Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-01
WASHINGTON TALK.
Tbs Kicks Against the Admins
trati0n,
AND why 1T IS THEY ARE KICKING
A Curious Civil Service Case
A Busy Month
Promised.
A POOR SHOW FOR THE LADY CLERKS
.ypecinI 10 The Re0isfes.


WASHINGTON, April 3O.-The constant
growls about the methods Of the Admins
tration seem to come very largely from men
who are disappointed. 1t is noted that
most of the men with complaints are men
who have not been recognized, The inter
view of Mr.. Henry McHenry, Of Kentucky,
who was quoted the other day as saying
that he found the New York Democrats
very much displeased with Mr.. Clevelands
method, was recognized by those conversant
with the situation, as meaning really that
Mr.. McHenry was complaining, rather than
that the New York Democrats were doing
so throsgh him. The fact is, said gen.
tleman who knew him very well at home,
that McHenry belongs to the Beck-Wst-
terson party in Kentucky, which is getting
nothing in the distribution of offices, and
his growl was only reflection of their SEN
timents. Itis the Kentucky tariff reformers
who are the kickers, not the New York
Democrats"
Civil Service at Discount.
A curious case has come to the surface
here just now in which it appears that a
civil service appointee is not as we'll regard
ed as those not belonging to that class. a
very prominent and valuable official IN the
New York custom house recently made ap-
phcation to the Treasury department to be
transferred to Washington. The department
officials found on examination of the officers
record that he was the sort of man they
needed here, and there was disposition to
make The transfer. Finally as the order
was about to be given it was suggested that
as he was one of the civil service graduates
it might be well to refer the matter to the
civil service commission. So this was done
as a matter Of form, and to the surprise OF
all concerned a response came back that
the transfer Of civil service emp!oye could
not be made, but that such appointees must
take their regular course of advancement.
1t was argued, in vain, tina: it is common
thing to transfer employees here from one
division to another, but the argument was
regarded of no weight when applied to this
class of clerks. And there is now suspi-
cion that the civil service employees are not
as well off as the other fellows.
ABusy Month Promised.
The month of May promises to be very
busy one here The Postolfice Department
has very large number Of Presidential
Offices expiring in May, and the Treasury
Department is understood to be preparing
to fire" large number Of internal reve-
nue. people in very short time. Under
law passed by the last Congress the Treas
ury Department may rearrauge and reduce
the number of internal revenue districts
throughout the country. This, it is under
stood the Treasury Department intends to
do, and not only to do this, but to remove
large number OF collectors who have held
office for long time. There are some in
ternal revenue collectors now at work who
have been in office since Lincolu's time
having been appointed BY him. There is a
disposition on the part of the appointing
powers TO remove most of those who have
been in as long as four years. And this
will probably be done in q good many
cases. The appointments will probably be
made to take effect at the close of the fiscal
year. The cause of the large number of
postmasters going out at this particular
lime is that the Senate four years ago was
engaged upon other matters, and did not
confirm the appointees of the month of
April antil some time after their names were
sent in, and the result was that their COM
missions we're not issaed until May, and that
their terms expire now in the same month.
Women Clerks Must Go.
1t is pretty evident that the lady clerks
are not to be in favor with the new admin
isira'ion Probably they will not be dis
missed at once, but there will be a good
many less Of them two years from now
than there are nov. The fact is, that
very large proportion of the women clerks
sho have been appointed IN the past Is
years have been given places to please
somebody who had some rigbt-as the
hahils Of right go-to make demands Not
that they were not good women, for the
stories of so many bad women in the de-
partments are much exaggerated, but they
got their places through influence of some.
body. Well, the influence that put them
in position could keep them there as long as
their was an administration of the same
political complexion as those who secured
the positions. But now it is different The
men who secured the places for them are
now powerless to keep them there They
must now paddle their own boats. Aud
ever honest official, almost every one at
least, will tell yoa that he would rather
have men than women clerks. The result
is easy to foretell The women will go, and
under the Civil Service rules, which permit
no favoritism, there will but few others get