The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-03
Saturday, June 3, 1882.
Marshal Costing.

Marshal Gosling has made his bond, and it
is a very strong one, his bondsmen being his
personal intimate friends in the west cattle
and sheep men. His bondsmen represent
about quarter of million dollars.
On Monday Mr.. Costing will take the oath
of Office before Hon. E. B. Turner, United
States District Judge, and will enter at once
upon the duties of his Office. We have heard
it intimated, and we earnestly hope it is SO,
that the new Marshal will take personal
charge and supervision of his Office, will be
on active duty all the time-in fact,
will be the Marshal. We trust this
is so; and if he has not made
up his mind to this, we hope he will do so. 1t
is to Mr.. Costing that we look for a change
for the better in that Office, and not to his ap
pointees.
And in this connection we make the sug.
gestion to the friends Of our new Marshal,
had you not better let him alone in the selec-
ton of his deputies? Is he not well enough
acquainted with the people in his district to
CUOOSC WllONl uC waits blu yOu ldNOI
appointment in order to get some friend en-
ployment? If not, when you ask him to APP
point certain person, and he does not do it,
does it not place him in an embar
RAISING position with reference to YOU
his friends Then why hamper him at
he very outset! These deputies are his con-
hdential associates; in large measure his
success, his reputation, his good name, the
good name of his Office are dependent upon
them. Then is it not a little impertinent to
suggest who these aids shall be? Suppose
you ask him to appoint some man a deputy
and that man should receive the appointment
and then bring reproach upon the marshall
Office, who would be blamed? Why, Gosling,
of course. Then let Mr.. Costing choose his
own assistants, his own book-keepers, as any
business man does.
Mr.. Gosling has nearly two hundred
applications for the position of deputy
marshal, and he has only a few ap-
pointments. Of course, somebody must be
disappointed. Let US believe that his appoint
ments are made specially with reference to the
good of the Office and the government, and
hold up his hands. If he goes astray or fails
in the performance of his duties, or if he re-
tains bad men in office, then will be the time
to take him to task, and this, the LIGHT,
will be the first to do. In justice to Mrt
Costing we say that this is what he covets
He only asks to be let alone in the choice Of
his deputies, and then, if he fails in doing his
duty and giving satisfaction, he is willing to
60 down.
Something of Importance to Government
Contractors and Everybody,
The following inquiry was addressed to the
Quartermaster general in regard to the pay
ment of money on power of attorney and on
vouches, which is of the first importance to
contractors and persons dealing with them:
list. If A gives power of attorney to B,
to collect, receive and receipt for all moneys
due or may become due to A, on account Of
delivery of certain supplies for which a con-
tract has been awarded him by an officer Of
the Quartermsster's department on behalf of
the United States. Such delivery to extend
over period of one year, is such power of
attorney VdlQ LOT tne COUeCIOn OF amounts
due on all vouchers issued under said con-
tract, if filed with the first voucher on which
payment is made and referred to on all subse-
quent vouchers; or does it require power of
attorney for each and every voucher and for
the amount due on each and every every
voucher?
end. If A furnishes supplies to the quar-
termaster's department. receives the vouchers
and endorses them for payment to B, can the
amount due be paid to B without power of
Attorney
This inquiry passed through the usual red
tape to the treasury department and was
finally answered as follows: '.In reply have
the honor to say that payment should not be
made to the attorney or assignee, in either of
the cases above mentioned by a discussing
Officer
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal, in speaking of the author of "Some-
body's Darling" Miss Maria Lacoste, says:
Miss Lacoste lived in Savannah, Ga, when
she wrote this poem. She afterward removed
to Baltimore, and. in a letter to Eppes Sar-
peant, in 1885, she disclaimed all idea of being
an authoress. She says: l am thoroughly
French, and desire always to be identified with
France; to be known and considered ever as a
French woman Eppes Sergeant says: If
she did not wish to be regarded as an author
ess, and a mucu esteemed one, she ought