The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-27

In the way of FENroN's making n sturdy
fight for the CollcctOrship while AT the same
time securing fat berth for his hcnchman,
Gen. MERRITT the wilycx-Govcrnor got Mr..
WILLIAM A. WHEELER TO take his ncighbor
MERRITT on his shoulders and recommend
him as his candidate for either Surveyor
or Naval Officer ~ might he found most
convenient in the final allotment of these
thrcc lucrativc positions. Therefore, early
In March Mr.. WHEELER got from Mr.. HAYES
n pledge to give one Of the places to
MERRITT
But all this did not help either FENrox or
MORGAN in their struggle TO secure the Col
lrctprship for one Of their friends. Mr..
SnLKMAN, the head Of the Treasury De-
partmcnt. who in the early stages of the
contest supposed he could control the APP
pOintmrnt, sided with FENroN. and was
very DESTROYS OF gratifying his wishes. But
after much plotting and contemplating.
attended by delay that exhausted the
patience and the temper 81 those who wore
Eager for changes ia the Custom Ilousc, IL
turned ont that EyARrS had all the while
held II mortgage ON two OF the appoint
mcnt-. and that the desperate and pro-
tract"d efforts of FISroS and MORGAN were
wasted
Mr. EvARrs had lit.lc difficulty in select
ing the Collector. lie had had his eye upon
Mr.. ROOSEVELT from the start. He was n
bitter and active enemy of Mr. CoSKLING.
and that one qualiiicatio covered the whole
ground of civil service reform IA cxpcunded
at the White House and In the State and
Interior Departments. where the New York
a. 1. .f.,1 4
But there WIS more difficulty about dcs-
gnating the man for the Naval Office. 1t
bcing the last II the three big Custom House
plums. hungry aspirants clutchrd at IL with
desperation. Mr.. Parser, who is just such
politician as Mr.. EvARrs likes. was get
ting far ahead OF his opponents AZ Il
critical stage OF the game they played their
best card 10y calling pRiScE II CoNKLING
man. This was touching. him on the raw
lie had voted for CoNkLING at Cincinnati
with all the rest Of the New York delegates
except GrORGr WILLIAM Curtis. who. soil
| ttry aud alone. voted against him from tn =
| tn last. This Tor the moment cnvelopcd the
chances Of pGGSCr for obtaining the Naval
| Onlcc in a thick cloud. lie and his sup
| ,ortcrs We're informed from Washington
that il PRl>CE wis not an open enemy 81
! CoNKLiNG he must give NJ ELL hopes Of the
| Naval Onicc. He met the issue promptly.
| lie proved that he had always been an OPP
/ ponont of CONKLING, and only voted for him
| AT Cincinnati in obedience to The resolutions
| II the state Convention. as did fifteen other
! rnti-CoNKLiNG delegates, who. following
! the lead Of PRINCE worked against him all
the way through-that il, they rowcd one
way and looked the other large pile Of
letters and long string Of kilograms wcrc
seat to Washington settling II beyond dis
! putc that PRINCE was rooted and ground
ed enemy Of senator CONKLING, and could
he trusted to exhibit his hostility on all oc-
casions. This settled the question. and
thcreupon Mr. EvARrs with the cordial as
sent Of Mr. HAYES and the warm approba-
ton of MI SCHUEz inscribed the name OF
L. BRADFORD PRINCE on the Custom House
| slate in the largest letters.
| From this time forth let all applicants for
| Federal offices understand that modern
civil service reform IN the State of New
York means bitter hostility to ROSCOE
OONkLISG.