St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-09
GOING OUT SLOWLY.
Five Thousand POstOfices Given to DEM
Ocrats and Forty-Two Thousand Still
Held by Republicans.
Few Changes in the Interior Department,
Although Great Pressure Has
Been Made.
The "Bouncing Process, Carried On
In the Treasury Department--Turn
Them All Out.
During the Absence of Cleveland and
Lamont the White Housein Re
publican Hands.
Tho Conservative Administration.

Tho Conservative Administration
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Of the Al, 900
pOStnasters in the United States there have
been about five thousand changes in round
numbers since the 4th of March. That is.
OF the ~, 900 Republicans supposed to be in
these offices only 5000 have been replaced
by Democrats. This, of course, includes
both presidential and fourth class postmas-
tiers. During the eighteen weeks in which
Mr.. Malcolm Hay held the office
of first assistant postmaster gen.
eral there were but $500 changes made.
Mr.. Stevenson, who succeeded Mr.. HAY. has
held Office for five weeks, and in that time
has made just about as many changes as
Mr.. Hay made during the eighteen weeks
that he was in. This shows that Mr..
Stevenson Is working just three times as
fast as Mr.. Hay did. An officer of the
poStoffice department observed to-day while
looking over the list of appointments, which
at first impress one as being great number,
that the difference between this admins
tratiOn and the last Republican administra-
ton IS that the latter expedited star routes
while the former is expediting pOStmaSterS.
When one comes to realize the work done in
APPOINTING PosTHAsTERs
1t does hot seem to be such great thing to
brag of after all. 1t does seem that i'm
twenty-three weeks there ought to have
been more than 5000 changes in AZ, 600
Offices. 1t is very desirable to see more ex-
petition OF Democratic character. The
pOstmaSters ought to be expedited. The
interior department, comparatively speak
ing, is even doing worse than any other of
the executive departments, although Secre-
tary Lamar was thought to be one of the
members of the cabinet who would
be as anxious as any of the others to give
places to Democrats. OF the $50 presiden-
tial appointments in the interior depart
ment only Seventy-fiye have thus far been
given 10 Democrats. There are also 700
places which do not come under the opera
ton OF the civil service law, none of which
are included in the $50 presidential appoint
mentS. OF these 200 places only about $50
have been changed since the 4th of March.
or in other words, only $50 Democrats have
been given places where il is possible to ap-
point 200. OF the sixty special agents of
the general land office only twenty-five
have been changed since the new admins
tration came in, notwithstanding there has
been great pressure on Secretary Lamar
by both aSpirants and senators and men,
berS to give places to
DESERVING DEMOCRATS.
The interior department includes the men,
sion bureau and the patent office. The
heads OF these two bureaus have been par
tcularly active in their efforts to give the
non-claSSiied places under them TO Demo-
Gratis. 1t can be said that Mr.. Montgomery.
the commissioner of patents. and
Gen. Black, the commissioner of
pensions, are both grateful Democrats.
as most OF the changes in
the interior department have been
in their respective departments. Mr..
Montgomery says, however, that whenever
he desires To remove Republican employee
1t IS the exception when he is not beset by
a Democratic member or senator in behalf
of the employee whom it is proposed to re-
move. The treasury department has done
better than any of the Others, so far as
changes are concerned. but there is plenty
OF room for Improvement in this particular
without causing any marked embarrasS-
ment TO
THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
Charges of offensive partianship" have
been preferred against large number of
members of the late Ohio Republican aSSo-
citation. but so far few of them have been
acted upon. OF the new auditors of the
treasury department it can be said that Mr..
John ). Williams of Indiana, the third
auditor. and Dan McCOnyille of Ohio,
the sixth auditor, are Democrats.
Both OF these officers have gone TO the
limit in their endeayOrS 10 give Democrats
the places in their respective offices. In
Mr.. Williams Office there are altogether
about 200 employees. and in Mr.. McCOn-
yiile'S Office over 400. y large majority of
these in both Offices are appointed under the
civil service law. or it is probable that both
Williams and McConville would have a
better muster of Democrats now serving
under them.
How Cleveland Saubbed an Editor.