St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-09
The Machinery Of all Departments
Running Without FrictiOn-Cabi-
net Ministers Sorely PerpleXed.
Northwestern Delinquents Who Owe the
Government and Should Put Up-Wiscon-G
sin Vain Over HonOrs to Villas.
Henry Ward Beecher Commends the Cabinet
and Declares 1t One of the Finest
Extra Session Work.
Garland's Vacant Chair-Inaugura-
ton Figures.
CLEvELAND'S FIRST SUNDAY.
He Spends Quiet Day-The War of the
Place Hunters.

he Spends a Quiet Day-Thc War of the
Place Hunters.
Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-President CleVe-
lands first Sunday in Washington gave him
chance to get a much-needed rest. de
arose rather later than is his usual wont.
He did not attend the church which is ga
zetted as the presidential sanctuary, and dis
appointed the crowd, who could get only
standing room. In the afternoon he took
drive with Col. Lamont. Otherwise he con-
fined himself to the White house.
There is some apprehension as to the
course to be pursued by the president touch
ing the Offices. The city now being crowded
with Office seekers it becomes more so, be-
cause if his policy is to avail that they are to
be filed only when the commissions Of the
present incumbents expire, Washington
will be
DESERTED AT ONCE.
The great bulk of the offices now held are
filed by sppoin tments of the president, when
the earliest expiration Of which will be in
September next. A large number of others
will not expire until nearly two years hence.
If then there is to be no change, except for
cause, until the existing commissions expire,
the office-seeber will have to bide his time in
patience. The cabinet ministers are much
perplexed touching the selection of their as
sistants The state department has three
assistant secretaries, the postoffice depart
ment three, the interior two and the treasury
two, and the department of justice has an as
sistant attorney general for each executive
department. Until the places are filed there
will be but
FEW SUBORDINATE CHANGES,
because the assistants to the several secreta-
ries farm out the patronage. For each of
these pleasant places the pressure is quite
formidable Ohio is TO the front with more
than one aspirant. 1t may be that in to-
morrows budget of nominations there
will be some of importance.
The president is quite anxious
that his administration should be fairly set
In motion. The first ground to be covered
Will be to organize all the departments here.
After shat the cabinet will agree upon some
line of policy to patronage
We're it not for the hungry applicants for
place, the transition OF power, save for the
inaugural ceremonies would hardly have
been ieIt. The machinery of all the depart
ments run Oh
WITHOUT FRICTION
or interruption, save for the trepidation Of
the ''ins' who contemplate the veracity and
tenacity of the "outs." 1t is noteworthy that
retired senators ard members of congress
are the most persistent place-hunters. In
this list there are not few who voted for
the civil service law. These have aspirations
to represent their country abroad as foreign
ambassadors, others want to be assistants 10
the cabinet ministers. In some Of the state
delegations AS represented in congress, eau
cuses have been held to parcel out the Offices.