Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-22
OPEN TO THE FIELD
The Great Quadriennial Race
for Official Stakes.
rREE-FoR-ALL CONTEST DECLARED

kd66-kOh-ALL JUN Isl DtUIahkU
The Private Citizen liood as the States
san-Indiana Men Marvel Over an
Appointment-Some Men Who Are Said
To BE OF the Elective Thousand
Postoffice designations In-Serate Dem
ocrats Decide to Eject Oficers-Au Ad-
verse Balance of rrade-CapItaI City
Notes.
WASHINGTON March 22-The pressure
eAerted by congressman for appointments
has developed into an individual squabble.
At frs congressional delegations were in
measure united The president has eff
fectually disintegratel the delegation in
Gorsement system. and now each man is
going in for himself and pushing his indi-
vidual friends One result which the presi-
dent has achieved and which was his de-
sign is the breaking up of ring politics N
the delegations Patronage which hereto
fore has been considered the sacred proper
Is of senators-for instance, the selection
Of marshals and district attorneys-is now.
declared free sor al. and the humble MEM
oers of the lower house, or even a group OF
private citizens, may present the names of
candidates Nsth some degree of hope OF
their 81 cceSs-
Nominations That Are Looked For.
1t is expected tie following nominations
viii be cent 10 the senate by President
Cleveland tbs week: H H. Lerton, of
Tennessee. 20 Ne circuit Judge in the Sixth
judicial district - succeed Justice Jack
son, xRe2re>eRtative Lamoreaux of
Wisconsin. &c De commissioner of the gen
erai Lana ofice: eX-CiviI Service Commits
s!oner Oberly. OF Illinois, 20 be Indian COM
missioner; A ". Terrell, of Texas, TO be
minister 20 Turkey; ex-Representative
Wheeler ot Michigan, or General Catlin,
Of New YORK. TO be commissioner OF pen
sions. Don Dickinson is "legging" for
Wheeler and it locks Ike be has the pull"
for the place He has impressed Secretary
Smith thar Wheeler Will be especially val
liable in looking for frauds and unworthy
gases in the list OF pensioners.
Shanhlin and Morss Puzzled.
The nomination Monday of Burke as
attorney for the Indiana district has put
bee in the ear of Editor Shanklin. of
Evansville Burke's opponent was State
Senator Jno. ". Kern, of Indianapolis, and
he was backed by the chairman of the In
diana Democracy, Congressman Bynum
and Senator Turpie, besides the two emf
nent editors Shanklin and Morss
Kern was a Cleveland man from the
beginning. while Burke was an
anti-Cleveland from beginning to end
<sulked in his tent" it is said. Yet Cleve-
land gave him the plum. II seems that
somehow Dan voorhees, has whole lot OF
influence at the White House, for to him
are the Gray and Burke nominations at
tributed
The Postofhce Headsman.
Robert A Maxwell. whose nomination
as fourth assistant postmaster general was
confirmed by the senate Monday, took hold
today. 1t is learned that there are on file
in the department more than 5000 resig-
~ H. l.
class, and that these cases will be consid-
cred and disposed of before any cases of
removals are taken up. Very few of the
cases where designations have been re
eeived are ready for action.
Referees Will Have Influence
All of the postoffices in Republican dis
tricts will be subject to certain extent to
the opinions of referees These are citi-
zens of postoffice towns who are selected to
give the postmaster general the general
trend of opinion as to who should be post
master in their respective towns. While
the recommen iations of these referees will
not be final, they will have great weight in
making the appointments of postmasters /
Cleveland Can't Abide ''Nepotism."
Cleveland has signified his objections to
the nepotism displayed by senators in ap-
pointing their sons and relatives to the
clerkships of senate committees Hester-
day he applied the rule to himself and an
nounced to a congressman who had called
to urge an appointment that his own rela-
tiyes would not be eligible for Office. The
member Of congress in his efforts for his
constituent used the argument that the
man was relative Of the pre-: ident. To
this it is said Cleveland replied that he
would not even consider the application of
= relative.
Powderly Legged" for Him.
1t is said that Herman Schuktz, of
Washington, is to be the new superinten
dent of immigration. He has the indorse-
ment of the Federation of Labor and the
knights of Labor all over the country, and
is supported with great earnestness by,
Terence V. Powderly. He is at present a
special agent of this office. Ex-Represen-
tative Stump, of Maryland, chairman of
the house committee on immigration in the
last congress. is the other leading candi-
date