Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-26
|, NAH Stamp-LlCker viii Not Give
Up His Gffics
=. sscoaNlzE HIS SUCCESSORS
-..s,;o7 and Gives the Department
Considerable Troubls---At the
White House.
.rs IN GENERAL FROM The CAPITAL

o.,,r,ueut is having an interesting nme
-,v v,,h q postmaster in Utah. He
=. ~ 4 Mormon; at least he seems to be
.....,sJ Of al the persistency which char
.,..:-.s The members Of that organization
-r.sh He is lighting to retain his post
e. Two years ego the department com
-,,:o.ed his successor, as it supposed.
p-,hs IS only a successor in name, the old
.,.,,,sstey did not want to give up. The
g iid rot DO much of a business or pay
-,,s Of . salary, but it brought some peO-
sp Bis place OF business where the office
-, sspt and he wanted to keep it. So did
.-s O.; his friends want him to. They
,.,-sS that his location Of the Office was
,.,,s- than that of The man appointed and
,,,,r,,Yrayed him 10 hold on TO 1t. And he
:; lid on. When the commission Of the
NV appointed officer came the old post
-,,,sr refused 10 recognize it as authoriz-
:, him 10 turn the office over to him. The
NV sruoin:ed officer did not know what
., do and there was delay. The delay has
s,.,t two years. There have been several
,,3 sudrv efforts TO get the old oihcer out
~ the lew one in, but they have
.,,,sr f.pi;less. 1t is an Office of
!rr- ccustoutacs and the department has
S7,pT,,le attention TO the matter, thinking
+. gOald come round by and by. But it still
mars as /; was when the commission
.s.,heG the yo7ng and hopeful postmaster
70 yeals ago. Now the department is get
In, "a ,a!hes: about he matter and pro-
-osss 70 Institute heroic measures to bring
be matter 10 a termination. A mandsmus
iii o, sued in a few days 10 compel the
,lsct-r 10 give possession. Then he will
.,g5aa!y have 10 20. 1t is not improbable,
,ossyer. that about the time the old post
-aysy GETS out so that the one appointed
se ,cy iu. Inc Postmaster. General may
szs notion to appoint Democratic sue
-@og 10 him and so finally knock out
:s rooi fellow who has been waiting COM
-.ss;oE in hand for these two years.
The department officials say that il is no.
= 2ulccmm mon thing for postmasters to re-
.se 70 recognize the commission Of their
-cCcssors as authority for them to give up
,eir otices, and it quite frequently hap
ems tha, it becomes necessary for the de-
srtmeut 10 issues O mandamus to get the old
tCey out OF the way Of the new one.
hese fights only occur over the
nall offices. some Of which do not pay
lrirsd dollars year. 1t is not often,
2vever that re6elious postmaster is able
hold out so long as this one has. They
.Herally run short Of supplies in the first
rec months, and as the department refuses
honor their order for more than they have
suCcnmb. Now this particular individu-
hes managed 70 run along without draw
? supplies tor so long time is not known.
sSbsps he has bought them at second
,ud from some other postmaster rather
an lose his Office IS he would do if be
Or,d depend on getting his supplies from
a3quarters.
Hard Work at the White House.
How many hours are you putting in for
Ut country now your correspondent
kei Of one Of the clerks at the White
9lse yesterday.
4 coed many" he answered with 8 smile
,e get there st o clock in the morning
1 close up 9: about midnight. Not the
;!:e force puts in so much time, but there
E almost always some of the force on duty
a,e as midnight"
And does the President work so late"
l es, it is not at all unusual for HIN to
a. his desk as late as midnight. Indeed
IS rather the rule than the exception.
and does ne get al his work pretty early
he mCrliDgr
IS. be IS called before o clock and is
lis desk by 9. sometimes earlier. He
S through his most important mail before
stream OF callers begins. 1t does not |
! until pretty late in the afternoon. He |
: little time for ride after four clock, |
as,er dinner gets to work again. and is |
1Sdesk in the library until midnight"
Tie Presiden: follows the custom which |
e:ident Arthur inaugursted Of doing his
z. il and receiving his caller in the
az. c large circular room Just above the
famous Blue Parlor, and its counterpart
sie and shape. Under the administrs
z OF President Arthur the library was
&c q very comfortable Office room, the
lis covered with portraits OF former occu-
ITS Of the White House. Between the
lows is placed the desk. Portraits Of
Presidents James Monroe and
0nas jefferson flank the heavily encum.
tl receptacle oSState documents. The
L 8: which the President sits was pre-
1ea 10 the United States 6y Queen Vic
"a during the Hayes administration, aud
formerly part of the Arctic relief ves-
hts5lution which went in search of Sir
In Franklin After numerous eneouut-
vaE the ice in the Polar regions the
.ou;,On became disabled and was found
Tx helplessly by a United States man
"a, Ii was towed into . hsrbor, rehtted
returned 10 England by this govern.
%, ard when iually broken up, some of
S-s E5Ce utilized for the desk at which
t.y,.teRt ,ransacts his business. A
,a,e waste basket made of oak TO match
.ssa is placed at the right hand of the
'sesLj and a revolving, high cane back
the outfit. Papers arep piled
sstnirgly, q confused mass all over the
e: tie desk and hide the leather cover,
Ieg are kept in place by cunniugly
2:2a, paper weights of every conceivable
.He and pattern. In writing the
&.en, uses q steel pen and red wood
,2-o.ter. Usually when a visitor enters
l5'ary the President rises and greets him
u 'te cell IS merely one Of respect he
Is a9t resume his chair until after ne has
d good day." In order that bis time
.I ro; be imposed upon the President has
-:ge uarteI clock Of black marble and
..ls immediately upon his right, and the
-arsr's Of the mantel are two graceful
.,zs Gsurss aud generally couple OF pot
( pa1,s from the conservatory. From
s s.Ltow the President can, by turning
g l-a.r, have an uuobstructed view OF the
'giLis and Maryland hills, the Potomac
's; Washington monument Arlington,
% Tie eyquisitely laid out grounds at the
.@hCit tie White House.