The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-19
They Are Disturbed by Feelings of Doubt
and Uncertainty, and Government En-
ployes Feel TriHe More Secure.
Efforts of the Democracy to Avert the
Calling of an Extra Session.
How MIR. Randall Proposes to Favor Foreign
Manufacturers at the Expense Of Amer
lean Capitalists and Workingmen.
COMFORT FOR OFFICE-HoLDERs.
Employees Begin to Feel More Secure-Dis
appointed Cabinet-Makers.

Employees Begin to Feel More Secure-Dis-
appointed Cabinet Makers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON JAM l8-After a visit through
the departments / am convinced that there is a
better feeling existing among the government
employees than there was a month ago. Several
letters have passed between chiefs of several
divisions and the officers of the Ciyil-service
Association of New York. This organization
processes close relationship with the incoming
President. At least one officer says so, for
saw letter from him so stating. The letter
set forth that the writer of it was intimately ac
quainted with Mr. Cleveland that the new Presi
dent would not suffer the discharg of faithful
employees who had once been under the protec-
tion of civil service but who bad, by efficiency,
been promoted beyond civil-service bounds. The
case which brought out the assertion was that of
g chief of division in the Treasury Department.
The vender of civil service said the chief need
not worry, as the matter had been laid before the
President-elect and favorable answer received.
Chiefs of divisions in departments receive So, 600
year, and are therefore, one grade beyond the
class that is sheltered by civil service laws.
1t is said in Democratic circles in Congress that
feeling of uneasiness prevails in the upper
counses of the President elect over his civil serv
ice belief. The true policy of the Democratic
party, as enunciated by the leaders sent here to
legslate, is to turn the rascals OUT That
would be done in every instance excepting
soldiers and their widows, and persons who have
by their long terms in the public service be-
come incapacitated from other work. The
repeated opportunities and the great amount of
talk that has been INDUCED in on the subject of
making removals from office have, it seems,
forced Mr.. Cleveland to commit himself upon
the subject in number of ways and upon many
occasions So there is distrust in the party just
now. 1t is feared that it will be a late day in
the administration before much benefit will ac
crue to the members of the party by way of of
fetal spoil. A Southern member expressed the
situation exactly within my hearing to-day. A
constituent was urging the member to go to Al
bany, or write concerning an Office.
hasaere's no to do anything in this matter.
my dear fellow" said the member impatiently,
until we ascertain whether Mr.. Cleveland is
going to be Democrat or Republican"
This morning was told by an influential Dem
ocrat from one of the Territories that Mr. Cleve
land told him during the past week that he did
not propose to suffer good men to be turned
out of Office before their terms expired, just to
satisfy the demands Of politicians. The
instance in question was that of the mar
shall of the Territory. He is on his seq
ond year in office, is popular, and the Demo
Gratis, with the Republicans, want him kept in
the place until the term is out. Mr.. Cleveland
said he could stay. He added, also, that the
provision in the national platform-that offices
in the Territories should be filed by residents
thereof-would be strictly observed by him.
1t is this feeling of uncertainty and doubt that
has caused the slate makers of Cabinets, etc., to
stop work The utterances of Mr.. Cleveland on
the subject of Office breaks all the Cabinet states
and puts everybody who has talked with him of
late at sea- For the moment the would-be bosses
have been given a cold shake.