Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-07
THE DISTRICT OFFICES,
Gossip About Places and the Men Who May
Fill Them.

Fill Them.
II the expected scramble for the District
Offices at the disposal Of the President Il in
progress, it is so far a very quiet and dignified
scramble, for while there is little doubt
of the many wires being pulled. even this
early in the history Of the new administration,
they are being manipulated so quietly that It
is about impossible to discover who and where
the pullers are. The most desirable plums are the
marshalship of the District, the recorder Of
deeds, the register Of wills, the postmastership,
the superintendent of charities. the district
attorney and the judges Of the District Court
Of Appeals.
Under the law the superintendent Of charities
must be nonresident of the District, and,
naturally enough, it is an Office in which Dis
trict democrats are little interested. 1t seems
to be the general belief that Mr..
A. A. Wilson will be reappointed United States
marshal il he 80 desires. and there appears to
be little doubt that he does desire that honor.
1t is said by some that Mr. James l.. Norris is
after the Office. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
Norris asserted last fall that he would neither
be an applicant for any Office, nor would he ac-
cept one. Mr.. Lawrence Gardner and Mr.. E..
L. Cutting Of Columbus, Ohio, are also said to
be not averse to accepting such an honor.
Few believe that District Attorney Birney
will be removed, at least not before he has
served some considerable time in the Office, to
which he was lately appointed, and
hence few names are at present
mentioned in connection with that position.
Should. however. it become known that Presi-
dent Cleveland intended to make a change, it is
understood that Mr.. Andrew A: Lipscomb
would make bid for the honor.
1t is also understood that Police
Court Judge Miller would not be at all offended
if appointed. Judge Miller's term does not
expire until May 16, 1894, and should no other
honor be conferred upon him in the meantime
there seems to be little, if any doubt, that he
he will be reappointed to his present position
Should, however, the president promote one or
more of the justices Of Supreme Court of the
District, to the bench of the Court
of Appeals, itwould little surprise many
to fill one of the vacancies thus made The
names most prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the Court Of Appeals are Judge
Martin V. Montgomery, ex-Representative
Hemphill of South Carolina, Chief Justice Bing-
ham, Martin +. Morris, r. Ross Perry J. J.
Darlington and H. o. Claughton. 1t is rumorsd
here that Senator Gray Of Delaware would &C
cept an appointment as the chief justice Of the
court.
There is a lurking suspicion mat the new re-
corder of deeds will be a colored man, and it is
said that DR.. Jerome Riley. the president of the
John NJ. Palmer Club of this city, Charles
II. J. TAYLOR, colored newspaper
Of Massachusetts are candidates. Not
outstanding this suspicion it is understood
that even though the Office is not as desirable
q place as heretofore, through the making
of it a salared Office. Messrs. Thos. J. Luttreil,
II. l.. Biscoe. Cranch Mc1ntire and J. Fred
Kelley would not refuse the honor. For
the Office of register of wills it
is not thought unlikely that Mr..
Cleveland's former register. Mr.. Dorsey Clagett,
will be reappointed. Nor it is believed that
Mr. c. c. Lancaster would step aside should
the Office seek him.
The general impression is that City Post
master Sherwood will be allowed to fill out his
term. which expires next September one year,
for the reason that Capt. Sherwood is a
crippled Union veteran, that his predecessor
John W. Ross, was not removed by Mr.. Har-
rison, and because Postmaster Sherwood's APP
pointment was a recognition of civil service re-
form. However, it is understood that
the following local democrats voice the senti-
ments Of Mr.. Barkiss, J. Harrison johnson,
Mills Dean, W. d. Peachy. chief of the registry
division Of the Office and John A Clarke.