New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-21
DISGUSTED OFFICE-5EEKERS.
THE LIST OF NOMINATIONS HAD ALMOST NoIi
ING FOR THE CROWD.

THE list OF NOMINATIONS had ALMOST MOTH
ING FOR THE CROWD
Washington March 90 tSpecaD-Wi'h ANXIOUS
corntenanecs but hopeful heats ana e'ser 'p'.
q thousand Democratic patriots VINO wan.
10 serve their country ana u'aw M
salaries, climbed Capitol lihi ' o,.aorS
and speedily filled the public galleries ana coinuo's
of the Senate 1t was not joval crowd py any
means: each man seemed to he Jealous ana dis'r.s'
fti of the nan on either side who eiboweo anu 'o''
him. All OF them were assured by the euaIu'a''s WI"
had been watching the front door OF the WHITE HOUSE
since early breakfast time that an immense nu'oe'
of nominations, would be sent TO the Senate az hooh
seekers who owned watches consulted them con-
stantly and those who had mepieces OF their own
watched the big clocks. II Captain basset' hnu
turned back the hands OF the CLOCK when lac'u Tue
yice-Presdent to-day he would have been III danScr
Of mob violence. ,,.
Assistant secretary Pruden's arrival from the White
rorse ,ras hailed with feeling Of relief akin to that
experienced by the friends OF a man standing on the
rallows when a reprieve Is expected; and twice one
thousand hungry eyes feasfed the sight OF the Dig
envelope he bore. Then came the grand rush toward
the office OF the Secretary OF the Senate where on
table duplicate list OF the nominations lay exposeo
10 public view II was a short 0ne-only thirty-one
names Of which bakers dozen were for postmaster
ships-not only short but utterly barren and unter-
ably dlsheartenng far as the anxious men VINO had
been waiting since Thursday waiting and hoping for
good news-were concerned.
To say that they were angry and disgusted as well
6 disappointed Is TO describe their emotions In the
feeblest and most inadequate terms Among them
we're about forty candidates for auditorships. only
one OF whom and he an exdcputy auditor was
pleased. The other man nominated for an authorship
had not been heard OF rs an applicant, ana
here were thirty nlne disappointed canddates-three
of them Kehtuchians, each backed by powerful array
Of senatorial and Congressional "inAuence.' only
Gn.H Tha fhrna
nominations for fyrcign missions were OF men who
had not been even mentioned In hotel Hobbies and
other pubc places where Office seekers most do con
grcgate. There only I'VE foreign missions OF the
first class, md three OF them have already been
filled but there are many consnlships. for each o.
which there are at least dozen applicants, on the
average, not one OF whom has been nominated.
Is no wonder that the ofhce-secEers tonieht an
Qloomily asking one another. where are we AT" Oh
that Democratic senat Jrs and Congressmen arc pro-
poundIng the same question to ;hemsc'ves-for very
few OF them have yet been able TO obtain Offices Oh
assurances OF appointments for their friends.
As for ex Representaves of the LID Congress, moS
Of them have altogether abandoned hope one Ct
them to-day sadly and sententiously observed: I'VE
do not appear TO be in 1t at all The President
does not seem to have any Use for u.s." Democratic
Senators and Representatives CT the Ll1ld Congress
have begun to scent danger from unexpected quarters
It appears that In appointments for local oHces III
the several states and Congress districts inc recon-
mendations OF Democrats In the several localities
are TO have great weight In fact such RECOMMENDED
lions will be regarded Indispensable hint o
this policy appears to have reached Democrats II
various parts OF the country. and ohce-seeKef
uuturnIly have not been the last to hear Of H.
coarse this policy II carried cut will materially de
tract from the political Importance OF Senator'S AM
Representatives. In their respective States and dis
trtcts but 1t Is strictly In harmony with the reported
Of Dras iAopf
Tar rs practicable from the strain and burdens which
the opportunities OF ofceseekers have Imposed upo
them.
IT Is to be noted, however. that certain SENATOR
appear to have considerable influence For example
Senator Voorhees, is chairman Of the Committee OF
Finance. liz brother In law was nominated to-dal
for Minister TO Denmark. and nominations were AIS
sent In for a United States District Attorney ana
United states Marshal for the District n Indiana
That State also has secured one OF the hve mrs
class foreign missions. When the list Of to-day
Nominations was read by Western Democratic Con
eressman this afternoon he remarked: Dan Voorhee
= ratliIC his WORK In early. Bynum ana Holman