The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-19
IN DAILY DREAD.
CustOm-HOuse Clerks Are
Apprehensive.
Fears That When Collector Wise
Returns Home a Number of
Heads Will Drop.

Owing to the appointment of William
ID. English as Surveyor of the Port four
months before Paris Kilburn's term had
expired there is more or less of apprehen-
siveness among the Custom. house en-
p0yes.
They fear that a general crusade is
about 10 be commenced against the Repub-
lcans. and that when MIR. Wise returns
from the East some more heads will fall
into the basket.
Mr.. Wise and his wife are now in Chi
cagO. A close friend of the Collector told
a representative of THE CALL yesterday
that he was expected to- return about
Thursday. However. If he fails to arrive
on that day, it will doubtless be because OF
the Illness of his wife.
OF course all the clerks and inspectors
in the customs service are supposed to be
protected from dismissal for mere politi-
cal reasons by the civil-seryice law. but
under the present administration it is
feared that party pressure has greater
| weight with the Collector than any civil.
service notions. and the Government at
Washing ton seems to sustain him.
The naval officer might suffer consider
| ably If the Collector became determined to
| find places there for his friends. There is
only one Democratic clerk In it, r. j.
Bush, his salary being $1,000. Following
is a list of tie time-tried Republicans
| there:
j. j. Sheppard. George Branch. d.
Gotham. L. K lockwood, Alex Hay and
| {. Usinger, all receiving $1,000 per annum
each; J. ID. Hunter Sl4OO. Joseph Flint
$1,000, and S. A. Davis $1,000.
Following is a list also of the Republi-
can clerks under Mr.. Wise's immediate
supervision:
E. B. jerome $4,000. Il. II. White $500,
! T.. II. Craig $1,000, c. Z. Cloves. L. o.
Lewis, L. w. Scott, w. j. Coey Jr., Leo
Darlington, c. Fl. Blinn and F. b. Sharpe,
$500 each; Joseph Hollywood. d. n.
Gsey. F. W. Cushing. W. !. Kip, George
Harrington and S. H. Hunt. $1,000 each
| w. w. DeaTer, Cress Unger and c. l..
| Marpel, S1400 each; G. Kenny, f. NJ.
| Dean, Z. Beauce and Al Baker, $1,000
each, and c. A. Sankey $1,000.
Many of these gentlemen have been in
the service for long while. Messrs.
jerome and Craig. for instance, have been
in it since 1867. L. o. Lewis since 1861,
George Darlington and w. I. Coey Jr.
since 1876. G. Ii. BIinn since 1878. Thomas
W. Scott since 1882, and +. ID. Harrington
since 1885,
pretty sure thing of staying in the service
owing to their capablity due to long eXpe-
! rience.
The new Collector of Internal Revenue.
Oin Nj. Welborn of Gllroy, has virtually
delegated all the patronage of his office to
others. The Chinese registration clerks
are to be chosen by the Democratic gen.
eral committee OF this city In plan al
ready outlined in The CALL. and the
Congre ssiona delegation is 10 have the
say about the best-paying subordinate
positions. What are left are TO be filled
by the executive committee of the State
Central Committee. The State executive
committee will hold meeting tomorrow
night. Collector Quinn is referring all
applications for Chinese registration
places to Mr.. Welb0rn.
The Iroquois Club went over to Oak
land last night and serenaded William ID.
English.