Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-16
CHASING POSITIONS
UNDER rHBNBWLY APPOINTED WHEELING
STMASTBR.
Place Hunters Already Out With PetitOns-Ths Talk
About Town Concerning Mr.. Oowdsns
Appointment

Bright anu carly Jeoy
men were out through the city with petit
tions for places under the new postmaster,
Mr.. Cowden, aud all the influential Re-
publicans, especially friends ofMr. Cowden,
were much sought after people. One man
said he actually mad forty petitions showed
a. him during the day, many by people he
did not know. Among the army OF place
seekers the most conspicuous, perhaps Is
Bill L. Turner, the whilom Drum Major
of the "Ploomed Nights" who wants 10
be mail carrier. Bill would make
dandy, no doubt. Mr.. COwden's Office on
Market street was besieged all day, ana
his hand was shaken numerously, while
he heard such expressions as gimme a
chance" &C., many a time and oft.
The surprise at Mr.. Cowden's appoint
ment was general, and many OF his friends
who had no idea he would be the lucky
man, suddenly discovered, when they read
the morning papers, that they would not
object to some sort of position in the
wheeling postof1ice, and they Immediately
put on their srmOr and went out into the
fray to do or to die There are only twen-
ty-six positions within the gift Of the
Wheeling postmaster, and just how
many applicants will clamor for
these twenty six places, goodness only
knows. There never was time In the
history of the country, perhaps, when the
Republican brethren were so wildly raw
enous after the fat OF the land, as they are
are now, and they are literally climbing
over each other TO get ii. Ga the princl-
ple that the early bird catches the worm,
the people after positions in the Wheeling
postoffice are all ready to capture the
creepers.
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT 1T.
For the most part Republicans generally
expressed themselves as satisfied with the
appointment, as their man had been left,
but some were very dissatisfied and could
not see where any justice had been done
in the matter. The Wheeling postmaster
ship is a pretty good sized plum, and when
the candidates thought success almost Ger
tain it was pretty hard to lose it. 1t pays
s.. 900 per year, and after July the salary
will be So 100, owing to the advance Ia re-
ceipts
1t is suspected that Mr.. @. II Senseney,
who was one of the most confident OF the
candidates, will be rewarded with one OF
the best positions in the office. He seems
to take his defeat very philosoohically and
said he wasn't kicking. When asked
what had caused the change to Mr.. Cow
den, he said he could not tell until Mr..
Atkinson came home. The old soldiers
didn't appear to be kicking very hard, and
many OF them expressed themselves being
as we'll satisfied as they could be under the
circumstances. Capt. G. w. Bags said:
"I always thought the will of the peO-
pie was the will of God, and l don't ex-
actly understand how this thing all came
about"
ELKINs AND HUBBARD.
DIR. T. o. Edwards said: "You mark my
word, when the next election rolls around
there will be an EIkiDs club and an + kins
banner and Hubbard club and banner, fer
the United States Senate and House Of
Representatives, respectively"
Prof. Crsgo said: 81 cannot say / am
satisfied. but | am never kicker. l have
been expecting Mr.. Cowden to get the ap-
pointment for three weeks past"
Another very prominent Republican
high up in his party's estimation ex-
pressed his opinion that it was very bad
politics to remove Mr.. Simpson before the
expiration OF his term.
ats all right. / suppose Mr.. Cow
den had to have something and the
Wheeling postoffice WAS about all that
was left big enough for men as
big as he ia. / do not know why
Mr.. Simpson is to be removed so soon. l
have heard some OF the charges against
him but have never heard of any of
them being proven. don't suppose he
has done anything more than Mr.. Oowden
will do after him. About the most terrible
thing he did during his administration was
to withhold those Sunday School papers
That was certainly awful"
THE PRESIDENTS LKG IN DANGER.
We believe it was Captain Bags who
declared that Mr.. Senseny would get the
Wheeling postoffice or else he would cause
compound fracture in the Presidents
left leg, or words to that effect. AS
Charlie did not get there, good many of
his friends want to see Captain Bsggs exc
cute his threat.
Mr.. Simpson has received no official no.
LITIGATION of the appointment Of his success
sor, and it is not known when Mr.. Cowden
will receive his commission. However,
he will not likely take hold of the office
until the first of the month when the
usual monthly settlement is made. The
quarterly settlement is made July first,
which would probably be the best time for
Mr.. Cowden to assume charge.
=.-The newly appointed Postmaster was
asked yesterday If he had any intimation
az to when he would receive his commits
sion, and he said he had not, but thought
it would arrive in several dsys.