Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Three Thousand Postmasters Commits.
sioned-A Sample Of Internal
Democratic Warfare.
Ten Thousand Republicans Behsaded BY
Grover-The Internal Revenue
Bureau Revolutionizsd.
Judge OheuOweth snugly BusOOnoed IN
the First Auditors Chair
Texas Matters.
GREAT REFORMS MOVE SLOWLY.
Special

Rascals QUIZ was the most popular
and attractive legend the Democratic
banner bore in the past campaign.
There are Democrats in different sec.
tions Of the country who do not be.
lieve the glittering guillotine gets in
it's work fast enough. They forget,
however, that our government has
grown into q gigantic and intricate
system and that the president must 20
SOW or get himself INTO inextricable
arrangements. Had hecut every Re.
publican oflice-holder's hea off in the
month of March, as many Democrats
demanded, the administration would
have found itself very soon like Mil.
toms bugels,
In wondering mazes lost.
Btsides, the civil.service blll,institut-
ed by distinguished Democrat,
George H. PeDdleton, and put
through by Democratic vote,
blocks the road to thousands of remov.
ale. Another cause of delay is the in
terminable internal strife that springs
up among the Democrats for place
for the women, and Repup lican Of
ficial's head rolls into the basket
There are usually from ten to hun
dred applicants for every posi-.
ton, all more or less we'll in
dorsed, and it is no easy
matter for the president to make "A
proper selection with the prominent
men and the delegation of state
hopelessly divided. Moreover, the
president has been grossly deceived as
TO the fitness and claims of applicants
in several instances, so much so that
he had to revoke the appointments,
and as natural consequence be has
grown cautious and feels his way care.
fully.
INTERNAL DIssENSIONS.
Mr.. Cleveland WAS not well ac.
quainted with the public men Of the
country when he went into Office, and
he expressed the hope that the sena.
tors and representatives would be his
guide. board, but he found them
divided among themselves and some
states split up in every direction.
THERE'S scarcely state in the Union
in which there are not Democratic
feuds. California has kept two oppos-
ing delegations at the capital ever
since the Inauguration, and their
fight Is fierce and irreconcilsble.
The Field faction Is warning upon the
Irregular Democracy wing, as they
style themselves, and but few commits,
sions have yet been sent
TOTHE GOLDEN SLOPE.
| The Democratic state convention, IT
will be remembered. repudiated the
residential aspirations of Justice
Stephen j. Field OF the supreme court
and he swore vengeance, IL Is said.
He has his henchmen here and
they howl the Infant one OF their
| opponents Is named for n
place. Gen. Rosecrsns, who succeeded
the mulAtto, Bruce, register Of the
treasury, had not excited the wrath OF
either wing particularly, and was al
lowed topull his plum early. This is
only sample Of the sort of warfare
| that is being waged among Democrats
In many parts Of the country.
The president must bear the brunt OF
all this turmoil, and it is hard enough
for him TO keep out Of the hot
water. Delay is the minor sequence
of all these troubles. When man
ia appointed he is very often set upon
and torn to pieces by men Of his own
party, like wounded wolf by his
pack. 1t is enough sometimes to till
the president and his cabinet with
disgust and dismsy.
THE WORK OF DECAPITATIoN
But the work of removal is going on
much more rapidly than most persons
realize or appreciate. The president
has displaced not less than ten
thousand Republicans and put
Democrats in their place since March
A. And the beauty Of all this is that
II has been done without a Jolt or jaI
i'm the harmony Of public affairs, and
the Republicans are left withCu peg
upon which they can hang a hope
Even Col. Bob Ingersoll, famous for
finding the mistakes Of Moses,
cannot charge one to Grover.
INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU.
The commissioner Of internal rev
anne. Hon. Joseph A. Miller, seems IA
be getting in his work more expedi
Liously and satisf4ctO' lily than any OF
the chiefs. He Is man after the
Democratic heart. Tnere are eighty
four collectors of internal revenue
for the country at large and
he has had full fifty Demo
Gratis commissioned leaving only
thirty four places 10 I'll These col
lentorships will average sixty suoor'
dinate appointments each, making
Democratic brigade three thousand
strong. Mr.. Millr has been singu
larry fortunate in selecting good
strong men for these important aud
responsible positions. He has mo-
made q misdeal 30 far
REVENUE AGENTS
He has the appointment Of twenty
revenue agents. He has named bu
four or FIVE sn far. from the fact tina
these men must transfer the interna
revenue affairs from the Repub icat
collectors 10 their successors, else con
fusion worse than COMPOUNDED woulC
enarp. An outgoing collector could
entail 9dless troubles upon the Dem
o,,rat going in and involve him FOL
bund reds OF thousands The revenue
SCENTS are paid IS per day and ex
nenses, and the position Is very pop
nIar one with applicants There are nul
twenty To he appointed for All tbs
st.s and there are 200 sppieAnls
lisa very responsible and difiieul,
Mace 10 All, and none but the mos
/ TefANIEfl