St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-09
THE SCRAMBLE FOB OFFICE.

The Capital City Swarming With Anxious
Patriots-Few Changes VIII Be Made.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March THE battle for
spoils is raging. The hotel Hobbies are the
temporary homes of new cabinet officers
The Office of the presidents private secretary,
the departments and every nook and corner
of Washington is alive with gossip and wire
pulling The mail of the president and cab
met officers increases with each day and the
applications for Office pile in mountain high.
The life of a person in authority under the
new regime is not happy one. The hun
CRY office-seekers find consolation and solace
In the belief that long list of
important nominations is to go to the senate
on Monday. The treasury department is the
center Of attack and Secretary Manning is
regarded as the member Of the cabinet who
is to shoulder the responsibility for
SATISFYING THE HUNGRY,
who must be fed. and finding a way to pro-
vide for the unfortunate without the sacrifice
Of the civil service reform principles. Among
the most active competitions are those for the
assistant secretaryships, the first comptroller
ship, the commissionerships of internal rev.
enue and customs, the chief of the customs
division and the solicitorship, the assistant
secretaries of all the various depart
ments and the assistant attorney
general are positions eagerly sought
and regarded as likely to change.
The solicitor general and the first omptroller
afford places worthy of the aspirations of
leading lawyers. President Cleveland does
not discuss prospective appointments with
one of his callers. Those who saw him in
cluded many who are represented as being
on the hunt for Office. There seems to be an
impression that
QUITE AN ONSLAUGHT
is to be made at once upon the federal off
ces after all The Democratic members
and senators are sending their families home
and are preparing to remain here from two
to six weeks. A member said to-day that
the bulk of members would remain during a
greater portion of this month, while more
than half of the ex-members will stay
until they get appointments of some kind.
The members and senators remain in the
city for the purpose of serving their constitu-
ents seeking Office. There are sixty-eight
Democratic members of the Forty-eighth
congress who were not returned TO the Forty
ninth. Some of these refused nomination
on account of private business, but many Of
them will be candidates for positions under
the new administration. Some are after for
eign missions and others will be satisfied
with assistant secretaryships, commissioner
ships or leading bureau Offices. No appica-
tions for Office are considered by President
Cleveland. When they are read they are at
once referred to the
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
to which they belong, and the applicant in
formed of such action according to regular
form prepared. AS yet there is no record
kept at the White house of applications for
office. The first considered when the time
comes will be executive appointments, such
as postmasters and customs collectors, and
these, congressman say, will probably not be
changed until the terms Of the present occu-
pants expire. As this occurs the applica-
tons of those seeking places will be consid-
cred and the best men available
put in the places, but 1t does not
necessarily follow that changes viii be made
in all cases. AS TO the clerical forces of the
departments in Washington it is not thought
that any changes will be made except in
cases where the present employees are in
efficient and use their positions for political
purposes and in all cases time will be taken
10 study the situation aud see what is nee
essary to perfect the machinery of the gov
eminent A strong pressure is being brought
upon the president for appointments in the
departments and among the nominations an
ticipated the first of next week are those of
assistant secrfta ries and auditors