Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-11
WASHINGTON CITY.
and so are the Ofice-Seekers. Spec ulation as to Barnun,'s Successor.
(Frou our Regular Correspondent

(From our Regular CorreSponcenD WASHINGTON, D. C., Mry 3, 1889. The President returned from the
 great New York celebration greatly ia
 tigued but much pleased with what he saw, as we'll as with the cordial manner
 in which he was received and treated
 during his entire stay-three days: lis
 return to Washington was the signal fer
 the reappearance of the army of place
 seekers that somehow misteriously dis
 appeared when the President started for
 the Centennial. They are back, as,smil-
 ing and chippy as ever, and seemingly far more numerous. But as it is a good natured, well-fed crowd, with money in its pockets, Washington is glad to see them back again in the hotel lobbies,
 and wishes them well generally.
 Mrs. Harrison was so pleased with the New York celebration that she will re- main there until next week. She is the guest of Mrs. Morton.
 The employees of the Railway Mail Service number $500. About one third of this number are republicans appoint ed since the 4th of March, and a small number are republicans found in the ser vice by the Cleveland administration, and overlooked in the general slaughter which followed Cleveland's inauguration the rest are democrats. On May 1, the entire service passed under the control of the Civil Service Commission and in future when vacancies occur they will
 be filled from names certified by that body. Civil Servlce Commissioner Ly- man says that the Commission has all ready on file more than 2000 applicants for examination, from parties desirous of receiving appointments in the service and that he anticipates no trouble what ever in filling any requisition that Su- perintendent Bell, of the Railway Mail Service may make on him for clerks.
 The indisposition of Secretary Blaine which prevented his accompanying the President to New York has been the cause of some uneasiness on the part of NIT. Blaine's friends and of a thousand and one rumors making his condition worse than it is. I am assured by those closely associated with him that the at tack has only been an ordinary one of lumbago, and that at no time has it been serious enough to prevent the Secretary | paying the usual attention to his mail, | both private and official. The rumors (some of them sent to out-of-town pa- pers were too absurd for any one to be- | lieve) gave the Secretary more worry than his lumbago pains.
 Controller of the Currency Lacey was sworn in this week and began his official | career.
 The death of ex-Senator Barnum, | chairman of the democratic national | committee, has created much interest | among democrats here, and speculation | is rife as to who will be his successor. Senator German seems to be the favor ite for the place, but it is said that | Cleveland and his crowd don't want German because he is not radical | enough in his tariff ideas, they want a | Cleveland tariff reformer, which is syn onymous with being free trader, to | fill the position. Senator Germans friends say that he does not want the place and will not accept it if it is offered him. Perhaps not. May be it is case of sour grapes. If the democrats are to fight among themselves over this position all good republicans will wish that the free-trade element of the pa may win, for as long as that wing of e democratic party rules its councils ile republican party is certain to remain in power.
 A circular issued by Postmaster Gen eral Wannamaker, at the request of Superintendent of the Census, Porter. will have the result of placing 5S.G00 census collectors in the field immedi- ately. The circular in question directs the 5S,OOO pOStmasters of the country to furnish the census bureau such infor- nation in regard to statistics, etc, per taining to the census, as may be request ed by Superintendent Porter provided it can be done without detriment to the business of their offices. This idea of the thoroughly organized ma chinery of the postoifice department to gather information for the census bureau is an entirely new one and orig mates, l think, with MT. Porter
 Senator Eoar's select committee on our relations with Canada meet in Chi cago to-day to begin their investigation.
 Ex-Senator Harlan of Iowa is visiting He came east to see his laughter, who is the wife of Robt. T. Lincoln, the newly appointed minister -n EiprrlonI off +o I T.oplo,, |