Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-27
FACTS ABOUT THEM
The Chicago Federal Appo;nt.
ments.
AS TO BEN T. CABLES MrIurHcr

C01oecs0e MSse asA she sp.s,os,n
Msrshasship-T. =. slivsa SIN Ia I, ..s
Decsaedly LIKELY to Get There 4. ~. E.s
The Union Of yesterday msrning.
although 1t fails to seek information
leading to the confirmation or denial
Of the list Of Chicago appointments
appearing in The Argus telegraph
columns. amuscs itself with abusing
National Committeeman Ben T.
Cable. because the namc If Frank
l-awler appeared as having been ap-
pointed United States marshal for
the northern district of Illinois. the
office for which our tawnsman. cx-
sheriff i. :. Silvi>. is an avowcd
candidate. Early SATURDAY afternoon
The AIcr> received Geographic adj
vices of the appointment Of Wash.
In"ton Hesing as postmaster Of Chi
| cagc. and W. j. Mize a. collector of
internal revenue for tie Chicago dis
trict. Later came information that
a supplemental list Of Chicago APP
Pointmcnts was made. which in
cludcd Frank Lawler for l.. =. mar
shall. ID. i. Phelps for sub-,reasurer.
Martin J. Russell for collector of the
port. and Sherwood Dixon for L. :.
district attorney.
| Confirmed it> Report
| The Argos was disposed to ioub,
the accuracy Of the second batch of
appointments for two reasons. the
first being that il did not expec, the
marshal would lie appointed at the
same time the postmaster and collec-
tor were. and second because 4 had
full confidence in the success of Mr..
Silvis' candidacy. Accordingly an
other dispatch was sought by the
ARGUS by wire from another source
in confirmation of the questioned
message. The result fully verified
the previous dispatch referring to tn,
second list of appointments. Much
as the ARGrs regretted the apparent
facts. il did not adopt the tactics oi
the Union and suppress news of n
unwelcome nature. but gave the same
to its readers. Yesterday morning
brought the intelligence that the AR
CTS had been misinformcd after all
n revelation Notwithstanding thai
the ARGUS regretted the publication
, If the inaccurate statement. proved
an exceedingly agreeable disappoint
. mcnt.
Mr.. Cables Influence.
The Union writes against space i,
taking up the assertion appearing il
the first Argus dispatches relating I,
the appointment of Washington He's
ing a postmaster. and W. J. Miz,
As collector. which were the endorse
ment of National Committeeman Bel
I. Cables candidates. and then con
trasting the effect with that Of tn
second dispatch indicating the de
feat of L. =. Silvi> for marshal. tn
substance of the Unions argumen
being that either Mr.. Cable was no
true to Spangler and Silvis. his orig
nal candidates for collector and mar
shall respectively. or his recommen
dations were turned down.
The second dispatch to the AHGr
was. to say the least. premature. i
indeed il had no foundation whatev
err in fact. the agencies furnishin:
IL to the paper being responsible fo
the error at all events. As To- Mr.
Cables influence in the appointment
Of Messrs. Hesing and Mize. the evi
dencc of the Washington correspon
dents of the Chicago papers may h'
taken:
The Appoint sar"t. that Were Made.
The Chicago Tribune of ycsterda,
SAYS in its comments:
When Cable and his crowd foun,
that they would have TO drop thu
cheerful and hopeful SPanglcr. the,
lighted on Mize as the man the!
could support. and thus get tn
credit Of the appointment. The Chi
> cago congressman have not been in i
so far. as the postmaster and interna
: revenue collector are concerned
Spanglcr is to be provided with ;
good place under Mize. 1t is thu
understanding here that the presi
dent still intends to do something fol
LAWYER. but LAWYERS friends say tina
he has the nerve to refuse either thu
marshalship or aPpraisership. while
he could not he induced to take the
subtreasury. II would relieve Sen
ator Palmer to know that Lawle
would decline the marshalship. fol
the senator is making persona
fight for John Donnelly, Of Wood
stock. In the end Donnelly vii
probably be beaten. but for the pres
emit nothing will be done about tn
marshalship. Sherwood Dixon il
still slated for district attorney
though the appointment will no
come along for months yet. Delo
p. Phelps. Of Monmouth: also seem
to have q pretty sure thing OF SUP
| trcasuryship. The appointment o
one German and one American 10
Mr.. Mize is said to be native o
this country. Paves the way 10