New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-09
WAITING FOR THE OFFICES.
AspIRANrs FOB PLACES OF EVERY DEGREE.
DEMANDS THAT WILL GROW LESS WITH TIME
COVETED POSITIONS
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ths Hobbies of tho hotels they block the sidewalks
.nd stre.ts they discuss their hopes and prospects
an corner barroems they walk through the De-
nartments with an air as if they owned them; thsv
lord II over the employees, who, notwithstanding
Tho assprances of the powers that be that the CVh
Service act shall be carried out In good ial'h'
tremble for their places The average sportsman
coming from the East or West has his pockets fuii Oh
money aud is prepared to stay. 1t is not SO VIII "
Southern brother. who has not enough h'hey ~
amend in the preliminary contest for the oi
-. oaace He Is now living in good style at hotels,
where the barrOoms are the recipients piooaoiy oi
oo ner cent of his income Next week perhaps ne
viii he compelled to take some more modest lodg-
ing. the week after will sec him in boarding
house and if he stand ano ther weeks cam
paipn. he will have to carry it on by lodging III
nolce stations and dining on free lunches. In the
same ratio as his style Of living decreases MS oe
mands will grow less. The man who Is no" cram
oring loudly for an appointment to be the heao VI
a bureau will be satisfied to take a cerRshlp; tho
man who now wants foreign mission will he satls-
fed with consulship, just as there are many 'he"
. who were prominent candidates for piecos In MI
CIavea,d's Cabinet who DO ~ express willingness to
he commissioners of some bureau, collectors Oh
come port and even to play first or second hddie
to some successful rival.
The list of appointments which is to be sent 10
the Senate tomorrow morning is awaited Win
good deal of interest. There is much specuatioh as
to what Offices are to be filled first. 1t is gener-
ally conceded that the heads OF bureaus
will have to go. Mr.. Lamar has already demanoed
the resignation Of bureau chiefs In the Depart
meut of the Interiors Postmaster-General Vlias' IL
is expected will follow suit; that the Attorney
General will not be slow to follow the example Oh
his colleagues may be taken for granted, and the
inns may
the heads OF some prominent Ofice-holders and
demand that they be brought to him on
charger As the term of Collector Robertson VIII
expire soon, ii isthought that the Administration
will not make formal demand for the Office but
will Weld that much to the spirit OF Civil Service
reform and keep back the hungry crowd OF Office
seekers who clamor for this richest OF prizes
within the gift of the executive. Promi-
nent among the names mentioned for the
Office are those of the magnificent Dorshelmer, the
bographer OF the President and Dan Lockwood.
to whom the President owes much of his I" luck"
The appointment of Senator Lamar to be Secretary
of the Interior has been much criticised. 1t IS con-
ceded that he will not be able to bear with the
trials which snch office necessarily puts upon
it's incumbent. 1t is an important question,
therefore who will be his first assistant. The man
who will be appointed First-Assistant Secretary Of
the Interior must necessarily play the roe OF
guardan to Mr.. Lamar. lie will be the virtual
chief of tie department. General Walthall, of
Mississippi has been prominently mentioned IN
connection with this place. General Walthall
may elect to be candidate for
the seat i'm the Senate which
Mr. Lamar vacated but it is not likely that he will
enter into any contest Cor it. He would much pre-
fer 10 be near his friend Lamar and secure tie Office
without having TO work for it General Waith all
first became known colonel of the 29tn Missis-
sippi Infantry in 1864 lie was made major.
general Tor distinguished ability and gal
Iantry. and took rank as ono of the most
brilliant and plucky division lighters of the war
At it's close Mr.. Lamar and General Walthall en-
teled INTO law partnership, IN which the latter, |
owing to the illness for yearof Nj Lamar,
u is SAID cid all the work but shared all The profits
with his sick friend and partner. AT present |
General Walthal the at orney OF the New Orleans
Jackson aud Mississippi Central ANYWAY |
Company. lie mas a large law practice az tIe oai,
a man of fine personal appearance SIX feet two
inches IN stature.
into the Cabinet have been dispcllcd, wants any
thug that he can get, also is wiling To become the
First ssstant secretary of the Interior IL he cant
get this he. will take forelga mission
OF the third class, and If Mr. Cleve-
land will not recognize hts services III
the late campaign to that extent then he has no
higher ambition than to become Collector OF the
John H. Oberly of Illinois, also wants TO be First
Assistant Secretary of the INTERIOR lie is mem
Der of the Democratic National Committee but
beyond tho boracrs of his owA State has no repu-
tatI0n for executive ability or any talents which
will qualify him the place that he Is seeking
There are number of other candidates for this po-
stion, showing how highly this place Is valued AID
how tempting the pickings appear in the eyes of |
Baby Bssell, Mr.. Cleyelands partner, and ox-
Attorney-Goneral Fairchiid, of Ncw-lork, are the |
most prominent candidates spoken of tor the Office
ei Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
IL Is probable that ex-Representative Money, OF |
master-t,eueral. He was prominent candidate for |
the Postmastor-Generashlp, but as Mr.. Cleveland
intent upon having Mr.. Lamyr i'll his Cabinet, |
he could not very well have TWO MississpDians IN |
T. although he did ront two New Workers. Mr. |
Money is hard run by General Nicholas Bell of |
Missouri, who was secretary of the Democratic |
National Convention at Chicago where his piercing !
voice and bis long arms h WIN oe rgnemPeTe ny
resentative Mutchler and f. e.. Talbot, OF Mary |
land, willing to be Second Assistant Postmaster
Tbere seems to be more applicants for the Com
missonership of Agriculture than there are en- |
ployes IN the whole department 1t IS evidently |
place much coveted by the oiiice-seekers. Prom- |
nent among those mentioned as likely to succeed |
DIR. l.oring are Congressman d. W. Aiken, OF south
Carolina mild manneIed and 'DOfensvc gcnlle- |
who has never distinguished hl.iself III Con- |
gress Colonel Robert Beverly, OF Virginia, who is
agricultural societies, and to the f. f. VS. ex- |
Representative Muldrow, of Mississippi; ex-keprc- |
sentative, terroll. of Nsy-Jersey CONGRESSMAN
Congressman singleton. of the same State.
Ex-Repres ntative Vance, of North Carolina, n |
brother of the Senator, and Charles A. Shaw Of |
Boston. want TO be Commissioner Vt Patents.
General Joseph l.. Johnston, Of Virginia; |
ex-senator Slater, of Oregon ex-Re2rescntative |
Shaw, of Illinois; ex-Rcpresentativc Henley. of |
California; Major Bannister, of Indiana. all want !
10 be Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
Strange To say there oaly solitary applicant
for The C0mmIssionership Of Railroads. although (;
probably as soon the fact is made known, the |
Secretary of the Interior wall be oyerrun with |
applications Ex-Representative Cassidy, of Ne |
vada, hopes to be appointed to this Office.
Ex-kepresentative Philip Thompson, OF Ken |
tucky, seems t. have q good start over bis conf |
petltos for the race for Tie office of Commissioning