Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-12-10
THE DEMOCRATIC PATRONAGE
MACHINE.

The Clearwater Repupiicdh s'iiieo
-, terrible connection among the
daroocrat;c editors of Idaho over the
ort;c,e entitled President Wilson
RESPONSIBLE for Appointments. =
That article needs no further de-
Tense. 1t was not overdrawn. II II
were, il. it were not true II II dio not
ata+e the case fairly and truthfully
does anyone imagine for one moment
we would not have raised veritable
cyclone of protest from the democrats
Of Clearwater county? Orohno has
do,nocratic paper, the Orofino Tri5-
une. loyal Woodrow Wilson paper
which has not had nothing to say IN
nrotest All of which would seem to
be proof..positive that the article was
based on facts, at least so far as II
referred to the Orofino post ofhce.
Az to the conclusions drawn. hold
inc President Wilson responsible Tor
the fruits of his patronage machlne'
no argument is necessary. 1t IS sell
evident. For, may we ask, II, as
csnnot be denied, one democrat, Mr..
Elder of Occur 'Alene City, has the
mower to name the post master Tor
Orohno, over the protest OF the demo-
cratic organization and 95 per cent. OF
+be democrats who get mail at oro-
fno. did not this patronage machine
get its power from President wilson
For it is always agreed at the begin
ming of every administration now pat
ronage shall be distributed.
During former republican admins
trations the naming of post MASTER
was left to the congressman repre-
sen+ing a district. Congressman
French always enjoyed this privilege
not as right, but, as we would EN-
phasize. because the President accept
ed the arrangement. And Mr.. frenc
left it with the party organization
and the patrons of the Office. IN
people were always recognizes.
But under Woodrow Wilson a.
patronage in Idaho has been turne
over to one democrat, the nations
committeeman, Mr.. Elder, who heaC
patronage machine that has excl
cised this power regardless OF tn
wishes of the democratic county o.
panization, ant directly opposed
The manifest wishes of the vast ma
iority of democratic voters, patror
of the Orofino post office. Let us en-
phasize this. We charge the Woo
row Wilson patronage machine VIII
having ignored the democrats OF tn
locality; with shaping the county o
panization in the face; with refuslr
to consider the tremendous prote
that went up from the great MAORI
of the democratic patrons OF the Or
f;no Office. We are not ment1onlI
the universal protest from repupl
cans Let these patrons Of the po
office be ignored because we grant u
post Office belonged to the democrat
and will concede the democratic
ADMINISTRATION could not be justly crit
cised for ignoring any republican pr
tests. unless, as citizens. such obJe
lions were fully established, and we
based on grounds other than polltlci
We submit that the democrats
Clearwater county, and of this loci
ity, were ignored; that their prote'
we're turned down; that the endor'
ment of Mr.. Elder, democratic patrt
age dispenser for Idaho. was suff'cit
with the Wilson administration,
that Woodrow Wilson is direc
RESPONSIBLE for whatever patrons
machine, or whatever system OF p
ronage disposition that has exist
since his election to the presidency
In other words, Woodrow Wilt
alone is responsible for whate
mower the democratic national CO