Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-11
Rnlcs Gnr Onice EiIling.

From direct statements by President
Cleveland and Postmaster General Bis
sell and other members of the Cabinet,
made during the week to visiting con-
gressmen, the following code of rules
can now be given as those which will
govern all appointments to the public
service under this administration.
|. Present efficient incumbents will
be retained in Office until their commits
sons expire, unless there is voluntary
resignation. When there is no COM
mission fixing tenure, the incumbent
will be permitted to serve for four years
from time OF appointment.
.. No one who held Office under the
fcrmer Cleveland administration will
be again appointed to Office. the only
exceptions being railway mail clerks
and postotfice inspectors.
3. No appointments will be made
in the States having spring elections
until after such elections have occurred.
/. All postmasters must divorce
themselves from private business, e1-
ccpting instances where, in the fourth
class, the pay is so small that postmas-
ters will not give undivided time to the
postoflice.
5. Appointments will not be made
upon magnitude of petitions or en-
dorsements alone, but the character.
appearance and evident fitness of the
applicant for the place must also be
considered.
e A. ,npn;nf ,nont- ora IF an nynp
ut;ve and not of a political character,
recommendations by primary election
will not prevail.
I. No exception will be made to rule
2 in favor of applicants who were re-
moved from Office by the last admins
traton before they had served the full
term of four years, no matter how brief
their service may have been.
Rule does not apply to foreign mission. to
the higher grades OF ccnsuls and TO assistants
secretaries and chiefs of bureaus. 1t is intend
ed. however to cover that vast class of pa
tronage included in the postoiiice, internal
revenue and customs services
Rule is flexible and will be made to COW
cr appointces under the first Cleveland ad-
ministration who are still in positions outside
of the classified service. The very first ap
pointment made by this administration was
an exception to this rule. This was the re-
moyal OF the colOred messenger at the door OF
the Presidents private secretary, and the re-
appointment of the man who was there when
Mr. Lamont was private secretary. This,
however, is insignificant.
Rule 3 is destined to postpone the contcn-
ton for office until after full attention has
been given to the spring elections 1t is felt
IL, IVA al prp6 fr de-
fcated candidates and their friends, which
might bring about apathy at the time of the
elections. For this reason all candidates are
expected to pay their first attention to tie
elections and after that to the Offices
Rule 6 is intended to discourage the prac-
ticc of Congressman who have primary cleo
tions in order to avoid the personal response
bilitiy of recommending one of several candi-
dates.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS.
The United States Circuit Court of APP
peals was in session in Richmond yes
terday with Judges Goffand Hughes on
the bench.
The following were among the cases
heard:
Williamson Talley, trustee, and En-
nest H. Chalkley, appellants, against
Curtain & Conner, appellees. Appeal
from Circuit Court of Eastern District
of Virginia. A petition for reargument
was presented by the appellees.
Southwest Virginia Improvement
Company plaintiff in error against Nj
cola Frari defendant IN error. In er-
ror to Circuit Court western district of
Virginia. 1t was ordered that the case
be set down for reargument at the May