New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-21
CLEVELAND AS GOVERNOR.
THE OFFICE-sEEKERs AT HIS DOOR.

ASSEMBLY.
pRoh AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUNE'l
BUFFALO, Nov. 19--Governor.elect Cley eland still
pursues his usual course of life Every morning he
may oe found at the City Hall disposing OF bis work
a. Mayor of this city about l o'clock he is at the
Ilht House taking his dinner. and in the afternoon
he Is laboring a. his law papers IN the neat law
Office OF Cleveland. BsseIl & Scard. Yet daily
his mail Is increasing in size. He may be said to be
overwhelmed with letters in regard to the large
number of appointments to Office which it will soon
be IN his power to grant >ingnlarly Ike Govern
OF Cornell in personal appearance-a man OF largs
body and head, with full face-AIr. Cleveland
also resem bles Governor Cornell in the latters
power 70 hold his tongue about appointments to
oihce. Like Governor Cornell he listens ntentl7
to all petitions for Office but says nothing in reply
lie 10 making pledges and is determined TO act
cautiously concerning all appointments He has not
get selected his Private Secretary. 1t is probable
that he will sOou make this appointment, IN orde
To have the aid of the man In preparing his first
message rs Governor. The state officers will soon
be requested to forward abstracts Of their forth
coming annual reports, summaries Of which VIII.
appear in the message.
There are fOurscore candidates TOR every one of
Jh' offices to which appointments may be made
during the coming year Ex-,ena Thomls C.
displaced. HIS Office as Quarantine Commissioner
Is sought by theodore Frean of Staten Island. Mr.
Platt WAS appointed Quarantine Commissioner on
January -. 1850, by Governor Cornell. Every
one expcct ed that he would resign the Office when
he was elected United states senator. but he held
on TO H. and lived 70 attend the saratoga Conven-
ton sJlll Quarantine Commissioner. and do his
utmost to defeat Governor Cornells IerOmlnatlou.
>til 80. 700. tho salary of the Quarantine Com
missioner, has overpowerng attractions 10 some,
although one may have no gratitude TO the person
that bestowed it, Henry l.. Fish. Of Rochester, is
persistent candidate tor superintendent OF Public
W Norks. LX-otate Engineer Seymour s suggested for
the office and almost every other Democrat IN the
state wants TO be Canal Appraiser. an Office which
the Democratic party IS pledged to abolish. The
present excellent Hepdbhcan Board OF Canal APP
pralsers Of which William J. Morgan of this city
one of the members have settled enormous
number OF claims against ths state, eeping away
much back business, so that the duties Of the body
could wisely be transferred now to the proposed
Court of Claims. JOhn Mccall, jr, is q candidate
Tor superintendent of the Insurance Department.
He entered the Department $500 clerk in
1871 and was appointed Deputy euDeuntendent.
an Office which he has since retained, by William
Smyth. when the latter was superintendent OF the
Insurance Department. Mr.. Mccall! has actually
been the executive head vt the Department for
many years Whatever has been done efficiently or
honestly by the Department, much of the
creIit of it is due to him Occupying
a place of sreat temptations his good
name mas never been mentioned in CON
n-c5ion with any dsreputabIe transaction.
ThrouGhOut the period Of John +. Smyihs Doto-
rious administration OF the Department Mr.. Mccall
WAS never even suspected of wrOngdoing. The
all Of tpa por-
dition of several bankrupt INSURANCE comp Ianies
during that administration was entirely due to
him. The candidates for Railway Comniss, ,oner
are numerous Ex-senator Francis Herman. who
has been men ioned as a candidate, declares he Is
not amt would not take the office. There are
several applicants for the position. how
ever; among Others William Purcell, the
Democratic candidate for Secretary OF
state in 1881; and the Tammauy sachems
Edward Kearney and William Sauer. That
such notorious followers OF Tammany Hall
as Kearney aud Sauer should aspire TO such high
office as Railroad Commissioner, with its tremen
dous Uower the railroads Of the state Is indeed
amazing. Their candidacy shows, however that
Tammanv Hall is not going to be backward IN ask
inc lts share of the spolls 1t might, however, Sc
lect far better representatives than Sauer OF
Kearney by search of unusual vigor among its
candidate for Railway Commissioners
The Legislature clearly will be great field for
.poils hunters. The Democratic Senators IN viola
ton OF their pledges to support civil service reform
IDEAS intend to turn out Ot ONCE JOhn W. FrOo-
man. the present Republican CLERK oil Tue senate
Mr. Vrooma an was elected last Winter by the com
blued vote of the Tammany Hall and Reprbllcan
senators Now that lamnany Hall has been read
mitted 10 the Democratic party the laWnahy ecu ecu
ators are willing to unite with the other )emocratic
senator's for uvlsiOn of the spoils OF the senate
The Clerks OF the senate are elected Tor two years
lut there Is no rule to prevent Mr. NrOOman being
derived Of his office. 1t will accordingly be done,
although no has been a most efficient ana trust
worthy officer. The committees OF the senate VIII
also be reorganlzed. David b. hllI, the Drnocratc
Lieutenant ernOr ELECT I'll be given the power
of appointing the committees. ID. :; Lamont, oI
Albany will probably be elected Clerk OF the ZEN
ate Nr. Lamont many years ago was clerk
:, the Assembly. lie IS therefore thoroughly
trained in legislative duties; and his hlgh charac1
ter and ability will assure the puOIlc II nc sn0uiu
he elected Clerk of the senate, that It's work Will De
The contest for Speaker Of the Assembly promises
IN be an exciting one Ordinarily the Democrats
frDm New-lOrk aud Brooklyn nave pIepohdefaI-
mo influence IN the caucus. But this JeaI there
il "A majority OF Democratic mrmOers ouJslue Oh the
cities mentioned The country members can die.
tafr therefore the selection OF the speaker Alfred
e. chaplin OF Kings County, Is at present Que ol
the most prominent candidates MT. Chaplh was
chairman last winter or the Assembly cOnWlIlee
that paned 80 much fame by exposing the evll acts
of the receivers OF insurance companies. lie was
also one of the three members uI tue JUDICIARY
Committee that favored the impeachment OF Judge
Westbronk OF the Supreme Court. Cdrlously enough
the Wrsthrc0k investigation promises to oe one OF
the leading features OF the SpeakershlD contest.
Mr. Chaplin is opposed for Speaker. by those who
favored exOneratIng Judge Westbrook; while
William A. Poucher. OF Osv ego, the chairman OF
the Judiciary COMMITTEE is supported because he
made a report clearing Judge Nestbrook OF the
charges made against aim. Both Chapln anu
Poucher have aIeady Deen through the state get
ting pledges of votes from tile Democratic mem-
hers elect Ertstus Brooks ia another strong can
didate. lie also u maRing an earnest canvass. AI.
no siton and his tine character ought TO maze nun
an excellent candidate. He would bring credit 70
Wnrphy and Timothy }. Campbell, of New YORK,
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