The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-03-15
TOLD EN- TO GO HOME
That Is What the Over Anxious Are
Advised.
Their Presence initiates Against Them
All, 1t Seems.
COL. BlsseLL HAS ANOTHER TALK
He Has a Diagram of the business and
Wants to Know Some Things
Himself.

Wants to Know Some Things
Himself.
WAsHINGTON, March 15-[Special i
Now, don't get excited about this thing,
gentlemen, for there is plenty of time in
which to get all of the offices" said Pres.
ident Cleveland TO a party Of Indiana
office seekers this morning. 1--WE must
go slow, or what may seem slow to you
who want places. l have no doubt that
the next administration, whether it be
republican or democratic, will follow
about the same course we are following
in the matter Of appointments, and |
can't see what difference it makes
whether you tenure begins the first,
second, or third month after we have
taken possession. The later you enter
office the later will be the time when you
will have to go out"
When another party Of Hoosiers called
upon POstmaster-Genera Bissell they
given the same admonition. Don't
rush." said the postmaster general, take
your time to it, and let's not act like we
were greedy or entirely dependent upon
offices. We couldn't make changes any
faster than we will be confronted with
vacancies from natural causes if we were
10 try.
During the mex four weeks more
than 200 commissions will expire. 1t
will be all that our appointment division
can do to take care OF those. File your
papers and go home. Your interests
will not suffer by your absence from Wash
ingtop, besides it is always an Indication
that a mans services are valuable, that
he has something to do at home, when
he refuses to hang around Washington
for a place"
1t was this kind of advice, given IN
every hand by the president and his cabi
net officers, hat has had the effect Of
clearing the hotel Hobbies of office seekers
Four-fifths of those who were here a
week ago have gone to their homes, and
the trains took many away to day.
congressman are also advising their
place-seeking constituents to go home,
many of them going so far in their advice
as to say that the presence Of office
seekers in Washington is injuring their
chances of preferment. There continue,
however, to be quite an army of them
here, for there have been thousands in
the city during the week. The men who
are seeking p~Ostotfices have nearly all
left the city. They have been given to
understand in most unmistakable Ian
guage that the commissions of incum
bents will be served out, and that no man
can enhance his chances for preferment
to a postmastership by being on the
ground here.
Postmaster General Bisscll has on his
desk a little list" which will cut an i'm
portant figure for a few months to come
1t is a list Of the $50 congressional dis.
tricts Of the United States, and alongside
each district is, or will be, the name of
the man who will control the p~ostofice
patronage Of that district. The list shows
217 democratic districts and in each of
these the name Of the democratic con-
gresham appears as the one who is to
advise on offices.
But there are also 1913 republican dis
triCts IN the list, and as yet the names of
those democrats who are to control in
such districts have not yet been filled in.
1t is understood, however, that the re
publican districts will have the name in
serted of those democrats who ran and
were defeated last fall.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator in
youth and you will enjoy a green old
age.