Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-21

TIE MAYORS APPoINTMENTs.-Elsewh
viii be found the list of appointments made to-
day by Mayor Emery for the principal positions
under him. Many OF them will be recognized as
the very best that could be made, and most, If
not all, will be conceded to be an improvement
upon those Of the late municipal administration.
Doubles Mr.. Emery may have made mistakes.
but we are sure that his intent has been to
select none but good and efficient men for the
places, and we know that Ii is his purpose TO
promptly remove any who prove wanting either
IN capacity or integrity.
Inc important position Of Superintendent of
PUBLIC Schools has been filed BY a gentleman
whose qualifications are admittedly pre-eminent.
Mir. Wilson, who is a graduate of Dartmouth
College which has given to the country 40 MANY
OF its best scholars and most distinguished pub-
lie men, has been one of the foremost workers
IN our public school system for many years; and
Mayor Emery in selecting him for this place
giVes practrcal proof OF his disposition to make
fitness the test in his appointments
The same may be said of the appointment of
VIM Forsyth, to be Superintendent Of Streets.
We suppose there will not be two opinions as TO
the eminent fitness of Mr.. FORSYTH for this nosi-
ton The petition sent in to Mr. Emery for his
appointment, by leading Republicans and by
men Of all parties, was undoubtedly the strong
est and had the most distinguished names of any
application of the sort ever sent to the City
Hall Among the signers to the petition and
WHO are property-holders in Washington, are
such men as General W. L. Sherman, Vice
Admiral Porter, Judge Olin, Judge Willie
General Robert q. Schenk, (who signs himself
property owner, though not citizen here.'0
Major General a "A. Humphreys, General DYER,
Judge Holt, Adjutant General f. ID. Townsend.
General Miehler, General NJ C. Meiys, and
many Others of prominence.
The place of Chief Engineer of the Fire Ia
partment is an important one and natura,lv
much sOlicitude is felt amongst our property
holders that il should be we'll filed. The COM
potion for this position has been very active
amongst the friends OF three or four candidates.
all having good qualifications for it, Mr..
Holmes, upon whom the choice has fallen is
young man of great energy, activity and
courage, leading requirements for his no.
sition; Is a strict temperance man. and
bears an excellent character generally.
de was for some ten years connected with the
Fine Department of Philadelphia and for three
Years an active member. His endorsement nv
the leading officers of the Philadelphia Fire
department, which numbers about ninety COM
Panies and fOrty-seven steamers is of the most
positive and unqualified character Mr..
Holmes has also an excellent war record. He
volunteered for three years in the Baxter Fire
Zouaves of Philadelphia; was disabled in the
Seven Days Fighting, and sent to hospital.
On his recovery he promptly enlisted for the
Gettysburg campaign, and was in the hottest
hTe OF that battle. lie has all the qualities for
a hist class Chief Of the Fire Department. and
we doubt not he will 50 prove himself.
The appointment of Mr. Crane as Water Reg
istrar Is a good and proper one. To him perhaps
more than TO any other man is it due that the
great street contract frauds in the Fourth Ward
were exposed. As Commissioner of the Fourth
WaFd he made an excellent officer, and his adj
miBistratiOn of the dutios Resis.-.- % sas
water Board win undoubtedly be characterized
by the same good judgement and vigilance.
Ii viii be noticed that our colored citizens
have not been left out in the cold by Mr.
Emery, and also that the appointments from
this class are of different order from the
strikers, shoulder hitters and penitentiary birds
employed under the Bowen rule
David Fisher, the colored Commissioner for
the Second Ward, is a weI-known and much
respected citizen of that ward. Geo W. Hat
ton, Clerk OF the Center Market is the witty
and eloquent colOred speaker who was sighted
by MI Bowen at Gettysburg, and who did so
much 70 dethrOne that official. Mr.. T.. A. Wat
son, appointed on the Fire Board, is an intelli-
gent colOred messenger in the Treasury Depart
ment, held in general esteem by all who know
him. Alfred Day, colored, appointed Clerk to
the Western Market, was one Of the earliest
and most effective labor ers in the Reform move
ment.
Mr.. Emery, we think, has made, on the whole,
a list of appointments that will be satisfactory
to the main body of his supporters, and espe-
cizlly to the business citizens. And if he finds
that he has made mistakes he will undoubtedly
rectfy them.