The Arizona champion., 1889-05-18
NEWsY LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent at
 the National Capitol
WASHINGTON, May I6, 1889

 Iall parties and faction as it would seem to be from comments immed- liatly following the announcement f the appointment of the two civil I,ervice commissioners, these gentle linen must have been born under l!acky planet. Especially is this true iIn the case of Mr. Roosevelt. The New York Press, representing the spells system goes in ecstaoies over his nomination. It announces that he is ''no mugwump", end conveys the idea that he Is a merry rollickine g brigade of 8 sPoilsman. The New York Times on the other hand, con- graduates Mr. Harrison upon the
 appointment from it's own standpoint.
 It states that Mir. Roosevelt recently Advocatel the appointment of Post, master Pierson or one of his trained subordinates as postmaster of New
 York. h fact pronounces him al but and out civil service reforme .. All this simply means that the factions are not exactly sure wha, course Messrs Roosevelt and Tomp-
 son will pursue and don't want to attack them uutil they know. It. six months you will not find both O. the New York journals I have quot iad praising Mir. Roosevelt. He cannot satisfy both; that much i. sure.
 If Mir. Lyman remains, the lcivIl service commission is now lcomplete. In Messrs Thompson ana Roosevelt the commission certainly has two members of unusual educat- ..ional training and ability Mir. Tomp- son was for years an educator, |and Mir. Roosevelt has had an exten Hsive literary training. Both are men to whom fortune was kind at l birth in giving wealth. Both have been we'll known leaders in their .respectove Parties.
 The appointment of Frank W. Palmer, of Chicago, as Public prin- ter meet with a kindly reception. The selection was of course not a matter of suprise, inasmuch as all ] the early candidates in the field pull } d off the track and surrended two weeks ago, Mir. Palmer Is probably y training the best fitted candidate Tor Public printer that hls ever besn presented, He united an extensive 3experience of public life wish q thorough knowledge of the printin= business, Besides being good prin 1: ter and pressm4n and first class saditor he is even practical book binder, He enter upon his dutie under favorable circumstances. Ii he does not become more popular official than his predecessor he vii be poor one indeed. Public print Ter Benedict has been partiularIy un Fortunate in this respect. Without 2 Slny experience in high puplic office he has never been able to take ad ] vice. He may have meant well, ! but he has certainly succeeded only < in getting himself warmly disliked His taking of would be more regret ted if he had been endowed by nat sdre with more agreeable manners and less self-suficiency. A stren- uous effort will be made by the Civil Service Commission to retain the power in the Census Bureau Nearly 1900 clerks will be employed iin the work for two years or over Iln1 there Is considerable interest felt in the distribution of that a. mount of pie. Personally the sup ertendent of the census, Robt W
 Porter seems to be in favor of plac- ing the Bureau under the Civil Service rules as means of defence
 IA though the appointment will not be made for ronth', he ials him self. already besieged night and day for positions.
 The women's Press Association of this city has met the of its usual failures in the project of raising mon ey to place portrait of Mrs Cieave- land in the White House, The scheme has been formally abandon ed, The opposition of Mrs. Clere land herself is given as the main reason, but the indifference of theI public is quite as potent barrier. Somehow Americans sign such sub SC iptions lists reluctantly, and thisI