The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-08


Washington are still crowded with sight
seers. Most of the number will have taken
their departure within the next twenty
four hours. but the oficeseelzers, who seem
to be especially numerous, will remain in
force.
A careful computation thus early in the
Harrison administration placed the number
of those already on the ground at not less
than 1000.
WITH YOU EVERYWHERE.
You will find them, everywhere in the
capital, in the hotel corridors, in the rum
shops and on the street corners.
You will recognize them instantly, for
their talk is all about their services to the
party the money they contributed to the
campaign fund and the potential influence
they welded in securing the electoral vote
of their states for Harrison and Morton.
WITHIN HIS GIFT.
The state department will receive no in
considerable attention from these gentle
men. Mr.. Blaine has within his gift
thirty-tive foreign missions worth from
$500 to 81 800 per annum, according to
their respective rank. He has also several
hundred cOnsulships, with salaries attached
averaging about 5000 year apiece.
A large number of the applicants for
consuls offices were in the service at the
time the Cleveland administration came
into power and were compelled to make
way for democrats. In many cases they
are asking to be restored to their old posi-
tions, hut the consuming desire is to get
back into the government without being
too pan ticular just where they are located.
HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER OFFICE.
They are quite as hungry and thirsty as
the democrats were in 1885, although the
den Ocrats had been out twenty-fOur years,
wi lie the republicans have been out only
ore brief presidential term.
GO SLOW AND LEARN TO PEDDLE.
General Harrison, however, is not going
10 be IN a hurry about making official
changes, although it may be expected that
the nominations for the principal bureaus
OF the government VIII be sent the senate
during the present extra session, as well as
those for the chief posts abroad.
4 man who is appointed to a foreign
mission naturally does not want to leave
for his post if there is any danger of his
falling TO be confirmed by the senate, and
will have to remain here for three or four
weeks until the president can make his
selections. The names of a number of
prominent Californians have been pre-
scented by their friends to the Pacific slope
delegation III congress, with the suggestion
ing cabinet appointment they ought to
rec, i've o generous share in the general dis
tributiOn of the smaller places.
OUGHT To GET SOMETHING.
Some of these names I am permitted to
send you. 1t does not appear that any of
the gentlemen. with but few exceptions
have made direct applications for their
places, but the understanding here is that
they would not decline if the tender of the
places should be made to them.
WHAT THEY PREFER.
J. w. Shankland, of San Francisco, would
like to be commissioner of the general land
Office. John F. Swift, of San Francisco, it
IS said, would prefer the mission to Spain
rather than that to China. NJ. NJ. Estee,
Mr. Swift's principal competitor for cabi-
net position, would like to succeed Mr..
Walker in the board of interstate com
merce commissioners. Judge I. V. Mac
Farland, of San Francisco, is said to look
not with disfavor upon the solicitor gen
eralship of the department Of justice, posi-
ton scarcely less dignified than that OF at
torney-general, and which pays the hand
some salary of 81 900 year.
H. q. Osborne, Of Los Angeles, is a
strong applicant for the office of public
printer and L. B. Misner, of Benicia, would
like the mission to Mexico; failing to secure
this he would be satisfied with the collector
v.
MoOrehOuse, of Salina city, believes that
he would make an excellent successor to
Mr.. lack Montgomery, of San Francisco, |
the present assistant attorney general for
the interior department
n. w. Spaulding eX-sub-treasurer at
San Francisco, would not decline the
registership of the treasury, now filled by |
Gent raj Rosecrans, of California. Isaac
Trumbo. of San Francisco, will be satisfied |
with the governorship of Utah territory |
Alex. Badlum and Henry Dodge of San |
Francisco are ambitious of representing |
this country abroad, the former as consul /
general to Hong Kong, and the latter as |
minister to Japan. A tender of the Office |
of superintendent of the geological survey !
with 81, 600 per annum would be grateful |
compliment to Doctor H. w. Hardness, of |
San Francisco, his friends say, and it |
would not be declined by him Mr.. p. E. |
O'COnnor is an applicant for the marshal
ship of Utah.
David NJ. NJ Drew. John V. Barrold, j.
Y. Dinwiddle and J. s. TOmpkins all of |
San Francisco, applicants for the United
States marshalship for the northern dis
trict of California. Los Angeles furnishes
three applicants for the position of marshal |
of the southern district, in the persons of
J. d. Dunlap, A NJ. Hardin and James
Rawson The position of collector of Gus
toms at San Francisco would be acceptable
TO either John H. McSheehan, f. c. Frank
or William Hardy.
THE FIRST MAY BE LAST.
It is probable that one of the first nomin-
atoms to be sent to the senate will be that
of James n. Huston, of Muncie, Indiana,
TO be treasurer of the United States. He
was chairman of the Indiana republican
committee during the last campaign, and
contributed great deal of money towards
the payment of election expenses.
Besides this, he is an old and Intimate
friend of the president and was warmly
urged for place in the cabinet.
The president has offered him choice of
three places, namely; assistat postmaster
general assistant secretary of the treasury
or treasurer of the United States, and he
is inclined to accept the latter If he decides
to do so, and he is expected to inform the
president of his decision some time tonight,
his nomination will be sent to the senate
sometime tomorrow alone, as mark of
especial distinction.
SOME GUEssEs.
The next appointment to be made viii be
the bureau officers of the several depart
ments, which will not be sent to the Senate .
till next week. Colonel Clark Carr, of Hi
nois, will, it is said be first assistant post !
master general. Asa G. Mathews, Of the I
same state, speaker of the Illinois legisla- {
ture, is likely to be commissioner of inter- l
nal revenue. Ex-Governor Furmas, of Ne c
braska, who was strongly urged for secre-
tary of agriculture is the leading candidate