Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-28
The FresIdent's Appointments and Fx
peetel 8 Cafon of the senaIe.

Washington special to the New York
Herald: Speaking about confirmation,
a member of the Cabinet said short
time ago that the President anticipated
very interesting session OF the Senate
next winter, and had said that the
speeches In executive session would be
more interesting than the debates with
open doors.
In conversation with personal friend
of the President who was asked whether
he thought there would be much opposi-
ton te the changes made in the Internal
Revenue service, which would include
before November the entire lists of
eighty FIVE collectors, he said he under
stood that would give the administration
| more trouble than all the rest put together
The reason was this: The records OF the
| Internal Revenue Bureau have shown
| for years that there has been the great
est success among the old officers in
faithfully collecting the revenue. AL
| that the administration could allege was
either offensive partisanship or failure t.
| do duty. Reasons for suspensions, it was
expected, would be called for in every in
stance and Washington would probably
| be the Mecca of all the suspended Off
cials, who would come here to prod thei
Senators and make opposition to the con
firmation of their successor more Ger
tain"
"Yet all this does not appear to havt
deferred The President from making the
changesW
IN at all. He is the first President
II believe, since the tenure office act
that has suspended Territorial judges
President Grant did it while the Senate
was in session, but subsequently with
drew the three nominations sent il
place of the suspended judges"
"Do you think there will be as mucl
opposition to the other appointments a
to the revenue collectors?'
"Oh, no. The Senate treated Presi
dent Cleveland's nominations very fairl
during the month it was in extraordinar
session. Civil service has been fairl
, tested, and the Democratic members G
the Civil Service Commission will te
{ you that it is just as faithfully observe
now as it was in the mouths preceding
political change of administration. b
the way, that. reminds me that in tn
1 case of Aquilla Jones, postmaster {
Indianapolis, some OF the intormatio
| obtained by the investigation was N,
, put in the official report. Had
i not been for the law governir
= removals and appointments, he said /
l would have hardly survived IL
pressure for office. As it was, old Den
. ocratic friends who had known him f,
thirty or forty years, had actually CT
: him and refused to recognize him as {
acquaintance, merely because he cou
4 not do as they wanted him to. But,
! come back, do not myself believe, and
u think the President is firmly convinc.
, that not one of the nominations will
rejected, except because it ought to
= for public and not political reasons"
u Why do you say that the intern
'e revenue collectors will cause the me
: opposition?
}; Their appointment was not limited
u certain tenure as collectors of custom
u marsbals and district attorneys are.
Is has been the boast OF this branch of t
l. service that the revenue was faithful
4 collected, and irregularities in the q
n counts of the collectors have : e
ceedingly rare Why the administrati
should have found it necessary to ma
ie the most sweeping changes here and I
d elsewhere. is a matter which would nj
I, urally excite politicrl investigation.
Vi the diplomatic and consular service it
as TO be expected that the officials shol
u be in accord with the party in Office,
- Republican Senators are sensitive WI
~ chances involve question of integr
10 and honesty"
in "0ne other question-Can the Pre-
! dent give abundant reasons for the S
u. pension of all the Republican inter
10 10 revenue collectors
Gu "Yes; in his Judgment he can or
70. changes would never have been consen
.ol to. As have already intimated, ,whet
,is ;s the Senate will accept them as conclus
iuis remains to be seen"