Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-19
SETTLED ON BROOKS.
The High License Author Gets the
Place of David Martin
AS COLLECTOR AT PHILADELPHIA.
The Successor Of Judge Schofeld Now the
Next in Order.
MANY CANDIDATES OUT FOR THE PLACE
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WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Before his de-
parture for the salt air of Cape May to-day
the President brought gladness to the heart
OF one Pennsylvania and disappointment
to two or three others who expected to hear
from him, but did not. Heappointed Will
lam Henry Brooks Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Philadelphia district, to
succeed David Martin, who few weeks ago
performed, for a Pennsylvania office holder,
the extraordinary feat of resigning. Mr.
Brooks was recommended BY Senator Quay,
Collector Martin and other prominent Penn
sylvanians, and seems to be an all-round
popular appointment. He casts his vote in
Germantown and is an ex-member of the
Legislature.
1t was expected that the President, previ-
GUS to his departure, would settle the iden-
t1ty of the successor to Judge Glenni W.
Schotield, on the bench of the Court of
Claims, for which soft and permanent place
Second Controller Gilkeson expects to re-
ceive summons. 1t is assumed that the
reason for the failure to settle this latter is
that the President as yet has been unable to
decide who shall succeed Gilkeson as Sec
ond Controller.
Candidates for the Place.
There are number of applicants for this
place, all of them gentlemen of standing
and influence, such as ex-Representative
Craig, of Brookville, Jefferson county;
Assistant Commissioner of Pensions Lin
coin, and others of similar character 1t is
claimed for Pennsylvania, however, that
both the Judgeship and the Controllership
should go to Pennsylvania, as they are now
held by citizens of that State. But the
hos or haa, ,1f
vania's "cinches," and only went to that
State through the treachery of Senator
Sherman, who had promised Senator Quay
to back Gilkeson for a solicitorship, and
then during Quay's absence from the city
got the place for his friend Hart, and left
Gilkeson in the cold. This led to the
memorable attack on Sherman by Quay and
to the placing of Gilkeson in the Controll-
er's instead Of the Solicitors office.
1t is quite possible, therefore, that the
Controllership will drift away from
Pennsylvania if Judge Gilkeson succeeds
Judge Schofeld in the Court of Claims,
though vigorous attempt is being made to
keep it in the old keystone State, as one of
these high bureau offices, when held for
years, becomes in a way the property of the
State whose citizens have filled the office, as
for instance, the office of Commissioner of
Customs, which for more than quarter of a
century has been held by q Western
Pennsylvania.
The Judgeship Is Safe.
At any rate, no matter where the Con-
trollership goes, the seat on the bench of
the Court of Claims, held honorably for
long years by Judge Schofeld, will un-
doubtedly be kept in possession by Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is probable the appointment of
Judge Schofield's successor will be made nv
the President when he returns from Cape
May next week.
A dispatch from Philadelphia SAYS:
William H. Brooks was elected to the Leg
islature of Pennsylvania to represent the
Twenty-frst district in 1888, and by sue
cessive reflections has served continuously
up to the present time. He was born in
Germantown May IL, 1872 He entered the
employ of the Lombard and South Street
Passenger Railway Company, of which he
is at present the Superintendent
During his term in the Legislature he
became chiefly distinguished as the author
of the Brook high license law, which was
first introduced in the session of 1885. This
bill was prepared with the assistance of
Lawyer Lewis D. Vail, the attorney of the
Law and Order Society. The bill failed in
the session of 1885, and was introduced at
the following session and became law.
The prominence which he attained through
the enactment of the license law brought
him into the race for the Speakership of
the House of Representatives. His chances,
however, were greatly handicapped by the
fact that Philadelphia had just retire
from the chair. Opposition at once de-
veloped among the country members and
resulted in the defeat of Brooks