Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-06-27
THE PRESIDENTS WAY.
SIOwness ia Making Appointments Du'
40 the Care With Which Zach Case 1,
Examined.


20 the Care With which Zach Case is
Examined.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-It is natural
that people in general, interested persons
in particular, should want to know what
is the reason of the greater elaboration
and sloBness 9Th which appointments
by the present administration are made
over previous ones 1t comes mainly
from the examination Of nearly every
case OF importance by the President him
self THAT bundle of papers" said a
department official, referring to a mass of
papers that would tax a mans strength
to carry to the White House, lis for the
President" They related to a number
of comparatively important offices.
and to examining papers of this de-
scription Mr. Cleveland devotes a
great deal of time. If it was meant, as
it vas the understanding a. first, that
heads of departments would do this
work and the President would rstify their
decisions, holding Cabinet officials re-
sponsible, such is not the practice. Of
course, some appointments are made on
the recommendation of heaas =. ~ depart
ments, the president knowing little or
nothing about them, but seldom or never
is one of much importance. When the
President has taken up the case, DELHI
Grated in his own mind, applied certain
tests which he has for sitting the recon-
mendations, he generally consults with
the Cabinet official interested. Not in
frequently is an appointment submitted
to the whole Cabinet.
The President has a way of his own of
determining the value of recommends
tons and of reaching conclusions. He
attaches significance to the form of the
papers, the way they are signed, ad-
dressed, folded, their "ship-shape" or
the want of it. He knows a machine rec
ommendation the moment he sees it.
Long practice has made him an expert,
and he is able at detecting recommends
lions that are signed to get rid of the APP
plicant, and those also that mean all they
appear to. The signer of a recommenda-
tion who writes the President a letter
that he don msan 1t, that he must not
regard it, for the applicant is not TT, and
that he has recommended him because he
was under obligations to him, makes a
mistake. There is less of this sort of
lodging than at first, for the President
had a way of telling those who tried it
that they could not play at it with any
degree of success with him. He took the
lilsAu al LIS hDA0 uGlu lAlul TeSDOuSl-
bic. A few Of such cases spoiled this
practice.
Before the President makes up his
mind he wants, if he can, to gee the APP
plicant in person. Cases that stood well
for an applicant have been spoiled By the
sight Of him. The President attaches
value to such tests. He puts high esti-
mate on his capacity to judge men from
few minutes conversation, while he
looks the man over when the latter is
not suspecting that he is undergoing the
crucial test An applicant for an Office
came to Washington and his Congress
man, who apparently took a deep inter-
est in his welfare, insisted on introducing
him 10 the President. The applicant re-
sisted, but alter much urging consented
finally to undergo the operation,
There" said he to his Congressman on
leaving, my case is dished. lie wont
appo;st me-" And he didn't. The man
knew his Wea,. points. The fact was
that the Congressman cid, too, and he
took that method to shift the response
bility.
With previous administrations the
President has made whole patches Of APP
pointments on the accommodation of
cabinet officers. No previous President