| Show HE APPEALS FOR HOBBS Justice ustice J McCartys First Protest Against Machine Methods Feb 1 t George Sutherland United States Sat Slates s Senator Washington D It C Dear Dor Senator A week or ten days s sago ago I learned that there is a move on foot to tu have Hon HOtl Frank D 1 Hobbs register of the land office sidetracked tracked when his present term terni tero of office expires and the position given to B E D R B n Thompson at of this th s city cily At first I treated the he matter maHer m Hei lightly believing f that While such a n change might possibly be Contemplated by our representatives at Washington I did not think such sU h a d thing at all al probable However I learned later Inter that ninny many of f Mr Hobbs friends are ate vry nty apprehensive and think it I quite quie probable that he might fail fai of reappointment Mr Hobbs is not only a gentleman genteman In Inal all al that the term implies but but during his Incumbency of that office offic lie he has shown himself to be a faithful and efficient public servant and is kind l ml courteous and obliging to lo all al with wilh wih whom he Comes otes in contact and Is an officer against whom not one Word Woid wo d of jus just t criticism has ever eer been or ot can be uttered ter d Furthermore he is and always s has been a staunch h end and loyal Republican locally and nH nationally and is in full ful and perfect accord with wih th policies of the th present administration His claim to party recognition from pUrely a party parly standpoint stan are aie ate second to none Wild hd have hat been or will wi be mentioned for forthe forthe the office e he hi h now holds Besides lUes he h has lias las oilier claims on his Ills party as an organization and against the American Ameri n as a whole claims which find and in touch tou h a responsive cord cordIn cordill c rel relin In ill at least the breast of every ever person who makes any n of being bein a Republican can car and who is not at heat an ingrate Ing tle I 1 refer to the services rendered the he nation naU n bv tw b the old veteran who ho In 1 if when only 16 years year of age in i answer to his cull call cH at the tithe of its Hs greatest need n ed enlisted h I hi the Union army arthy riy was wa ta Ut taken ken prison a prisoner anti and incarcerated in lii Libby Crippled for Life The rie r e misery ml ty mid nid sufferings endured by hUr hull slid and nd other soldiers no pen or t r tongue has ha ver ever been boen able Id td t properly portray or ot describe Suffice It to say sa that thai the and cruelties 9 p u the southern prison pen rendered tend re Mr Mt M Hobbs a R cripple for life and lind as you ou are aware I he hp requires 8 the a of two t crutches when moving and WalkIng about Ills His ti disability 1 practically lY Incapacitates tes him I from earning a tt t livelihood for himself and Hn andI I family unless s the thin government for Which h hI I he risked Ills his Ils life le and ad in whose service serice t he hl became in maimed and crippled for tor life Je gives ies Ils him hith an In rp to td do so S by y fur furnishing fUrI him hin with wih ome ote position of or f the character he be floW td holds holts and anti for which I he I II is preeminently fitted anil nUl in eer ever respect competent and ald qualified and guti which he hp tins has 1 o long filled fied with Honor lIn or and credit to himself and anil to te the entire of ot the th public and the tile ap tip approval approval of tho the land department de at Wash Washington ington D C CI I If I Mr lr Hobbs were a n man in the prime of or life If bin physical strength and ad vitality I unimpaired d lii iii li any In way a the ca c este f 1 would I be b entirely different But for this true ami ant tried trl veteran who is the very vert per personification I Of the highest typo pf Amer American At r lean ican manhood to be bl turned out dut of or ff office and Am iid thrown upon the cold charity of the tile world with wih practically no means menns of ot sup support for himself and those dependant port up upon on oil ot him In 11 order that the office may UP bp given to lo one who is I 1 in lh the very en prime of or life possessing all al his physical and men mental ment mentIll tIll tal t l powers unimpaired and who I 1 en ott engaged In a that will him himan himan an Income much greater than the t e salary salan I of the office referred to provided he gives profession his time and prop proper er tr attention scorns sema g to me would be an act of basest ingratitude on the of If Ute this government and would give the thelie thelie thelie lie to much of our boasted bO sted solicitude for forthe forthe forthe the peace and Welfare w ICare of df the old war w r veterans and make of our professions of gratitude e to them for the patriotic ser services services vices s rendered and the sacrifices made by b them ih In defense of nr our common country I H a shallow pretense pret nse and a hollow mock mockery mockery ock ery Republicans for Hobbs And senator there is a political phase to this change Jf Jr such A 5 thing U is contemplated Got tem plated that th t ought not be lost sight of This Is where there is one Republican in the state of Utah who would approve of it there are twenty who will e eit it and the mistake when made m de will be both oth a cudgel and whip in the th hands ands df Of f who W are a ra now doing dO all In their power to demolish what is left of 01 the Republican party part in hi this tate state which could and no doubt woUld be Used Us d with telling effect It Would seem needless for me to say anything further herein However I de desire desIre desire sire to add ada that I not only indorse and ask for f r the reappointment of Mr fr Hobbs but as a Republican and In keeping k e with the policies and whole course of 01 conduct of the thO th Republican party since the close cl se of the civil war w r I earnestly protest prot st against an old being discriminated against and tho the office being given to some other person especially ese so 50 when as In this case the tile old veteran Is equal equally ly well welI qualified competent and other otherwise otherwIse otherwise wise deserving with any or all other ap applicants applicants I have written this letter on my own responsibility It is l I unsolicited d by and Unknown to Mr M Hobbs Yours very ry truly W M r MCARTY |
