The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-03-31
asbingion Letter.

President Cleveland has done no more
nopular thing since he assumed his hlgh (
office than when he dumped on, To
use ), bit of expressive slang, the head oi
the slimv serpent, nepotiSm, which had |
started TO wiggling around entirely 100 /
promiscuously He first took occasion /
70 inform "A distinguished southern SEN
ator who had appointed his son To be |
clerk of the Senate committee of which |
he was lately made chairman, that IN |
consequence of that appointment lndl> |
eating a desire to look out for his person
al and family interests first of all, his
recommendations had been much |
weakened. Next, he took "A western con-
gressman's breath away, when as a
cIinchine argument in favor of an APP
pointment to an office of one of his con
stituents he said: "Aud he Is relative
of yours, Mr. president" by saying:
THAT settles it. No relative OF mine
shall be appointed to office by me
He then gave that congressman "A short
but comprehensive lesson on the evils of
nepotism, which ii Is safe to say he Will
never forget if he lives a century. 1t Is
also safe to say that the head OF the
aforesaid Shiny serpent will not be reared
in any of the executive departSments OF
the government for four years To come,
all of which is a decided gain for the
country.
The executive departments are being
put upon "A Democratic basis as rapidly
as possible, and Republican chiefs of
bureaus and divisions are being succeed
| ed by Democrats as fast at the heads of
| the departments can select the new otii-
| ii al
ing put into practical operation. Fol
lowing Secretary Morton's order dismiss
| ing all of the superfiuous employees of the
department of agriculture, came an order
from Secretary Carlisle to the division
chiefs of the treasury department, order
| ing the immediate dismissal of every EN-
| ploye not absolutely essential to keep up
! the work of the department. The Dem
| ocratic administration was voted INTO
power to reduce the extrayagant eXpendi
lures of the government, and every
member of it is fully determined that
| the wishes of the voters shall be carried
| out to the letter.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
| Maxwell the gentleman who will WELD
the axe made famous 10y Vice President
Stevenson, is on deck and already hard
at work. There are several thousand
designations of fourth class pOstmaSters
on hand, and these will be disposed OF
| before he begins the work of removing
Republican poStmasters.
Speaking of postmasters, Postmaster
| General Bissell stated to a delegation OF
Missouri congressman that the policy OF
the department concerning appointments
had been misrepresented by certain
class of newspapers. In the first place,
it had been stated by these newspapers
that the recommendation of congress
men would count for nothing. As re-
futation of that statement the fact was
pointed out that not a single postmaster
| had yet been appointed who did not have
the endorsement of his Congressman.
While not disposed to ignore the Con
! gressmen, Mr.. BiSsell said that the queS-
ton of who should be postmaster should
, in measure at least, be decided by the
people of the locality, who were more di
rectly interested than anyone else, and
| that the wishes OF the people, when eX
pressed, would certainly be considered
in making the appointments. Nobody
is to be ignored; what the department
wants is the cooperation of both the
people and the Congressman in the sc
|
crease the efficiency of the postal service.
| Mr. Bissell also denounced as false the
statements that women and editors are.
to be Disseminated against IN the selec-
| ton of puStmasteTS.
The number of nominations sent to
] the Senate this week is considerably
| ahead of any other single week. There
have necessarily been some personal dis
brnf tt-1tln hs. .,F
| the nominations of Burke and Hawkins
to be u. ;. Attorney and Marshal for
/ Indiana, over which there was a little
| furry, no adverse criticisms have been
made of any of them by Democrats.
The Democratic caucus decided to
! elect the officers of the Senate at the
| present extra session, and nominated ex-
| Congressman +. NJ r. Cox, OF North
| Carolina, for Secretary; Richard J Bright
| of Indiana, for Sergeant alarms, and
| Rev. W. II. Milburn, the blind preacher
| who has been Chaplain of the House
| for several terms, for Chaplain. The
| Republicans threaten to resort To tillIbus
! teTing to prevent an election of these of
| ficers, but il If believed that thev are
only making bluff to enable them To
keep as many Republicans in the sub
ordinate positions aS possible.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, has been
/ elected President pro temPore of the Sen
ate, but as Vice President Stevenson
| gives evidence of his intention to stick
more closely to his duties than his pred
ecessors have usually done he will not
be called on to preside over the Senate
very often. So he will enjoy the nonor.
which is fully deserved, without having
| to do much extra work There is no
truth in the report that Senator Harris
| and the President had uuarreled