Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-21

/ REPRESENTATIVES,,
TONS, HOWEVER, HAD BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH
THE PRESIDENT UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE DIS
TRIBUTI06 OF FEDERAL PATRONAGE.
A large new mat was placed at the foot Of
| the Office stairway in the White House this
morning and, although the center of the foot
| wiper was light in hue, on its purity was no
| stain, the sleet and slush on the outside not
withstandng. The cleanliness of the mat was
due to the absence of the crowd which
was expected. The calm in and
around the executive mansion this morning
was almost Sabbatic, and Secretary Halford
was positively lonely. Occasionally one or two
anxious ones would drop in and talk to him for
few minutes, but the greater portion of his
time was given to the correspondence which
| will accumulate on his desk in spite of business
| method and steady application.
Senator Cullom was one of the first to see the
| President and Senator Platt was not far behind
him. Neither OF them stayed long.
THE FIRST POLITICAL COMBINATION
to put in an appearance hailed from Texas
The component parts harmonized thoroughly
the red of Tom Ochiltrees thatch, the white of
Senator Coke's whiskers and the generally
| blue appearance of Senator Reagan giving the
| trio loyal and striking personality not often
seen, save In the national colors. Under the
leadership OF republican Ochiltree two demo-
cratic Senators held grave consultation with
the PRESIDENT over Federal Offices in the Lone
| Star" state.
| Senators Plumb, Teller and Gray dropped in
about the same time, the first two looking out
Tor patronage, the latter simply calling to pay
his respects.
Senator Hoar came arm-in-arm with the new
| Swiss minister, Mr.. Washburn, and the Sena-
| ator's beaming countenance had in it no init
nation that Eugene Schuylers scalp was
dangling from the Senators belt.
Representatives Caswell, Conger, Dalzell,
Milliken, Russell, Of Connecticut; Hitt and
Peters, the latter having with him Hon. L. G.
Boies, tramped upstairs in a long-drawn pro-
cession, preceding Judge A. C. Bradley and
Mr.. James G.. Payne. The Judge called to
thank the President for his appointment
SENATOR sPooNER, CHEERFUL AND CONFIDENT.
was around for awhile. He introduced con-
stituent to the President, and probably cap
tured another appointment for Wisconsin, but
he did not say anything about it; he simply
smiled.
Representative Tom Browne went away after
five minutes chat with the President. Mr..
Browne confessed to a STAR reporter that he
had not asked for anything and had not been
given anything, but he did expect to have
something to say about the 140 post-offices
| which dotted the map of his district. The post
| offices had already furnished him with some
| amusement, and he expected before they were
| all properly readjusted to have good deal Of
fun.
Ex-Representative Ben LIE Fevre, big as ever
and looking as remarkably pleasant, climbed
the stairs slowly and projected his ponderous
identity into Secretary Halfords presence. A
passing newspaper man greeted him with Isn't
this the wrong administration for your"
The ex-Ohioan stopped short, turned around,
faced the scribe. and said impressvely: There's
d-n little difference between this administra-
ton and the last one."
SENATORS BLAIR AND HIscocK
Senator Blair Invested himself of his over
shoes and left them in Doorkeeper Letters
care while he talked to the President When
| he came out he said he knew nothing about
anything but the weather-and that was dis
greeable.
Senator Hiscock had long chat with the
President, but the conversation must have been
purely social in its nature, for the Senator said
very positively when he left that he was not
after any Office.
Representatives Cheadle. of Indiana and
Evans, of Tennessee, called Just after noon,
but they said they were going to pay their re-
spects.
Others who saw the President were Rob't NJ
Hooper, ex-consul general at Paris; Col. Young
blood and r. t. Armstrong. of Birmingham,
Ala, and John W. A. Strickland, of Paris.
DIFFERENCE IN THE oFTICE-sEEKERs.
"There is decided difference between the
office-seekeIs of to-day and their predecessors
of four years ago" said an Official who ought to
know, to STAR reporter to-day. IF
any of these men fail to get the
place they started out for they
may be satisfied with some other position if it
| is anything like equal in Importance or salary
to the one of their first choice; otherwise they
will go home. When President Cleveland
than it has as yet been under Pres-
| dent Harrison, and the men who wanted
places were the most accommodating crowd of
| self-sacrificlng patriots you ever saw. Some
who wanted to be ministers to the principal
| European courts compromised on Indian agen-
| cies where the salary was not more than
| S1.400. while one man l knew who
wanted $4,000 Indian agency accepted place
| as laborer in the government printing Office.
| That crowd would take anything. This multi
| tude either gets about what it thinks it ought
| to have or else goes home tC another quadren-
MUM of private life"
| AN APPLICANT WITH RECORD.
The only man who has, so far made applica-
ton for the United States marshalship of New
Mexico is in the city. 1t is w. H. H. Llewellyn,
| one of the nerviest men in all the
west. He was agent at the Mes
| calero agency when very few
men would have risked their lives by staying
| in that region. When 'Goldtooth" Middleton
| terrorzed Northern Nebraska IN 1879 and de-
! fed all law. Llewellyn and Capt. James L.
Smith marched right into his stronghold and
] captured him alive.
ADELEGATIoN OF WEST vIRGINIANs
called on the President shortly after noon.
They were headed by Representative McGinnis
The others were George W. Mcyey, jr, H. W.
Barnie. Gen. j. II. Dureall, S. V. Yeutis, IT.,
John Farrell, Theophilus Green, J. F. Wilson,
and +. g. Lowdry.
| PUBLIC PRINTER POINTER.
Secretary Tracy, Franklin Woodruff, Col A.
d. Baird, and Theodore Willis accompanied
Nathan Newman, of Brooklyn Typographical
union. to see the President in behalf
| of Lewis Payne, of New York,
! who wants to be public printer. Mr.. Newman
spoke very earnestly in Payne's behalf, and
when he had concluded the President dropped
a bombshell He said that under no circum-
stances would he appoint New York man to
the coveted office; the favored individual would
| come from the west.
Mr.. Newman then said he hoped the APP
pointee would be good union man. and to
this the President responded with an assurance
that he would be a good, honest, competent
man. The Office next in Importance to a
cabinet position, and only fit man would be
appointed to run it.
The same delegation then waited on Secre-
| tary Window and presented the claims of Mi
chael j. Dady, who would like to be superin-
| tendent of construction and repair of federal
buildings in the southern district of New York.