San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-03-26
WASHINGTON LETTER,


The Office seekers made n rush up
ON the heads of all the department.
yesterday, All the new secretarie'
were in a state of siege, but nobod.
|got any satisfaction beyond a courte
GUS recognition. All the cabine
made substantially the same reply tt
every applicant; "We have just tax
en- our oath of Office; have held nc
cabinet meeting yet, and do not know
what the policy will be-" Secretary
Villas added that there was no doubt
that MIR. Cleveland would hold the
cabinet responsible for their every
act, but would have nothing to dc
with the Offices. ''Our policy is as
yet to be determined" he said, "but
L think it will be a vigorous one
This is the most satisfaction anybody
got.
The most humiliating feature OF
the present situation in Washington
is the pressure for Office, in person Oh
by proxy, of ex-members of Congress.
Having once tasted the blood of Off
cial position, few of them are able to
restrain their appetite, and the
scramble is at once disgraceful to
them and disgusting to disinterested
observers. Some of the more ambi-
tious ones who succeeded in having
themselves 'Ementioned" in connec-
ton with a cabinet position or lead
ing foreign mission, are now drop
ping to assistant secretaryships and
heads of bureaus in their demands,
and by and by they will be content
with q third rate consulship or q first
class clerllship in one of the depart
ments, if they are able to pass the
required examination.
A Missouri democrat who left for
home last night told the following:
II thought I would call up and see
Geo. Vest before leaving town. l
don't want any Office, but George is
an old friend, and I wanted to see
him. Early this morning 1 ordereda O.
carriage and drove to the number
given me as Vests residence. I went
early to get in ahead of the numer-
GUS patriots from my state who are
here offering to sacrifice themselves
to the country and the democracy.
1 thought L would drive to the house
and if Vest wasn't up, I'd just wait
for him, feeling sure that Office seek
ers wouldn't be on the trail SO early.
1 got to the house, and blanked if
Switzler wasn't ringing the door bell
and Charley Manson was sitting on
the steps. 1 drove away without see
ing George" The gentlemen named
are in the list of AIissouris aspiraDts
for Office.
The Hazen court martial promises
to attract as large gatherings as did
the Swain court, and yesterday the
long parlor at the Ebbitt House in
which the court holds its session was
well filled with ladies, who remained
throughout the days proceedings. |
Hancock, who came on to
the Inauguration, opened the sittings
Of the court, Many people obtained
the impression that Secretary Lin
coins action in ordering this court
1n the last day before the inaugura-
ion of the new President was a piece
II persecution, but such was not the
act. Secretary Lincoln had done
lis best to avoid tie necessity for
,rdering the court, AMI would have
but for the fact that he
cit that the maintenance Of military
discipline required it. Everybody
Eonders why General Ha1en does
lot drop the tedious and threadbare
.ubject Of the Groely relief expedi-
ions. These have bred nothing but
oaudal and troubls, aud everybody
s tired Of hearing about then The
,ecrstzTy kindly returIed General
Iazels last letter ubsn be first re
s--s.I :. Nth sf.e r1rgelsticln that i