Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-23
No Charges Are Made.

Following +. II. Caldwcll's wire 70 Sena-
tor~ Culber>on and Sheppard that 4 pro
test was on it. way to Washington. and
asking that the confirmation Of the APP
p"intment be held up until after IFS arrival,
Mr.. Wclch was notified that Charges"
had been made against her. Mr.. Welch
ha> been assured that the protest contains
no charges OF any kind. and J. a protest
against the system by which a man outside
Of Nucce~ county pays 4 political debt.
while the interests Of the business men ,f
the city and Of the postmaster general are
ignored. Y.
Without reference Al Ill TO the subject.
Mr. Caldwell says, that Corpus Christi i
now in z class where the administration 81
the post Office il vital to the growing bust
ness and industry of the city, and that
anything short Of an efficient business adj
minl,tration must necessarily hamper the
progress Of the post office and hinder the
upbullding Of the city IN general.
The reasons TOR protest are verbatim and
concrctclv ~ follows from Mr.. Caldwell:
"Fir~t-She i entirely without business
experience and certainly without the quail
fcatlons needed for the proper conduct III
the public business OF the post office Of this
growing city, and particularly % az thi,
period in it history.
"Sccond-Whilc she j. the choice Of the
lawyers Of this district, because Of their
friendly relations with the late Judge
Welch. her husband, during hi lifetime. IN
some eases. and in other eases out Of
Difference to james ID. Wells friendship for
Judge Stanley Wclch and al hi >oIicita-
ton. yet the business Interests here above
all else. desire efficiency IN the admini-ira-
tion Of the post office.
'Third-lt seems wrong that Judge Wells
should pay hi political obligations BY nam
ing Corpus Chri>ti'S postmaster. il. a. It
4 believed. II entails needless expense and
Inconvenience on the public.
III the reasons stated herein, ii true.
would. ~ Your Judgement Justify holding up
the confirmation. the protest will simply
cause needless strife and should not b.
sent.
'Nciiher Judge Wells. Congressman Gar
ner. or President Wilson are IN any way
cen>urcd for making u~c 81 the system ~
pay their political debts. but the system ia
it, entirety j. held III fault. Judge Wells
owed Judge Wclch 4 political debt. lie
pays II. Congressman Garner uwc~ Judge
Wells 4 political debt. lie pays il. Pre>i-
dent Wilson. III turn. owes Congressman
Garner 4 political debt and II j. paid.
"By this system Corpus Christi j. given
u postmaster 10 handle the affairs Of the
mails here through the influence Of n man
outside Nnece> county. who. outside 1T hi
political debt. can have no direct i%mtcrr>,
IN the welfare of the city a. a whole. BY
this system po~tma>tcr~hip~ are establish
ed and salaries paid out where the recipi-
eni may or may not BE- qualiiied for the
duties Of the office. Had the appoinice
been any other person not possessing the
qualifications for the place. the result
would have been the same.
Judge Wells l. not held NJ fault. because
he simply used an established system to
pay a debt he was in honor bound To recoe-
nize. And this also applies to Congress-
man Garner. Neither l. 10 he in any way
criticised for hi> action. for they nave sim
ply followed the precedent established hv
a system that creates misunderstanding in
every city in the eSuntry.'