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
CONGRESSMAN Tells Dr.. VOr-
beck Flentge's Success
or is Unpopular, Too.
VORBECK SAYS PARTY
is NOW A CORPSE
Thinks Juden Appointment Pre-
pared Democracy For The
Cemetery.

Two days after branding Tom Juden
silly, frivolous and unpopular, Con-
gresham Russell yesterday appointed
him postmaster Of Cape Girardeau, to
assume his duties January !, 1916.
The announcement was made over
the long distance telephone in con
verSatiOn between Congressman Rus
sell and James A. Kinder, chairman of
the Democratic County Committee.
Congressman Russell supplemented
the telephone conversation with q
1000 word letter, which reached this
city early last evening.
The four page tyepWritten letter set
forth the reasons for selecting Mr..
Juden. One claim in Mr.. RuSsell'S let
ter that brought filters from Demo
Gratis as well as Republicans was the
Congressman's statement that Juden
was exceedingly popular. This was
one of the reasons why Juden landed
the plum, the letter stated.
Dr.. J. c. Norbcck, one Of the defeat
ed candidates, last night expressed
surprise at the selection Of Juden. Il
would not have been surprised had Mr.,
Russell appointed either of the other
aspirants," SAID DR.. Norbeck. "but it
does seem unusual that he chose Mr.
JudCn.
81 held a conference with the Con-
gresham Tuesday by appointment
and in discussing Juden Mr.. Russell
voluntarily said Juden was silly, friv-
oIous and exceedingly unpopular This
led me to believe that Mr. Juden was
out of the running.
"Whilc ] never thought that / would
get the place, | did believe enc of the
others would be selected b. Mr. Rus
sell. The appointment will b. confirm
ed, | feel quite sure, in lie of tho
talk to the contrary. | d-n't believe
either of the Senators would attempt
to stand in the way Of Congressman
G5ussclI's selection. But III" feature
that gives me worry is the effect ii
will have on the party in this county
1t will handicap the Democrats, and
told Mr. Russell so and he agreed VIII
me.
"Thc proper thing for Mr.. Russell Il
have done, in the event that he did not
want to appoint any Of the candidates
seeking the place. would have been t.
have given it to Mr.. Stout, present rs
sistant postmaster. Mr.. Stout is pGpu-
! lar. a Democrat, and would make 81
excellent official This would hays
prevented wrocking the Democrat,
party.
an my opinion, the Democrats viii
not have a look-in next year. VI
Russell knew what the appointment CT
Juden meant to him and to the work
crs in this county. and it is too late
now to worry about the matter
! NJ. Glenn, another Of the defeated
candidates, had no comment to MAKE
concerning the appointment. q am ne
worse off now than | was before | an
nounced my candidacy" he said.
"Terriblc, terrible" was all Mr.
Lewis had to say. He did not seen
surprised, however. He informed his
friends that he had been double-crOss-
ed.
"I'H take this matter right to the
Vice President" said Gel I. Jeff
ShOrb. This is carrying ,h2 Joke on
the Democratic party too far. III have
the appointment held up Wien il
comes up in the Senate. Just think
we will have to say: Postmaster Ju-
dem It's enough to make 4 man sick
at the stomach
Henry P. Gaines. one of the late
candidates to seek the postmastership,
said: well, Tom has been getting in
dorscrs for three years. He simply
went after it. You must hand it to
him for that. If had gone out for it
a year or two ago, | could have gotten
a list of indorsers as long as a close
line, too
r. H. Whitclaw, who was mentioned
for the place, could not be found last
night. 1t is said that he did not make
an active fight for the position.
The letter from Congressman Rus
sell to Chairman Kinder, in full, fol-
lows:
Charleston, 10, Aug. 20, 1915.
Mr. J. A. Kinder,
Cape Girardeau, Mo,
My Dear Sir:
In accordance with my promise
to you recently have determined
at this time to announce by in
dorsement for Postmaster, in your
city.