The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-23
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
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PREsIDhNTs ALLEGED ORDEE


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| Thosc who Are Delegate. to Niuneapoii'
DO Not Know whether They Arc TX
pected to siny at Home or whether the
| Prrs,dcnt Referred to Cabinet Ministers
| aud higher Onieiais Oniy-Pcnsion COM
| missioner Raun TO he Uuioaded aud Sent
| Abrond-Prospects OF u Lively Week In
| sident IIarrison's Forthco'n
Ing Trip to Rochester on Memorial Day
WASHINGTON. May 22-Thc Federal Office
holders In Washington are in great state OF
| mind over the Presidents intimation that they
| are not expected to make themselves active or
| conspicuous ut the Minneapolis Convention.
| Those who are delegates do not know
whether they are expected to give way
to tho aitcrnatcs. or whether the Presi-
dent did not mean to include them. but
only Cabinet Ministers and tho higher OIL
cials. Tho suggestion on which tho Pres-
dents so-callod order was based was made by
Secretary Foster. and he Is said TO DO OF tho
opinion TINT it should not apply to officials
elected as delegates by their RESPECTIVE state
and district Conventions. but only to Office
holders generally. who might BIO preparing to
60 to Minneapolis for tho sole purpose OF holp-
ing to in fate the Harrison boom. The Office
holding delegates. therefore. have not yet de-
cided what course to pursue They will first
consult with the bosses OF tho party. The
minor officials who arc not delegates. however.
have promptly determined on their course.
They will remain at their desks One OF them.
who is the chief OF u big bureau and who had
mado all his arrangements for attending the
Convention. said to-day:
We'll. l don't know Just how broad the
President intended to make his intimation to
oGlceholdors to stay at home. but 1t is certain
~ brond enough to cover my case. do not
mean to risk my official head by flying in the
face OF tho President. shall remain at home.
although l feel pretty mean about it. Tho
other bureau officers will. l think. as rule,
also remain away from the Convention"
Tho higher officials. like Dan Ransdcll of
Indianapolis. Harrison's warm friend. regard
the order as n big blum. and they will be on
hand early at Minneapolis.
Republicans generally. in Washin Gton, do
not seem to know Just what the President
means by his ante-Conventon warning. but
they think 1t hardly possible that he means
that officeholders who nre delegates shall
resign their commissions. II he should do so
it would play havoc with his chances OF re-
nomination. for the list OF delegates from the
various States shows that over one hundred OF
then rroos os Of p G an
was ever before sent to :Nationa!
ard tsesS are
will suffer irreparably. especially ~ the South:
In New York. as in many OF her Stntes. some, OF
s ns Ss Te Hs s sn4 G ssr d
lis. General Appraiser Sharpe. Commissioner
e NsyiSatpn oYrien c9nsas
own state Of Indiana one OF the delegates at
large holds the conspicuous judicial office of
sofa. Mch his " Dakota Kansas M.e and oaher
Northern States the list Of delegates is thickly
sprinkled with otficeholiers. The only States,
chosen are those like Colorado. in which the
Administration is so decidedly unpopular that
dntc he would have been defeated.
But it is in the South that the offlceholders
are really numerous. and whore. indeed. they
In Georgia - Of the 20 delegates are Federal
officials, ten OF them being colored men,. In
gates. one with twelve of,lceh"iJers and the
o o,f, With one There IRE 1lieeholders on
iector OF Customs at Galveston with two
Collector il one OF The delegates ct large;
and In ITS
BY seven; three Of them being coIorcd men;
-Four on! Of the eight delegates from Florida hold
r0% Uncle ss% NH3EyHn
seven There w &C. cont
p s5,,y S;s q headed ,Gy i: E; wasmotS. an5
Who 81 9S the HsP@s' a. Rer
'orts 70 shut the officeholdine Delegates out Of
The Minneapolis Convention. the precedent |
will be used to make fight on the salary
all likely, however. that the officeho!ders arc |
g be crowded out Of the Convention. either by |
votes are too seriously needed by the Admin
stration candidate. and he is not apt to saw
rom the tree the limb on which he sits.
Congressman Greenleaf OF Rochester. who
has had charge of the preparations for the
rip OF President Harrison to that city to take
pnrt in the exercises Of Memorial Day. has
all the arrangements. Tho party
lrday, May %, at 4. NJ, and reaching Roch-
hus provided the President may address his
elfw Wnns t any or all Of the points
resident viii be Secretary ElKins and T fost e
'ther members OF the Cabinet. and number
s 'arty q sSo%t ihif'%iaSf fhs rsf%rn trIS
n Tuesday by daylight. as President Harrison
nay prefer. The President will make only
hort address on Memorial Day. Tho Grafton
i the occasion will be delivered by President
Hall OF Rochester University.
The latest rumor about Con- Raum is to the
fleet that the President has concluded to I'M
Dad him In gentle way. 1t is said that before
cnving Washington on his recent trip on tho
,,hesaneake. the President informed Gen.
sailm that while he had every conlidenca in
lin. yot tho relations between the head OF the
nterl1r Department and the Chief OF tho Pen.
ion Bureau had grown SO strained that
10 hid concluded TO cut the string be-
ERE PR, t snapped Con, .iapm. it Is said,
u.s. rs pres present usefulness, and, suggested
Q the Presidents advantage to retire him
rom his Cabinet To. this tho President is
mid to have made no direct reply. but to have
m ,I it, L to Cen hsam that post could DO
. him. Gen. Raum. It is suid. declined to
ikn I ,c hint unit the President told him that
9 had nude M his mind TO make he change
4 i is said. he reluctantly, nsssnted, and
!. to find q suitable berth in u comfortable
Innate for the chief Of the Pension Office to