The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-29


that his nomination is credited 10 tn
State Of Nebraska. Egan is not popu
lar man with his own countrymen, an
most of the opposition to his nam
being mentioned in connection wit
a position comes from the Keput
lican element of the Irish-America
vote He is champion agitator an,
general kicker, and besides, as men
toned heretofore in these dispatches,
not a citizen of the United States hayin
only taken out his first papers This
the first time in the history OF the Unite
States where an alien has ever been &C
credited to represent this country at
foreign court, and it is regarded as ba,
precedent 10 establish There /
likely TO be some opposition Il
his confirmation in the Senate, bu
as that body is tractable and obedienl
and has a Republican majority, no doub
Mr. Egan will 20 10 Chilli in the cOurs
Of few weeks. OF course Mr. Egan i
well satisfied with the appointment, a
/ it is much above his capacity, and ais
much in advance OF his claims To an
part of the spOils. He had 10 be pai,
| for his services. whatever they were
although il is not generally known wha
service he did perform for Harrison, a
he ia and always has been great Blain
bowler.
\ great drain has been made by Presi
dent Harrison upon the journalistic ele
ment OF this country. With Reid a
France. llalstead al Germany, Thorn
/ dyke Rice at Russia, Hicks at Perm, New
as Consul General at London. and Lor
ing at Portugal, there will be hardl,
enough editors who favor Blaine left /,
boom his virtues and exiol his merits fo'
the Presidency in 1892.
The railway mail service has been
placed under the control OF Firs
Assistant POstmaster-General Clarkson
and the first batch OF removals tool
/ place a few days since. As this service
will not be placed under civil service
rules until next July, il is now in ordei
for those who were dismissed from the
service by the last administration to file
applications for reinstatement. These
applications are now pouring in, and q.
there is ample time between now and the
first of July, it is more than probable
that many of Them will be considered
and reinstatements will follow.
There is some equiyOcatiOn on the
part of the President and Postmaster
General anamaker in regard to the
way the order recently issued, that often.
siye partisanship is not to be a bar 10 re-
tention OF office, is to be understood
The idea seems to be that while removals
may be made for offensive partisanship
it will not be in good taste, nor good
policy to appoint a Republican post
master who has been equally par
tisan and offensive. With this
understanding which has been gotten
out Of the order, the Republican Office
seekers who were terribly stirred IN on
account of il are now somewhat moln.
fed. and are more expeciant than ever
that ere the Senate adjouns they will
see several prominent postmasters re
moved and members of their own party
elected to fill the vacancies.
For long time past Senators Farwell
and Quay have been regarded az the
dudes of the Senate. This distinction
was conferred upon them only after
Senator Hiscock, of New York. retired
from the contest for supremacy. II is
alleged that the two first mentioned
Senators put on new suit of
clothes about every other day. and
il was an open question as 10 which of
them had the most clothes. Ii was
finally decided in favor OF Senator Far.
well, who has managed to keep a little
ahead of the Pennsylvania Senator.
Such glory is, however, always in dan.
ger OF being outshOne by the effulgence
OF some new arrival, but until March
4th, 1899, no competitor for senatorial
dudedom has been able to maintain the
contest long.
Senator Walcott, of Colorado. whose
liberality and profusion in the matter of
money have been commented upon in
these dispatches, is now acknowledged
to be the dude OF the Senate. He appears
in a new suit every day, and every suit
surpasses It's predecessor IN STYLE, quail
ity, and almost in quantity. His
arrival was regarded by Senators
QUAY and Farrell with some degree of
anxiety, and they were a little timid. i'm
view OF newspapey reports, of entering
nto competition with their co-patrjot
rom the wild and woody West. Their
ears were not unfounded, and they have
lad TO resign the imperial purple, as it
we're, to the young, bright, and clever
senator from the Centennial State.
Mr. Walcott was the first TO don a
spring suit, and although some two or
hree weeks ahead of the weather he
nantully bore the vicissitudes of March /
n Washington. The suit was of light /
ray cloth, made in the latest and most /
fashionable style with enough cloth in |
me leg of the trousers to make u com.
'lete suit OF clothes for Mr. Eyarts, of /
New York. Nevertheless, il was a
daisy, and, consequently. attracted
Universal admiration.
The nominations Of President Harri- |
on sent into the Senate Yesterday
reated among all classes genuine sur
rise. For once the Argus-eyed reporter
got left" Even that stolid. aristocratic
ssy-going, unexctable old body. the
enaie, was moved when Clerk johnson
cad out, IN his sonorous voice, the an.
ouncement, Robert L. Lincoln. of
Illinois, 10 be Minister to Great Britain"
Lincoln's claims for the office seem to
e based upon the fact that he is the son
his father, as also were the claims of
red. Grant as Minister TO Austria
here is, however, vast difference
/ the men, although neither Of them
ave been active political workers.
While Grant has been pressing
is claims upon the administration. re.
finding them whose son he was, Lin
Din, in his usual modest way, has kept
liet in his retirement as a lawyer In
hicago. II was only on Tuesday that
IS name was mentioned in the Cabinet
Getting, and it was Immediately agreed