The Arizona champion., 1889-05-18
NEWSY LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent a the National Capitol

WASHINGTON, May I6. 1889 If the selection of Messrs Roose- welt and Tompson is as agreeable to lall parties and faction as it would seem to hs from comments immed- ! 3iatly following the announcelne ent { 'f the appointment of the two civil service commissioners, these gentle men must have been born under lucky planet. Especially is this true sln the case of Mir. Roosevelt. The New York Press, representing the| spells system goes in ecsta.ies over This nomination. It announces that he IS Tho mugwump", and conveys gthe idea that he isa merry rolliokins brigade of 8 spoilsman. The New York Tiwes on the other hand, con { graduates MT. Harrison upon the Appointment from it's own standpoint. 1t states that Mir. Roosevelt recently advocated the appointment of Post. master Pierson or one of his trained
 subordinates as postmaster of New York. In fact pronounces him an but and cut civil service reformer
 All this simply means tAa, the 8factions are not exactly sure wha,
 course Messrs Roosevelt and Tomp. son will pursue and don't want to attack them uutil they know. lu six months you will not find both oi the New York journals I haveq quot sd praising Mr. Roosevelt. H, Hcannot satisfy both; that much i sure,
 If MT. Lyman remains, the ecivIl service commission is now
 ;omplete. In Messrs Tompson ano
 Roosevelt the commission certainly has two members of unusual educat'
 lonal training and ability Mr. Tomp
 son was for years an educator, 2apd Mir. Roosevelt has had an exten
 ssive literary training, Both are 5 linen to whom fortune was kind al sbirth in giving wealth, Both have
 been well known leaders in theil erespectoye Parties.
 4 The appointment of Frank W. 41Rlmer, of Chicago, as Public prin, ter meet with kindly reception. a Ghe selection was of course not a matter of suprise, inasmuch as all sgthe ear y candidates in the field pull '3 sd off the track and surrendel two
 weeks ago Mir. Palmer is probapl, E y training the best fitted candidate EEfor Public printer that h,s ever bssn S presented. He united an extensive Experience of public life with q 4thorough knowledge of the printing 3business, Besides being good prin
 tsr and pressman and a first class 5editor he is even a practical book
 binder He enter upon his dutie. 4under favorable circumstances. Ii
 he does not become a more popular official than his predecessor he vii
 be poor one indeed, Public print
 Ter Benedict has been partiularsy un
 fortunate in this respect. Without
 any experience in high puplic office Ehe has never been able to take ad
 vice. He may have meant well,
 but he has certainly succeeded only
 in getting himself warmly disliked 
 His taking of would be more regret
 ted if he had been endowed by nat
 ure with more agreeable manners and less self-sufficiency. A stren-
 uons effort will be made by the sOivh Service Commission to retain ] the power in the Census Bureau Nearly 1900 clerks will be employed ] Sin the work for two years or over md there is connisrable interest felt in the distribution of that a. mount of pie. Personally the sup 3srtendent of the census, Robt w, Porter seems to be in favor of plac- ling the Bureau under the Civil Service rules as means of defence ! A though the appointment will not ! ae made for months, he fnls him. |seF already besiesed night and |day for positions,
 The women's Press. Association off :this. city has met the of its usual failures in the project of raising mon. Icy to place portrait of Mrs Cleave- land in the White House. The scheme has been formally abandon- led The opposition of Mrs. Cleve lo,l ho.-o1e ., ,.,uo. o, kL~ ..