Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-25
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1srArcH.i

ESPECIAL TELLGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The President,
in Lis desire to take things as easy as pos
sible, now that the heated term has begun,
was shrewd enough to defer his return from
Cape May to-day until il was too late for
the calls of Office seekers or their friends, as
there is always sure to be a rush when he
returns after an absence of day or two.
The train bearing the President Post
master General Wanamaker, General Sewell
and Thomas f. Dolan, of Philadelphia, ar
rived in Washington at 7:05. The White
House carriage was in waiting and the
President was Immediately driven to the
Executive Mansion. 1t it very evident that
the seekers after preferment have con-
cluded in their own minds that they will
get little good out of the President for
this time until the close of the summer.
HARRIsoN's PLEASANT SUMMER.
Within few days his family will be
installed for the summer in the cottage of
ex-senator Davis. at Deer Park, and the
head of the family has arranged TO spend
about one-hslf of mis- time there. He will
each week 60 to Deer Park on Saturday
and return on Monday, will occasionally
1engthen his absence to from Friday till
Tuesday, and, at times, when it is extremely
hot, will simply ignore business altogether
and stay there till he feels like coming
away. He has made close study OF his
own physical condition, and does not pro-
pose to elevate Mr.. Morton to the Presi-
,dency if be can help it, at least in the first
year of his lncumbency. He cannot endure
the hard work and close application on
which Cleveland seemed to thr,se, and no.
body knows it better than himself, and he
does not propose to tax his powers beyond
the health limit.
The crowd of office seekers have pretty
thoroughly learned his impulses, his habits,
and above all his obstinacy, in taking his
own course regardless of criticism, and so
there is scarcely a corporal's guard left of
them outside OF those who live in the States
adjacent to the district From this time On,
the heads of departments will have to bear
more of the brunt of the Office seekers than
formerly, and, as was the case on Saturday,
appointments will often be made on days
when the President is absent. The more
important appointments, however, he will
continue to keep within his own grasp, and
where there is conflict between factions
he will willingly assume the responsibility
of making choice
OFFICERS FOR ALLEGHENY.
1t is expected that the postmaster, collector
and possibly the surveyor, for Philadelphia
will be appointed this week, and it will not
surprise anybody if about the same time a
postmaster is named for Pittsburg. Posi-
bly, another consul or two will be appointed
from Allegheny county, and if so the first to
be named will doubtless be Mr.. David Mar
tin, of the Amalgamated Association, and
Mr.. Thomas f. Morris, the Allegheny
druggist. Just where they will be placed
is not yet decided. When last consulted
about the matter of the consulates, the
President pleasantly suggested that he
thought Allegheny county was getting
about its share of Cousuls, but he was easily
convinced that the argument of locality did
not amount to much, for the reason that
there were practically no applicants in
Pennsylvania except from Allegheny and
Philadelphia counties.