Mohave County miner., 1889-03-30
WASHINGTON EETTER.
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Miss0ufi seems 10 nave large slice c
official pie and 10 be holding out her un-
occupied hand, while she ID ever and an
on taking the slice out OF her mouth
TO cry for more. Chauncey J. Filley Is
running like two.year-old, although he
has not yet made up his mind what 10 ex-
pect. lie did wish TO be Consul General
TO London, but the President "jest act
ually larfed" and Mr.. Blaine told the del
egation bluntly that the position Was not
in the market. From that it would sp-
pear that John G. New has secured the
place, though Mr.. News friends swear that
he is booked for the Austrian mission.
Vienna Ia the gayost, not 70 say the
most reckless capital Ia Europe, and .
few years there would be season Of
paradise. Of certain sort. Tbs Consul
Generalahip at London, In, howeser, not
to be lightly estimated, although the so
cial position Is below that Of an ambassa-
dor. All the delights Of the worlds great
est city aad the ease Of official position
beyond the reach Of small Office seekers
present themselves. And then the emol-
umsnts, which are something Of mys-
terry, amount 10 $50, 600 or 10000 year
Really am unable 70 see how man
who has always been ~ generous TO him
self as Mr.. New, can find IL in his big In.
dian heart 10 refuse the position-if he
can get II.
IL appears this morning that President
Harrison win appoint Corporal Tanner
to be Commissioner Of Pensiona II &c
it will be his first appointment Of candi'
date that has not the solid support Of his
state delegation for purely national Of.
fee. Las. week Tanners friends felt this
to be his fatal weakness and really more
OF an injury to his cause than the charge
that he was mentally and physically un
able to perform the duties Of the position
Major Poole, his Syracuse opponent, had
developed enough Congressional backing
In the New York delegation 10 at leas
kill the chances Of any other man from
that State. Mr.. Harrison desired Mr.
Tanners appointment, but could no
openly break his own rule not to act al
umpire in State quarrels.
In this'emergency the Oregon and Ne
braska delegations and offered the Cor
poral, resident in either state, and it i
likely that as result the nomination vii
be charged, II made, to the Pacific slope
Which teaches that there are various
effectual modes OF eradicating feline.
, The Kansas delegation had taste o
: Presidest Harrison's adherence to hi
, rules on Saturday. He told the member
! that they must agree upon q man or ;
: certain Office would 60 to some other stat
Q They retired and all fell into line excep
, Representative Peters, whose obstinac.
is proverbial. As he is the member from
the district in which the applicant VIII
had the support OF the majority resides
J., his refusal to agree was more annoying
I At last, as compromise, Mr.. Peters pro
e posed the name Of another equally goo'
/. Republican, but bitter professiona
3 aad personal enemy OF the other candi
date. With one bound Senator Ingall
was in the arena, and the scoring he CAV
q Mr.. Peters would have made more sen
q sible man ashamed. 1t did repress MI
y Peters for the moment, but a cork pushe
!, under water bobs merrily up when th
a pressure is removed. Anyhow Kansas ha
i, lost the appointment, and there is dissatii
. faction in her camp.
:. The man who said TO himself thre
days after the Inauguration that the offic
, seekers were not more numerous no'
than after former inaugurations, reckone
. without his host The host has arrive
;. since and the end is not yet. The pol
y ticians who have no time TO waste an
:. who regard inauguration ceremonies a.
circus to be religiously avoided by an
man Of stern purposes, delayed their con-
=. ing. But once here their activity
boundless, and their efforts spur the fas
:. ged out spirits Of their opponents, VIII
have been here several weeks. to renewe
endeavors to corral 'the influence"
10 The expectant sleep upon their arms
D. ready at any time to be up and give ba
y tie to any men who seek TO oppose then
y Opposition but emboldens the stron
e while it crushes the weak, ia office hun
u ing az in all else in this fighting worlt
!. The Indiana men Of whom told you la
!" week, who was confident Of appointmer
&c as Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, h:
q already been routed with great slaughte
'c and is now even content TO be clerk II /
u can get that. Istill predict messenger
!" place for him at $50 month and my col
fidence in my own good judgment grow
1T apace. My friend is weak man and vi
N not fight.
1t Contrast him with q Kentucky Off
e. seeker who was at one time in the POI
at Office Department as a u, 900 clerk, al
II was discharged by the Democrats.
ne though he was dismissed on account
Ill his justly famous ignorance, which W
u appropriately combined with probab
to the smallert amount Of actual good sen
ge that ever fell to the lot Of man, he il nc
ny posing as martyr and wants TO be fl
be Auditor. He might as well ask to be fiji
at angel in the hosts Of heaven.
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