The morning call., 1893-05-17
ALL SHAKEN UP.
Local Democrats Very
Much Disturbed.
WAS CAUSED BY ATELEGRAM
A Press Dispatch Announces the
Reappointment of General
Dimond.

The following dispatch was received last
night from THE CALLS Washington cor
respondent:
WASHINGTON, May 16.
W. II. DlmOnd's resignation as Su-
perintendent OF the Mint was. hlrd
at the Treasury Department to-day.
THOMAS Beck has returned here from New
York. He protests he wants no Office, but
seems greatly Interested about the Mint super
lntendency.
A short time before the following. sent
out by The Associated Press, had been re-
csiyed at the CALL office:
WASHINGTON. May 16, 1890.
The President has appointed W. Ii. Dimond
SUPERINTENDENT Of the United States Mint at
San Francisco.
In order to obtain the drift of local
political sentiment on this bit of news.
providing 1t were correct, several CALL
reporters were sent out to interview some
of the leading lights Of the San Francisco
Democracy. The result of their inquiries
can be found in the interviews which
follow
That is certainly bombshell in the
ranks Of the Democrats Of the State, and
it is loaded with dynamite" said 4. I.
SPOTS, the ex- Recorder. land | can hardly
credit it, 1t is against the rule that Mr..
Cleveland has adopted during his admin
istration of not appointing any man 20
hold his position for two successive terms.
Why should Mr.. Cleveland appoint an
opponent in politics to this most important
position? There are several good Demo
Gratis who have been striving for the place,
and any of them could>haye filled the posi-
tion without taking man who mas been
so active in his work for The Republicans
as General DimOnd."
j. j. Dwyer, late candidate for Minister
TO Japan. said, af,er some hestancy: II
should not be surprised at any remarkable
things that tie President might do, but ]
think that he has made very grieyous
mistake this time, aud one that will make
| itself apparent TO him In the future. 1t is
great injustice to the Democratic party
| in California. 1t Is o regular outrage. l
| think that If Dimond is reRppointed the
President will make fatal mistake and
come near TO destroying the Cleveland
| Democracy in this State, There is abso-
| utely no excuse for such course"
L. 7. Troy, the chairman of the State
Democratic Committee, said: 81 do not
| believe a word of 1t. Mr.. Cleveland would
not do auch foolish thing as 10 appoint
as staneh Republican as General Di-
| mond 10 the second most important Office
In tile State. If it is so MIR. Cleveland has
made a great mistake. to say the least"
Supervisor Sands Forman was greatly
| excited by the news. "lf Mr.. Cleveland
has done this thing" he said. "he deserves
| the hatred of all decent Democrats on the
| coast, and has made the great mistake of
/ his life. For some time past Mr.. Cleve-
land has been trying to be a very poor
imitation of the Colossus of Rhodes. He
| has been trying TO straddle the entire
political situation of the country, and he
seems to me to have had very severe case
| of swelled head"
Gavin McNab, after some preliminary
| ark nf IN ha ha
case. there are reasons which make such
thing possible. There are a dozen prom
| inent Democrats scrambliug for the place
and sparng d efforts to gain their end.
| Every man and his friends are pulling
| down every other man and his friends to
| gain his own end. 1t is the old, old story OF
| California politics. Every man and his
sdhslents are laying before the President
the story that the other side wants pos-
session OF the mint for the main purpose
| OF prostituting IFS patronage for political
| warfare and making IL a machine ins tead
of a public institution. Probably Mr..
| Cleveland thought be would teach the
| wrangling Democrats q lesson which thAy
may profit by In the future. IL this
| teaches once for all tho lesson of unity TO
| the Californian Democracy the loss OF the
paltry patronage viii be a cheap price TO
| pay for that beneficial and mucn-io-be-
| desired result"
w. w, Foote said: "It hardly seems
| probable. But what difference does it
make anyway? Dimond is as good az
any one else and n great deal better than
many others we know. Som" time ago he
told me he had placed his resignation in
| the hands of the President to take effect as
soon as desired. but | did not think be
would be reappointed. 1t makes no dlf-
| ference to me. am out of it all now"
OF all men In San Francisco General
Dimond himself was perhaps the most
| SURPRISED atths news.
You surely must be mistaken" said he
to THE CALL reporter, u have heard
nothing about it. Why. 1 am Repubii-
| can, and, what Is more, sent in my resig-
nation on March last, and have since
made no application whatsoever for reap
pointment You see. l have never been
! an office-seeker. | never held any
public appointment before was appointed
| Superintendent OF the Mint under the Har-
| rison administration four years ago, and
having kept the appointment during that
| administration and having duly resigned
| | have merely endeavored to keep things
| going until some One was appointed IN my
| place. And l always have thought that
the choice lay between my friends John
| Daggets and Barry Baldwin.
well, have no doubt your inform alton
| Ia reliable, so | suppose am reappointed.
| But this is matter for serious considera-
| tioD on my part. aud before | accept
must know that can give ful! time to the
duties Of the office. The commission is
quite q peculiar one, in that it lasts
! for no specified time, but Is at
the will of the President. and so
perhaps Mr. Cleveland desires me to re-
main In office for about one year longer,
by which time he will have made MP his
mind as tn my successor. In any case,
can only express my hearty appreciation
of the very high compliment that Mr..
Cleveland has paid me. But even now