The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-04-04
Correspondence Baltimore County Union
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
A Batch Of Appointments-BadF Feeling
Over the Appointment Of the N. Y
Postmaster-Republi Sena-
tors and the Executive.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 31st, 1885.
Messrs Editors The President has continued
slowly the past week to make appointments in the
place of incumbents who have either resigned or
their terms of office have expired. These have
mostly been foreign ministers consuls, together
with very good number of postmasters and
few collectors of internal revenue, U. S. marshals
&c. Of the postmasters there were only about
sixty two of those appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate whose commissions would
expire during the month, and all of these have
not yet had their successors nominated. None of
the fourth class p0stmasters, or those who not
appointed by the President and confirmed by the
Senate, and whose compensation is under 1000
per year, have yet been removed and their sue
cessors appointed, or any changes made in that
class, except those which would naturally have
been made under any other administration. The
only postmaster that know of who has been
moved and his successor appointed before his term
of service expired was Mr.. Grafton Monroe, of
Annapolis, Nd, in whose stead VIM. T. Iglehart
was appointed and has been confirmed by the
Senate.
Among the nominations sent to the Senate yes
terday by the President was the name of Col.
Frederick Raine, of Baltimore, to be consul gen.
eral of the United States at Berlin Germany; also
those of Thomas M. Waller, of Connecticut, to be
consul general at London, England; Isaac Bell,
Jr., of Rhode Island, minister resident at Neither
lands Rufus Magee of Indiana, the same at Nor
way and Sweden Edward Parke GUSTS Lewis of
New Jersey, minister resident and consul general
at Portugal; Rasmus B. Anderson, of Wisconsin,
the same at Denmark; A. Halter Gross, of Penn
sylvania, consul at Athens, Greece; Evan P.
Howell, of Georgia, the same at Manchester, Eng
land; Thomas J. Jarvis, of North Carolina, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Brazil; Alexander R. Lawton, of Georgia, the
same to Russia; Anthony M. Kelley, of Virginia,
tha IN TfoIv Of
minister resident at Hawaiian Islands, and Edward
Jussen, of Illinois, consul general at Vienna,
Austria.
This list left about nineteen or twenty foreign
ministers and consuls yet to be appointed, of which
few names were sent to the Senate to-day, viz:
VIM. 4. Roberts, of New York, to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Chill
Charles W. Buck, of Kentucky, the same to Peru;
Richard B. Hubbard, of Texas, the same to Japan
Charles S. Russell, of Connecticut, consul at Liver
pool, England; VIM. W. Lang, of Texas, the same
at Hamburg Germany.
Accompanying these nominations were several
others of an inland character, such Henry G..
Pearson, reappointed postmaster at New York
city, and Norman J. Colman, of Missouri, to be
commissioner of agriculture. Yesterday Gen.
Joseph E. johnson, of Virginia, was appointed
commissioner of railroads, and Alexander McCue,
of New York, solicitor of the Treasury.
The greatest excitement and even Indignation
the reappointment of Mr.. Peason as postmaster at
New York city. For some time past it has been
known that there was desperate fight, almost
approaching death struggle, going on in New
York between the adherents of the cause of Civil
Service Reform and the out-and-out Democrats,
over the successorship of Mr.. Pearson, whose COM
mission expired March 21st. 1t was expected the
contest would eliminate on the day his commits
sion expired, but since, from day to day, as no
successor was named by the President, the fight
has continued, and the whole country, it may be
said, has been in suspense to what would be its
outcome. The chagrin, therefore, of the Demo-
Gratis who opposed Mr.. Pearson's denomination,
not only here but throughout the country, and
especially in New York and at Albany, where the
State Legislature is still in session, and from where
a dispatch was this afternoon received by the
Ercning Star here, can be imagined when the
nouncement was made and telegraphed away that
his name had been sent to the Senate and he was
really nominated to succeed himself. 1t seemed
to put the whole Democratic mind and heart into
foaming agitation. Democratic Senators here
did not hesitate to express their disapproval of
the reappontment and one Democratic Congress
man said that not only ought every Democratic
Senator refuse to assent to Mr.. Pearsons confrma-
ton, but should 60 further and fight the appoint
ment to the bitter end.
So far it has been the policy of the Republican
Senators to confirm all the nominations made by
the President, there having been none yet made
that they thought called for their opposition, and
no doubt that policy will be continued. There
fore unless there should be OBJECTIONS from the
Republican ranks to join with the Democrats to
vote against Mr.. Pearsons confirmation, there is
no doubt but that he will be confirmed, even
though the Democrats of the Senate should oppose
him solidy, which is by no means certain, many
Democrats in New York city, especially among
the business men, having Joined with the INDIE
pendent Republicans to seek his reappointment.
Because Mr.. Pearson has been reappointed
account of his acknowledged efficiency as post.
master and his having built up the best postal
vice in the United States in the largest city and
Office of the country, and it based the strictest
Civi-Service Reform principles, he having also
given the very greatest satisfaction to all the pa
irons of the Office and the business community
with which he came in contact without regard to
politics or parties, it is not argued from thence
that all our postmasters in the larger cities and
towns and our collectors of customs are to meet
with the same good fate, although their charac-
tiers, abilities and records may be more than medi-
um. However, the reappointment Of Mr.. Pear
son, it is believed, was pure Civil-Service Re-
form test, and this will give the than ordina-
rily good officials in like positions some hopes of
retention.
Every one here is stricken with sadness on &C
count of Gen. Grants extreme illness and his early
eypected DEATH ANON