Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-27
Washington Correspondence.

Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.- [Special.] l.
There are number of candidates in the
field for the much coveted honors OF
United States district Judge. All are
abundantly indorsed and any one of them
would fill the position with ability.
Fargo furnishes two distinguished as
pirants, Major Ball and Judge Thomas;
and jamestown is proudly urging the
appointment of her popular statesman,
orator and lawyer. the Hon. johnson
Nickeus.
President Harrison, having been a SEN
ator, is thoroughly imbued with that feel
ing which Aiurat Halstead stigmatizes as
senatorial courtesy and will yield to that
construction of the constitutional clause
comforting upon the chief magistrate the
power of appointment ''by and with the
advice and consent of the senate" which,
in connection with federal appointments
within a state, means the advice of the
senators from the particular state prior to
the nomination. and the consent of the
whole senate afterwards.
PIERCE SAID TO HAVE INDORsED N1cKEUs.
The personnel of the district court will
therefore depend upon the recommends
tiGns of our senators. and Senator Pierce
informed your correspondent that he had
indOrsed Nickeus.
While this appointment would be per-
sonally pleasing to Senator Casey, he will
naturally feel delicacy in soliciting a
life position for fellow townsman; but it
is safe to predict that Senator Casey will, in
view of the fact that the initial step has been
taken by his colleague and in considera-
tion of the eminent fitness of the appli-
cant, consent to join in the endorsement of
Mr.. Nickeus.
Judge Nickeus, salutation!
BOGUE WILL BE POSTMASTER,
Perhaps there is no Office in commu-
nifty which, in the quadrennial shuttle of
favors, creates as much embodiment as the
local pOstoffice. The friends of the vari-
GUS applicants often "do not speak as they
pass by" But in time the sting of disap-
pointment is succeeded by the phiIosophi-
cal reflection that a postmaster's life is not
always happy, happy one, and party
affliation once more dominates.
The commission of the present incum-
bent OF the Bismarck pOstOffice will expire
about the Goth prOximO, and lest the ambi-
tlous many should delusively hope, for
Hope tells dattering tale.
Delusive,. vain and hollow:
All! let not hope prevail,
Lest disappointment fellow
l will say that Senator Pierce, in whose
bailiwick the Office is, will name Mr.. H. p.
BOgue to succeed him.
Mr.. BOgue is characteristic western
man, a rustler, and we predict for him a
popular administration.
WILL NOT TURN THE "RAscALso OUT. =
Representative Hansbrough says that he
came here with implicit faith in the politi-
cal application of the text task and We shall
receive" even though some violence re-
suited to civil service tenents. After sew
eral interviews with President Harrison in
behalf of constituents he has been com.
PEELED to acknowledge the adherence Of the
movals will be made without good ca cause, Sc
Perhaps if the commission has several
years to run this will be per Sc good cause,
but where the commission will expire in
the near future the man ambitious
Tor federal hOnOrs is advised to cultivate
patience. :
Senator Pierce, who is on the senate
committee on civil service, was asked If he
thought the opponents Of reform would
hnd much support in congress. His reply
was preceded by smile which ridicu1ed
the notion and negatived the question,
His position on reform may be Judged by
his remark that whenever an appointment
Is solicited which involves the removal OF
9 soldier. whether republican or democrat
ne Will not insist upon the premature re.
tfrement Of one who has fought for his
country. \ % n.
FLIRTING WITH THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY
Mr.. John RUSSELL the bonanza millerlo1
Valley City, and who is known throughout
North Dakota as Uncle John, 10 sightsee.
Ing in the city. Your correspondent met
him on the steps Of the capitol coquettina
with the Goddess Of Liberty.
Major Mclaughlin OF the Standing R0ch
agency, before whose genial nature even
the stole Indian bends, has arrived with
bis delegation of Sioux braves, including
the noted orator, John Grass, and CHIEF
Gall, "the warrior bold. 2
MI, George Beardsley OF Grand Forks ie
iquartered ct the National hotel. II Is be
lteyed that he Is here In the interest of the
future surveyOr-general Of North Dakota