New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-12
TAR HEEL LOTTERY SCHEME.
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ONE WAY OF SATT STYLING TIE DEMOCRATIC AP'
PETITE FOR OFFICE.
Washington Dec IL (Spscial).- active operations
OF the place hunters and their hackers in the House OF
Representatives necessarily at standstii TO-
day. on account of the absence from Washington OF 'e
chief purveyors of patronage" The delay was hot
wholly iost, however, for number OF conferences
were held and plans devised for grand onslaught al
the first opportunity. II is understood that the Demo
cratic Representatives from North Carolina all OF whom
stood by Judge Crisp and the Tammany ." slate from
first to last, decided to go in body to the several
officers OF the House and ascertain nom each Nha'
the "Quota' of patronage for the Tar Heel S'aV9
would be- After that is ascertalned, IL Is pfoposeu
TO write on slips of paper the names OF the several
places with the salary Of each, place the slips IN
hat together with enough more TO make the whole
number of slips equal to the whole number OF Dem
ocratic Representatives each of whom after having
thick handkerchief tied over his eyes, is then TO draw
one slim from the hat. He may draw blank and he
may draw prize.
This seems to be an easy mode of distributing North
Cardinals quota and II the lottery be fairly con-
Quoted IL ought to be satisfactory to all concerned
And vet Mr.. Hussey, of North Carolina. who was
formerly Librarian of the House. and VIII" IS an ap,
plicant for reappointment objects to the blindfold
method OF distributing Offices and he curly askea 10
be counted ont Of the scheme 1t T. undeo3 Sda .na
and efficiency when he held II before. and he appears
10 think or to have thought that his good record would
add some weight to his application for reappointmeh''
THE PROBLEM OF THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
Washington. Dec. IL (special).-The RepuDhcah
Caucus Committee, which is trying 10 arrange 'he
committee assignments in the Senate, mad announcer
long session today and before adjournng had seted
most of the knotty questions of precedence ana con-
ctlng interests involved In the present struggle ior
good committee appointments. The most d,fncu' Place
10 fill is the vacancy in the Committee on Appropa
tions and there lave been at least half dozen as
prants for that highly desirable and influential place.
among them Messrs. Cullom, Stewart, WaSlburn,
Mitchell ana Wocott- This assignment VIII prObaDiy
he left open until the very last 1t Is pretty well
understood that Mr.. Hiscock will get Mr. EVartss
place on the Foreign Relations Committee, and tha'
Mr. Proctor will probably succeed 10 Mr.. Edmundss'
Mr. Proctor would naturally be asked to serve on inc
Military Committee, but its list Of members Is I'M
changed from the last session. Lawyers are gettihg
scarcer In the Senate and the three vacancies on the
judiciary Committee likely to go to comparatively
new men, Either Mr.. Higgins or Mr. Wolcott has a
good chance for one place The Library Committee
seems destined to fall to Mr. Sockbrdge, OF Michigan
Nearly all the other places promise to be filled on The
principle of seniority indicated in previous dis
matches on this subject. The comntees report Will
probably be considered by the full caucus after ad-
fournment next Monday