The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07
Their Name Is Legion, and They Are Persist
ent and Earnest in Their Demands for Rec
Ognition by the New Administration.
The Indiana Contingent Makes a Very
Good Showing in Number and Quality,
And All Sections of the North, East and West
Have Representatives, Who Are Loaded
with Petitions and Recommendations.
THEY WANT OFFICES.
A Partial List of Indianians Who Desire {
SerYe the Government.


Serve the Government.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-Thousands of
office-seekers are here working for places
in the government service throughout the
country, while hundreds of thousands nave
sent their applications to men in Congress,
Notwithstanding the fact that appoint
ments outside of the managerial positions
in the departments will not be made under
some weeks, except in few instances.
Following are few of the Indiana aspIr-
ants who to-day came to the notice of the
Journal correspondent:
Ex-Representative Johnston, of Rock
Vile. Commissioner of Pensions; Gen. j. E.
Shackelford, an elector, territorial judge
ship; NJ d. Helm, Muncie, and William &.
Holloway, Indianapolis, Public Printer;
Maj. Dan Ransdell, Indianapolis, United
States marshal for the District of Colurn-
bia; Dana Swigart. Logansport, Utah COM
missioner or territorial judge; Mr.. Biggs, of
Warsaw, an elector, Chief-justice of New
Mexico; Judge Field. Crown Point.
an elector, and Dewitt Wallace, La
fayette Third Auditor of the Treas
ury; Jas. A. Wildman, Indianapolis, Audi
tor of the Treasury; John +. Wildman,
Muncie, collector of internal revenue;
Geo. w. Patchell, Union City, consul to
Hong-Kong, China; Geo. w. Robertson, Mt.
Vernon, bank examiner; VIM. o. Mckinney,
Indianapolis, superintendent of the railway
mail service, fifth division; Robert Patter-
son, assistant superintendent railway mail
service; Gen. Reub Williams, Warsaw, PEN
sion agent at indianapolis; Lieutenant-col-
onel Merrill, Indianapolis, postmaster Mt
agent Postoffice Department; NJ X. Sulzer,
Madison, position in the Attorney generals
office; Col. Jno. A. Bridgland, Richmond,
consul general to Paris; ex-GOv. Albert u.
Porter, Indianapolis, minister to Rome;
Elector Cheney, Sullivan, territorial Juge-
ship.
The pension board of examiners at Mum
Gle is to consist, it is stated, of Drs. kemper
and Bowles, of Muncie, and DR.. Chittenden,
of Anderson. The latter city has member
of Madison county demanded that he be
superseded by one of their number.
j. A. Daniels will likely be postmaster at
Anderson, and Capt. Craig Miller at Lafay-
ette.
G. w. Stivers, of Liberty, would like to
be an auditor in the Treasury, and G. G.
Brinckley thinks he would like a similar
position. Winfield s. Silver, of Blutftcn.
would like consulsblp IN Japan. V
Josh X. Brown, of Columbus, thinks he
can serve his country as minister to the
Sandwich Islands.
A vacancy will probably be made very
soon in the Office of the United States dis
trict attorney at indianapolis. John l.
Ollie, of Huntington, and John b. Cockrum
OF BOonville. are out for the place.
President and Mrs. Harrison invited a
number of their HOosier friends to the
White House tonight to witness the fire
works display on the White lot. After
ward, the guests were entertained at lunch
Among them were the Hon. j. n. Huston
and wife, Hon. Jno. w. LOvette and wife,
Mayor Denny and wife, Miss Edith Nc
Cullough and Gertrude Schlater, r. r.
Shiel, and the families of Z. w. and A. j.
Halford.