The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-04-07
A MONTHS RECORD
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION UF
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Fassed---The Stream of Office Seekers
Flows on Undiminished--How Vari-
Gus States are Represented.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 6.-The
first month Of Cleveland's admins
tration has ended, and the crowd of
Office seekers who make personal
visits to the White House shows no
in number. More than
a hundred callers, perhaps two
hundred, came to see the President
yesterday, and the number of visi
tors appears to be increasing rather
than decreasing as time goes by.
It has been noticeable that several
States are poorly represented by
their citizens, and in the case of
Mary land hardly candidate for
Office has seen Mr. Cleveland. The |
explanation given for this is that |
Senators and Representatives from
these States have agreed to with
hold their influence until after the
rush for cffice is over, and the can
didates have been directed to keep
away from the President under pain
of losing the endorsements they
desire.
During Cleveland's first term the
Mary ylanders formed large portion
J of those who visited the White
! House, the natural result of the
close proximity of Maryland to
Washington. Since his second term
began Cleveland has discovered that
Virginia is the banner State in point
of number of her aspirants for Fed
eral positions. Tennessee and
Georgia candidates have also been
numerous and candidates from
South Carolina, Indiana, Illinois
and Kentucky have not kept in the
back ground. New York and Ohio,
two of the largest states, have
furnished comparatively few candi-
dates who have made personal calls
On the President in their own inter
est, and Pennsylvania has not been
50 prominent in this respect as
: might have been expected. Recog-
milton of the home rule principle by
the President in his appointments
yesterday has given much satisfac-
ton to the delegates from the Ter.
ritories, and the Democrats in the
District of Columbia. That the
President will make Territorial ap
pointments from citizens of the Ter
ritories concerned was affirmed by
him today in conversation with ,
q Congressman who is interested ii
q the matter. MIR. Cleveland said tina
8 he would appoint to Territorial po
sitions, both local and general, onl,
men who were acceptable to tn
Il people of the Territory, and tn
city, town or district within it, o.
j. account of their residence there
# and good standing If an excep
+ tion was made, he said, it would b
It because he could find no residen
# fitted for the place he desired t
IS fill. In such case he would G
e outside the lines of the Territor
i concerned, and select the best ma
10 he could find who would accept
IL APPOINTMENTS YESTERDAY.
= = WASHINGTON, April 6.-The Pres
: dent sent the following nomination
to the Senate today:
VIM. Lochren. Minnesota, Con
missioner of Pensions.
81 Postmasters:-Co P. Priestl
T. Huntingdon, Tenn: James T. Nj
Cutchen, Jackson, Tenn: Howso
Fl. Wallace, Fredericksburg, Va: I
win Tucker, Newport News, V
ic Exum B Britt, Suffolk, Va.
Id Hannis Taylor, Alabama, enve
Is. extraordinary Minister Plenip
n tentiary to Spain. Alabama will
gs delighted with the appointmer
ar All Of the people love him. That
.r- what Representative Oates said
al the nomination of Hannis Taylor
lie be Minister to Spain and Mr.. Oat
,h- should know, for it was at his su
gs gestion that the nomination W
made. wr. Taylor is lawyer Ii
ing at Mobile and his reputation
of the first water, one of his arg
es- mnnts made before the Suprel
lon Court in opposition to the constit
To- tionality Of the anti-lottery law |
Or ing in evidence on that point. E
ter first of all MIR. Taylor is a scho
the of high attainment and Ills cont
ed, buttons to historical literature hs
ust made him we'll known to liters
the men, although he is comparativ
cd young man, being in his forty f
ion year. His life work is the ''ori
Der. and growth Of the English con-
his tutor. "But one volume of t
ons work has been published as d,
the but it has already been adopted
,ter a text book in seven Universit
'eat 1t is Mr.. Taylor's desire to concl1
'ro- the history during his stay in Sp
sns- He was strongly recommended
Secretary Blaine by Senator n
gan as one OF the arbitrators
counsel in the Bering Sea Arbi
Aed ton, and was also strongly enc
10 sed by Mr.. Phelps aud some IL
VIII ing lawyers Of New York.
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