The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-07
THEPAPMILL,
A A eriss Of spssuia.lets and Applications

A Grist OF speeuiatiets and Application
Thrown Into the Hopper.
Ex.c Congressman Cassidy, Of Nevada, i
being pushed by Pacific Coast inauenc,
:for:the position of Director Of the Mint
Gen. Joe Johnston, of Virginia, is sale
tohaye the promise Of the appointment O
Commissioner Of Railroads under Score
tary Lamar.
Hubert o. Thompson, Of New York, ha.
the call on the office Of Collector Of Gus
toms at the port Of New York. This the
latest plum under the Government. .5
Ex.Congressman Julian, OF Indiana,
wants to be Commissioner of Public
Lands. f5
It Is thought that President Cleveland
will recognize the services ofSEx-Senatol
Thurman, OF Ohio, and vii, when the
changes are made IN the diplomatic ser.
vice, nominate him for one Of the first.
class foreign Missions, probably France,
Mr.. Thurman is said to be an excellent
French scholar. .4 ~, ~.
The Mission TO England will in all
probability be given To- ex.Mayor Cooper,
of,New York. !.
General Williams, Of Kentucky, Is an
applicant for the Mexican Mission, and
ex. Congressman Jones, of the same State,
for the Mission to Spain. ~,
II Is said Mr.. Manning willmaket Charles
S. Fairchild, Of New York city, First As
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury. He was
Attorney General in ls75-'77, Is q gradu-
ate Harvard, and IN able lawyer.
Mr., Whitney, IL Is said, will have Fran
els Lynde iStetson for First Assistant Sec
retary Of the Navy. Mr.. stetson was hts
assistant in the Corporation Counsel's Of
fee. rs 4. l4l1 x :
General McClelland is talked Of for the
italian Mission, and ex-Mayor Edward
Cooper for England.
Governor Hoadly, of Ohio, Is under
stood 10 be a candidate for the German
mission. He is good German scholar and
anxious to 60 10 Europe, where he can air
bis learning in the modern languages.
Ex.Representative George L. Converse is
booming him. Converse wants for him.
self the commission nership OF the General
Land Office, the place now 50 acceptably
filed by Hon. Noah MacFarland.
Judge Reagan's Views. (,
wAsulSaroS, d. TO-, March %. Judge
Reagan said that President Cleveland had
evidently made up'his Cabinet with more
reference to his own personal predilec-
tons than TO the wishes Of the leaders
and party that had elected him. -Four
Of the gentlemen are unknown" said
Judge Reagan; ..tas to Mr.. Endicott ]
"a tor ,,( ~ h,tn ,n+;I a fa,,, s1a,u at,n
Nordid / hear Of Mr.. Manning until the
last campaign, norof Mr.. Whitney, though
! had heard OF the Standard Oil Com-
pany. OF Mr.. Villas I never heard until
the Chicago Convention met. For this
section OF his Cabinet the President seems
to have ransacked the country. for
strangers, who are practically unknown
to thepaity,p AfteTthis severe criticism,
the Texas Statesman turned TO the. silver
question saying, with o laugh, that he did
not think the President would have any:
thing more to say on that subject. Presi-
dent Cleveland admitted; p said he, that
he had never given an hours thought to
the silver question. The letter signed by
him was written by some one for him. Il
contains 50 many egregio 'blpnders that
tho President will not be apt to- express
himself again until he has given at least
more than an hour'sstudy to that impor-
tant subjeet.nn Judge Reagan further em-
phasized his unfayorable opinion Of the
new President by saying that he had not
read his inaugural message carefully. AZ
casual glance, however, had impressed,
him with the idea that It was O very good
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