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PATRONAGE AT THE
DISPOSAL OF WILSON
Will Have Hundred Thouaand Offices
to Bestow Upon the Faithful.
One of the most difficult tasks
that will confront President Wilson
after his Inauguration next March,
will be the disposition of federal pat
ronage. It will be a task fully as ;
great as the revision of the tariff and!
win render his official life burden
some for a time.
it is difficult to give an accurate
statement of the exact money value
in salaries that will be at the dispo
sition of the president, but careful
estimates place it at *30,000,000 a
year.
If Mr. Wilson should yield to
the demands that will undoubtedly
be made upon him for the revocation
of President Taft's recent order put
ting the Fourth-class postmasters
under the civil service this immense
sum will be greatly increased.
There are in the entire govern
ment service an army of more than
400,000 men an d women, exclusive
of the enlisted men in the army and
navy, who of course, will not be af
fected by the change in adminlstra
tion. Os these, more than 300,000
ar# protected by the civil service,
some by law and some by executive
order. Os the remaining 100.000 or
so only 10,082 are direct presiden
tial appointees. The remainder are
appointed by heads of departments,
but will of course be subject to re
moval by the incoming administra
tion. It is the salaries of these 100.
000 office holders that amount to
a tout *30,000,000.
Os the 10,683 direct presidential
appointments 9,049 must be confirm
ed by the senate; senatorial approval
is not necessary for the remainder.
In addition to the large number of
office holders and government em
ployes, all under the executive brand
of the government, there are more
than 1,000 appointments under the
control of congress. Part of these
the democrats now have, but they
v ill gain more through the control of
the United States senate.
President Wilson’s available pat
ronage disbursements will be much
larger than the list which Grover
Cleveland had at his disposal when
he entered office in 1884. after the
democrats had been out In the cold
28 long years.
Now and ♦hen a Cleveland ap
potatM La tha •oranungM servioe i*
found even though he is not pro- [
tected by the civil service. One of
these Is Alvey A. Adee, second as
sistant secretary of state, who was
appointed to his present post in 1886.
Fourth Class Postoffices.
The strongest pressure to have the
new president break through the civil
service or merit system will come in !
the case of the fourth-class postmas
ters and the consular service. Both
of these classes of officeholders are
protected under executive orders and
not by the statute, and they consti
tute one of the most desirable fields
of federal patronage on account of
the great number of offices involved.
There are more than 65,000 fourth
class postoffices many of them in the
South.
President Roosevelt was the first,
executive to put the fourth-class post
masters under the civil service. He
I covered all the offices of this class
in fourteen northern states into the
' classified service shortly before his
J term in the white house expired. Mr.
Taft completed the reform last Octo
ber by bringing all the remaining
fourth class postmasters, about 50,-
} 000 of them, into the civil service.
Many democrats have raised the cry
that Taft protected these fourth-class
republican postmasters because he
knew he was going to be defeated,
and they will demand that Wilson
! revoke this order.
The great bulk of the *30,000,000
or more which President Wilson may
distribute among his faithful follow
ers without breaking into the pres
ent civil service field comes from the
salaries of postmasters in the first,
second and third classes. The com
bined salaries of offices in these
classes amount to *26,000.000 annual
ly. Here are some of the juiciest of
the plums in this basket.
New York, Chicago. Philadelphia
and Boston. 18,000 each; Broolykn.
I St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore,
Pittsburg. Detroit, Buffalo, San Fran
cisco, Milwaukee, Cincinnati. New
ark. New Orleans, Washington, Los
Angeles. Minneapolis, St. Paul, In
dianapolis and a few other cities,
*6,000 each. All of these are first
class offices.
There are all told 424 first-class
offices. 1.829 second-class offices,
paying from *3,000 to *5.000 a year
and 5.369 third-class offices, with sal
ariea ranging from *I.OOO to *3.000.
The best paying jobs within Pres
ident Wilson’s gift will be the ten
foreign ambassadorships, each with
a salary of *17.500. the nine* cabinet
oasts wph *12.000 each, and the sev
panama ogasJ eommiaaionsrs. th*
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,
THE REXALL STORE.
chief engineer, with a salary of *15,-
000, and the others *14,000 each;
several other canal zone jobs with
salaries ranging from *5,000 to *7,-
500 each; from one to five secretary
ships in each department averaging
about *45,000 each; two commission
ers of the District of Columbia, *5,-
000 each; the public printer $5,500;
several members of the civil service
qnd other commissions, averaging a
bout $5,000 each; the collector of
the port of New York, with $7,000,
and other important collectorships.
There are eight foreign ministers
receiving $12,000 each, 24 receiving
SIO,OOO each, and one, a minister res
ident, with a salary of $5,000. The
grand total available for distribu
tion by Mr. Wilson in the appoint
ment of United States ambassadors
and ministers will be $516,000 divid
ed between 42 appointees.
The consuls general in London and
Paris each receives $12,000; those to
Berlin, Havana, Hamburg, Hong
ikong, Rio Janeiro and Shanghai, SB,-
000 each; eight other consuls re
ceive $6,000 a year; twelve $5,500,
seventeen $4,500, and there are 262
salaries ranging from $2,000 to *B,-
j 000. The salaries available annually
in the consular sendee, including
vice and deputy marshals and clerks,
aggregate *1,000,000.
Officials of the customs service re
ceive approximately SIOO,OOO a year
in salaries. There will be about
$200,000 of patronage under the de
partment of justice, including attor
neys and United States marshals.
The ten Interstate commerce commis
sioners have salaries aggregating
*IOO,OOO, and there will be patronage
amounting to * 18,500 in the presi
i dent's secretaries.
I
They Always Help Elderly People-
Foley Kidney Pills give the help
elderly people need to tone and to
strengthen their kidneys and bladder
and regulate their action. John Mc-
Masters. Streator. 111., says: “I feel
better and stronger than I have for
many years, and Foley Kidney Pills
did it’ For sale by all dealers.
GUNS and SHELLS
Cheaper here than
Anywhere.
Standard Supply &.Hwd. Go.
Rome, Ga.
One Secret.
Once a minister was desirous of
; improving his talents, and espe-
■ cially that of evangelistic ability—
i the requisite suasive power in the
bringing men to a profession of faith.
He asked an irreligious man who
wws atttending the services of a pop
ular and efficient evangelist what the
evangelist s secret of power was.
“Well, I can’t tell you exactly, not
j being a preacher myself,” answered
the man, "but this much I have no
ticed from a long attendance upon
nis services, he always makes me
feel I’ve got better stuff in my life
than ever come out. And after mak
ing me ashamed of my failure, he
shows how I may succeed.”
There’s a lot in that. Let a
father always berate his boy and
his boy will gradually get down to
a low grade; let everybody berate
a community or a person and look
and talk on that side all the time
and nothing will go on.
If a man wants a grow’th of the
good and a death of the bad, he
must talk on the growth side. If
he goes to commending folks they
will try to measure up to his op
timism; if he goes condemning them,
1 they are apt to agree with him and
1 fall to a lower level.
One can never get a man to a
high, aggressive line of behavior
unless he shows the man he is ca
pable of it Most of us know
about our faults and failures; we
want some one to show us how to
improve. I know how T to get one
bale of cotton from three acres,
and I’m looking for a man to show
acre. —Jackson Argus.
me how to get three bales from one
The Secret Terror.
The haunting fear of sickness and
helplessness is secret terror of the
working man. Health is his capital.
Kidney diseases sap a man’s strength
ar.u vitality. They lessen his earn
ing capacity. Foley Kidney Pills bring
' back health and strength by healing
the disease. They are the best med
icine made for kidney and bladder
troubles. The genuine are in the yel
low package. Refuse any substitute.
For sale by all dealers.
Labrador has an area of 200.000
square miles and a population of
4.000.
The water courses of the state of
Washington have been estimated to
, be capable of supplying 3.000.000 of
■ horsepower-
, SALE NOTICE.
■ 1 Will sell privately at my home, 31
miles north of Summerville, the fol-I
■ lowing property belonging to George i
i j Cain: 1 No. 3 Turnbull wagon, good!
as new; 1 buggy, 1 two-horse Planet;
>! Jr. Cultivator, 1 two-horse Walking ;
• ; Cultivator, 1 60-tooth smoothing bar '
s row, 1 No. 12 Vulcan plow, 1 one-1
horse turner, single plowstocks and
: | a lot of other things too numerous to
I : mention.
■ I Will sell for cash or good note with
i ■ approved security.
!' • Apply to ARCHIE HOUSCH. I
II -
Dr. Wm. Sadler of “The Cause and :
>j Cure of Colds,” says that common I
I colds should be taken seriously, es- j
, pecially when they ‘hang on.’ Foley’s
i 1 Honey and Tar Compound is a relia
i j ble household medicine for coughs
> I and colds, equally effective for chil
. dren and for grown persons. Take |
i lit when you feel a cold coming on.!
It will avert danger of serious results '
. and cure quickly. No harmful drugs.
. For sale by all dealers.
For Sale —One 4 1-2 horse power ,
Harley-Davidson Motor Cycle. belt
. drive, good as new.—Lewis Wade,
I Summerville, Ga.
South Africa produced gold worth
. $125,560,000 in the first eight months
. of this year.
A MESSAGE
To Feeble Old People.
As one grows old the waste of the
. system becomes more rapid than re- i
pair, the organs act more slowly and ;
less effectually than in youth, the cir
culation is poor, the blood thin and I
digestion weak.
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and
iron tonic without oil, is the ideal i
strengthener and body-builder for old
folks, for it contains the very ele
ments needed to rebuild wasting tis
’ sues and replace weakness with
strength. Vinol also fortifies the sys
tem against colds and thus prevents .
■ pneumonia.
A grandneice of Alexander Hamil- :
ton, over eighty years of age, once i
remarked: “Vinol is a godsend to old I
people. Thanks to Vinol, I have a
hearty appetite, sleep soundly, feel
active and well. It is the finest tonic
and strength-creator I have ever
used.”
If Vinol fails to build up the
feeble old people, and create
strength, we will return your money.
SUMMERVILLE DRUG CO,
tetrawMiia, a*.
For Women Who Care
Os course you use an antiseptic in your
family and in the care of your own per
son, and you want the best.
Instead of what you have been
such asliqn'fl or tablet
peroxide. .<-asetrv
a concentrated ant lt ,eptiz powder to
dissolved in watew as needed.
Paxtine is more economical,
cleansing, more germicidal and more
healing than anything you ever used.
ANTISEPTIC
In the toilet—to cleanse and whiten
the teeth, remove tartar and prevent
decay. To disinfect the mouth, destroy
disease germs, and purify the breath.
To keep artificial teeth and bridgework
clean an? odorless. To remove nicotine
from the teeth and purify the breath
after smoking. To eradicate perspira
tion odors by sponge bathing.
As a medicinal agent for local
treatment of f - minine ills where pelvic
catarrh, inflammation and -.-deeration
exist, nothing equals hot douches of
Paxtine. Tor ten years the Lydia E.
Pinkham Med. Co. has been regularly
advising their patients to use it because
of its extraordinary cleansing, healing
and germicidal power. For this put _
pose a.sne Paxtii.e is worth its weight
in gold. Also for nasal catarrh, sore
threat, inflamed eyes, cutsand wounds.
AU druggists, 25 and 50 cents a box.
Trial box and testimony of 31
women free on request.
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