, 1881-10-30

pOI4tlCAl PeUple WIS tusAk Mr- GlI0ert8 Commit. -
sion was to expire on Friday Tbs Preslder, !
had no knowledge OF it. His attention had ~. !.
been called to the subject. -"
! NO APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN F1LEn K: Z: {;
with him for the place, either on behalf Of ":
Gilbert or anybody case- The President sne.. !.
nothing about the place Until Gen Loran a. ::
pcared ut his house with Il blank co,nmtas,s-5
obtaincd at the Treasury the afternoon of ~
day before the nomIna uon was made. Gen. 1o,as,
presented tho cage to the President, staten rh..
the office WIS about becoming vacant b7 tha; e:
piratton Of the commissions; that 1t woptd :. :,
necessary TINT somc one should be appofnrcd -
the next morning, End the President, at Ca.
LoEans suggestion, wrote In the commissto,
tho name OF John L. Bcyeridge and Signed ~.
The matter had noe been mentioned tn ,he .
President before. The President had rer~
great deaf to do that day. The question Of N. :
Secretary OF the Treasury WAS NOT fuly set,,aJ r
II was the dag when be had declined to see eyro
members of his Cabinet. So much we're hft
thoughts engrossed with the Secretary Of IT,
Treasury ana it E.
Is VERY DOUBTFUL =
whether the President bad an opuortpnitx :. :
consider the political relations Of Mr, Gi1hat+
or the political consequences at the appoIns.
ment Of Gen. BeveriaEe. or tho interp, etatfon
which might be put upon that appointment. r.
he had hnl- there is no authority to say that ha
would have come to a different co ucI,,s,on
Gen. Logan, Of course, knew Mr. Gilbert's "a.
lutions us we'll as those Of Gen. Beyar.
idgc, and the fact that he recom,
mcndcd Beveridge instead Of Gilbert iud1ca1e.
certainly that he preferred Beveridse TO Gilberr
IT air. Gilbert in the lifetime Of Gen. Gar8eM
had received any promise from Gen. Logan tn
support him for thar place, that fact cannot ba
certain, however, that Mr. Gilbert ~
HAD NOT WRITTEN TO SENATOR LOGAN.
informing him that the term Of his commission
WIS about to expire, aud askinK his ,
influence to secure his reappoinrment
Gen. Logan says that his intention Eas
only accidentally called to tho fact 5har
the commission was about To expire by rha
officials ut the Treasury Department, when be
1uok tho course which he did. Mr. Gilbert he
says, had teen long In the public service; had \
been Gu the rolls Of the custum- house for uany
years continually, prior to his appotntmentas IL
Sub-Trcasurer und ut the same time that be
was connected with newspaper. He is young
nun, and
DOES NOT so MUCH NEED TIE pLAcE
rs Gen. Deyeridse, who is old and poor These
arc the reasons assigned By Logan. .Dey-
crldge wus not a candidate for thu
position, but Twas a caudidute for the Do
stion of Collector OF Customs. For tals
iatte- position. however, he did not have tho
support of Gen. Logan, and would scarcely hays
been appointed. The statement In THE TRtB-
uSE dispatch from here Friday that be
would have been appointed is due to an errorin
tete@raphic transmission. 1t Is understood that
another person is booked for the position Of
Collector of Customs to succeed William Henry
Smith, but VITO that person is cannot now be as
ccr1uned. There Is no very good reason to
think, however. that this person has ever necn Il
very pronounced Blaine man. The President,
in filling such Chicago offices as may
become vacanr hereafter, will have more
time to consider the question Of fitness
ana the political relations Of the 1idesen:
claimants. and it is nbr likely that he wilt hare
my appointments to nuke without having soula
applications before him. The friends Of Ill.
Gilbert hero do not understand how 1t is that ha
has not caused his case to be presented 10 the
President, or to thuse who have supported hin
hitherto. 80.
COZ. E,GEESoLL =..:,*
5,UJ0 miles in fourteen days. lie Is entirely wern
out, and said tonight thAt he had no informa-
ton whatever about the causes OF the removal
Of Gilbert, and was too exhausted physically 70
think or tulk about it. There is 10 doubt. how-
ever, that, ut the proper time, ha will address
some inquiries on tbs subject to President
Arthur. -