| Show The Noble Fntriots After Office WASHINGTON May 19A prominent government gov-ernment official said today that the names of about half the j voting population of the United States are now appended to the petition peti-tion in the various departments of the government gov-ernment urging the appointment of not less than 35000 people to office Several thousand thous-and of these applications must be disappointed disap-pointed and many more will bo hung up until the long deferred hope will dull tho appetite The struggle for place is not lessening but new delegations are floating hither daily to push the claims of their friends Congressmen are filing the applications appli-cations of their constituents and are asking for good offices themselves A glance at some of the petitions reveals the fact that the same man will sign the petitions of half a dozen applicants for the same office People Peo-ple generally are careless about putting their names to petitions and Some well known leaders seem to be unable to say no5 to anybody A large part of the time of department chiefs is given to the examination exam-ination of applications for office and appointments ap-pointments will be made every day until all the desirable places are filled Every worthy Democrat will have his turn confidently con-fidently remarked a wellknown Senator today to-day who is very close to the executive |
