Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-08
CLEVELAND'S GIFTS.
A. splrants who viii Have the Backing
of the Georgia Delegation.

of the Georgia Delegation.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-Ex-Represeu-
tative Hardeman would like TO be Com
m ssioner of Agriculture. lie has the IN
d1rsement Of the Georgia delegation. II
he does not get this be wants 10 be Post
master at Macon. \ number Of the mem-
bers o. the Georgia delegation will press
thes claim Of Hugh Waddell for the posi-
ton Of sixth Auditor of the Treasury. He
is al present employed in the Sixth Audi
tors office. In urging his appointment
upon the President the Georgia delegation
VIII speak Of bis fitness and say thai Sixth
Auditor CrOwell is Incompetent. john
W. Nelms and T. {. Crenshaw have
ambition to be Marshal of the Northern
District of Georgia.
Frederick Harper, of Southwest GeOr-
gia, a well-knOwu crlOrCd Democrat, is
supported tor Minister TO Liberia.
The south Carolina members want the
following appointed: United States Mar
shal + NJ. BOykin, United States District
Attorney LcrOY +. GeOmans, Collector OF
Internal Revenue ID. f. Bradley, Coll, ctor
Of the Port of Charleston l.. D. Mowry,
Postmaster at Charleston Benjamin
Huger, Postmaster at Columbia Maj.
W. IL. Gibbs.
AN AVALANCHE OF APPLICATIONS.
Applications for appointments are
pouring in upon the President. Senators
and RepresentatiVes-elect and eX-Repre-
sentatiNes are being besieged by aPpll-
Cants for their signatures and interces.
sions in their behalf. The new Cabinet
officers have been occupied IN arranging
their immediate staff, and they will be
decided upon and announced in a day or
rN.HN =
sentatives have been notified that it viii
be some time before any Of the general
changes that are to be made will be con-
sidered. This notice is given them that
they may tell their friends who are seek
ing appointments that there Is no
need of their remaining here
now. After the immediate staffs
of the various Cabinet officers have been
selected there will be time taken tor
matters to adjust themselves. The first
considered wnen the time comes will be
the executive appointments, such as
POStmasters and Customs Collectors, and
these, Congressman say, will probably
not be changed until Jhe terms of the
present occupants expire. AS TINS oc-
ours the applications of those seeking the
places Will 6e cOnsidered ard the best
men available put in the places, and it
does not necessarily follow that changes
will be made in all cases.
THE CLERKsHIPs.
As to TIE clerical force Of the depart
ments in Washington 1t is not thought
that any changes will be made, except
in cases where the present employees are
inefficient and use their positions for
political purposes, and IL all cases time
viii he taken 10 study the situation and
see lust what is necessary TO perfect the
machinery of the government. No ap-
Mi flgFYn ftfr- a
President Cleveland. When they are re-
ceived they are at once referred to the
heads of the departments to which they
belong and tue applicant informed OF
such action according to regular form
prepared. As yet there is no record kept
at the White House of the applications
for office. There are siXty-eight Demo-
cratic members OF the Forty y-eIgbth Con-
gress who were not returned To tue Forty
ninth. Some of these refused the nOmina-
tiOn on account of private business, but
many of them will be candidates for posi-
tiOns under the new administration. Some
are after foreign missions aud others Will
be satisfied with assistant secretaryships,
cOmmissiOnerships or leading bureau
OH -es.
CLEVELAND EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY.
The Alabama Congressional delegation
me- recently to consider the question OF
patronage. It was proposed To vote upon
every applicant for every office, the ap-
pllcant having the highest number of
votes to have the support of the delega-
tion. This plan was agreed to by all the
delegation, except representative Her
bert. The latter said that II seemed TO
indicate a belief on the part OF
the delegation to the effect that they
had a proprietary interest in the
civil service. To-day all the members of
the delegation except MIR. Herbert, headed
by Senators Morgan and Pugh. went up
TO the White House and laid their now
plan for the distribution OF patronage be-
fore the President. The latter listened,
smiled. and said: "Gentlemen, you seem
TO have forgotten the civil service laws.
l am having copies Of these laws printed
for distributions; L will take pleasure in
sending you each copy.
A PLACE FOR oBERLY.
John Fl. Oberly, Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee of Illinois, viii
probably be one OF the assistant Secre-
taries of the Interior. He has been told
that he can have what be wants. he
wants thit place.