Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1905 — Dreary Outlook For the “Outs.” [ARTICLE]

Dreary Outlook For the “Outs.”

The decision of Postmaster General Cortelyou that postmasters must not be members of political committees has given sore offense to many ardent Republican patriots. Who is to take care of the Interests of congressmen and senators who disburse “the pork" if the reeipiAir'nt the public trough does not do so. And then there is the danger to the official that some other aspirant will, by doing the bidding of the bosses, undermine the P. M. and eventually dei*ose him. It has also been given out as a cold fact that politics will not always be allowed to guide in the selection of postmasters and that congressmen have no Inherent right to name the candidate. Thla adds another cloud to the dreary outlook of the machine politicians,' and If the weather does not soon clear a good many patriots who love their country for what there Is In It will have to hunt other and more fertile fields to cultivate.