Evening star., 1921-01-17
lob HUNTERS SLIP
BY marion WATCH
All But Drive "Best Minds"
Out of Place in Sun
at ParIeys.
,pec;al Dlspateh to The Star.

MARION, January 17.-During the
last week or ten days the best
minds" have had to look to their
have all but driven them out of
their places in the sun. Just how the
job hunters had the temerity to come
here or how they managed to camou-
ftage the real purpose Of their visits
Sc as to get by the vigilant young
persons who are supposed to guard
the President-e!ect against this par
ticular type of pest may always re-
main mystery.
But Senator Harding himself has
confirmed the fact that they have
been here and several congressional
visitors have plaintively told the
been pestered to death The repub-
lican pie factory" it must be re-
membered. has been closed for eight
long years and the faithful workers.
in ;he ranks are hungry un.o d .s,
to the 18th of March as day Of
judgment for all the wicked salary
drawing denlocrats, and are hopeful
\ that Mr. Harding. as, President will
thott deiay the Swinging or the po-
liticaIbnA. x...zs.',s
Enconraxed W Events. =
The national job hunters, it seems.
have been encouraged the past week
by what has been happening at Co
lumbus in this state. There a. republic
can. governor was inausurated las
Monday as the successor to Jimmie
Cox, who had been in control of state
affairs and state patronage for six
out of the last eight years. The, Ohio
republicans were hungry, too. and
their new governor. H arry Davis. has
been attaching them to the pay roll
as fast as designations could be de-
manded and new commissions issued
1t is going to be necessar'- to change
some of the state laws to get certain
but the faithful have been cheered by
the news that. these law changes are
going to be made just as soon as it is
humanly possible.
1t is an easy matter to pick out the
job hunters from the best minds at
Harding headquarters. The best
minds" as they await their turn in
the little back room where Senator
Harding sits all alone. look serious
and important. They gaze with a
sort Of fellow feeling at three-way
picture of Senator Harding reposing
room. Looked at from the front. this
picture shows the well known cam
'aigr portrait of the next President.
Looked at from the left. the picture
becomes that of George Washington.
Looked a: from the right. it is the
nortrait of Abraham Lincoln. The
best minds are interested in all
three views. The job hunters look
wistfully at Senator Harding alone.
George Washington and Lincoln may
have been all right i'm their time and
place. but Senator Harding is greater
than the Presidents with whom the
picture links him., because he has the
present day power to a;ppe ase the office
hungry.
Harding Has sympathy.
One would imagine Senator Hard
ing would be angered by the inn
pertinent and unexpected invasion of
Marion by the office seekers. but he
seems to haves been more amused
than exasperated. There is no ques-
ton but that the Prcsident-elect has
a big heart and a tender one. and he
has great sympathy with the fellows
who want to get on the federal pay
roll, He has consented to see most
of them. for minute or two. but it
must not be imagined from this that
he is going to be so considerate in
the future. The coming, Of the job.
hunters has made him more anxious
than ever to get away from. Marion
on Thursday night. and when he goes
20 Florida the office hunter: who at
tempts to follow him there is likely
to get short shrift. About the surest
way of not getting job will be to
poster, Senator Harding while he is
taking his last vacation before enter
ing the White House. The worm will
turn and office seekers should be-
ware. go, -. .--. 49,.
The aspirants to public service who
have come to Marion have aimed high
in their talks with the senator, But as
the conversation has progressed they
have let II" be known that if all the
take whatever is left. One man came
seeking an Enthusiastically
He thought it would please his old
mother. who is ninety years old. He
thought in the end it might still please
her if he was just made a clerk in an
somewhere. or a doorkeeper.
The place hunters seem to have an
uncanny knowledge of all the jobs that
are exempt from civil service protec-
ton. Either they have been to WASH
ington to make inquiries on the SUBJ
ject or have taken a correspondence
course. Once they fix their minds upon
q particular place they have no modest
just what it is and why they are espe-
cially fitted to fill 1t.
viii H: Hays, national chairman and
next Postmaster General. was in
today in the roe of grand mas
ter of the job hunters. He has a long
service in the campaign and who ex-
pect to be rewarded at the earliest
possible moment. Harry Daugherty,
the next Attorney General, who was
here Sunday and Mr.. Hays. who fol-
lowed him today, will help Mr. Hard
ing in all matters of general patronage. |
1t will be agreed by all who know that !
q new President certainly needs help
In this respect.
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