The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-09
SEASON OPENS FOR
FAT FEDERAL JOBS
Hunters for BIG Game to Aim
at the $4,000 Collector
ship Of New York.

This is the open season for Federal
patronage hunting. No sooner had the
election returns been counted than MEM
bors of the Republican National Com
mittee began to be approached by those
who would offer their talents to the
Government. or, to be more exact by
the friends of those persons. For 1t Is
rare that an office seeker starts in by
going TO the bat" for himself.
Nowhere IN the country will the hunt
be any keener than in New York city
and state. There are two reasons for
this. One is that the patronage is
fatter and more plentiful in this hunt
ing ground The other is that the vic
tory of Judge Nathan u. Miller, Re
publican nominee for Governor and the
other members of the State ticket WI
not produce much ready patronage.
All of the State offices except Gov
ernor have been in the hands of the
Republicans for six years. And many
of the Governors appointments the
terms of which were formerly coter-
minus with that OF the Governor, were
during Governor Whitman's time made
long term appointments, overlapping as
many as two Gubernatorial terms in
some cases.
OF course. the big Federal posts are
those known as Presidential appoint
ments. Two of them here. the Post
masters of New York and Brooklyn,
have been placed under the protection OF
the Civil Service during the Wilson adj
ninistration Thomas G.. Patten, Demo-
crat. who was appointed soon after
becoming a lame duck" from the House
OF Representatives. is Postmaster here
His salary is $4,000. Walter Il. Burton,
similarly protected, is Postmaster OF
Brooklyn.
But the other big officials are not
similarly protected. Most of them are
serving definite terms. but in the past
It has not been found difficult to OBJ
tain the resignation of a man whose
place was wanted by a President of
different political faith.
Some of the Desirable Posts.
Here are some of the offices to which
the politicians are looking forward
with anxious eyes, also the salaries and
the names of the present incumbents.
Collector of the Port, $4,000, Byron
r. Newton Surveyor of the Port, $4,000,
Thomas L. Rush Appraiser of the Port,
IS, 900. John *. Sasue of Poughkeepsie !;
five deputy appraisers at $4,000 each (;
of Jersey City United States Attorney
for the Southern district, 10000, Fran
els @. Caffey and seventeen assistants
and ten special assistants ranging from
$4,000 to $1,000; United States Attorney
for the Eastern district $4,000, Leroy
w Ross and five assistants; Assistant
Acknowledgement in charge of Customs
work, IS 600 Bert Hanson and num-
Der Of assistants.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Second district, $4,000, William II. Chg
BID Edwards; Collector of Internal
Revenue for the First district. $4,000.
Bertram Gardiner United States Mar
shall for the Southern district, $4,000
Thomas d. Mccarthy; United States
Marshal for the Eastern district. $4,000,
j. NJ Power Commissioner of Immi-
grafton. $4,000 Frederick A. Wallis ;
Deputy Commissioner Of Immigration
$4,000. Byron II. Uhl Assistant Treas
urer of the United states. $4,000, Martin
Vogel; cashier Of Mr.. Vogel's office at
$4,000 and fourteen other exempt places
ranging from $4,000 to $1,000 and ag-
gregating $30,750 in salaries; Director
OF the Assay Office, $1,000. Verne NJ.
Bowie; Shipping Commissioner, $4,000.
p. II. Quinn.
Legal Plum Is Appetizing.
And last. but by no means least. is
the appointment as counsel to the Treas
ury Department i'm this city. During
the Wilson Administration It has been
held by the law firm OF Barber, Watson
& Gibboney. of which William G.. Nc
Adoo used to be n member. The service
is paid for IN the form of fees. which
undoubtedly have aggregated hundreds
of thousands Of dollars in the last seven
years.
Three places which upstate Republi-
cans have their eyes on are Collector
of Internal Revenue IN the Fourteenth
district Roscoe Irwin, with headquar-
ters I'm Albany; Collector of Internal
Revenue in the Twenty-flrst district,
Neal Brewster. with headquarters i'm
Syracuse: Collector Of Internal Reve-