St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-11
Department Corridors Resembling
With the Tramp Of Weary and
WornOut Applicants.
The First Cabinet Meeting Resolves to
Adhere Strictly to the Civil
Service Laws.
Postmaster General Villas DeIuged With Place
Hunters-Hard at Work at
His Official Desk.
Distinguished st. Paul Politicians at the Capt
tai Looking For the Fat Things and
Enjoying Themselves.
Rayard's BIue-Blood Observation-Disclosures
ment in the White House
General Gossip.
40 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE HUNGRY

Thousands of Office Seekers Growing Inn
patient and Angry at the Delay.
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Not single ap'
pointment was made to-day. This oversight
on the part of the president has further dis
heartened the faithful followers of Democ-
racy, who continue to swarm in the city. The
question uppermost now is what does the
administration propose to do, and when are
the ''ins'' to be turned out. Members of
congress who want to go home are held
by their hungry constituents to intercede for
them. These are doubly anxious to know
what the policy of the president is to be. The
movement is on foot for a meeting of all
cOngressmen-elect here to select q committee
to wait upon the president and get direct
expression from him whether or not there
is to be immediate changes. If one wishes
to get an idea Of civil service he can gauge
its utter condemnation among Democratic
hosts now here
SEEKING PARTY REWARD.
1t is made the excuse to keep them out of
place. Heads Of the departments put it in
breach to save them from undue pressure.
Among genuine Democrats it has no in
dorsemeDts. It's absurdity is the more
apparent because the very author of the law
is now using all the influence he can
command to secure for himself place. The
Republicans in Office are Of course its
special defenders. 1t enables them to laugh
and ieer at the Democrats now here. In
every department the law is regarded by
those in as all-sufiicient to
KEEP THEM N.
Among the heads of the bureaus and chief
clerks the remark is heard that they are likely
to remain because of their experience and
practical knowledge of the details of the
work New men, they say, could not salts
factorily fill the places they occupy. The
opinion among higher officials is that the
clerks viii be removed to make room for
Democrats, but that the men who have been
holding places of responsibility must remain,
in order to keep things running smoothly.
The clerks take a different view. They say
in substance that of course the big fellows
will bave to goand it is right that they should.
The administration will want
DEMOCRATS IN HIGH PLACES,
but we, the clerks, will not be disturbed.
A gentleman who went through several
departments said:
''Of all the men talked with I found only
one who expects to be bounced. He is jolly
fellow with lots of Democratic friends, and is
the very man who is most likely to be re-
tanned"
Meanwhile the pressure continues. The
corridors of the departments save the
state and navy resouud with the
tramp Of weary applicants. The delay
in distributions is exasperatlve, and
there is n loud lament that removals are
not made with more expedition.
The first meeting OF the cabinet was held
to-day, out It's asserted on the authority of
one Of its members that no policy as to pat
ronage was even discussed.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Is DISPOSED
to let each executive head man
age his own department, so as
to leave him untrammellcd to attend
TO the more important details OF the govern
meut. The cabinet was prompt in its at
tendance. Secretary Lamar was the first ar
rival. He was joined at the White house
steps by Attorney General Garland Next
came the postmaster general and then the
secretary of the navy and the secretary of
war. The meeting lasted over an hour
After its adjournment the president came
down stairs and received all the visitors who
were then at the White house. He shakes
everybody present by the hand at such recep-
tions aud seems to have profted by his pre-
decessors' experience, for he does all the
squeezing himself aud sees to it that be gets
the grip first A lame hand is the result of
allowing visitors to do the shaking.