St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-20
ADVICE TO THE HUNGRY.
Make No Applications for Office Until
the Terms of the Present In
cumbents Expire.
Removals Will be Made for Cause Only
Presidents Message Too Late
for the Senate.
The Senators Sworn in and the Treaty With
Egypt Confirmed Serious Trouble in
Central America.
How the President Handles His Mail-Rush
for Postoffices-LabOr Interests
General Capital News,
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The senate had
adjourned when the presidents private Sec
retary reached the capital to-day with one or
more nominations. Now all is speculation to
know what names are on the list. The ac-
cepted report is that there was but one name
and that OF an appointee to be assistant
secretary of state. few of the Office
applicants criticised the senate for its
early adjournment, whereupon it was re-
marked that an administration which began
its work at O'Clock in the morning ought to
be able to get the nominations to the capitol
before o'clock.
Malcolm Hay, the newly appointed post
master general, was at the postoffice depart
ment to-day. He looks to be in quite feeble
health. Ex-Postmaster General Hatton says
he will break down in a few months.
''Why!" was asked. because he is
SICK MAN.
The smell of the porous plaster is on him.
know the great work of the Office, for have
been through with it, In the face of the ap-
pointments made by the president yesterday,
it is idle to speculate on lucky candidates.
The office-seekers who stay away from this
city seem to have the call. 1t may be to-
morrow the president will have an
other surprise for those men here
land office and Indian commission ership.
The end of the special session of the senate
is near. The credentials of Senator Gray of
Delaware were presented to-day, and he was
sworn in.
SENATOR GRAY
is man of impressive appearance. He is
tall, perhaps nearly six feet, and finely pro-
portioned. His hair and mustache are
black, and on the crown of
his head there is bald
spot He was dressed in black,
his coat being frock closely buttoned. Sen
ator Wilson of Maryland was also sworn in.
He is about five feet eightinches tall, looks to
be 60 years OF age, and has scant head of
hair, which is as white as snow. His face, which
is very pale is smooth shaven. A prominent
Democrat who is in close relations with
President Cleveland is authority for the state
ment that it is
THE PRESIDENTS INTENTION
to make no changes in any of the thousands
of four-year-term offices except for cause.
Wnen terms OF present 1ncumbents expire
their Offices will be filled by picked Demo-
Gratis The principal ''cause'' for a change
will be proof of an officer having used his
position for political purposes, particularly in
The recent presidential election. In this
connection i. is stated that there is no use
making an application for appointment
to one of these officers unless it can be clearly
shown that incumbent should be removed
''for cause"
The mails received by President Cleveland
are about the same size as those received by
President Garfield, but com paratively few of
the letters
EVER REACH THE PRESIDENT.
big bundle of letters is placed on the
presidents desk several times during the
day. He skins them over rapidly, selecting
those he wants to consider himself, and turns
the bulk of them over to his secretary for ex-
animation, reference and reply.