New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-24
TWO RECENT NEW-YORK APPOINTMENTS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNEl

WASHINGTON, March 23.-T. n. Van Walk
enbergh Of Lockport n. " who has been nominated Dy
President Arthur to be Supervising Inspector OF steam
vessels for the GXth District was nominated 1or the
same place by President Garfield and failed OF conrma
ton. The New-York Congressman whose comments on
the nomination the other day were reported III ais
patches 10 THE TRIBUNE had either, 1t must be sup
posed forgotten this fact or did not regard IL as having
any bearing upon the political nature OF the
appointment. Some members OF the Senate nave
said that the Commerce Committee would find dhcnt
to report In favor of Mr. Van Vakenbergh In view OF
the positive requirements OF the statute respecting ths
Office Section 404 OF the Revised Statutes requires
that Supervising Inspector shall be selected for DIS
knowledge skill and practical experience in the uses OF
for navigation and shall he competent judge OF
the character and qualities of steam vessels ana OF all
parts of the machinery employed in seaming" Section
44l6 declares, among other things, that no person
who has not the qualifications and requirements
prescribed by this title shall be enSlDIe 10 hoiu
the office OF either Supervising or Local Inspector or 10
discharge the duties thereof and If any such person
shall attempt exercise the functions of the once OF
either Inspector he shall be deemed guilty OF Inisde-
meanor punishable by fine OF sou ana shai DC uis
missed from Office"
II ia stated by persons well acquainted with Mr.. Van
Valkenbergh that is simply business man ana mas
not the practical experience demanded BY the act On
the other hand official here has the impression al
though he does not know it positively that Mr.. Van
stitute which, If true would ii is claimed he sufficient
qualification thought by some who havo given the
subject attention the present system of appointing
the officers this service is altogether wrong the
service is of great responsibility and yer the heaa OF
H. the Snperyisnc General has no voce1n the
selection subor1inates In his last annual report
Mr. Dumon recommended that the supervising local and
assistant inspectors be appointed by the secretary o inc
Treasury upon the nomination in each case OF me ine
diae superior officer Of each grade, thus establishing
chain of responsibility.
The statements made with regard to the charges
on which Mr.. Cleveland, the postmaster NJ
Penn YAM owed TO make room for Daniel Lam
ing are such put the removal in strange light
The Yates County ChrOnice which is published at Penn
Yau, has changed hands. The former proprietor d.
reced the DOS master deliver TO him certain papers
and other publications which had been coming TO the
paper, saying that they were for MIN me postmaster
did So The law requires that mail matter shall be de-
livered to the person TO whom II ia addressed ana pc
cause the postmaster delivered the papers, periodicals.
etc. former proprietor his representation that
they for him. he has been removed This case has
considerable talk the Newly ork Congress
men, least of whom feel that an arbitrary re-
mOva would have been much better than removal on