New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-11
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vv,rp BY THE PRESIDENTS INAoTIoN.
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES IN DREAD os -
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.rr,,, March lO-Ihe new AdmnisT"
AZ. ,r;II have been in power one week to-inorro"'
Ia ,n,v two appointments have been fnaue' ino
oo,oa ssekers are furious. II things are 10 90 y" "
this vay either they will starvc OF 'hey WI ="
,oaled to work" their way home. rcw Vi
them came on prepared to stay IL out c'in N"
orobaSly had any notion regarding 'no 0o' -
having a successful siege to the oep"i""ea'
sWhat does all this coyness ana reiuetanoo o % o.,
mart of the President to surrender the oilce' io"
th,v ask themselves at is not possio'e ."''' 10
Iii allow these new tangled ideas about reiorh'eJ,
r,;;, ssrvice to get the better OF his Judgment.
S,me of the moro patient spoilsmen WHO nave sum
r,ouev enough in their pockets 70 reasoh' uoi.'o
.o coufnrt from tho thought that the President is
,-thbolding further nominations because 'ne
senate committees have not yet been app""''e"'
and the names sent in for confirmation cannot oo
-a,srred 10 the proper committees. Others Try 10
auiet their misgivIngs by persuading 'ne"''o
tat the President is not going to make appointments
- anv ;mnortance without first submitting tnem 10
h;s Cabinet and as there have been only TWO meeV
;,gs of that council so far, they latter theinso'0'
that all hope Is not yet gone
The scenes at the different departments to-uay
were much the same as those OF yes'er"ay' nv
patience and forbearance OF the department. on''''
were tried to the utmost Lucky IL was tna' iue'
day is a regular Cabinet day. The mee'ing aV 'ho
the advisers of Mr.. Cleveland welcome excuse 10
escape the opportunities of the ohce-seeRers who'
I'm their endeavor to get the of the men VINO
have il in their power dispense the official patron
are broke down all barriers of decency and invaaed
the pubc offices to the exclusion OF persons VINO
came there to transact legitimate business. Inc
granite stairs of the Interior Department were
darkened by the forms of fierce and deterihhed-
lonking patriots whose footsteps, later oh' re-
L.l1a af fha hnld
strnck terror into the hearts of The employees The
d,or leading to Secretary Lamars ofhce was De-
seged from an early hour in the morning until late
in the afternoon by groups of " statesmen WIN
heelers aud q strikers in their wake to press
the claims Of patriots who had deserved well oil
their party.
The Po t-Ofice Department was the centre of q
great crowd if possible. than the Department. OF
the Interior With the exception OF two hours'
during which he attended the meeting OF the CAB
met. Mr. Villas was kept busy all day receiving
visitors The number of men who want postoitces
is prodgious. 1t is no exaggeraton to say that Tor
every po>tofIice worth having there are already.
OH tho average more than five applicants Their
applications claims, recommendations. petitions
come in by the wagon load. One man has sent in
petition slgued by several thousand names. The
petition of another long enough to warrant its
being bound in book form. Still another had his
printed. For the present. these papers are pigeon
boled but if they continue to come in at the rate
that they do at present special rooms VIII nave TO
be set aside to receive them.
At the other deDaItIn there were fewer
visitors than at either the Post Office or Interior
Departments The applicants for Office. however,
male up in peIsstency what they lost III numbers.
II they gathered nothing as the result oi their
days work than fine crop OF promises on which TO
feed their hopes it was the fault of Secretary
Bayard who encountered the demand for foreign
missions and consuates with a sweet and winning
smile; the fault of Secretaries Endcctt and
Whitney who have not much TO give as yet beyond
few clerkships; aud of the Attorney -General,
who is still unable to determine which is the best
method of ridding the Southern States of the last
gnariians of fair election.
The appointmcnt of General Black to be Com
missioner of Pensions is made the subject oil good
deal of criticism in of the fact that it would
sec to be contrary to the spirit OF the Civil Service
act Mr.. Clarke, the present Commissioner whose
removal this appointment necesstates rose to his
present position from the bottom of the ladder He
is thor Dughy acquainted with the business OF the
bureau. and has served in it long and faith ly.
Why such man should be removed to make
for one totally uuacquanted with the business Of
the bureau it would he difficult to say. What
makes the matter worse is the fact that MIR. Lamar
has also called for the designations of Judge Walker
aud Mr.. Loverdge. the First and Second Deputy
COMMISSIONERS respectively, of the bureau. This
will leave the bureau practically without any body
acquainted with its working.
Ii is stated now that Mr. Clark. of Oxford. Mis-
sissIpp is to be secretary Lamars assistant the
Interior Department. IL lie is appointed the two
principal Offices OF this department Will go to one
l@is hars as sns to tTS III '0
General Mcclellan is mentioned tonight a
possible successor of Levi I. Morton Minister to
France Colonel H. Z. L. Lewis. Of IobOken. who
belongs TO Virginia family, lett poor by the war;
but who married the daughter Of Stevens, the
Hoboken millionnaire. expects v 70 be Minister to
metlber Of the XLVlllth Congress, but at tie
late election elected to stay at home, now
wants to serve his adopted country in some diplo-
Dr. George Miller. of The Omaha Herald, whose
bout with the Nebrasks free-traders last year at
tscted good deal oi attention, is said to have been
generous enough TO refuse the First Assistant
Postmaster-Generaship. The place, it is reported,
was offered TO him yesterday. III that he the
Mr. Money, of Mississippi, will have something to
say, because his frieIds maintain that he
Promised the place in consideration OF yielding 10
Mr.. Lamar. Postmaster General Villas is credited
with the intention to divide the three Assistant
PostmastesGeneralships IN geographical way
Under that syst IN il is Thought that Nicholas NJ.
Bell. of Missouri, will be the Western man ex-COn-
gresham Talbot. of Maryland, the Eastern and
native either OF Alabama or Georgia the Southern
Mr. Graves. the Assistant United States Treas
urer is thought To have good chance of being
tanned in the service IN his present position. He
has always been a Civil Service reiorner of the
purest stamp, aud his retention in Office, donbt,
would be hailed with deiignt by like George
William Curts and his trends.
Mr. Bssoll, the Presidents former law partner, is
still IN town. Tho reports that he expected to be
rendered one of the Assistant Secrctaryships tue
Treasury seem to be unfOunded What he really
wants is now said to be the Office of Collector of the
Port at Buffalo for his brother; possibly, also. To
push the claims of John f. Norris. one Of his friends.
~ Recorder of Deeds in the district This office is
very good berth lt paws @ incumbent $4,000
year, Tor which he IS expected to do little or moth
Ing former incumbent of this place, when asked
when he could be found at his Office replied that
DIS office hours were from l to half past / every