New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-12
OFFICES TO BE FILLED.
PLACES IN THE GIFT OF THE pREsrnrvr
STILL HELD BY DEMOCRATS.
A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE POSSIBLE VA
cANcIEs IN THE EIGHT EXECUTIVE
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DEPARTMENTS.
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washington, Sept. liza little than SIX NINTH.
have passed since the Republican Adninstr alton ,sr.
into power. In that time STR. Harrison has mad.
changes in nearly all the Presidential offices ~ ,hs
eight Executive Departments Of the Government n,
course there many Offices outside OF washinr,o.
remaining to be filed by Republicans in place OF IN.
Democrats who occupy them. but the PresdentI.I
places In the departments in this city that are va,
available for Republican office seekers are very fan
indeed The War and Navy Departments ara no,
taken into consideration, there being only one eyl
Office in each that is filed by Executive appontmen.
These the places OF Secretary Of War and the sec
ary Of tho Navy. The chiefs OF the several bureaus
in each OF these departments appointed BY TIA
President, but not selected from civil life Thsv
are recognized naval and military appointments and
are usually in the line OF promotion. The Depart
ment Of Agriculture which was recently made FL.
ecutive, has only two officials who appointed by
the President-te Secretary and the Assistant secrs
tary Both of them are Republicans, selected by this
Administration In tho Postoflce Department there
arc no vacancies. There only four Presidential
Offices there, those Of the Postmaster General and the
First, Second and Third Assistants.
All these officials are Republicans. There arc
several hundred Presidential posmasters In the United
States but Democrats in Office will be generally al
lowed TO serve out their full terms. Perhaps halt
NA NV PO'''NiS OF tDlS CLASS nave DcoD Cnangcl
by President Harrison In the Department of Justice
there are ten places that may be filed by the Presl
dent. They are the Attorney General socltorGen.
eral, two Assistant Attorney Generals solicitor OF
the Treasury Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury
Assistant Attorney-Genera for the Department Of
the Interior, Assistant Attorney General for the Pot
office Department, Solicitor OF Internal Revenue for
the Treasury Department and Solicitor for the Depart
ment Of State. Among all these officers only two
Democrats remain They are William A. Maury OF
Virginia, one Of the Assistant Attorney enerals and
Felix A. Reeve, OF Tennessee. Assistant Solicitor OF
the Treasury.
Outside Of this city, but under the direction and
control Of the Department Of Justice. Of course there
a great number Of offices remaining TO be filed
by Executive appointment These are the United
States MaEhalships and the United States District.
Attorneyships in the several States. Some of thess
places have been filed; but the majority amounting
to perhaps 100, are still occupied by "hod-over,
Democrats. Changes will be made as rapidly as the
terms expire and candidates can be agreed upon by
the local politicians.
The Interior Department presents quite a list Of
Presidential places All the offices in the Department.
In Washington have been filed, with the exception OF
the Commsslonershp Of the General Land Office and
the Second Deputy CommssiOnership OF Pensions The
Director Of the Geological Survey IS Republican who
held his office through the last Administration OF the
places outside this city there are a considerable
Der be filled with Republicans instead OF the Demo-
Gratis who occupy them. The Territorial Offices
all filed. except the secreayship Of Alaska. The
Commissioners for Alaska, one wrangel and one a.
juneau City, are to be appointed. The surveyors.
General Of Alaska California Colorado, Florida, IDAHO
louisiana Minnesota. Montana. Nevada and oregon are
Democrats but they all expect to be succeeded by
Republicans. The following pension agencies are sin
held by Democrats: Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus
Ohio; Concord, n. H.; Des MONIES. Iowa; Detroit
indianapolis. louisville Milwaukee, Philadelphia Pitts
burg and San Francisco Changes have been made In
number of the Indian agencies IN the West but thero
are twenty-four OF these places which have not re-
ceived the attention OF President Harrison Nearly al
of them are filed by Democrats Then there are loo
Registers and Receivers Of Land Offices who are Demo
Gratis and who are still in office. They will be re-
moved as rapidly practicable.
At the Treasury Department there arc thirty -iour
Presidential offices that local 10 washington
Twenty Republicans have been appointed oy ms
Admins traton, and there thirteen places sfll
held by Democrats. These are tho Deputy First
Auditor Deputy Third Auditor, Deputy Fifth Auditor,
Deputy First Controller Deputy Second Controller,
Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Superintendent OF
Life Saving Service, Commissioner Of Navigation AS
sistant Treasurer OF the United States Register OF
the Treasury Assistant Register OF the Treasury, d.
rec tor Of the Mint and Supervising InspectorGeners
Of Steamboats, outside Of Washington there are the
Collectors
the Mint officers and the Collectors and Surveyors o.
Customs. Changes are made in these offices as Thu
terms expire and there probably fifty Of them "a
be filed.
The patronage of the state Department Is quite ex
ensive but there only five Presidential appoint
ments local to Washington. They are the secretary
three Assistant Secretaries. and the Solicitor. The
Second Assistant is the only holdover.' and he has
been I'm service since 1882. The Consular and Dpo-
matte service however, comes under this Depart
ment: and the Ministers, ConsulsGeneral;
COnsus Of the first class, and Consuls OF the secOu
and third classes, arc all Presidential appointments
All except six of the missions nave
been changed. They are Russia, which pays sl''oogg
a year; China, S12, 900; COrea 81 500; Persia ana
sulates General which are next in importance 70 tne
missions have nearly all been filled Inc loiIo"lns
fifteen placeS are still held by Democrats, or else sIe
vacant: Apia, 81 600; Bangkok, $1,000 Bogq,s'
81 900: Calcutta. So 600: Guatemala S-uoO nS
yana SO 900; Kangawa, $4,000; Matam0ras, s-poooo.
Melbourne 81 800 Mexico. 81 800 M0nroyla S4oOo,
Panama - 900; Paris, $1,000: Seoul, $500 ad
class there are 1853 In all but only forty hye hsSo
been filled BY the present Administration. VI INC
consuates of the third class there are twentyfou "
which two have been filed by President Harrison, 90,
There are also number Of places, such as PuDnN
Printer COMMISSIONS of Labor, Interstate ConmlS
s,oners' Government Directors OF the Union Pacific
Sirn service Commissioners. and members OF tempo
rary commissions. AL OF these places arc nIieu oA'
a. Vacancies occur by the expiration OF terms
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