unanimously en-
dorsed, and his appointment
urged, by the Democratic Commit
tee, of which you are chairman.
He is strongly Endorsed by the
Judge of the Circuit Court, Judge
of Court of Common Pleas, and
the County School Superintendent,
who as l understand are the only
county Democratic officials, that
are patrons of your office.
He is Endorsed, as l understand,
by all of the city officials, who are
Democrats and the majority of
those who are Republicans.
He is Endorsed by all but one,
or possibly two, of the Democratic
nominees for county offices in the
last general election, including the
nominee for Representative, who
was at the time of giving his in
dorsement the Representative Of
your county, in the State Legisla-
ture, and also by the Sheriff of
the County, who is a Democrat.
He is Endorsed by more than
600 of the Democratic voters and
patrons of the office and quite a
number of Republican voters.
Mr.. Juden was recently clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas, many
of the attorneys, 10 of whom re-
side in your city, have advised me
that he made a very efficient
clerk, and one of the best that
ever held that important office,
and a great many of his friends,
by personal letters and personal
interviews with ne, have assured
me that he will be equally as eff
cient as Postmaster.
Last year he was unanimously
nominated to fill the place that he
then held, as clerk of your court,
and while he was defeated in the
general election he ran far ahead
of the Democrat ticket, being de-
feated by only 252 majority while
the head of the Democratic State
ticket, Mr.. Gass lost the county by
663 majority, so that the majority
against Mr.. Juden was Ali less
than against the head of the State
ticket. In Cape Girardeau town.
ship Mr.. Gass received 784 votes.
Mr.. Juden received 905 votes and
that township was the home, both
of Mr.. Juden and his opponent.
This indicates that he was strong
with his own party and popular
with many voters of other politi-
cal parties.
No one who would examine the
petitions and letters that | have
received would doubt for a mo-
ment that Mr.. Juden is the choice
of more of the patrons of the Of
flee, than either of the other APP
plicants, and especially the choice
of a great majority of the Demo-
Gratis, who have been active in
party politics.
Since it was announced in the
press of your city, that l would
give my Endorsement within 10
days, | have received letters from
81 prominent citizens and patrons
of your post office, nearly all of
whom are active and Influential
Democrats. Of these 81 are for
Mr.. Juden and most of them
strongly urged his appointment.
The other 10 are divided between
four other candidates and this is
about the relative proportion of
all Endorsements heretofore re-
ceived.
In giving my Endorsement to
Mr.. Juden l do so fully conscious
of the fact that all of those who
have applied for the place have
been my good friends and loyal
supporters, in my races for Con-
gress, and there is no one of
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