The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-15
THE OFFICE
The Great Ihrong of Place Hunters
in washington.
SOME OF Their PECULIgRITIES
Entertainiai$ly Decentralization Who
Believe fhey Have Saved Their
Party aud that the President should
Know It-How They Act-Hopes
That Arc Bound to BE Blasted.

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seeker who is Just now making himself
such a nuisance at the national capital
in the following interesting way;
The number OF men who, according TO
their own s:atements, are personally
responsible Tor the election OF Mr., CIeve'
land to the presidency is among. the
thousands. Most oil them are here, and
with 4 zeal which has aa its foundation.
a n ambition to hold public Office, and a
painful sense that hotel rates are high,
they are clamorIng for rewards for tina
service. They make an army OF oil z
seekers, aud they are Il plcturesqH',
persis lent, and overwhelming crowd.
They are, moreover, impatient and
hungry. They come from all the states.
''lhe olico.seeker has a species Of in.
sanity" SAID an Uld-time resident OF
this city, which grows worse and
worse as the time wears OH and his
hopes are deferred, When he comes
to Washington he is full Of enthusiasm,
Later, lac becomes restless; IN q few
days more his Impotence is noticeable;
at length he grows ugly, aud finally be-
comes ~dOspondept, dOwncast, and be-
gins to multer unkind and untrue
things about the men for whom he
shouted so loudly duringthe campaign"
IL is impossible to tell how many men
who want offices are IN this city. They
are so thickithat they almost fall down
over each other in their efforts to reach
the President. They are up early and
late, and at all times have their eye
fixed on an Office, When the particular
place which they have aelected is given
10 somebody else they select another
and renew the siege,
A morning scene about the white
house is full OF interest. The President
is usually ready TO receive callers by n
little aiterl9 o'clock, aud he never has
to wait focNisitors. Before going to his
office he usually spends some time With
Private Secretary rhurber, attending 10
the mail, and giving directions as to the
disposition oil matters which must be
settled promptly. Then he lays him
sell Open to the siege.
Men from all over the country come
in squads, There are smooth.shavcn,
wel!.dressed men, with decidedly
sporty" appearance, and there are
men unshaven and dressed in the rough
garb OF COuntrymen. Some men, with
sombreros and pointed COATES, look as
il they had decided to give mp their oc.
cupation as cattle drivers and serve their
country for u salary. Some are old and
gray, and, as they wait in the ante
room, they contrast the present city
with the capital as it was when they
came to ask Tor an Office before the war.
Some were born since the war, and
their Chief ground for asking an office is
that they cast their first vote for Mr..
Cleveland. Some are refined gentlemen
who want to 20 abroad, to divide their
time between the service OF the govern.
ment and the Libraries OF the old worlds
capitals. Some are adventures, who be-
lieve that in u remote consulate in
China or, India they may find opportun-
ity for their talents while nominally
serving t~heir'country. Some who come
with an ambition to serve rs foreign
ministers, after waiting for weeks, will
be satisfied with a iourth'ciasJ post
mubJGT o JUL
Many are now paying their first visit
to the capital. Some have been here
before and know the ropes. All Of them
want Offices. 1t strikes the casuel OBJ
server that a bath is what many OF them
need rather than q consular appoint
mcnt.
Charles Loeller is the Presidents.
doorkeeper, and an experience OF TWEEN
ty.four years ut that door has given him
an acquaintance with all the public
men who have any national reputation,
He knows every Sc nator andi most OF
the living OK, senators, and a large share
OF the members and eX-lnembers Of the
house. He can spot Il man who has q
really important mission before he
reaches the lobby whore his desk is.
In that lobby there are rehearsed POI
litiCal stories enough to fill q book
every morning while the applicants are
cooling their heels. Many Of these
stories are, to call them by n mild term,
exagge rations. Some who have been
there during the last week have called
them by no less harsh term than plain
lies. IL is in this lobby that the Office
seekers discuss their services to the
party, and set forth that had it not
been for,their own hard work and that
OF friends their imme diate election
district could not have been carried for
Cleveland.
Men from remote states, which had
80 remote q representation in the cleo
toral college that their votes never
would have been missed, talk as il the
entire election had hinged on the cam
paign work in their county, aud, hav-
ing helped bring it into line, they now
want the reward,
There are two separate classes OF
Office hunters. One large class comes
from states which have always been
Democratic, such MS Texas or Miss
issippi, and tho men from those states
will tell all Comers that the strong
holds should be recognized. I'VE hoV
alwuz upheld the glorious old banner OF
tho JacSsonian Democracy" they say,
"ah' now that victory has perCbed upon
1t, shall we not be recognized? We
hev bone the burden an, tho heat Of
tho day, an in tho eternal justice Of
things wu should be allowed to help
run tho government under them old
principles for which we hov fought for
years"
Tho other class comes from the states
which1have for tho first timo taken
place in the Democratic ranks. They
hail from Illinois, Wisconsin,, Calilor.
mia, aud the newly admitted states
which arc doubtful.
Tho hour has come" say the mon
from these states, "whon these hereto
foro Republican states may DO forever
bound into the column by n proper
recognition. A little band OF Demo.