New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-02
NOHOPE FOR THECOUNTRY.
ZONE on THE JEALOUS PATRIOTS IN WASH
MGrON WILL GO HOME.
WHEAn xM "INNDx INFORMATION" A1oo&
ooaC1Ne DSeAsHxRs 10 THE ADAIN1sUAA'
rrox "a osrArNzD-xo MORE APfI1'
CATIONS IN THE. RAILWAY
NAIL GERVI,


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Washington, May l.-Tonight enos tne s'ooni-
,ss and most depressing week which the once
49,. IN W.shinstou have spent since March 4.
In fAe Art half O; il the President was TOO ousS
"a resedve them and during the remainder ne mas
IN shsut from Warrington. with oil the mem
49,, AZ bis Csbnet, except Secretary Blaine. VINO
~. Nm unable to attend to his official duties,
-. 1870 too. has been depressing and during
Ave- dsy. ont of the seven the clouds wept copi-
ouElv A II IN pity over the disappointed patriots
Who are waiting. waiting till the clouds Toll py'
A q DAMP but persistent and not altogether ais
ooursaed, applicant said to-day. OF course all
Of them are hoping for better things. ana yet IL
a. dtdlcult for them to conceive why thelr reward
should be postponed for even three days on account
A. a eomparatively insignificant affair like the
celebration of the centenary Of the Constitution. 1t
A natural, perhaps, for them to think. under the
circumstances that the prospect for the future OF
Republican institutions is dubious. to say tne
least and IL is not altogether surprising that some
of them openly express the conviction:
The Administration is predestined to FAILURE.
Thess pessimistic expressions, generously, II
NOT carefully elaborated, and neatly adorned WIN
Mowers of ina ination, duly appear in the columns
Of Democrlsio and Mugwump newspapers in the
form Of Washington dispatches to which some
persons, oUlside Of Washington may attecn somo
importance Tonight as The Tribune cofre-
spoudens was passing one Of the hotels his a'ten-
sion was attracted by three persons VINO were
seated under Q dark projection punhng clg"re'oeo'
Tho youngest appeared to be about nine years
ala vbile the Oldest may have reached the mature
ago Of thirteen. They were engaged III eSfhe''
conversation ON the outlook
Il tell you,s said the most youthful uha'
~ Harrison doesn't appoint Public Printer TINS
week. there's going to be the biggest KIM Oh
row In the camp
YES assented q statesman OF some Nn yeo,'
A he blew volume Of smoke through his YOUTH
IN, nostrils. and then look at the District Com
misdoners My father says n ahat sr Saarf daV
Eve been listening to the talk in the hotel 70,
night said the eldest Of the trio and tell you
here is big shSs biz eG %sn IN ohers from
sew who has been waiting here SIX weeks say tr"e
n he didn't get something this week ne q 60 noine
Saturday night ana i sad be aspeed with him. and
Two men from Alabama and short, thickset gen
tleman from Texas all Joined in, and wante Sa,iS
Santh and be reelected If he didn't do some thing
Tor them. While they were all talking together 2
Young man came up with notebook anu EIio ot
they aid and said he would write an article thai
VoEld bring Ben Harrison to his senses, II anythlng
would and one Of them gave him b elgar te ANU vo %e
And then The Tribune correspondent no Longer
wondered where the inside information &c rans
idly drifting upon the rocks of political disaster
To-day, for the first time in six weeks or more,
sEe No ysSrs a ths Gs the Of
intendent, was alone, and his voice was low
and soft as II he was afraid OF rudely preaKn
The ,S Hget aSj to The
Mail Service. went into effect. When new man
Is wanted now, an application must be made 70
weeks M. Bell has been listening to Members OF
eonstituents and friends The clerical force Of the
inc uapers and getting them ready for considera-
ton. The work was kept up until late Monday
night, and then it ceased. ,.o ,.o,
made" said Mr. Bell to a Star" reporter to-day
"It Is impossible TO tell Just now, but expecGs
that the papers will be in such shape that snail
know exactly in q day or two. know that hall
the changes were not made THAI might have been
made II we. had stopped to examine care carefully a,
were appointed, and only such changes were made
.. seemed to be for the good Of the ssry nee
To suggestion Of the sporter that probably one
third of the $500 employees had been CHANGED.
Mr. Bell said that he could not say whether that
was q correct estimate or not He said no one
knew, and all that was possible at present was
All the employees Of the service come within the
Civil Service rules, except the superintendent anu
Assistant has been ' resS oWsp
which they would travel in attending to their
duties. In this way long trips while of duty to
reach their homes are avoided. 1t Is probable
that when o requisition Is made upon the civil
Service Commission for clerk to NIL vacancy
upon certain routes names OF persons residing in
the neighborhood will be selected: The usual
Will probably have to be changed in reference
to railway mail appointments, as the same route
may extend through several States, With this
oYception IL is thou pht that the service will get
along as we'll under the Civil Service rules as
heretofore The examinations will be the same
but conducted under different auspices
A VOLUNTEER SECRETARY OF WAR.
Mr. BARKER, OF WASHINGTON, HOLDS POSSES