Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-04-14
WASHINGTON, D. C.

N'o ""ai" hitDi III was before tile
Superintendent of hallway Mail Ser
VICE this morning, and made strong
plea fof the reinstatement of the
Democrats of his district who were
dismissed by President Harrison. No
satisfaction, however, WIS guaranteed
him, although he has suceeeded in
bringing the matter up for Consider
alton in the near future. NIr. Mar
rbnll has worked inces sanity for his
people, and is determined, as he saws.
to return in few days and continue
to labor for the fair share of patron
age which he thinks due his district.
Notwithstanding the fact that it
has been very generally expected that
the President would i'll all probabili
ty make an exception in his no ex"
rule III favor of Captain Ham Shep
pard for collector of Internal revenue
for the Western District of Virginia,
new candidates for the place are al.
most daily coming into the field, and
even If Captain Sheppard is appoint
ed he will not be without % L,lrd
hight being made against him. The
two latest candidates to be announc.
ed are M. M. Morris, of Glade Spring,
president OF the board of trustees of
the Southwest Virginia Institute for
Young Ladies, at that place. Mr..
Morris has not the endorsement of
many OF the politicians of the dis.
trict, but comes with what is spoken
ct rs strong business backing. and
1t is said thar i'll the event that it be.
comes known that the President will
not appoint Captain Sheppard that
Congressman Mar shall will endorse
him and fight for him. Professor
Sanuel ID. Jones, OF the Southwest
Virginia Institute, is now in the city
in the interest of MIR. Morris. The
other candidate is MIR. IL. Kenna
CAmpbell, of the Bedford City Index,
whose application was today placed
on file in the Treasury Department.
1t is said that Mr.. Clovoland's pol
4''y Ill the matter of appointments
has been to great extent TO pick ND
some man who has not been an ap
plicant for tho place. but of whose
abilities he has heard in some round.
about way when lie was listening TO
the tale of some other ot.icesceker.
This is said to have been the case
when Mr.. Maxwell was mnde Solicit.
or General MIR. Maxwell's partner
was being urged for some other place,
and MIR. Max wells name wns thus in
directly brought to the Presidents
attention. Mr.. Cleveland in an aim
less kind of way began to put him.
self III possession of the points of
Recommendation possessed by MIR.
Maxwell The result was the unex-
pected reception by him of the ten
der OF the place he now holds. An
other case ill point of fnct is that of
james III. Eckels, appointed Comp
troller of the Currency, but who has
us yet not been confirmed. and in to-
days oatch of appointmentments
comes still another Edward FL Stro.
bel, OF New York, is named as Third
Assistant Secretary of State. He did
not want this place. but desired to
represent the government MS Min
lister to some foreign country So
the list runs on. Numerous other
cases might be cited. all showing the
independence of the President and
his determination not to be led in his
appointments by the recommends
fsons of those who endorse to pay the
reward promised for some good
stroke of work in the endorser's fnvor.
President Cleveland has recently
made very important decision in
regard to the tenure OF; Office of Fed
eral officeholders. Hs was asked
when he considered the term of Office
began with man who was nomiilut
ed after the adjournment of the Sen
ate and whose name could not, there
fore, be acted on by that body until
it met the next regular meeting in
december and then for various rea
sons might be ''hung up for some
months. MIR. Cleveland replied that
e-considered the term OF Office to
begin with the commissions. which
can only be issued after the Senate
confirms. This decision will, OF
course. have the effect of materially
lengthening the life of many man
now in Office year or more. and
some of them when succeeded will
have been drawing a-fa, salary fol
between five and six years.
The steady rush of the Office seek.
ers on the new Notwithstanding
head and his aspirants-is now fast
losing its strength and dwindling al
most into insigni6cance. The crowds
who at first went to the White House
now amount to comparatively moth
ing. The secretaries are not SO much
sought after, though they still have
as many visitors as they can care TO,
comfortably. The hotels show mos
plainly the dropping off of the crow,i
a short while ago it was hard mat
ter to move around in them at ALL
and to get seat was next to i,npos
sible Now the cor,illors orc dos.,t