The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-11
Illinois Has Many Aspirants and Is Growinga
Trile Grumpy, Which Is Also the Case
with Iowa and Several Other States.
The White House Family Enjoys a Day
Of Much-Needed Rest and Quiet.
The Color Line in the Charitable Institutions
of the District of Columbia--How the
South Will illustrate Its Progress.
THEY WANT OFFICES,
And Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Men Don
Wish to Be Kept Waiting.

And Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Men Don't
Wish to BE Kept Waiting.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March lO-The Ohio peo-
pie are getting to be very grumpy; ditto Illi-
nois, ditto Iowa, ditto several other States.
The great Buckeye State, the mother Of
this and so many more Presidents; the
mother of four members of the Cabinet,
and numberless great men, has not been at
all backward about coming forward, and
presents even more candidates for the of
fees than Indiana, which is saying good
deal. There are exactly five citizens of
Ohio who want to be Commissioner of PEN
siOns, five who want to be Commissioners of
Indian Affairs, seven who want to be Com
missioner of Education, four who would
accept assistant secretary portfolios, three
who seek to be Commissioner of Patents,
three who would be Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, two who ask the office Of
Solicitor-general, and an equal number aft
er all the others.
Representative Cannon has concentrated
his energies upon a single object at present.
which the same is to land Judge Clark, of
Mattoon. in one of the auditors offices, and
it looks as if he would win. While he has
united with the rest of the delegation In IN
dOrsing the other Illinois candidates, he
lets the Senators take care OF them and goes
it alone for Clark. If he does not win, it
will not be because of any lack of energy or
alertness, and the chances re0strongly IN
his favor.
The following applicants for the position
of postmaster at Lafayette have put In
their claims: n. L. Throckmorton; Nathan
Craigmiller, Rev. b. Wilson Smith, Cyre-
neus johnson, James L. Reynolds, William
f. OHaver and John q. Sample.
General Longstreet, of Georgia, will ac-
cept either the Office of Register of the
Treasury or the mission to Constantinopte
Captain Drew, of Pittston. Me-, wants to
be Commissioner of Navigation. Captain
w. w. Bates of Buffalo, has been heavily
indorsed for this place, and Congressman
Farquhar. who is his Immediate sponsor,
is confident that he will get the appoint
ment early this week.
Jacob T. Merrill, of Lafayette, Ind, now
superintendent of public schools there, and
NJ. 5. Ragsdale, of Worthlngton, Ind, are
applicants for the commissonership of In
dian affair." A. II. Davis. of Bedford, Ind,
wants to be second Deputy Commissioner or
Indian Affairs.
Another aspirant for the consulate at
Birmingham England, has appeared in the
person of $. III. Booth. He resides in Ohio
at present, but formerly lived in Corners
vile, Ind.
Although Gen. Paul Vandervoort has
been making noble fight for superintend-
ent of the railway mail service, 1t is be-
lieved that he is knocked out. The papers
filed in the department upon which his
removal from the Office of district superin-
intendent, In 1885, was based. have been
resurrected and submitted to Postmaster
general Wanamaker, and 1t Is understood,
also. that the fact that he has been in the
employ of the Union Pacific railroad will
act against him.