The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-12-16


Geo. G. Story, G. A. Skeels and A. L.
Weeks at st. Adams. Those who do not
get Federal offices in the State would
quite likely be willing to take foreign
consulships.
The aspirations of the Vermont Demo-
Gratis have not yet fully crystalized around
these various offices.
The mementous question with the
Democrats of Vermont is whether the
spoils of Office will be distributed soon
after the Inauguration or later in the
season. Mr.. Cleveland's Manhattan
Club speech, in which he declared that
the party could not keep the support OF
a majority of its voters by distribution
of spells and personal favors, is rather
significant.
If Mr.. Cleveland follows the rule of
President Harrison in the matter of APP
pointments in Vermont, none of the
Presidential offices will be filled until the
present incumbents shall have served out
a full term of four years.
There are some $50 Federal offices in
Vermont which are filled by appointment
by the President or members of the cab
met. OF this number thirty are Presi-
dental Post Offices and four are other
offices filled by Presidential appoint
ment. The latter are those of Collector
of Customs for the District of Vermont,
District Attorney, Marshal and National
Bank Examiner. The other Federal Of
fees are those of Deputy Collector OF In
ternal Revenue, Stamp Deputy, Deputy
Collectors of Customs at st. Adams,
Rockford, SwantOn, Highgate, Alburg,
North Troy, Newport and Island Pond,
two Special Inspectors and force OF
nearly fifty inspectors and customs OH
GERS.
The United States consulships at St
Johns, p. O., and Cardiff, Wales, the
consular agency at Stanstead, L. u,
and several other foreign appointments
are also held by Vermonters. Ex-Gov
L. j. Ormsbee of Brandon is one of the
International Commissioners at Samoa,
and Hon. l.. L. Knapp, of Middlebury
has been Governor of Alaska for the past
two years.
The Republican incumbents of nearly
every one of the Presidential offices il
Vermont succeeded Democrats who hac
served out full term of four years. The
record of appointments made by Presi
dent Harrison in this State shows thai
with possibly one OF two exceptions nj
| Democrats were removed and no changes
in the offices were made before the expi
ration of the four-year term, excep
where vacancy was created by death Of
resignation.
On March 4th, 1889, when Gen. Harri
son was inaugurated, every Presidential
office in Vermont was held by Il Demo
crat. Early in May of that year Hon
Frank Plumley of Mortified was ap
pointed District Attorney, vice Clarence
| II. Pitkin, resigned.
On June 18th, 1889, Fred. G. Field wa
made postmaster at Rutland, and OF
September 10th j. E. Stewart succeeded
a Democrat in the office at Middlebury
Hon. G. G. Benedict assumed the duties
! of Collector of Customs at Burlington
Sept LIST, 1880, succeeding Col, B, b
Smalley. Ex-Governor Roswell Farm
ham of Bradford took the office of Ma
tional Bank examiner in October anC
! Charles S. Forbes of st. Adams was APP
pointed Deputy Collector of Interna
Revenue early Ill December, 1899. TIL,
present United States Marshal, Rollil
Amsden of Windsor, qualified and tool
the oath of office July LIST, 1890. TIL
Democratic predecessors of thes
officials served four years term.
The incumbents of most of the Presi
dental post offices have considerabl
time to serve, if the tour-year-sery,c
rule prevails under the Cleveland AID
ministration. The terms of the post
masters in the following offices eXpir
about the time indicated below: NORTH
field, April, 1898; Woodstock, August
1898; Springfield, August, 1895; Fai
Haven, July, 1893; Brandon, August
1898; Barre, August, 1898; Waterbury
December, 1893; Bellows Falls, Febru
airy, 1895; st. Johnsbury, October, 1896
Montpelier, July, 1896; Burlington
March, 1895; Bennington, January, 1896
st. August, 1894; Bradford, February
1894. The four-year-term of POstmaste
f. W. Childs of BrattlebOrO expires i
January, 1894. He was originally az
pointed by President Cleveland, in 1885,
and in 1890 was reappointed by Pres
dent Harrison.
The record of appointments made !
Vermont during the first year of TIL
Cleveland Administration, from Marcel
1885, to March, 1886, shows that $50 RI
publican officials were suspended q
''removed" in the interest of reform
and Democratic Office seekers. Include
in this list of decapitated officials wei
the Collector of Customs, Collector {
Internal keyenue, National Bank exam
liner, the United States Marshal and til
postmasters at Rutland, Brandon, Fai
Haven, Springfield, Mortified, Barr,
Middlebury, Vergennes, Woodstock
BrattleborO, Waterbury, Brandon, Yves
Randolph, Swanton and Ludlow, a
Presidential offices; also some 100 fourt
class Offices. But all this happened b.
fore the four-year-term rule was estal
lished by Republican .PIesident.-Co
Forbes in Boston Journal,