Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-04-02
THE NEW BROOM.
In Men Cleveland Nemi- nates.-Embarrassing
 ? Higgins.
From our Special Correspondent.l

l tut tHIODS pl OiuCC Seeh4uB pdlfAOOs
 who raided Washington about three
 weeks ago. Disappointed spoilsmen
 shake the dust of the city from their
 weary feet. and sadly turn their des
 jected noses toward their distant
 hoIaes. The discom1ture Of the place
 hunters gives some relief to the Cab>
 met officers who have been under
 hot seige since the fourth of March
 Even the Postm master-General has
 had percepiible respite from call-
 CTS during the past few days. The
 applications for postmasterships do
 not, however, fall off. They rather
 increase. In the office of the clerk
 to the first Assistant Postmaster Gen.
 eral, with an extra detail of assist
 ants, it is difficult 10 keep up with
 the work Of brieiing and filing ap-
 plications.
 President Cleveland evidently likes for office the quiet men who have kepi comparatively in the back ground. Those who have advertised their merits with delegations have been left out every time. The last list of nominations sent to the Senate created more surprise and more dis appointment than any appointments yet made. The names which had figured on the states were all absent from the list. This fact has opera ted very discouIagiDgly upon those
 who have been devoting every day and hour to their claims.
 Among the most important nOmina tions were Nil. Hay, of Pittsburg to be First Assistant Postmaster Gener> al. Mir Montgomery. of Michigan, to be Commissioner of Patents, and x-Representatiye Durham, of Ken> lucky, for First Comptroll CT of the Currency. The defeat of Phil Thompson for Commissioner of In> ternal Revenue, by Mir. Miller, Of w. Va, was surprise 10 many and
 a real shock 10 hls friends, ho had sirenuously urged him for the place. They say they will not suggest his name for any ether place now since his ability and claims are not appre~ ciated by the new powers.
 The ac'ing Commissioner of Pat ents, MT. Dyrenforlh, did not hesi> late to-express surprise at tAssaeH,i,sl naAcn of his successor, since he claimed that inc ommisslonership had been offered to himself by both the President and Secretary La> mar. Through the dilatorlness of he patent examiners the work o1
 he office is shamefully in arrears. and MT. Dyrenforth recently began reform by requiring night work in the offices that are behind with the business of the Department. This will now be kept up until the work is brought up 10 date, which, from the present energy displayed, vii be in about three months. This fact will be gratifying to inventors whose patience has been severely tried by the delays in the issuance oi their patents.
 Wednesday of last week was Presi- dent Cleveland's forty>eighth birth | day, and he varied his daily pros gramme by taking a two hours drive l with Col. Lamont, behind a pair of l ex-Presi dent Arthur's horses. The ] retiring President kept ten horses of 1 his own at the Executive stables, all | of which he left for the use ot Mr. | Cleveland until the latter should | make other provision. Mir. Arthur has called soclally on President ! Cleveland during the week and ats tended his official reception. Since his retirement from office he has | been the guest of ex-Secretary Frey linghuysen, and a recipient of con- stant attention from soclety people | without regard to party. President Cleveland will give an entertain ment in his honor next week. Sec- 1 retary Whitney has begun an inves- tIgaiIon of the accounts of the Navy | Department, and Secretary Endicott proposes to turn things over in the War Department He has requested the Adjutant General of the Army to furnish him with a complete list of all the off cers on duty ln Washing ton. He asks what duty each one is performing, if such duty is authors ized by law, and the exact time each has been on duty here.
 The Higgins appointment has proved 10 be very embarrassing to the administration. Besides ihe odoleus scandals that accompanied his appointment. one charge is that he stuffed the ballot box in the may- orally contest Of 1875; another is that he imported voters into Hamard county in 1879, and another is that he is actively engaged as lobbyIst at Annapolis. A certain iSouthern Sen ator says that Higgins owes it to h Is party to resign, but Baltimore an, who knows the Higginses, re marked that though they may die they never resign. The Baltimore Civil Service Reform Association is expected to come here to-day and petition Secretary Manning to re- move Higgins. If he does not con sent, they will probably appeal di- rectly to the President. o.
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