The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-04-04


required, or gentlemen who have had ex.
perienec in diplomacy. His desire ia 10
obtain tho services OF persons who know
somethiug Of the countries TO which they
are accredited, such knowledge, in his estl
nation being prerequisite. Mr.. John W.
A. Shaw, colored, Of Flushing, Long Island,
formerly editor Of the "sufiragist."s Demo.
cratic paper, devoted to the interests Of the
colored people Of New York. applied to-day
to the President 10 be appointed United
States consul at Antigua, in the West
Iudies. Mr.. Shaw is indor'ed by Mayor
Grace and large number Of New York and
Queens county IL. ~ leading Democrats.
He is native Of Antigua and received
collegiate educa ton there.
Some of the Democratic politicians affect
10 day to take no interest in the nomina-
tions the President may send in, saying
that he is certain to name for every place
some one they have never heard Of, and
the sensation Of surprise has ceased To be
novelty. The hotel Hobbies are practically
deserted. Many OF the politicians have
gone home disguised, and a few haye DO.
gun TO affect modesty. A downright Office
seeker is hardly to be found. The lates.
methOd for an ex member Of Congress who
is after an appointment is to get his friends
to circulate the statement that they have
been irving to get him To make break for
something. but that he is too modest to do
It. This 10 expected TO be effective. The
Indiana and Kent ucky delegations are thor
oughly disgusted with the way things are
gning. Even Mr.. Hendricks is said to be
very much dissatisfied with what he deems
sentimental civil service. The number Of
malcontents is increasing every day. The
Eastern Democrats stand by the President,
however, and that makes it look very much
as If there might before leng DO a split in
the party on those lines. An Eastern
member, Democrat, said 10 your CORES.
pondsnt to day that the people who were
doing all the grumbling were those only
who were disappointed about getting the
Offices The appointments that have been
made, be said, were the best possible, and
no one disputed it. The same grumbling
would be heard anyhow, and Cleyelsnd
showed bis wisdom by disregarding Con
gressional Influence for as general rule 1t
was exerted in bad cause, This is the
general feeling among the Eastern idea is
likely TO prevail in ClevelandS policy.
They say that Mr.. Cleveland will do what
he thinks be ought to, and that the COM
bined efforts of all the Democrats cannot
make him go against his judgment.
One of the peculiar characteristics Of our
new President finds opportunity for display
every day in the week, aud about every
hour in the day. This is to find out what
people naturally expect the administration
is going to do, and then do as nearly the
opposite OF tha expectation as possible. II
has beeu known here for good while tha!
the President and his family were inclined
to belief in that good old Presbyte
doctrine that embraced infant damuation
and which was such a comfort to the old
lady who congratulated herself upon the
mighty small number that would comprise
the elect The New York Ave. Presbyter-
ian church, being the most fashionable oi
those governed by descons, naturally ex
pected that the President would chose that
house as the one best suited to administer
his Sundays spiritual food, and so the
church on each Sunday since the inaugura.
tion has been crowded ss it never was
crowded before, by an expectant throng
anxious TO see Grover under FIRE OF Wash
inGton preacher charged with birthstone
sermon. The President, however, disap
pointed everybody. not only by not going to
church at all but by sending his family
household to DR.. Sunderlands church
which for some time has been steadily de.
clining toward fnal dissolution. Uf course
the presence Of the Presidential family
here will revive matters there materially
just as the Christian Church was put upon
its legs by the accession of Mr.. Garfield fOuI
years ago.
The nomination and immediate and
unanimous confirmation oil Mr.. George II
Pendleton az Minister to Germany, is the
administering of most grateful and sooth.
ing balm for the soreness that Gentleman n
George experienced in his late defeat for the
Senate by the Standard Oil Company. Al
the successor TO Mr. KassOn il is hard to say
fTOm this standpoint whether Mr.. Pendle.
ton will please that large portion OF the
American people who haye no love for any
sort Of aristocracy, and who will expect
him TO keep aloof from the Berlin courtiers
| believe, however, that may hazard the
opinion that Minister Pendleton will acquit
himself to the satisfaction oi Mr.. Bayard
and that is more than can be said Of sons
Of his predecessors.
In the general cleaning out OF the official
rubbish that has gathered in the several
departments OF the Government, We fellci.
tated upon the abolition OF the lauda ulette
and coupe attachments, without which il
seemed impossible for past administration
to get along. Mr.. Lamar, IN the Interior
Department. and Mr.. Garland, in the De
partment OF Justice, have ordered the
horses aud equpages attached to those
branches TO be sold to the highest bidder
and the official who cannot ride in street
car to attend to his duties or to make social
calls, can pay for his own livery or so on
foot This is evidently an administration
that proposes to ignore coats-oi arms and
the other insignia OF adorned snobbery.
BTOadbrim'S New York Letter.