The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-09
WILLING TO BE MARTYRS
THE RUSH FOR OFFICE JUST AS
GREAT AS EVER.

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He'll Do for Consul General to Cairo
-" What-Are-We-H Here For" Flana-
gan Would Like to Settle Down In
Japan.
WASHINGTON, March s. S--Archibald Coch-
ran of Texas wants to be consul general to
Cairo, and has the Endorsement of about all
the leading republicans of his state. Mr..
Cochran is oue of three brothers who are
/ distributed equally between the republi-
cans, the democrats and the United Labor
parties Each is a violent partisan. Under
the republican regime Archibald was post
master of his town. When President Cleve-
land came in his democratic brother made
a fight on him and got the postoffice, which
he now holds. They are known as a fight
| ing family.
The famous Webb Flanagan of Texas is
here. What -are-we here-for" Flanagan
answers his own question. He wants to be
| minister to Japan.
INDIsCRIMINATE ENDORSEMENTS.
Although the President had said that
he did not want to talk about
the offices this week he has been
thronged all day by delegations and
individuals who did not want to talk
about anything else. The throng of office
seekers has thinned out little because
] many of them had to 60 home yesterday
lest their Inauguration excursion tickets
should run out but those that remain are
the most determined and perseverlng of all.
| he state delegations generally have been
lndorsing candidates for offices with a
reckless prodigality which almost appears
| designed to defeat its seeming purpose. The
! Ohio delegation, for example, has picked on
five Of the higher officials in the depart
ments and named four men for each. The
Michigan delegation has indorsed everybody
although it didn't conflict with anybody
previously indorsed, and SO on.
IN A PREDICAMENT.
The Michigan senators were brought into
a predicament by their willingness to obllge,
over which they have not ceased swearing.
| They received a message yesterday from
| Gov. Alger to the effect that the President
had promised to appoint solicitor general
whomsoever the Michigan senators would
! indorse, and recommending Col Samuel
| Dufield of Detroit Gov. Alger's chief
| lieutenant, for their Endorsement. Accord
ingly they indorsed him. To-day they
were informed authoritatively that the
! President had made no such remark to Gen.
Alger, and on the contrary had said that
he would appoint as solicitor general some
man known personally to Attorney General
Miller and himself as a first-class lawyer.
ceedingly.
| QUAY HAS A LONG TALK.
Senator Quay had to-day his first inter-
view with President Harrison siuce his
Inauguration. 1t lasted nearly three
| quarters of an hour. 1t was about the
| offices generally, with especial reference of
course to the Philadelphia and Pennsvl-
vania Offices but without especial mention
Of names Senator Quay said be wanted to
,NA AV1kr vt,aN h. lo-.A
| do about them. His own idea was TO turn
the democrats out and to put republicans
| in as speedily as possible. He had no doubt
| that all self-respecting democrats in office
| would tender their designations, but il they
| did not within a reasonable time, unless
their terms were just about to expire, he
was in favor of removing them. The
President said, as he had said yesterday to
the cabinet, that in this matter the admins
| tration must 60 slow. He wanted to see
! good republicans in all the Administrations
offices, but he did not propose to make re-
| movals and appointments with undue haste.
| He certainly would not make vacancies
until he was ready to fill them with good
men. What he wanted in Pennsylvania,
as elsewhere, was that the republican
leaders should get together and agree upon
the men to be recommended as tue choice
| of the party in the state for possible vacan-
cies. Then he would be in position to fill
vacancies when they occurred.
GRANT FOR THE CHINESE MISSION.
Postmaster General Wanamaker made
his first recommendation respecting ap-
| pointmentS to the President to-day. He
accompanied Chief Justice Paxson, George
w. Childs, Anthony j. Drexel and Thomas
| Dolan of Philadelphia to the white house
and joined with them in recommending the
| appointment of Col Fred Grant as minis
ter TO China. President Harrison did not
say what he would do. Col. Grant is being
indorsed by almost every state delegation
| which hasn't candidate of it's own for
this place, but Mr.. Swift of California is
more likely to get the place.
WARNER MILLER APT TO BE LEFT OUT
The President is gradually soothing the
| disappointed candida es for the cabinet
whom he cares for Warner Miller is likely
to remain out in the cold, and he walked
| past the white house without thinking of
| going in about the time ex-senator Palmer
was entertaining the President with some
of bis best stories at the luncheon, with
which the President was entertaining him.
REGULAR PLAGUE.
The office seekers are keeping the senators
| and members Of congress from their states
| busy. and some OF them scarcely get time to
eat their meals i'll quiet Representative
Wade of Missouri and several others have
found it necessary to change their places Of
residence and keep their new abodes secret.
Representative Wade on Wednesday had
callers by o'clock In the morning, and as
they kept at it alkday long he changed his
address at nightfall unknown to any one.
STILL HUNTS.
Candidates for big offices, such as foreign
missions and important bureaus, are pursu-
ing their quest more quietly but no less
earnestly than those who want smaller
places. The Indiana delegation called in a
body on the Pre- ident this morning and
urged that ex-Congressman Johns
ton Of Indiana, who was de-
feated for reelection last Novem-
ber, be made commissioner Of pensions.
The other candidates for this offica are
Corporal Tanner Of Now YORK, Gen. Brown
of Cincinnati and Private Vaughn Of Iowa.
The Pacific coast delegation called on the
President in the interest Of Gen. Swift OF
California. 1t is said they are as yet unds-
cided what Office they want for the gem
| eral.
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