The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-08
A WORLD OF WORK
FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
Lsbors that Await President Cleveland.
Augean Stable to he Clea sed Eek
travagances and Corruptions
ofTwentS -Four Year,.

the records of the executive Office. Ev-
cry foot OF space at tho east end of the
second floor Of tho mansion is occupied.
The hallway is even lnclosed to make
room for the telegraph operators, and
the accumulation OF the large index and
other volumes sow ncroacbes upon tne
desk room OF the clerks, The method
OF briehng q lcuments, applications for
office, and letters on public business,
q which has grown to be system IN ali
the departments, requires also addi-
tional clerical force in The presidents
office to fully carry out its details
The prospect of Il stll greater increase
under the incoming administrator,
will make further encroaChmenl.
upon the room set apart Tor the.
presidents own privacy. Bv the way
II is remarked that Mr.. Buchanan aid
Mr.. Arthur, without families, had need
OF more room than tile married prusi
dents. III this IS TO be true of President
Cleveland ne will have to divide some
Of the large apartments to provide
ISLANDERS for his guests. Senator Nor.
rill, of Vermont, thinks the white
house ought to be rebuilt aud repro
duced just south of the present one ana
the old building converted into office.
and reception-rOOms, the new one 10 be
exclusively the home OF the president.
where he may receive his friends with.
cut having, so to speak, to endure the
smell of the shop.
The white house is an institution sci.
dom seen in this country. lfany one
can Imagine Jay Gould or w. Ii. Van.
derbilt or any of the great business men
Of New York dividing their palatjnl
dwellings into offices, Cransacting busI.
ness in one corner, eating in anothe,
and sleeping in third, they will have AN
accurate idea Of the home of the presi.
dent of the United States. 1t is said Lhe
executive chamber at Albany, which
MI. Cleveland ~ TO vacate for the highe,
office, is very palace compared Will
the old, dingy, and never-in-0rder presi.
aential residence. Yet, after ali. th.
man and the place will be in perfecl
harmony, for is he not coming Ms Tin,
representative of simplicity aud reior I,
as against prodigality OF public expendi.
lures and Republican extravaganza in
the conduct of the government?
There is one thing he will find i'm The
white house which, TO man of hi.
weight, may be convenience, and thai
is an elevator. Besides that, no comes
20 dwelling more haDitable than ever
through the taste aud care OF the pres
newly painted, decorated and troshened
in ceiling, wall aud floor. The impress,
Of a gentleman will be recognized IN the
very atmosphere of the house when Mr..
Arthur welcomes his successor.
IL is presumed change of admins
trstion will be followed by the resgna-
ton OF very many appointees whose
term is not limited TO four years. The
early days OF the next term will proba
bly hnd the president consulting till late
AZ night VIVA his cabinet advisers upon
appointments and changes which the
Soed OF the pubic service may demand,
IN the state department secretary
aud three assistants are required. Mr.
Hunter the second assistant, has been
there oyer fifty years, and being a relic
81 the administration OF Andrew Jack
son he Will doubtless remain. He il the
INDEX rerum Oi the department., a walk
ing library OF diplomatic lore, whose
death will be a great loss to the govern
mont. The third assistant is also a
skilled diplomatist, gifted with great
power OF application, and his merits will
prob 10 y be recognized by tie new head
81 the department..
Some OF the foreign ministers, like
John A. Bingham at Japan, Thomas o.
Osborn at Buenos Ayres and John NJ
Langston at Hayti, have been i'm the
service over eight years, but with few
exceptions they are all recent appoint
nents, AS we have no recognized or
estab ished diplomatic corps, and as il
10 eminentiy proper that our ministers
should represent the party in power, an.
continents TO these positions will be
hrst in order Great Britain, France,
Germany and Russia are tirst-,,lass mis-.
sions, paying Sl7,jOO per annum. Aus
ira, Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Mex.
ico ana spain pay $4,000; Peru and
Shlll, SiV'OOO. the remainder $500. The
republican party has been in pOwer
long enough to have created aiplc-
matte corps, but with the exception of
three, ministers the outire thirtv.fiye
nave been appointed since 1850. A nun
Der, ~ II trde, were promoted from the
consular service, and Of this uuniber
huch as are not wholly ornalneut1l
may be retained, The consular
service during the last four " ars has
heen greatly improved and its field
OF labor enlarged Promotions have
been made until 1t may he regarded a,
part of the civil service tacltly classi.
ied. Especially under President Ar.
tnur mas the system of promotions been
strictly adhered to. The monthly re
port OF conSuls on foreign trade has
made this branch OF the service more
valuable than ever, and changes fo,
political reasons need not be eXpprleI
in the consular branch.
In the treasury the secretary and tvc
assistants are TO be appointed, a firsi
comptroller, commissioner of internal
revenue, and probably change in th,
heads OF the six auditors, their deputies
anu cniei clerks. IL n remembered thai
IN 1869, when Mai. r itherford Resigned
~
request, lie was appointed third auditor
because OF his intimate knowledge of
me business matters coming before
mat bureau. One Of the first things
Mr.. rutherford found was "A useles.
number OF clerks in his office, tho pres.
ence OF the drones hlvlng a bad influ.
ence on those Inclined toll industrions
On MS own recommendation the cleri.
cal force was reduced by congress. which
pouy, Instead OF taking his word when
ne SAID hity clerks could he spared, in.
sisted ne meant seventy-iive, and so a
.vIvo1 REDUCTION was made, Gripping
She efficiency OF the bureau, Sinca tha
day no QUE has ovurVoluntoered IN n ain
congress 10 be economical. The fen
dehcy has been toward au increases
clerical orce with adlmiuution of bust
us for instance, there are to-day Ia
sue treasury department omployes whu
work industrlously, but whose service
10 OF no earthly value 10 the govern.
ment. IL is estimated that il cost the
government "a TO rec jiye aud "a To an.
swer postal card. A system of record
ing that is pure circumlocution has
crown up, requiring, of course, a deal
sflabor 10 do II, but when done Is OF mo-
earthly use. II ever the revenue marine
service needed TO be useful IL was dur.
ing and Just after the war, when
eustoms duties were very high and
snuSglng was an object. No one ever
heard complaints of ineiflciency about
mat service, and yet IL is within the
memory OF beardless boys that the two
great divisions In the office of the secre-
Mry OF the treasury--,he revenue ma
s,ne anu the llie-savlng service-had
one room and four clerks, where nov
snere are forty employees 70 do the in.
creased Office work. The mail-room In
hr, Byutwell's day, and later, used 10