St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-15

postOffices for them. but thus far their petit
tions have been filed away with scarcely
any recognition from the department, and
the people are whistling for their offices.
They are like Rachel weeping for her chill
dren and mourning for them because they
are not. The fact is that there are so many
heads to chop off that the department can
not stop long enough to put new head on
any community in the way of a postmaster.
THE PIONEER PRESS
goes on wheels. 1t found its slender
legs to be too weak to upbear its mighty
brain. so it straddled them (the Iegs) over a
bicycle; and thus it meanders the streets.
By the way, it would be well to have the
fact known that the Pioneer Press not only
makes scoops on the water works in your
own city, but it manufactures ''scoops'
from this point. 1t has splenetic vein and
not infrequently makes use Of its columns
rather for the furtherance of personal feel
ing than the dissemination of news. 1t has
happy faculty of making enemies for it
self in the departments here. 1t forgets that
in seeking news it is solicitor of favors.
1t undertakes to dictate what news should
be given to it and what should be withheld
in public interests. Therefore the employees
of the departments do not rush their legs off
nor sweat their brains to accommodate the
gentlemanly newsgatherer. 1t will cost
SIS, 705 for the flooring for the west and CEN
ter wings of the new state, war and navy
department building. F. w. Norwood of
Chicago is the lucky bidder tits highly i'm
portant for the country at large and the world
in general to know that general army Or
der is to be issued soon changing the design
OF the buttons on the coats of the signal
corps officers and men. Under the forth
coming general order the buttons will have
crossed signal flags and torches for device,
and the stripe down the pantaloons will be
of an orange color. There will be no stripe
of any color down the back of the dignified
official who issues the general order. Our
brand new civil service commission has
wound itself up. Its first operation will be
in behalf of the navy department. Vacan-
cies have occurred from time to time in the
clerical force of that department since the
change of administration, but Secretary
Whitney has filled none of them. He has
been awaiting the action and recommended
tiOns of the special board appointed to con-
slider the subject of reorganization. There
are now six vacancies in the department
force, which will probably be filed very soon
by promotions, and the lower positions will
be filled by civil service appointment.
There are
TWO HUNDRED APPLICANTS
for the seven vacancies which now exist in
the corps of postotfice inspectors. Post
master General Villas intends to have as
many of these applicants as desire to come
to Washington examined within a few days.
The result will be that 1913 good men and true
patriots will go away disappointed, and
either blessing or damning the department,
according to the sweetness or acidity of
their stomachs. The majority of the patri-
Otic people of this district who are willing
to serve their country as district marshal
have come to the conclusion that Gen.
FarnswoIth of New York is the man who
will knock the persimmons and eat the
fruit of that Office. Consequently they are
giving up the ghost as well as the hope of
the office. Since Gen. Longstreet'S retire
ment as marshal for the Northern district of
Georgia, there has been contest over his
account, and there is balance claimed of
S21, ZOO due to himself and his deputies.
The accounts as rendered to the depart
ment of justice have been disputed by that
department, and consequently the Off
GERS of the treasury department have
been unable to pay the amount
claimed. 1t is alleged that there are off
sets due the government which more than
balance the account There is quite mud
die over, it all, and Gen. Longstreet will do
well if he gets out of it all without singeing
his official bead. 1t will be remembered
that the general was removed under Re-
publican administration. after bitter fight
on his part and that of his friends. He was
removed because the examiner for the de-
partment Of justice sustained certain
charges against him.