Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-11-21
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The "blue book is a publication
| issued annually by the government.
showing the names and salaries OF all
the officers in the employ of the federal
government. just now this book is i'm
great demand among patriots who are
anxious to serve the country for tie
best pay, says Washington eorrespon-
dent. This book shows, for example,
that there are nine judges of the SUI
preme court Of the United States. one
of whom only is a democrat. Justice
Bradley is the only one now eligible for
retirement with full pension, and
President Arthur will probably fill his
coming vacancy. Chief Justice Waite
and Justices Field and Miller can retire
voluntarily in 1886, but Miller only is
inclined to that course. Waite will
hold on to the last profitable hour, and
Field has regulated his life by judicial
tenure. These three justices were born
in 1916.
There are nine circuit judges of the
United States, all of whom are republic
cans, and some of them are very pro-
nounced politicians. With the excep-
ton of Judge Bond, they are mostly
recent appointments comparatively.
There are fifty-three United States
district judges, who, with two or three
exceptions, are republicans.
There are five judges on the court Of
claims, all Of whom are republicans.
There are six judges on the bench of
the supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia, who, with a single exception.
are republicans.
The clerks of these courts are appoin-
ted by the judges, and they are uni
formly republicans. So, too, of the
commissioners, who are appointed by
the circuit judges.
The maTshals and their deputies have
for many years been violent partizans.
but they are under the executive.
There are forty ministers representing
the United States in foreign countries.
every one OF whom is a republican.
There are 34s consuls and many dep
uty eonsuls abroad, who, with rare
exceptions, are republicans.
Every bureau in all the public depart-
ments is headed by republican. chosen
for politics.
The internal revenue musters an army
Oh partisans more than four thousand
strong All the collectors. SURVEYORS.
naval officers, and their subordinates
are republicans, and so are the post
masters, with here and there an una
voidable exception.
All the land offices are occupied by
loyal republicans, some of whom have
surveyed the road to wealth with Off
cial zeal.
All the divisions of the treasury, of
the postofice, of the interior, of the
army. of the navy, Of the state and of
the judiciary departments are in the
hands of republicans.
The signal service. the geological
survey, the coast survey. the agriculture
nj bureau, the fish commission. the
national museum, the government of
the District of Columbia, are all direct
ed by republicans.
In fact, all the places of honor OF of
trust within the graspof the executive,
OF Of the courts, are held by the repub-
licans.
Vast as this patronage is. which has
been only specifically glanced at. it
shrinks beside the mighty power of the
treasury. whichhandles over s000 .OU0. 00O
a year inreceipts and expenditures only.
leaving out OF view the dealings in ma
tional loans and other great transac-
tioDs.
Denocrats who have been out ia the