Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-08
Lucky Chicago Men.
They Hold the Traditional Long
Poles, and
KNOCK THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATIONS.

Palmer and Meredith Get the Govern
ment Print shop and the Engraving
Bureau-The Civil Service Commission
and Thompson-A Broad Principle for
Pension Claimants.
WASHINGTON CITY, May S.-The presi-
dent has appointed Frank w. Palmer to be
public printer, and Theodore Roosevelt, of
New York, and Hugh S. Thompson, of South
Carolina, to be members of the civil service
commission
Two Troublesome Positions.
The conclusion to appoint Frank w.
Palmer to the Office of public printer was
reached at the cabinet meeting Yesterday,
and il was also decided to give William NJ
Meredith, of Chicago, the post of chief Of
the bureau of engraving and printing These
two offices have given the ADM nistration
more trouble than any others President
Harrison announced INN ediately after his
Inauguration that he intended to make a
change in the office of public printer at a
very early date. Days and weeks went by
and the Office was not filed. There were so
many candidates and it was so difficult to
DttWttt IHcili UDdb DFeSl-
dent postponed the settlement of the ques-
ton. Capt Meredith, of Chicago finally
withdrew from the race on the assurance
that he would be made chief of the bureau
of engraving and printing Then a new can
didate for the Office sprung up in the
person of Frank W. Palmer, of Chicago
formerly postmaster there and at one time
one of the owners of The Chicago Inter
Ocean. Palmer had been the proprietor of
papers in Dubuque and Des Moines, Ia, and
he had the support of the Iowa delegation
added to that of the Illinois senators.
The New Commissioners.
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, and
Hugh 5. Thompson, of South Carolina, the
new members of the civil service commission
are regarded as excellent selections Mr..
Roosevelt is well known as most capable
and promising young man. From his first
entrance into public life he has been an adj
vanced advocate of civil service reform.
Governor Thompson has for years been
thoroughly identified with the civil service
reform movement, and is a man of high at
tainments, of ability and courage. Just be-
fore the close of the late administration Pres
ident Cleveland nominated Governor Thomp-
son, then assistant secretary of the treasury,
to succeed Mr.. Edgerton, whom he removed
from the commission, but the senate did not
act on the nomination.
Other Appointments.
The list of appointments yesterday also in
cluded the following for Utah: Arthur L.
Thomas governor; Elijah Sells, secretary
Ellsworth Daggett, surveyor general Other
appointments were: Michael A Leahy,
agent for the Indians of the La Pointe
agency, Wisconsin; A. T. Reeve, of Hamp-
ton, Ia, chief of the seed division aCricui-
tural department The Utah appointees are
all residents of that territory, and Leahy is a
Wisconsin man.
The president also appointed the following
postmasters to western offices: Iowa-C. A.
Walker, Wilton Junction; George Crane,
Dubuque; c. c. Carpenter, Fort Dodge; L.
S. Williams, Estherville Michigan-John
FuniSs, Nashville; S. c. kirkbride Clare;
W. H. Denman, Wyandotte; J. S. Heald
Hartford; J. NJ. Jones, Grayling; S. J.
Springer, Plymouth. Illinois, Tross
Litchfield; j. Lynn, Carrollton; a. Dorothy,
Hinsdale; A. c. Sluss, Tuscola; E. c. Sheaf-
fer, Lockport; r. d. Smith, Pekin D. c.
Harr, LaSalle.