Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-20
QUAY, DUDLEY AND CO..
Laying the Plans for President Harrison to
Follow.

Laying the Plans for President Harrison to
Follow.
WASHINGTON, November 19.-The new
Administration will not wait until March
4, 1889, to lay out its work Of ~rsarraugiog
the Government 1t is already preparing
by its agents for a full reconstruction Of
our country by the republicans, and it Is
probable that the business will be all cot
and dried for Gan. Harrison before he
leaves indianapolis. Nc. Matthew StanleJ
Quay aud Gen. ". W. Dudley, the Chair
man and the Treasurer of the National
Republican Committee, have takea possfs'
sioa OF ous entire floor Of the
Republican League Club here, and
it is uuderItoOd that they will
occupy il for several months as
che office of the advance 80 ants of the
fO:thc Jmirg administration. Both men
are perfectly familiar with affairs, partic
uiaIly with those in which political work
srs desircus OF reward will be immediately
interested, and qualified by personal &C
auaintance with men Of their party to
iudgs of thu respective merits of the ap-
plicants TOR Office under General HsrIison,
Mr.. Quay, it is conceded by all Republt-
cans, will be practical in distributing re-
wards, and Gen. Dudley, whose ueder-
standing Of men is excellent, can be de-
pended upon 10 give valuable assistance to
the Pre- lident-select and to his own per-
sonsl friends, in deciding what changes
ought 10 be made, and who are the proper
men 10 be put in the places of O'hsr men
to be removed, The spirit of unrestin the
departments, among Democrat aud hold
over Republicans, Is Very great, greater
THAI it was four years ago, when the hope
was strong that the civil service law
would be executed according to
the expressions of Mr.. Cleveland,
aud this encouraged the bsli2f that tho
changes would be few. There have been
comparatively few removals, the depart
mant bsing full of clerks who held the
PAGES they hid when Arthur was sue
cseitd by Cleveland. The hOld-over
clerks have no. all BEEN equally discreet
during the campaign. Some Of them have
become sturdy Democrats after they had
looked the field over, and had concluded
that Cleveland and Thurman wou'd win.
Others, who did no. couquer their Old
party preiudices, became boisterOus Re-
public ans as soOn as the returns began to
come IN. Both sorts may expect to bs
listed by zsa'ols epies. aud their records
will reach Quay ard Dodley in time to
assure a thorough wedding out OF the men
who faltered or changed. The two mara
gers will thus Re Cf great service to the
new administration IN indicating Just
where a head caa he tIBel of. The fact
that they hold the future employment OF
thousands of clicks in their hands will
make them powerful man, and they will
undoubtedly be courted industriou7ly dur
ing the few weeks to elspIs before Harrison
comes here to be iuauEursted.
1t il Cea orally believed that the throng
of fresh applicants who will have excel
lent reasons for demanding rewards will
be 80 large and 50 imperative in their de-
mards, that it will be impossible to avoid
discharging o great maDy hold-Cver en-
plOY6s, az places can't be found for helS o.
those to when promises have been made.
There are a great number of clerks who
were dropped by the De nocrats, aud who
regard themselves as msrtys WAC must be
restored. Tney will be bad competitors OF
men who do not know the methods Of oh
tanning cffre-methcds with which the
old ofice-nolders are perfectly familiar.
It may bs as, umed that these old clerks
will present their applications to Qaay
and Dudley very promptly, with ths re-
lief that first come" will be "hrs'
served" 1t is not assumed that Qday
aud Dudley will make up the cabinet,
bat is believed that their opposition to any
name pr;posel for membership in the
Pre<iient's official family will be 'qniVs-
lent 10 3 veto. Quay already speaks ike a
dictator, for he is quoted ~ declaring that
''ths Republican party viii bold with a
mailed hand all that 1t fairly won on No
yember g."