The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-30
HEALING OUT THE OFFICES.
.ovp IMPORTANT NEW FORK AP-
PoINTHENTs AGREED UPoN.

Assistant Appraisers at This Fort.
r,ro or whom Aro Jacob schoenhoF and
= Rockwell F.y-Peter &. Doyle for Col
,.otor OF Customs, Valentine Fieckensteiu
oo- Collector of Internal Revenue. and
4. Kennedy for Appraiser at Buffalo.
Washington. Sept. 20-At o conference last
.,rh. h,tweea the President, Secretaries Car
~. and Lamont. and Postmaster General
n,.s.lI. a slate was agreed upon for tho prin-
Ia, Fsderal Offices in westarn New York and
,,r norton OF the vacancies In the New York
r,s,om House. The names were announced
.,to.day's Cabinet meeting. and Will probably
=. .snt TO the Senate tom orrow.
nh. nav appointees all seem to DO anti
.,,r,srs, Those for western Now York are as
s.,nvs. Collector OF Internal Revenue. Buf-
..,n district, Valentine Fleckenstein: Collector
=, Customs at the mort OF Buffalo. Peter C.
n,,,s. Appraiser at the port OF Buffalo. John
J. Ksnnady.
an thu list. but these are appointed by tho
SECRETARY Of the Treasury. and their names arc
Mt ssnt to the Senate. One is JACOB Schoen-
ssr. the well-known tariff writer and ex.Con-
AMI and another is J. Rockwell Fay. The name
itbs other has not been definitely learned.
Thu knowledge that those appointm ents had
h.sn decided upon came as . surprise to the
Nav York Senators. neither Of whom has yet
s,y official information upon the subject. but
Snovs OF the selections only from: general
tumor. Secretary Lamont did not wait
IA take part in the consideration Of
ia names in the Cabinet meeting. but
v,pt to New York this morning. Congress-
man lockwood. who was Of course Interested
n tho Buffalo appointments. and especially in
that Of Peter c. Doyle. has not been IN Wash
incton for some days. but no doubt left his
recommendations on file before leaving town.
Itlsn not certain whether these appointments.
n made. will be acted upon BY tho Senate at
present Tho New York nominations already
sent in lie undisposed OF in the various COM
mittess 4 New York paper. In Washing
ton despatch this morning. furnishes the
remarkable iniorma alton that tho nomination
Of Collector Eilbroth and Appraiser Bum "are
still held up by tho Senate Commerce Commit
tee, OF which Mr. Murphy is Chairman. and
there is every probability that they will re-
main pigeonhoed until after the State Con-
yent!ou.' 1t may be that these nominations
IS we'll as Gil others for New York
State sent In. may remain Enacted upon
until after Oct. g. and even until
alter election but II SO Mr.. Murphy can hardly
DO charGeable with all responsibility for the
delay. because it so happens that Senator Ran
som Of North Carolina. and not Senator Muir
ply Of Now YORK. Is tho Chairman Of the Com
nsrce Committee. It must be. therefore. the
North Carolina Senator who has pocketed tho
nen!nations OF Messrs. Kilbrsth and Bum.
Senator's Hill and Murphy are not consulted.
even in the most indirect way. about New
York State appointments. and know OF them
only when tie names are sent to the Senate.
They have not announced their antagonism
to any Of the Presidents nominees as yet. but
will. Of course. consider them all on their
merits. and will therefore be In no haste to
obtain action upon them.
Senator Murphy leaves here on Monday.
Senator Hill does not at present expect to go
70 the State Convention.