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Show Who Will Be the New Postmasteil CuiiiiI) Cliiilrmiiii, Heber U. Jex, ijnjs , 'i nut ew Appointment Will lit Made December I'JIIi. , County Chairman, Hober 0. Jex, j anil Comity Committeeman, Wllford, Ollts, met with tho locnl Democratic ' precinct campaign committee here j last Wednesday evening. Tho meeting meet-ing was for the purpose of discussing i mid recommending 'tho appointment of a candidate for postmaster ol Mtitsaiit Grove. Thero wero ten mem-i mem-i bcrs of the eommltteo prcsont. The nunits of Harry Wadley, John Att-wood Att-wood and Joseph W. Thorno were," presented and Mr. Wndley received the otes of Bovon of tho ten members, mem-bers, orter which, tho recommendation recommenda-tion of Mr. Wadley was made unanimous, unani-mous, At u prior meeting hold several sev-eral months ago, Mr. Wadley received ' live out of nino votes cast by lnein-l lnein-l burs or the committee, at which time also u second vote resulted In his , unaiilinous recommendation, so that It appcurs that so far as tho local cuiiiiuuteo Is concerned, Mr. Wadley tins its solid support. ) When Mr. Jex left he said that tho appointment would bo made on Dc-ceinlKT Dc-ceinlKT lutli. President Wilson will " make tho nppolntment, which will 3 liaxi- to be confirmed by tho Unltcu ' states Semite, but it Is understood , that he looks to national committee-h committee-h mui, W. 11. Wallace and State Chnlr-; Chnlr-; man S. It. Thurmmi, to mnkc the i recommendations to him. i However, thero Is another phnsu of the question which may entor Into the citso nnd causo some trouble. The unlcrsnl rulo Is that where thorn Is a congressman of tho same political faltli as the President, the congressman congress-man Is given the honor of naming all the postmasters In his district. In this case Jumcs II. Mnyes was elected elect-ed to cougresu from this district on the Democratic ticket. Will he be accorded tho usual honor or will tho 1'rcBldcnt look to his national committeeman? com-mitteeman? Congressman Mayes Is a l'rogrcsslve. The Progressives and DcmocrntB fused in this district and elected Mr. Mayes. How far does this fusion go? Did It end when the election was over, or does tho fusion still bind? Tho locnl Progressives nro solid In their support for tho present lucum-bant lucum-bant of tho ofllco, having mndo tho best postmnster Pleasant Grove over had. Undoubtedly Congressman Mayes will recommend her for tho , position, and besides this bIio has tho iiipport and endorsement of nn overwhelming over-whelming majority of tho locnl pa-.; pa-.; irons and business men. Nationally, t the is of tho samo politics ns tho Con-. Con-. grcssmnn. Tho question Is, who will get tho President's car, Congressman ' Mayes or National Committeeman ' Wallace.? In addition to this there ' Is tho question, who will Mr. Wnlloco recommend? o |
