The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-24
WHITMAN FOES SEE
GAIN BY APP0INTEES
Republican Ants Find Lots Of
"NOn-PrOduccrs" Put
i'm Office.
LEFT FENCES r~NGuARDED

ALBANY, Feb. 23.-Republican leg,s-
iators perked up to-day when they read
In THE Bun that Gov. Whitman's politi-
cal friends for the last few days have
been advising him to wake up and change
his policy in making appointments. They
went over the Governors appointees
since he took hold OF the Executive
Chamber on January ! n year ago. sep
arated them into two groups. political
producers and non-producers. and found
that nearly all are In the latter class.
The legislators were surprised TO learn
that II was the Governors friends In and
out Of the Legislature who were advising
him 4 drop whitney and Hervey as
members Of the New York city Public
Service Commission and to put up "A
new state Industrial Commission which
IS composed of five members at salaries
OF $4,000 a year each.
The suppositlon in Legislative circles
had been that the anti-whitman legsla-
tors, led by William Barnes through
Chairman Henry VI. sage of the Senate
Finance Committee, which has been sit
ting tight on these nominations for
nearly a month. were the backbone Of
the opposition to them. but II developed
W." - ioN' fstVit w. $3.50
Senator sage would have preferred that
tho Senat confirm these nominations
long ago. except for the personal oppo-
sition Of Senators Thompson and Law
son. whom they did not wish to offend
through a speedy confirmation.
wouIs Let whitman go On.
As n matter of fact the ant.-Whiunan
Senators make no secret of tine point that
they would prefer that Gov. Whitman
should continue making PEI sOnal APP
pointments than that he should appoint
men of political sagacity and weight in
their own localities. BECAUSE in that
event the Barnes control Of the Repub-
lean state machine might be endan-
gcred.
A tabl. Of Whitman political pro-
duc"rs AMI n~on-producers prepared by
some of the Governors friends classify
his producers as:
State Court of Claims Judges. SALARY
S.o0o-Thomas L. Fcnnell. f:lmiia /;
Fred NJ. Ackerson. Niagara: Charles Il.
Paris. Hudson Falls.
state Superintendent Of Elections. SAL
AIRY $a.000-Frederick /. Marshall of
New York city. state Hospital Com
missioner. IS, oo0--Frcderick \. Higgins.
New York city. state Tax Commits
AfhN ~ ~ = VI "
city Walter n. Knapp. Cananda!gua
Ralph W. Thomas. Madison. state Fair
Comm ssioners. 81. oO0-Edward u. Long.
White Plains Fred n. Parker. Batavia,
and Averell Hartman. orange. state
Industrial Commissioners, Ss.o0o--John
Mitchell. Mount Vernon. and William
IL. II. Rogers. Rochester.
New York city Public Service Com
&l5~. o0O--Oscar s.. Straus.
State Civil Service Commissioner. $4,000
William n. Mckinstry. WATERFOWL.
state Superintendent of Insurance, sl0.-
ooo--Jesse r. Phillips. Steuben.
The "Non.producers."
Chased az n~on-producers are
state Industrial commissioners. sal
AIRY $s,ooo-l.ouis Wizard. Batavia Ed
ward l.. Lyon, Brooklyn. and james NJ.
Lynch, Syracuse.
Upstate Public Service Commits
~sioners, $4,000 - james o. Carr.
Schenectady Frank Irvine. Ithaca.
New York city Public Service Com
m~!ssicners. N5,ooo-William NJ. Hay
ward. Henry W. Hodge. Travis II. Whit
ney and Charles s, IIervey.
State Superintendent OF Prisons. So
"oo-Pos!tion now untitled Democratic
wardens in charge OF IL" four State
prisons. state Commissioner of Agri-
culture. IS. 0o0-Charles :. Wilson. On-
iario. state Athletic Commissioners
80. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4. Wsnck. Brooklyn
John Franey. Albany. and Frank Dwyer.
ontario.
state Superintendent of Public Build
ings, $1,000. William :. Stores. Albany.
state Acknowledgement. $1,000, Louis $.
Stoteshury. New York city.
state Civil Service Commissioners.
q - aaA $1,000 e.
city William 'iorham Rice. Albany
State Conservation Commissioner, $4,000
-George u. Pratt. Nassau. State En-
else Commissioner, t,ooo-ieorge T.,
Green. B~inghamton.
State Highway Commissioner. $4,000
Edwin Dufey. cortland. state Su
periniendent OF Public Works. $1,000
,;en. William Wallace Weatherspoon,
Utica. state FAIR Commissioners,
s2.o0o-Charles a. Wei,.ne. Coblcskill
and Gavin J. Huson, Penn Yam.
Other Good Salaried Jobs.
The above az" the more important
appointments which were absolutely
within the gift Of the Governor. But. in
addition. there have been scores OF good
salaried jobs in the Exempt class passed
out under the Whitman regime which
the Governor political RCNlScrS thini
could have been used to better advan.
tage IN making secure the Governor
hold upon sufficient counties OF the STATE
Ia have checked the defeat which was
administered 10 his followers at tho re.
cent meeting ~ the Republican Stat,
convention in New York city.
II Is this phas" Of his admiuis,W-
ton which has been called II NJ, Whit,
mans attention by his political man.
gers. who nave" made Il plain 20 hin
that they cannot help him in his fgh'
for denomination at the September pr
mar!cs unless ne helps himself while h,
has the opportunity.
The Governors friends point out thai
II has been possible for him To put hi,
p~olitica. friends on guard IN nearly al
the important state departments whici
control the bulk of he 5000 600 Speu,
annually in administering the state gov,
eminent and that In too many instance,
the Governor has made personal INSTEAD
of political appointments.
One of the Governors recent appoint.
mcnts has amused the friends Of United
states Senator James w. Wadsworth
Jr.. In view of the SENATOR'S opposition
to Whitman's denomination. Coy. Whit,
man uspniptaI senator NtdSWnr,h aS a