New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
THE RUSH FOR OFFICE.
ANOTHER DAY OF DISAPPOINTMENT.
ONLY THREE ARMY OFFICERS NAMED FOR PROMO
TIoN-REMOvALs ny MR. MANNING.

ONLY THREE ARMY OFFICERS NAMED FOR PROMO
TIoN-REMovAIs ny MR.. MANNING.
tBr TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNR1
WAsHI>Gr March 13. NO nominations yet
and host of clearinghouse keepers waiting for
settlement of their bills. The situate is becoming
serious. 1t is aggravated by the fact that the
Senate has adjourned until Monday. This will
furnish the President with another excuse for not
sending III any nominations until next week, and
keep the oflice-seekers for three days longer in
state Of indescribabe suspense. They have long
since given up going to the White House. They
concentrate their efforts upon the departments and
when not interfering with the public business there
they Obstruct the lobbies surrounding the Senate
Chamber. where they await with feverlsh anxiety
the coming of the Presidents Secretary. The
nominations laid before the Senate are always
ciesed in large white envelope. A manifold copy
is sent To the office of the Secretary of tho Senate
for the use of the newspapers When this envelope
reached the Capitol to-day rush was made for IL
by the famshed looking crowd Of spoilsmcn which
had been hanging about tho building since early in
the morning. As soon as the list was spread out
before thep and they discovered that it contained
the promotion merely of three Army officers and no
nominations to Office Their fee ~ found expression
in language, strong and cmphatic-so strong and
here
he announcement to-day that thirty-eight en-
ployes hal been dropped from the pay rolls of the
Treasury Department was hailed with delight by
the Independents, who pretended to see in it the
first practical result of Mr. ManDmg'S reform pro-
fessiOus. AS q matter OF fact the discharge of
these men Is in no sense reform" or retrench-
mcut ordered by Mr.. Manning. lt is in the line of
policy begun under Secretary McCulloch, who
about two months ago cut down tho torco en-
pl0yed by the chief of tie special agents IN the
work Of examining the Offices under his charge in
different parts of the country. further rcduc-
tiou IN the plumber ot agents would
have been ordered by Secretary McCulloch
had he not thought 1t more bee oming III
him TO leave the matter to the discretion
Of his successor. who he knew. would assume
office in few weeks. II is not too much to say
that the appointment of other men to Hi vacancies
TINS created is confidently looked for within SIX
months time. Indeed the impression is gaming
ground that the dIschargeof of these men was ordered
for the purpose chiefly OF counterbaancng the bad
effect produced by the appointment OF Eugene
Higgins upon those who put some faith IN the Clvil
Service professions If the Administration, and MI
Manning in particular.
In connection with the appointment OF NT. ing
gins II may be interesting to learn what tins hench'
man of Mr. German has to say upon the civil SER
wee To u reporter of Tie SiGT who met MN TO-
day he owned with charming irankness that he h1d
inst been looking over the CIyIl Service rules. but
that he was not yet thoroughly iamiiar
with them lie thought. however, that
they did not. in has opinion, cover
every branch OF the question. Taking news
paper from his drawer which gave an account OF
some collector Of customs who hauled n United
states nag OF the Custom House. on the 1th "i
March 10 show his contempt FOR President Cieve-
,nud he said. " DO you think he ought TO stay
NJ, Well. don't SEQ anything In tho rules 10
cover tho casev Speaking further upon the sub
icct he said that he had something else besides tho
civil service law TO occupy his attention. He had
to think nore Of economy and of reduction Of the
Department to a business footing
The Texas delegation is following the good ex-
ample set by the Missouri men IN distributing the
offices which they think are already III their pos
session. State Senator Klacbcfg wants 10 be Dis
trict-Attorney for the Western District OF his
state. Mr.. stephenson has set apart the Northern
District es his part OF the spoil j. +. McComb
wants the Eastern District. Richard Reagan,
brother of Representative Reagan. wants TO be
Matsbal of the Eastern District. Jchn Caben the
Mayor of Dallas and a brother of Representative
, aboIl. OF Virginia. would like to bc Mar
shaI of the Northern District. {. L.
Sweeney Is ambitious 10 become Collector
of customs nj Galveston. Tho following aPpiIca-
tions tor postmasters are Endorsed by the delega-
ZION: Galveston, T. \. Gary: Fort Worth, Cap
tam Julian Field Austin, John o. johnson sui
phur springs. W. q. W0rthan. IL; NJ. icuder>oh
wants 10 be Collector of Internal Revenue ior the
WITH District of Texas.
Geucral Sparks has -ecured the support OF the en-
tir, Illinois delegation for the office OF COmlllsson-
or of the General Land Office.
The friends ot cX-Rcprescniat alive money, OF MIS-
sissppl, that all hopes OF ms gellhs 'ho hist
Assistant Postmas astor-GcneralshlD are gone say
that lac has declined 10 MI that posllIoi' tuouSh IL
WAS offered 10 him. ...
Vice President Hendricks and Representative
Bynham I'VE locked horns over the Indianapolis
misunderstanding The former wants A. Jones' ana
ihe latter Frank Crceman The contest ~ lIAeiS 10
lend TO a quarrel between these two great men. .
CAPTAIN Joseph Potter Of New.lork, Is an Hppil-
can't for the HaytIcn Mission. lilo Is III Washing
ton with papers signed by merchants ana Shippers
HIS papers have been put On HE IN the S'"to bo-
partment. =. -, c.,; hoso
friends once hopcd that they could land hn III the
Cabinet, aud of whom Cleveland. when III loahy.
confessed never 10 have heard III his me- Is LOOMING
toward the CommlssIonershiP OF Agriculture;
The crop OF French, German ana NPiiilsh ilaIihn
and other scholars VINO are dcslr0us OF securing
missions TO the countries whose iangnage tIey alo
masters Of III large beyond expectation. otatc oen
ator Willard. OF Indiana wants something "HvLo
his know ledge Of French could be OF use 'i.
Uorran of The EdyfoR Democrat, is said 70 nave az
eve ON the Sandwich Islands. Gcnerai hun', VI
Ohio too wants a comfortable foreign mission, anu
so probably does Theodore Cook. OF Cincinnati