| Show SENATORS CLIENTS ENT MENTIONED M E TION ED Condition of the th h Republican Party Commented Upon Juno June 23 Hon George Sutherland United States Senator Washington D DC DC DC C Dear Senator Last fall when you ou were on the eve of starting for Washing Washington ton D C you invited me into your our private private private vate office for the tho purpose of talking talling tal over and exchanging views respecting some of ot the public measures and questions which most vitally affect the political commercial and Industrial interests of this state After a somewhat hasty reVIew re review review view and meager discussion of the condi conditions conditions conditions here and as they the are viewed by representative men and the people gen geri generally emily of other oth r states you requested in fact urged me to occasionally 0 communicate cate c tO with you and give you my views on the situation and on such matters of ola a public character as might arise in the tho progress of events Shortly alter after you arrived Ir 11 Washing Washington ton in answer to a letter of mine in int t I which I urged the tl e retention of Hon Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur L Thomas Thonas as postmaster of this city efty giving my reasons you again invited me to keep you posted as to the trend of events here herc In the course of your our letter you say sa I 1 am glad to have your our letter and the Information which it contains And again in the same let et letter letter etter ter I would be glad to th hear from you as to any new developments which you may mav think bear upon the situation I do not refer to these matters as an apology nor as a defense for having writ written written written ten you but as it is claimed by some of your political advisers who are in sym sympathy sympathy sympathy pathy with what you ou have accomplished and much that you have failed to accomplish accomplish pUsh by way of distribution of federal patronage in this state that by exer exercising exercising exercising the inherent right of an American citizen in writing to you ou in regard to the matters that I refer to without first taking counsel from them and adopting their views in regard to those thoe matters I in the vernacular of their own slang butted in I simply call attention to our interview and the correspondence re referred referred referred to for the purpose of showing that I have ha complied compiled though inadvertently with th rules they seem to have formu formulated formulated formulated and the conditions they assume to impost impose on those who desire to address you jou on public matters Again Talks of Veterans When hen It was announced a that you ou were opposed to the appointment of Captain Hobbs to succeed himself as register of ot the United States land office in this state and that you had decided to recommend a change I following the lead of hundreds of o representative citizens of this state registered red a protest against the old vet veteran veteran veteran eran being discriminated against In do ing this I only asked that you show a de decent decent decent cent regard for the platform upon which 1 you jou became senator and to observe and follow the law which you jou ou as senator of the states had sworn to do For Foras Foras as fiS you are aware Sec U S Rev Stat provides that Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness Incurred in line of duty dut shall be preferred prefer ed for appointment to civil office provided they the are found to t possess the business capacity necessary for the prop proper er discharge disc rge of the duties of such office Sec 1753 1755 a aIn In grateful recognition of the ser services services services vices sacrifices and sufferings of per persons perSons persons sons honorably discharged from the mili military military tary aId l naval es of the country by reason of wounds disease or the expiration expiration expiration ration of terms of enlistment it is re respectfully recommended led to bankers mer merchants merchants chants manufacturers mechanics farm farmers farmers farmers ers and persons engaged in industrial pursuits to give them th the preference prefer nce for appointment to remunerative situations and nd employments Corporate Clients Your friends who were vere so clam clamorously clamorously demanding that tha Captain Hobbs be turned down to furnish a lucrative position as a reward remard to one of your political lieutenants who they had every reason to believe would be more active in furthering their interests politically as well wen as your own and as believed by many the private interests inter of one of your clients which it t is claim claimed ed desired a change appeared to take the position that as coal com om companies dom panics and their heir attorneys are not specifically mentioned in either of said sections you were not included i within the provisions nor in any atly wise bound thereby While many of your friends because of or their zeal zealand zealand and self interest in this matter may maybe maybe maybe be partially excused e for the liberal construction they place upon the foregoing provisions of the federal statutes you cannot be judged by bythe bythe bythe the same charitable rule ruie You being a lawyer were expected to give its provisions which you had taken an oath to obey a reasonable construction cons construction uc tion Your conduct in trying to defeat the reappointment of Captain Hobbs placed you qU J in n t h ratU t de ot doing all an in your power To evade if not override e the law And you jou were also placed in the light of not only trying to Induce the president to ignore If not violate the same law which he too had taken an oath to obey and enforce but to disregard t the fol foi lowing executive order which at the time was in full force and effect The Tho attention of the department Is hereby called to the provisions of the laws giving preference to ho veterans in appointment and retention The president desires that whenever the needs of the service will justify it and the laws will permit preference shall be given alike Ip in appointment and retention to honorably discharged veterans of the civil war Avar who are fit and qualified to perform the du ties of the places which they seek seele or are filling THEODORE ROOSEVELT White House Jan 17 1902 1002 I refer to the foregoing provisions of the federal statutes for the purpose of inviting attention to the fact that as a legal proposition the position I have taken on these questions is unassailable The friends of Captain Hobbs and the people in general of this state had a aright aright aright right not only to expect but to demand of you jou ou eyen though you showed an ut ter disregard for the interest and wel fare lare of the party of which you claim to be a member and the platform upon which you were elected senator that you jou ou observe and follow the law which you ou as United States senator had taken an oath to uphold an and obe obey No Reflection on Smoot What I here state Is not intended to In any way upon your jour our colleague Senator Smoot It is known to practical ly all who have taken any interest in inthis Inthis Inthis this matter that the attitude of Senator Smoot was the opposite to that which jou ou u have taken In fact you have ex ox expressly x pressly taken upon yourself the entire responsibility of the move moe made to dis displace displace displace place Captain Hobbs In yoUr letter to tome tome tome me of Feb 10 1906 you say Whatever nas has been decided upon uon U on wita reference to Captain Hobbs I am per personally pert responsible for In fairness to tomy tomy my Iry colleagues coll agues referring to Senator Smoot and Congressman Howell I think I should say that they have been in favor avor of Captain Hobbs appointment all along Push Is Displeased For the alleged Interference on my part in writing to save saNe you from the humiliation atlon aHon of being turned down by bj the tho pres ident blent i ent I incurred red the everlasting displeasure ure singly and aid a d collectively of the push which as you Y U are aware consi ts of a small coterie of politicians who assume to speak for and dictate to the Republican organization atlon of pf this state and whenever a Republican happens to dif dlf fer from this steering on any question pertaining to the organization no matter how unini unimportant unimportant it may maj ma be he is so far as ast the e push is able read out of the party Not only do these th se gentlemen claim the right to dictate the policy o 0 organization but a few of of whom whon are holding im important important federal positions have arro arrogated arrogated arrogated gated to themselves the power po er and authority to communicate by ings and whisperings the mem members members members bers of the party who happen also to tobe tobe tobe be members of oe dominant church what these th se pretended pr tended agents claim to be he the will of the leaders of the church in political matters m att e rs When Th n you jou in compliance with their demands in the faco of both the federal and state constitutions which provide that No religious test shall be required d das as a qualification for any office of public trust refused to consider the tion of W WY V D Livingston for United States district attorney c and turned him down because he to be beta fa a Mor Mormon mon men I 1 protested protest d against the reasons as assigned a assigned signed by you jou ou for the rejection of his application When Then It became bec me known that I had thus without taking counsel again exercised d one of the th Inherent rights of an American citizen the wrath of these political satellites of yours ours knew no bounds and they at once through ugh the medium of a n local weekly paper pa per with a name which Is purely purel paradoxical and which is known and accepted as your our personal organ entered upon a campaign i of vilification slander and abuse Warns the Senator Now senator If your jour our friends persist per In n the course which Jt seems they have Wave outlined in this matter I shall shan be com corn compelled compelled In order that the tIle public may cor understand u the origin of this con and the attitude of each of us from its inception to publish our entire correspondence in the order in which wl ch it has been carried on between us in rela relation relation tion tiomi to the office of register and that of United States district attorney In conclusion I will s sa say ay that I do lo 0 not wish to be understood as even intimating that you jou ou are personally taking part in inthe inthe the campaign of slander and vilification referred to What I do 10 claim is this that white while you jou ou may be taking no active part in what is being done alons alon this line by b some of your our political confidants it Is apparent that you not only approve of but encourage them in the course they the have hae taken to get even As a n that my conclusions are ara well founded and mj my m statements more than justified I have only to refer to the fact that in the past when members of the party absolutely absolutely refrained from and refused to take up the personal quarrels en your yourself yourself our self and other candidates and make of them party issues you jou ou sent these se same lieutenants of yours throughout the state to malign and make all sorts of unfound unfounded ed charges against every Republican who had thus refused to be impressed Into your jour service And SAnd as a reward for these services s which were so well and faithfully per performed performed performed formed by y your walking delegates you ou u procured for them high honorable and lucrative offices some of which are im important important m I and responsible federal positions And the further fact that what is re reputed reputed reputed to be and accepted here as your personal organ Is the medium through which the displeasure of is I being manifested warrants me in plat plating t lac lacing ing lag the responsibility with you jou where It justly and find rightfully belongs Respect Respectfully fully full W M MCARTY |
