New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
A PRESSURE FOR OFFICES
THE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE NO LACK on
MATERIAL. AT HAND
80 NOMINATIONS no BIZ MADE UNTIL Nrxx
wEBE-soME on TIE PROMINENT oAEpl-
DATES FOR IMPORTANT PLACES UNDER
THE NEW ApMIurerr ArroN


Isr rxLEeRArH TO rHs rA1pusEI
Washington, March T. The pressure az ofioeS
seekeas and their friends upon the President
and members Of his Cabinet is steadily increas-
ing and has already become tremendous II is
doubtful If more Republican Ccngreemau wouI1
be found IN Washington IL the House wexe III
session than are here tonight All Of them are
loaded with written applications ana pctiticns
and most Of them, IN addition, have friends ready
on the ground, seeking tbeir personal add Al.
good many men who were removed or compelle6
20 resign by the last Administration are hero
seeking their old places or better ones, and some
Of them are by no means modest Ia urging their
claims How many of the applicants win heed
the warning in President Harrison's Inaugursd
Address that persistent Importantly will not b
the begs support of an application for Office"
remains 70 be seen.
Among the candidates for plase are number Of
Representatives in the last Congress who usxs
not reelected, end they are urging their claims
with great earnestness and yigon The announco.
ment by the President that he viii consider no
applications for new appointments this week has
had no perceptible effect upon candidates except
perhaps, to make them more eager and incresso
the pressure upon Senators and Representatives
The difficulty OF adjusting snd balancing con-
dieting clainss in the different States 10 en-
countered as usual at the outset and IN scms
cases it seems to be giving the Republican Sem
ators and Representatives even more than tho
usual amount of trouble. About the nearest APP
proach. to unanimity thus far has been exhibited
by the Southern Republicans in the case of Ex-
Attorney y-General Blair. of Virginia. who wants
TO be Solicitor-GeneraL (
Among the delegations which visited the White
House to-day were several with political objects
in view, but of course, none of them accomplished
anything beyond presenting the names Of sppli-
cants for offices which now are or soon win be
vacant. Net all tho visitors, happily, have po-
litical object in view II such were the case Pres
idsnt Harrison might well give up in despair.
Soon after breakfast this morning ne spent nearly
an hour shaking hands with the railroad men and
other callers TO the number of thousand or NON.
At noon he received q hundred or so Michiganders,
headed by the Republican Representatives In Com
gress; afterward came the members of the Ma
tional Colored Press Association: then came an
other fragment of the general public,s 1000
strong; before dinner the President received few
hundred more of the general public. and to
night the doors of the White House were thrown
open to admit o few hundred Indiarians who de-
sired TO pay their respects In the course Of the
Mississippi Republicans, headed by General Chal-
mers. and among the Senators and others who were
privately received were Senator Allison, with tho
wife Of Governor Larrabee, who wanted TO SEQ
the Presidents before starting for her home Repre-
sentatives Lehlbach. Romeis, Payson. Henderson,
Of Illinois, Anderson, Of Kansas, Grosvenor. Nut
ting. Colman, Browne. Of Indiana5 McKenna.
Kelby. Boutclle, Conger, Reed, Thomas and
Steele; Senator's Cuilcn, FarwelI. Spoouer, jones'
of Arkansas, Hswley, platt Teller, StocI<bridgc,
Mcmillan and Dolpb; ex-Representatives Van
Horn and Pettibone, -Postmester-G General Key,
A NJ Clapp. General Schenck and Judge Moody,
of Dakota.
One of the Offices which 10 Is expected win be
filed In short time is that Of Commissioner Of
Pensions, for which there are at least dozen
prominent applicants. The most promising are
said TO be Colonel Doane, of Wilmington, Ohio,
who commanded the 10th Ohio Volunteers, Ia
General Harrison's brigade, during the Georgia
campaign; General Charles A. Brown. Of Cincin-
natl, an ex-Representative who lost leg in front
Of Atlanta; Corporal Tanner, Of Brooklyn; ex-
Representative Johnston, Of Indiana, and General
Poole. of Syracuse ALI Of these candidates are
strongly backed. and all of them are deserving.
Ohio has no representative in the Cabinet al
though it contains three Ohio men, and, therefore.
the Ohio Republicans naturally feel that the
State should be suitably recognized in the minor
appointments. Ex-Controller Lawrence is push
ing for his old place to succeed Controller Durham!
whose resignation has been placed in the hands
Of the Secretary of the Treasury. Illinois Is an
other State not represented in the Cabinet, and
there is no dearth of Illinois applicants for minor
places. Among them are Clark Il. Carr for First
Assistant PostmasterGeneral A. Matthews.
IL n Ill g. ~ T.
sioner of Internal Revenue. and Captain Meredith.
of Chicago, for Public Printer. Among the other
candidates for the lastnamed Office are w. r!
Holloway, OF Indianapolis; ex-Congressman Mich
oils, of North Carolina; John Paine, of New-York J
NJ d. Helm, Of Ind,ana: A. T. ChildS
of Ohio. and Herman A. Hssslock, OF
Tennessee. Mr.. Hasslock has eire-'ated y
pamphlet Of twenty-six pages. watch contains
editorial expressions from about seventy news
papers and periodicals in favor OF his appointments
Ex- Commissioner Walter Eyans Of tho Internal
Revenue Bureau and Of Kentucky. is on the
ground early. He would like to have his old
place back again, but would accept the First Com
trollership. Ex-Governor Furness. Of Nebraska
Is a. candidate for the Commissionership Of the
General Land Office, for which place the Pacine
Coast Republicans are urging Judge Wrcnn ~
Nevada The California Republicans have also
recommended IL. H. Osuorne, Oh Los An8cieSs -
Reformer" Benedicts successor.
1t is reported that movement is on foot 70
have United States Treasurer hyatt retained for
year, at least, but the name Of j. N, Huston il
freely canvassed in connection with that ofdcA,
as also with that Of First Assistant Postmaster
General and First Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
ury. Ex-Director Of the Mint H. G. Burchard.
of Illinois, would like to have his old place back
again Two candidates for the Internal Revenue
Commisslonership not hereinbeforc mentioned
are Clark Montgomery. Of Cincinnati, and Judge
Mason, df West Virginia. Il said that Charles u.
Coon, formerly Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury, may be appointed TO bis old place II he
desires it, but that he would prefer to be Con-
troIler of the Currency. There j. some talk TO
the effect that A. D. Hazen, Of Pennsylvania, will
be reappointed Third Assistant Postmaster General
place which he filled with great acceptance for
several Years