The herald., 1893-06-22
WHO ARE TO GET THE OFFICES
The Conference at Oakland on
an Interesting Matter.
Details Of the Result Of an All-Night
Consultation.
Wise the Only Outsider Present-Dsg-
gott Not There-All the Indorss-
ments Wore Made IMAM
imously.

The conference OF California congress-
men. on the subject OF the distribution
of local federal patronage. which assem-
bled at the residence of Warren English
in Oakland on Sunday night, lasted un-
til nearly A O'Clock yesterday morning,
says the San Francisco Examiner OF
Tuesday.
Those who were present say it was a
perfectly harmonious gathering, and that
IL any body had knife with him it was
carefully kept out of sight. Not that
each and every member of the confer
ence arose as one man and bowed to the
wish of each other member who had q
candidate to propose for indorsement,
but the majority was allowed to have
its way, and every Endorsement was
eventually made unanimous.
Those present were Senator White,
Congress men Geary, Caminetti and
Mcguire. Warren English and John III.
Wise, ythe collector of the port. Mr..
English took part in the proceedings as
an interested prospective member of the
California delegation, though he did not
vote on the questions OF endorsement as
they came up.
Mr.. Wise was present at the request
OF the delegation to consult concerning
the appointments in his office.
Mr.. Daggett, the new superintendent
OF the mint, was not present.
COLLECTORS OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
The first matter taken up by the con-
ference was that of recommending a
successor to John @. Quinn as collector
of internal revenue for the San Francisco
district. AS every member OF the dele
CATION had already agreed on o, M. Well
born of Gilroy as the man for this place,
there was nothing to be done further
than to reiterate their Endorsement of
that gentleman, and to provide that the
president be again informed that Mr..
Welborn was the unanimous choice of
the delegation, and to ask that his ap-
pointment be made as soon as possible.
For the office of collector of internal
revenue in the Fourth district, with
headquarters at Sacramento, there were
three candidates considered. These
were Waverly Starly Of Red Bluff, George
Hoffmeister of Plaeerville, and s. @.
Leake of Sacramento.
A fourth candidate had been ex-Col-
lector Barnett, but his name was elimi-
mated, owing to President Clevelands 8
we'll known rule against reappoint-
me nte.
Two of the four voting members of the
delegation voted to recommend Starly
on the first ballot, and the others had to
90 by the board. Starly is the superin-
tendent of the Sheriff Flume company
at Red Bluff.
When it came to recommending can
didate for surveyor of the port each
member of the delegation was found to
have Richmond in the field. Congress-
man Caminetti presented the name OF
Charles A. Aull, warden OF Folsom pris-
on; mir. Geary presented that OF @. P.
Berry; Mr.. Mcguire named John p.
Dunn, and Senator White asked that
Wiliam d. English be recommended
Warden AuI received two votes on the
second ballot, but he was afterwards
dropped; Berry and Dunn were to be
otherwise provided for, and the plum OF
the delegation's indorsement therefore
went to Mr.. English.
ldh Sltll1IN0 fOOMMlSolONEhs
There were three candidates for the
office of chipping commissioner. Mr..
Caminetti desired that Charles H.
Mitchell of Grass Valley be indorsed.
Mr. Geary presented the name of Cap
tain Edward j. HacSett. Mr.. Mcguire
named Richard l. Whelan and won the
other members of the delegation over to
his man. He brought the presidential
anti-ex lule to bear against Hacket, and
objected to Mitchell on the ground that
a man from q mining locality had no
claim on seaport Office. He stood by
Whelan as San Francisco man for q
San Franceco position, and the delega-
tion finally indorsed him, after tacitly
agreeing that MtchelPs party services
ehould not be overlooked.
When the conference had proceeded
thus far Collector Wise began to get q
little nervous about catching the next
boat back to San Francisco, and at his
request the official eye of the delegation
was turned towards the custom house
appointments. The only places in which,
he thought, the delegation should have
voice in this department, were those
of deputy collector chief clerk and as
sistant cashier. J. j. Tobin was easily
agreed on for the st.mentioned posi-
ton, deepite the fact that Assemblyman
McCsuley OF Vallejo had spent all day
Sunday up and down the railroad hunt
ing for Congressman Geary, SO that he
would be sure to have one backer for his
ambition to be deputy collector.
The name of J. B. Stevens was next
presented for the endorsement of the
delegation for the position OF chief
clerk at the custom house.
Mr.. Wise did not present any other
candidate, nor did any OF the delegation,
and Mr. Stevens was therefore indorsed,
but the proposed Endorsement of r. 2.
Troy for assistant cashier was mott go
easily accomplished. For some reason
best known to himself Mr.. Wise did not
seem to want Mr.. Troy. He was even
willing to accept Assemblyman Nc
Cauley, who would fain have assusged
his disappointment bV accepting the