The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-29
IDAHO APPOINTMENTS.

IDAHO APPOINTMENTS.
From an old California friend, now in Wash
inpton. we get the following information con-
corning Idaho appointments and some otner
,o.tters of interest to our Territorial readers.
His letter bears date April 10Th. and he says:
David Noggle, of the southeastern part OF
Wisconsin, has been appointed TO succeeu my
o,d trand r. Jeff. Bowers, of Downieville, as
Chief Justice of Idaho. l learn that Noggle
;S obout IS wears of age, has been District
Judoe in Wisconsin for several years. put was
1afaoted for reelection to the place. Your
Delegate, Judge Shafer, did all he couid 10
nrevept this change, but it was labor lost us
Rowers is a Democrat, and no one OF that par
~ stripe can hold or get an office under Gfaht,
His administration is not only Kadicai, Out oi
the extreme wing of the Radical party. Ana
there is another reason why those VINO I'VE III
tba Territories have little or no show Tor ONCE
r. : his. The Senators and most influential
among the Radical Representatives demand
th. nff;ces in the Territories for their hungry
friends to whom they can furnish no State or
faro;on nositions. At two of the Departments
tba theory is nut in practice that the Terrific
r;es are common ground for all the States
r. have the patronage divided among them;
that rs the citizens of the Territories have no
mart in electing the President, they have no
right to expect any of the Federal patronage
which flows from a change OF administrator )
but that the men in the States, VINO contribute
their time and money and services to the cause;
are fairly entitled to the Dement'S, the oiilclai
positions and emeluments, when lolloW 'lcto
nv. 1t is on this doctrine the ofnces III the
Territories are to be dispensed, at all events
III
So | gather from hlSh autholll!'-aHu Au"''
can be no exception. H..
Van remember the Dents, who used to live
in Stockton and Knights Ferry. Well, they
are hioh cockalorum here, as the President S
connexions bv marriage. Judge Shaier IS on
very pleasant terms with them all, ana thiS
will h. of much assistance to hun III some
things. but not in the way OF appointments
for. for every place in every Territory there
are from twenty to one hundred applicants, ac-
cordlng to the grade or pay, ana as l ten you
only those from the States. backed up u! tue
strongest of the Radical Senators or Depart
ment heads, have any show
! Yesterday the President sent III the name oi
Silas Reed, of Missouri, for the office OF sur
veyor- General of Idaho. | knew Mr., Reed IN
81 I ,uis several wears ago. He is about %
y.ors old and was in former years Surveyor
General of Missouri, and, believe, also OF H.
Enois He was we'll acquainted with Grant.
in ST louis. and this is the ground Tor his APP
poiutn.nt. But Reed on account OF some bu-
siness matters. prefers 10 60 10 " !omihHr ana
CARPENTER of Wisconsin Is pressing the claims
of one f. Rriger, of his state, Tor the ldah"
Surveyor Generalship and hear the transfer
is likely to be made Mr.. RcIgcr was snbse-
ouenty appointed. WORLD.
Last evening | met old Ned. Curtis. who
used 10 be in the California Legislature lie
told me he lived in Idaho, and had just arrived
from there overland. lie says he Is bound Il
h., the Secretary of the Territory. OF course
| do not know what hold he has got but uh
less ne is ON the inside with the big Senators
think he will recl less confident after he has
been here two or three days. lie LOOKS stoutei
than he used To in - aud %.
The maddrst fellows here are the CaIliornl
ans, The day of Grants inauguration large
delegation OF them took a very conspicuous
mart in the procession and ceremonies az tn,
Captol. and many of them were almost Ger
tain they would get fat Offices. But thing
have gone contrary and very few OF the whole
LOT Will get ANYTHING. Some have started back
and others would 60 il they had the money 4
make the trip, by steamer or overland, ant
nearabout all are curslng everything ana eve
rybody in politics, from Senatorial rings ant
Grant down to the last one of Grants relatives
met Judge Shater this morning and h
told me he intended TO start back for ldah" n
soon as he should get things all arranged abou
some funds which are to BE- scrt out tor Tern
torial purposes-hc didn't say what. He la
got along very we'll here, believe, and occa
: sionally comes to where lot of us old Catur
mans, who don't expect any office, make on
Headquarters, as we have three or four IN tn
crowd from Stockton. He seems to thinl
r there will be- a clean new deal of officers il
: Idaho, and that nearly all who get them Wi
be carpet-baggers from this side. Shouldn'
wonder.
\ GRANDE RONDE ITEMs.-From the l.
: Grandc Sentinel of last Saturday we get this
Dull times prevail in that region.
Matt Rice has bought the Bank Exchang
at Union.
r Because of frecze-out spectators in the Ba
u ker county mines, work on the Burnt Rive
il ditch is retarded, and the effect is visibly aT
r parent in trade.
Large bands Of cattle for beef have com
into Grande Ronde from below this season
there to fatten for market
l. Cinnamon are daily pouring in from the CO
n lumbia river, bound to the mines in Easter
Oregon