Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-08
AN ARMY OF CANDIDATES.
The Onslaught on the President and
Members Of Congress.

MEN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SEEKING
oFFIcE-How THE WIRES ARE PUILED-FAMI-
LIAR FACES IN THE HOTEL LoBBIEs-AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TO-DAY.
Most of the mere sight-seers and celebrants
have gone home. The men who crowd the
hotel lobbies, the departments, and the White
House now are here for business They want
the offices, and if being persistent and always
present counts for anything they mean to have
them. They are here from California, from
Texas, from Louisiana, from Florida, from
Maine, from Oregon, and from all the inter
vening sections Of the country. Nearly every
state sends enough applicants for all the offices.
Those most conspicuous at first are the ones
who want the higher positions. They want the
foreign missions, consulates, assistant-secre-
taryships, commissionerships, and the chief
places in the various bureaus. They have
traded off the term "ofice-seeker" for that of
candidate.
DEMANDS ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Every republican member of Congress, Sem
ator and member-elect is suffering from Wis
itation of a good portion of the male popuia-
ton of his district They get scarcely time
enough to eat their meals, are hustled out of
bed at an unconscionably early hour, and it is
late at night, usually, before they retire. Sew
eral have been obliged to follow the example
OF MIR. Wade, of Missouri, and change their
quarters, keeping their new address secret.
On Wednesday morning, the constituents
at a quarter of in the morning. When he
got up at half-past the parlor was full of
people with petitions to be signed, and with
requests that he accompany them to the White
House or to some of the departments. His
breakfast hour, his lunch hour. and the time
6innar vuyifh fhnr,f 10 hox-t IN
eat. The next day he moved, and since then
no one has been able to discover his habitation.
VERY CLEAN SWEEP
would not make room for the candidates now
on hand. They would fill the places a number
of times over. There are some very important
politicians who claim the higher places Such
men as Murat Halsted Whitelaw Reid, ex-Sen-
ator Henderson and William Walter Phelps are
spoken of for the few frst-class foreign mis-
sions. There are so many men OF this stamp
there appears very little chance for the lesser
lights to secure any of the higher honors.
These men OF course are not among the throng
of candidates who are running about in their
own interests.
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS
are seen groups of ex-members, some who have
been such for a term of years, and some who
haven't got used to the Sex" which has been
prefixed since the 4th of March, the leading 10
cal politicians from almost every section, men
who were delegates to the Chicago convention,
IN Iact. most OF the men VINO were actlVe ABOUT
1he hoteis ana convention nan IN Cnlcago Iast
June make up the crowd IN the washington
hotel lobbies now. Most of them want
Office. Just what each individual is seeking
would be impossible to say. Each has his eye
on something, and great many of them want
the same thing. with SO much contention Tor
the same once, each tries 10 conceai what ne Is
IN
sary antagonsm. with from twenty TO nun
dred aPPhcants ior each once tnere ls a
scramble. everything Is IN CONFUSION. Inc
men VINO VIII be depended upon 10 make
RECOMMENDATIONS, as wen as the appointing
power, are overWheimed ana contusea py the
nrst onslaught, ana II VIII necessarily take
nttie Iine 70 seItie DeIore much can De zone:
=, fresident harrison seems 70 rest himseH IKE
the workman VINO changes nanos, put Keeps on
Woikne: ne goes up stairs among tne once
seeke.s 70 30. resi- itoW 70 m .ns anus De-
NV .nen ue conSs " sue eass loon auu ~ seenls
s 70 nhu res. ~ snahihg 'ne nanos VI 'nree or
iour 'nousaho peoPAe'
NOT so MUCH HASDsHAKINa AS YESTERDAY.
The rush on the White House was percepti-
bly weaker than it was Yesterday. and the Pres
;d.n. so.,s s.orrasv,ord;no,, ha..., - -.
.oen. .e''' oi,eop'nuine! De''e,. No' 'na' NC
is indisposea, put ne invariably looks and feels
more cheeriui when the crowd Is small than he
,Ue.,o.;nu VIZ TILL 'ei! ialse
III $50 81 a. ~, s.it nus ts H ~ =, e"ne M y.
mora t;me in which to attend IN tbe nress;no
duties of the presidential Office. To-day there
were but three delegations, and only
one OF them was humerlcany great. Inc
Nrs. 'So we're .ne DishoPs oI the AFRICAN
MetnouIst EPiscopat Lioh church, now noidlng
40 e IN .nis ciy, anu .ne c0,Sreo edi-
lors. aIso IN conveht1on T assempied; Ihey were
received upstairs. Inc tnird deiegation was
p1nuelUuS, "oIe e!Ssasses eA'ensNey, iooke9 .
Sadaa ..Thn anu Nstona was nnnt Sn ns %
), W;.h th tneM. Vi ouPerin
tuy tany Ioo; anu e. .ne iresioeht alsPosea OF
N.a .neni AZ aIoI. niieen niinus: hve1ypooy IN
ss'ea on sliaAns nanus WIN niii ano ne lneeA-
sup''eu W .ne orueai.
As SUI % as 'ua. .I was o'e. .ne Ires,uent was was
I.,; nv .ias '1eIe was pls cIo"o On !ne
1u'siae W Wa,'lne ioI an opportunity 70 see him:
40 auinIt thsM 70 tne east room anu 70 greet
eacn one inuiv,ousliy was more tnan the fresi-
oen' calea 70 ao, so ne Pus ON ms nat ana over G
coat anu stooo on the Porch WINE. .lat least i,ooU
PeoPie nieu past Al tue oIWeWay. Lots OF
them poweo anu smiieo at the Rray,pearded q
man VINO stood Iew ieet away from them and
iooked as Pieaseo as II tney nao Deen ooIhg MN
some valuable service. 20 the ladies ana the
oid genuemen the fresiaent was Parucuiarly
at'en.ve, hIIing nls sol. leI' nat rom ms nead
frequently ana Dowhe very emphaucaiy 70
1ew VINO seemed 70 capture MS adniration.
THE FIGHT FOR PENSION COMMISSIONER BLACKS
SCALP
has commenced in earnest and the claims of
several annlicants ware Yorroallv laid heforo
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