Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-17
THE POLITICIANS.
Having Hard Time to Break in--The
Presidents Rulings-Notes
About Office. Seekers.

The ofice-seeker under the new admin
istration is having desperate struggle
to break in upon the public crib. The
rules which the president has laid down
SO far may be epitomized In this way,
says the Washington correspondent of the
Globe-Democrat:
l. E1-office-holders will not be ap-
pointed to their former positions.
2. x-office-holders will not be APP
pointed to positions other than those
they formerly held. Il >
8. Postmasters for Offices paying as
much as 81 900 year will not be allowed
to run stores or have other business.
Their entire time must be given to the
postoffice business.
4. Republican office-holders will be
unless there is cause, such as incompe-
tency or misdemeanor, for removal.
s. Ex-congressmen, except in extraor-
binary cases, will not be considered
eligible for appointment to Offices.
6. Resort by candidates to the services
of ex-congressmen or attorneys to push
their claims will be discouraged, and
will have the effect of importing such
claims.
7. The recommendations of members
of congress will not be considered con
elusive, inasmuch as they are influenced
by political considerations and can not
to accepted as always representing the
sentiment of the people of their dis
tricts.
8. State officials will not be given
federal appointments, even though they
are anxious to resign the positions they
hold.
8. Non-residents will not be appointed
to places in the territories.
Some of the politicians would not &C.
cept these declarations of policy second
hand. They could not believe the crib
had been fenced off with ten barbed
wires. They persisted in going to the
president and asking if it was really SO.
And each successive time the president
has said it was so with added emphasis.
In addition to the rules of patronage
which he has formulated in quick sue
cession the president has remarked Incl
dentally on several occasions. that So
briefly was included in the new tests for
office, and that the civil service law in
letter and spirit would be duly regarded.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Santiago Baca, of Albuquerque, who
seeks the U. S. marshalship for New Mex
leo, leaves in few days to join the New
Mexico contingent in Washington.
Leigh o. Knapp, formerly receiver at
the Santa Fe land offi,e, was applica mt
for the Office of appraiser of customs at
St. Louis, but under the rule which ap7
plies to 'exes" he is knocked out.
Judge Thornton's chances for securing
the governorship are thought by his
friends to be much brighter, now that
Capt. Eads, of Missouri, is knocked out
under the PRESIDENTS avowed intention
to give the territories home-rule.
c. F. Easley, of Cerrillos, was at Ration
seeking signatures to petition asking
his appointment as surveyor-general.
He and Col. Coleman and Frank Pruitt,
of Lincoln county, are all eligible under
the home-rule proposition"
Lorion Miller, of Albuquerque, has
been making still hunt for the revenue
collectorship, 1t appears. Washington
uIbpduCu ia Vho NlVDC-OClIOCIdV buJbs
"From New Mexico one candidate only
has filed papers, He is Lorion Miller, of
Albuquerque, and is an applicant for col
lectorship of internal revenue.
The New MEXICAN is informed that H.
B, Ferguson is making strong fight for
the governorship of New Mexico. Should
he succeed the Childers wing of eparty
and the Santa Fe Democratic statesmen
will be in the soup and the capital re-
moval agitation will commence, for it is
we'll known that Mr.. FERGUSON favors his
residence city strongly for the capital of
New Mexico.
It is reported that Delegate Antonio
Joseph and J. H. Crist, chairman of the
Democratic territorial committee, have
endorsed b. Seligman, of Santa Fe, for
collector of internal revenue for New
Mexico and Arizona. Mr.. Seligman 10 to
leave shortly for Washington and then
the strings are to be pulled. Messrs. Shan
non, Schofield, McGrorty, Lorion Miller,
Hart and other candidates will have to
look sharp. Mr.. Sam Neustadt, who was
candidate for the position, 1t is under
stood, has retired owing to certain infor-
nation he has received from political
friends in Philadelphia.