The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24
COLUMBUS LETTER.

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| culiarity..S statistics rs Gathered
by u 'sStar" Correspondent.
Correspondence of the Star
| COLUMBUS. o., Nov. 81, 1879.
OFFICE SEEKERS
in Columbus predominate just now,
and as the opening of the Legislature
draws nigh, can be met at every turn on
every hand. There are from five to
twenty applicants for every position
within the gift Of the differen. Offices of
the State, from spittoon-c cleaner up to
Governors Private Secretary.
The unfortunates who have the filling
of these offices live fearful and uneasy
life. They receive letter from the Office;
it contains eulogy on John Smith, of
Bungtown, written by his enthusiastic
and admiring friend, Thomas Slapjack,
who calls attention to the great service
the said John Smith did in his county at
the late election and also speaks in glow
ing terms of Mr.. Smiths devotion to the
party and his ability to "control a GER
tain class" Wearied and tired, the
doomed individual with offices to fill or
influence to give, throws aside the bonn
bastic letter and picks up harmless
looking newspaper, neatly wrapped, but
soon tosses it aside, for around and above
and beneath and at either side Of a full
some "puF' is scored deep black marks
of dead black ink that guides the read
er's eye to the fact in type that John
Smith is the man without doubt.
A LAUGHABLE INCIDENT,
which fully illustrates the grand scram-
BILE for Office, happened the STAR corre-
spondent in the Neil-house Office this
afternoon. Wishing to speak to General
Gibson, the new Adjutant General, on
matters for publication, your correspond
ent approached the gentleman with "How
do you do, General%' The General ex-
tended his hand cordially enough and
returned the salutation, but it was plain
that he expected the scribe was going to
ak for some sort of position, and when
the question of "Have you filled all the
offices within your gift, General? was
propounded in the most winning way by
your correspondent. the new official was
convinced.
As he drew his upper lip down firmly,
he remarked somewhat mechanically,
and with slight tinge of vexation, "No,
sir; I have made no appointments, and
will not until the middle of next week."
l hastily assured him that l was no ap-
plicant for any position and would not
have any or all of the offices within the
gift of the party. This reassurred him,
and although he regarded me as a sort of
prodigy he became quite communicative
and told how he was being badgered from
post to pillar, how he was getting letters
from all parts of the State, and how some
must be disappointed. 'Tll tell you
what it is, sir" remarked the General.
"I have now letters from sixty to seven
ty-fve applicants who are ready and will
ing to do anything"
tOlA. ldAhLE1 MOOhE'
AsI bid the General good-day and
strolled out of the office, l espied Colo
mel Charley Moore in close conversation
with portly-looking man on one side of
the room. Charley, as is his wont, was
whispering, la Sam. J. Tilden. 1t is a
well-known fact that the characteristic
of "Uncle Sammy t." is that of whis-
pering. Well, although Charley Moore
is much bigger than Sammy T., he is ad-
dicted to the same mysterious habit. II
is well-known fact that Col. Moore
is a "dark horse" for Billy Bells shoes
Z or, more properly speaking, the sinecure
office of Commissioner of Railroads and
Telegraph. By just what right Charley
Moore is entitled to the Office is "some
, thing which no feller can find out" bu
=, as everybody says 'Big p is the man
: why it must be so.
THE UNITED STATES sENAToRsHIP
} still convulses embryo statesmen like
early apples do school-boy. 1t il
1 stated now, by those who claim to know
that Garfield or Dennison will knock thu
| persimmon, while the name of Taft is heart
: only now and then Mr.. Dennison
g however, will find warm opposition tt
5 his claims at the proper time. He may
be having fair sailing now. The ques
| ton of "what claims has Mr.. Dennisol
$ on the party?" is being asked too much
to be healthy for his chances, when it i
S known that he has none whatever. Hi
only recommendation being that he wa
a Governor of Ohio, and as there are man,
e living to-day who once found fault witt
him as Governor, he will find that hi
Q sailing into the Office will not be ATTENDED
0 with as gentle and balmy winds as a
e present are waiting him Senatorship
J. ward. When it is known that even Gar
+ field, who is much stronger man in tn
4 party than Mr.. Dennison, has decided
i opposition to the Senatorship from in
] fuential Republicans, that both thei
! chances are open to doubt. As for Al
| phonso Taft, he stands no more chanc
r of getting the United States Senatorshi]
$ than does Nelly q vote Of thanks 70
+ erecting the "midgets' in the State-hous
e yard.
1 e THE PENITENHARY p.