The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-17
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
NO MORE sPECULATINa IN POST OF
FICES.

| Clearing Com missioner Sent to Hawaii
Hill Visits the white House.
The four leading appointments by Mr.
Cleveland, announced briefly In the REFORM
Err last week, are strong ones and promise
| strongly for the administration, 1t has LONG
been understood that the London con.u'-Ier'
eralship would go to Gen i A Collins, ma
tive of Ireland who came to this country
when four years of age, and has carved out
for himself a successful career, who has been
a leading advocate on this side OF the water
for home rule for ireland, and was one of
the secretaries of the Fenian congress held
| IN Philadelphia In 1S65,--but these facts Will
not initiate against him with the Gladstone
government. Josiah Quincy, the assistant
secretary Of state. has had leading part
with the Russelis. Matthews, and that class
Of men, IN building up the Massachusetts
| Democracy to its present strength GOV Gray,
| minister 10 Mexico. with Its 1900 salary.
has, since the death Of the late Vic, President
| Hendricks, been the most popular Democrat
| In hts state, aud he IS a shrewd politician ana
| a capable man of affairs. But the most signlii
cant appointment Is that or IL "A MAX
well of New York for fourth assistant post
master general 10 handle the fourth class
nostollices. He was state treasurer when NJ r
Cleveland was governor of New YORK, ana
was appointed superintendent Of insurance
by Gov. Hill. but was afterwards bounced
by him because a Cleveland man. and took
prominent part In the 'anti-'napper' move
ment last year. The appointment, ct least,
means that the pastoflioes will not be used
to strengthen the Hill machine. Mr.. Max
well intlmstes that he Is not anxious 10
achieve distinction as a headsman as about
all his predecessors In that Office have done
before him aud 1t will probably turn out thnt
this Is the chief meaning of the appointment.
This Is not TO be spoilsmon's admlnlstra-
tion.
OF course there are all sort of reports as TO
the patronage plans. One or them is tpat
Cleveland will not reappoint the Office hold
ers of his former administration. OF course
his Is not true as rule; all there IL or 1t Is
that the mere fact OF having held an Office BE-
fore will not be sufficient to get it again Both
Cleveland and Bissell are credited with say
ing that editors are not to be favored in ar
pointments and that they don't pre-
pose to have this administration SUI
fer the reprosch Of the last one of attempting
to subsidlze the press with offices or recog-
niz' the right of ANYBODY who runs little
Democratic paper to the post office or the
place. The president denies that he has DC
clared any such Intention of discriminating
against newspaper men; but the rule, while
1t could not be sweepingly applied, and while
as BIssell says each case should stand on Its
own merits, would be good one. AS Daniel
Webster said, editorial office holding dc
grades both the government and the press"
The newspapers utterances should be free
from any suspicion of self interest. For the
rest the administrations plans are to let Of
flee holders serve out four years, whether they |
are fixed terms to their places or not, unless
there are exceptional reasons to the contrary ; |
not to make removals for 'of'enslve partissn-
ship unless grave case Is made out, or to
regard the fjct that an official has taken an
interest In bis party as anything against him;
L OF to regard the recommendation or COR
final Harri.On did Int only
to give them due weight. and let each case
stand on Its own merits and finally to make
1t a rule so far as possible, especially with
post offices, that the officials must give their
personal attention to their duties. So as
general rule postoffices will not be given TO
keepers of stores. or course in some small
places this Will have to be done. but where
the place Is large enough the post offices Will
be 10 separate places by themselves, and the
oostm, ster will not be appointed to advertise {
or help his other business. or to draw the
al ry ami hire some one else to do the work
1t Is expected that the president will APP ]
point Ex-senator Dawes on the commission
o negotiate for the purchase of the Cherokee
indian lands. He has high respect for Mr. {
Dawes and the work he has done on the H.
Ian question. The strip which Is to be l
fought for SIS 600 ,0C0 Is little larger than the
tale of Massachusetts. including 6,O0O,00O
ores, and Eere was clause 10 the bill con
lueTou InNE CLOSING HOulS VI tue sesSlOu :
which said Mat if the Indians wou d mol &
onsent tp 70 sale their lands SHOULD be taken 2
nyhow. Mr.>sawes hsh stricken out,
nd Senator Villas characteriZes thi' act As {
ne Of the mort valuable of toe many services
endered by Senator Dawes to fair dealing :,
n the part of The government. /
This CherOKee strip has been place of =
afuge for white criminals and was an anom-
ly. an inperium in impero. the Cherokees t
aving the right by treaty to set up their own 7
overnment. II has come to I've occupied b,
900 Indians and 10000 whites. 1t Is now -
10 end the tribal relations and puI =
lese lands under territorial government, and
,e new territory will be 30 miles from north
south and $50 miles from east to west.
Secretary Carlisle completed and issued
[onday new set Of quarantine regulations -
bring them into harmony with the new im-
ligraton law. l
Senator Hill called at the White House last --
eek staying 20 minutes In conversation with
le president He says he was "courteously B.
ceived" and that Is all the public knows fh
,out 1t except that the call was oy appoint gl
ent. r>
Secretary Carlisle also proposes to devote fiji
S time and energy to the large problems of st
S office and turns the applications for az ri
,intments over to his son, who Is the chief fir
ERIK of the department. uT
The financial situation Is clearing consider 10
y. The Chicago banks have followed &c
ose of Denver and New York with offers NJ
Id to the treasury. They offer SO 900 600 RI
IT'D an intimation OF $40 900 900 If necessary. Ne
Is n marked expression of confidence In rf
g new regime, such as the old one could wi
t command, and its tendency will he to stop 70,
G drain of gold from the treasury and un- N,
TX the 100000 600 In the country which sis
8 been so largely kept out OF circulation su
cretary Carlisle counts also Gu the fact that ba
, $I00000000 which Is usually taken to tb,
rope every year By visitors will this season n,
main In the country because of the Worlds ali
ir and have large addition from visitors he
IN abroad If he next three months can 6n
safely passed, things will apparently be all fer
hit for a year or two until the cause of the ore
Iiculty can be removed by the repeal of the ths
yer purchase law. att
President Cleveland Tuesday followed his
th drswaI OF the Hawaiian treaty by the
continent ofeX-Corgressman j. Fl. Blount 10
Georgia commissioner to 90 to OF
wall and investigate the state of D:bHc
MON, and the causes and scope of the re- e,is
t revolution. so that we can act with w w
)wedge OF all the facts when we decide N.
question of annexation or protectonals. yea
ne President Is very anxious to fiji the Ma
sular service with better class CT men AZ
n it ever mad before, capable business oos
0 VINO viii not only be equal to the rou uo
, duties but will deveope the possibilities eve
increased trade. The difficulty Is going to eau
ries otrsred az 'ne Uni
he Democrats caucus commi,,ee h,. re- Bri
tod ,ts lie, ~ Democrat,c memhers 90 H. elias
lmlttees for the senate aud the chief chair
iships 20 thus Appropriations, Cockrell: sas
merce, Ransom; finance. voorhees,: for atlo
relstIons, Morgan; Interstate commerce, rep
Ter; judiciary, Pugh; library. Mills; MI ana
v affairs, Walthall; naval ariirs, Nc d
rson natents Gr,y. nens,ons poir,or. city
Office and post roaGs. Coqultt; printing, a.. AZ
lie nui,dings and grounds W.. rnias that
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