The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-25

tefS OF routine has caused him to
DC assigned by the present Secretary of
State to the duties of trusted assistant.
The applicants for cOnSulshipS are
numerous and persistent enough to re-
qulre great deal of official attention.
One of them has mentioned in his petit
ton that he desires to be NEAR the art
centerS of Europe" because his own
talent needs cultivation. His papers are
accompanied by an elaborate drawing
which represents Mr.. Cleveland and the
members of his cabinet grouped about a
fish pond. All of them have got fish in
the shape of offices, while the petitioner
is sitting on the bank and waiting for a
nibble from a finny denizen of the pool
labeled "consulship."
No private secretary has as vet been
chosen by Postmaster General Bissell.
Probably the place would be occupied by
John B. Minick, who has held it through
several administrations, but, having
learned his value, MIR. Wanamaker has
carried him off to Philadelphia TO help
manage the big shop. Minick long ago
earned the reputation of being the beau
ideal of confidential clerk. He is first
rate stenOgrapher and tolegrapher and he
never gives anything away At the time
of the famous star route investigation he
was called upon to testify respecting the
contents of letters which he had written
at the dictatiOn of his official Supporters.
Strange to say, he was not able to recall
word of them The performance. as he
said, was purely mechanical one. II
was his business to take down words
merely without paying any especial attcn-
ton to their meaning, and when he got
through his days work he dropped it out
of his mind.
Some of the applications for postmaster
ships which reach Mr. BisSell are very
odd. One man has sent in a bulky petit
ton embracing several thousand sigma
lures, bound most handsomely in leather
and lettered in gilt on the outside Every
alternate page of the volume is a photo
graph of scenery in the west. The pic
lures are really beautiful, representing
all of the most striking features of that
part of the world, from the canyons of
Colorado and the geysers of Yellowstone
Park TO the salmon fisheries of Alaska.
These render the document attractive
and go so far to relieve the mOnotOnY of
the lists of names that the appointing au-
thOrity is eXpectedstO regard the appeal
with more favor. Mr.. Wanamal1er. who
greatly admires original ideas, would
have been very likely to give to this man
the place he wants Whether or not he
will get it remains as yet'tO be seen. An
other petitioner bases his claim on the
ground that he has eight children, six of
whom have had the typhoid fever and
the remaining two some other contagious
disease.
The private secretary of the Attorney
General is William c.. EndicOtt, Jr., son
of the former Secretary of War He is 30
years old, rather tall and black-bearded,
with a good deal of the froideur and want
of ease of manner which were remarked
in other members of his family when they
lived in Washington He is a lawyer and
has been in the Boston Office of his father,
who is an old friend of Mr.. Olney. Most
of the office-seelers who besiege the de-
partment of justice are attorneys, anxious
for appointments as United States attor-
neys and marshals. An amusing story is
told of a man who wanted to be a United
States marshal not long ago. He went to
see the person who had just resigned the
place which he desired. Said he:
Il suppose you don't mind my axing
you what are the-er-emoliments of this
positionIn
mot at all, =" replied the recent incum-
bent. The salary is 500 a year" He
did not add that the pay of such offices is
mainly in fees.
Two hundred dollars!' exclaimed the
candidate in surprise. But amt there
no prerequisites
yes" replied the other gravely. 81
should say that a fair knowledge of the
English language is or should be one of
the prerequisites.
you don't say!" said the applicant.
"But didn't know that this government
employed any United States marshals in
England"
The private secretary of the Secretary
of Agriculture is real baron. His name
is james Sovereign Charleson He is a
Swede by birth, and came to America
eleven years ago, having been graduated
from the School of Liberal Arts at Gothen-
burg. For awhile he was the confidential
man of Judge William r.. Day, the emf
nent Ohio lawyer, managing his private
business. He himself studied law and
was about to be admitted to the bar when
he accepted place two years ago in the
adjutant generals office of the war de-
partment. He was recommended to Mr.
Morton by Judge Day and other friends
who We're acquainted with his capacity
and reha bility He is about 30 years old
dark and decidedly bald. Probably
there are fewer applicants for offices in
the department of agriculture than at any
other department except that of justice.
Even here they swarm, however. There
are numerous demands even for the sci
entific posts, though they are supposed to
he out of politics The number of people
in this country who imagine that they
are scientists is astonishing Most of
them consider themselves competent to
conduct any branch of the department,
from the bug bureau to the division of
vegetable pathology.
A few miscellaneous facts respecting
office-seekers may not be out of place in
this connection.
Secretary Herbert and Secretary Hoke
Smith, being from the south, are natu-
rally most urgently harassed. by the
colonies and majors.
The departments of war and navy have
each had about 900 applicants thus far,
though they have very few places to be
filled, neither being lin politics"
All applicants want to see the secretary
personally. About one in ten succeeds in
doing so. 1t is almost impossible for any
body to get past the private secretary I'M
less he is escorted by a congressman or
has with him really valuable letter of
introduction. which the private secretary
reads before granting admission.
The people who are most anxious to see
the secretary personally are as a rule just
the ones he does not want to see. Once
in a while one of them offers a bribe to
the private secretary, but that method
does not work.
There seems to be a general and wide
spread impression that the government is
for charitable purposes, and
that the plea Of need on the part of an APP
plicant should suffice to procure employ
ment. 1t is not a fact that the depart