Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-12

but IL had contrary eject upon thnSe
who had fought for the restora.
ton Of the royal house.
ne mas been charged by his political
enemiCs with selecting men Of the
rich aud "culchawed" coterle to the
exclusion of those more distinguished
in party service aud quite rs well tit
ted for the posts. IN avalanche Of
ApvERsENRfTGCISM
was heaped upon his head for n time,
but this may have been in measure
the work OF disappointed men and
their friends. Many admirable foreign
appointments have been made, while
fe " sorry ones have slipped In here
and there ; ime very rotton timber
WAS sent up from several states, and
In two or three Instances the president
had to revoke appointments that had
been made upon high indorse-
ments But Mr.. Bayard's
big mistake was In leaving
the senate. There he would have been,
from his long experience, the leader Of
his party ana the advocate OF the nd
mini ,tration. Whether confessedly
chief among his colleagues
or not, he would at least
have shone in that light before the
country, and his reputation would
have been increased an bundred-fold.
AS IL is, he IL buried In the state de.
partment, and when q blunder Is made
he Is charged with 1t, and when a
superb appointment Is made IL is
ATTRIBUTED 10 THE PRESIDENT.
There seems to be popular impres.
sion that the president has,
80 far, put In the best
men, aud this secretary is charged
with the Indifferent ones. But, rs
said before, this Is chiefly the spite.
work OF feIiows who failed TO get In.
Mr.. Biyard will yet bring down upon
himself many a mailed ictou, for there
are only few over two hundred con-
sulates TO I'LL and there are eight thou.
sand applications on file, consequent.
ly there will be considerably over sew
EN- thousand disapp )inted fellow.citl.
zens In that quarter alone.
There are some seventy ministers to
be sent abroad and about half the
number are en- route or domiciled. In
case of war Mr.. Bsyard would
STAND OUT BOLDLY
before the world, but even then he
would have to share the glory with
the president aud the secretary of war.
1t was a bad day for him W Ia an ne left
AAiV oChhlbs 10 hI apprehension
among Democrats that we are without
leaders In the senate--.sadly in want of
men to cope with the trained and
trenchant intellects OF Sherman and
ingalls, and the ponderous Llows Of
Logan. The departure OF Lamar, Bay
ara and Garland nom the floor OF the
senate left an aching void on "our
side"
But the exigencies of the times will
develop de endeIs OF the faith, IL il to
be hoped.
CHENowETH AND CtvGL SERVICE.
Judge Chenoweth, the first auditor,
does not believe much in civil service.
If an otiice-holder Is a Republican.
that Ia snough TOR him. He has
fired" eight OF the "rascals' out
since he came In, but he cannot have
his way about the appointments. The
: secretary Of the treasury reserves the
right To name M d. OF the appointees.
A few days since the ia ige re-.
moved n clerk for offensive parti.
sanship. He hoped to fiji his
place with a good young Demo.
crat, but the clvll-service com.
mission ran in a young man from Ohio
on him. The mornings mail brought
vigorous protest rom the young fell
lows locality, charging MIN with be-
| ing the most offensive partisan In that
neck OF the woods. He had insulted
public speakers, and denounced all
| Northern Democrats rs rebels. This
was enough for the Texan auditor.
TONtNG DONNA BUCKEYE.
He said To the chap "Iou have
passed your examination and | will
appoint you, but you will hardly cool
your heels before | will remove you.
| can't keep you from coming in, but
can and will make you walk the
plank p. d q You eau do this,
or will send your pa
pers back TO the commission
and your status will be the same AS
before, and you will be spared the hu-
initiation Of II removal. Take your
choice OF either horn of the dilemma.
want Democrats with me-"
The Buckeye young Rad. who had
slipped in 40 slyly said II was hard
1uE he guessed ne would go back
And of ne went.
Judge Chenoweth hopes to get ia q
Texan or two soon. The civil service
rules apply to about 10 900 offices,
mostly clerkships. The Democratic
member OF the commission said 10 the
VA iht INV ulu UOt
affect the constitutional power OF re-
movsl, but the places must be filled
through the medium OF the commits.
sion, after examination, etc. there
will be an effort made next winter to
repeal tie law, and but FOR. the Re.
publican majority in the sen ate 1t
would carry. ..f..sr
THE MUGWuMPS PLEASED.
81 FAR the Independent or mug.
wump element that supported MIR.
Cleveland against Blame shas been
very modest in It's demands. 1t asked
for the reappointment of Pearson post
master at New York and got IL, Pear
son had refus I'd 10 allow his CLERKS and
subordinates 10 take part In the cleo
ton, and IL b ,lieved 10 be clean
ofiijer besides. Had Blaine been
elected he would have been summarily
bounced, 1t is said. ss ..
Burch, the newly appointed
naval officer for thepor OF New York
fought The plumed knight haro, ant
his appointment especially pleased the
mug-wumps. Mr., Cleveland got be-
tween seventy'hye aud one hundred
thousand OF the so-called mug. wumI
kickery,1 and he Is going to be careful
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