The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-08
A RUSH OF OFFICE SEEKERS.
crowns or PLACE HUNTERS PREPARE
YO MARCH ON TIE WHITE HOUSE.
Cleveland viii Refer Them to tho Depart.
m-nts-Ofices Asked for ny the Leading
roiit icinns Swearing In tho Cabinet.


Cleveland will Refer Th-m to tho D~pnrt-
n,-nts-Onices Asked for ny the Leading
ro,it Swearing In tho Cabinet.
WASHINGTON. March L. Glorious sunshine
has given way to drizzing rain. Tho tri-col-
orcd hunting has been hacked away for 1883.
and Pennsylvania avenue has resumed It's
every day dingln"ss. Tho great multitude
has melted away. tho music Is sti!!ed. and tho
calcium lights are out. The politicians. no
longer lost in the ovsrshadowing most. begin to
show their outlines and proportions.
Delegations Of them are seen everywhere
buzzing in groups at Wizards and the Arling-
ton. hurrying about In carriages or climbing
stairs for secret conferences. 1t would not DO
fair to say that 1t Is the greatest and maddcst
rush for Office ever seen here. Veterans In tho
business say that it was worse Mt Lincoln's first
Inauguration. and that both the Grant and
Garfield beginnings equalled 1t. while tho in
coming OF Andrew johnson was marked by an
onslaught OF office seekers that completely
throws tho present situation into the shade.
Some OF tho old heads say that the trouble
has not really begun yet. and that the shrewd-
est politicians have been waiting for tho de-
parturs OF tho Inauguration crowd before
coming. Next week. ii is predicted. there will
be new lot OF visitors here. who will not sim
ply tsrry for y day. but will sit down and wait
all summer II necessary.
The situation is peculiarly interesting. The
holders OF Cabinet portfolios are likely to DO
subjected to even harder pressure than the
President Mr.. Clevsland's civil service letter
was successful In one respect at least 1t dis
pared to yisi him. AT the late Conference in
OF whole delegation Of Hoosisrs by tntimating
plainly that good Republicans might not all
that applications for Office must be ,nads to the
heads OF departments. He adheres to that de-
President Cleveland. When they are received
they are at once referred to the heads OF de-
cant is informed OF such action according to
regular form nrepared. As yet there Is no
cations for oiiics This fact viii interest those
Congressman, who began to call unon Mr..
in 4eseSs% 70
GUS understanding as TO how they would divide
the patronage among themselves, n,.
dropped to-day has reached the outside world.
| and has added volume 10 the general under
tone of dissent that is heard wherever Demo.
been made to an Alabama delegation that
to oT .Se odes s hst they
that there is u Tenure OF ONCE act. said the
Ii is such Incidents as this that have kept
Cabinet to be sworn in. That iormaty was OBJ,
served to-day. much to the relief OF the seekers
Tine ne rsa s,nhs will
| in enlarging petitions and In bringing up tho
political reserves. ,,
Tho most determined push has been made
for cx-Congressman Phil Thompson for Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue. Senators Bee
and Blackburn, Speaker Carlisle, and Col ".
c. p breckenridge and other strong support
| ers have been to the President and to Secretary
| Manning, and they think they have succeeded.
| John II (Dharly n Illinois has the inside truck
for Assistant Secretary OF the Interior and is
almost a sure winner. Ex-senator Johnson and
were were announce announced to-day to b. candidates. for
tho Solicitor; FIX Rerresentati,S ,
missioner OF tho BSresu Of Labor Statistics.
| He is backed by the entire House delegation.
by senator McPherson. and by four-hitns OF
the State Legislature, His friends say he is
se. spa an Of
| NAV audit the Navy Departments accounts.
For Commissioner Of AgriGn,ture; ,kepre-
merry Chairman. of the House {, Commit 9a it,
ss "Shs s"s IS hosS
backed for c9m asns io5
been named but It L asserted ,b that the
Senator Slater. ex REPRESENTATIVE Shaw OF Iii.
nois and Represcn tative Henley of California
Register OF the Treasury outnumber the white
| ones. there being eight or nine OF the former
sri o ana mr. ye sn sf Sss col
are u B. Me ars the au
Treasury. x-Congressman Cassidy Of Nevada
frsn aIs in nu the late Congress for aroad Com
missioner. -kenre,ssenSa "a. Rogers Of New
| of Ruffnlp the publisher. also wants
to be Public Printer.
En- Delegate Ourny is understood to want the
Rinnis. who has represented Montana for sc
many years in Go, CongTess Is being urged dG1
among Democrats who have interested
rssSsn TsSf0r W ms saeps ' b.
i In The Territoriss. Ex -ssnator ROSS who has
Ieen a resident Of New Mexico for severs
the Territory and OF. tho West generally for the
office of Governor Of that Territory:
turned to the Forty, mini. some Of them re-
fused the nom'nPti9n on account .. o
Wi 81 sasnSs1 Ous for Positions u"de
new os Some are ',, ais
satisiied with ASST slant Secretaryships Com
Or eHHnr tupsnn "ses Elk
hsys s IN %n" The hons" p'i ss %,n1ss
| 10 NOTne. Vi VIE
consin is a candidate for tho Mexican mission
Ex- Representative Paige OF Cleveland. Ohio
wants to be Indian Commissioner, and ex
Representative J. ID. c. Atkins Of Tennessee
who used to be Chairman OF the House Appro
priation Committee. ID strongly backed for thu
same place.
McDonald's friends say they will not permi
him to accept u foreign mission. Ex-Repre
sentative Julian and Col, Banisler. bott
| OF Indiana, are after the Comnissionershi III
OF the Land ONCE. Ex- Eepresent ative Fl.dle
Of New jersey is candidate for the Post ONE.
be appointed beyond q doubt. Elk Congress
man 1ngersol OF Connecticut wants the Pos
ONCE at New Haven.
II Hubert o. Thompson IL not Collector o
tho Port Of New York. Col. Silas w. Burt vii
be. Bayiess Hanna Of Indiana wants to b.
Minister to Mexico or some other warm, ant
salubrious climate. Ex-Gov. Jarvis OF Nortl
Carolina wanted to DO in the Cabinet. but cal
be consood. it is said. with the Commissioner
land told a Tar Heel delegation recently tina
he never heard OF Jarvis does not discourage
| his friends.
/ A son Of Frank Blair wants TO he Distric
Attorney OF ST. LOUIS. There are about l.OO
50 ,.t