New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-09
STATESMEN OUT OF A JOB.
,uxy TIDAL WAVE ACCIDENTS" OF THE
LAST HOUSE WANT PLACES
r>.s or DEMOCRATIC Ex-EEPREsENTATIvES
SEEKING RECOGNITION FROM THE
KEW ADMINISTRATIONS.
,BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIDrNE.l

SEEKING "RECOG milton FROM THE
NEW ADMINISTRATIONS.
,sY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIDUxE.l
,.,,ncton March s.-When speaker Crisp declared
uouse Of Representatives adjourned without day at
~" an saturday no less than eighty nine Demo
nOv .. rho had been members OF that body. realized
u"." .hsv had suddenly become statesmen out OF a
'D s and that they would longer continue TO re-
! the comfortable stipend OF $1,000 year from the
o ~. Trcasury one OF them Colonel Herbert
iN ,,ot his retirement would be Immediately fol-
~. hv promotion TO q more exalted place with
w.. salary but of the other lightweight we're
'ns,,cd By such an assurance. Among them are sew
, men whose private fortunes are large enough to
e', them independent OF. II not Indifferent to. the
p considerations OF Office holding-men like
x.wberry and Cable OF Illinois. Andrew Of
D''...nhuse,ts. Blount OF Georgia and others. The
,.,,v however. is composed OF men whose private
". are modest and TO whom salary Of $1,000
To- Il an object Of no small importance; but the
s,uou 10 hold Office Is by no means confined to the
bitter class. -,..,. 49,. T.. .,
S,at hours 1t became known that at least
80 n.mocratic ex-Representativcs OF the Lid Con-
W." r,re candidates for appointment to various
~ % saw nothing Of . dozen more who had
. a, previous Congresses. Each succeeding day
y" IA 10 the number Of applicants from among both
49,. Illinois mas already furnished at least four oil
:. -som were members OF the last House. General
go who was gallant Union soldier-he rose from
49, .rsde Of second lieutenant to tile rank OF brcvet
,L,d,src general receiving his last commission as
sv,d for his conduct In leading the assault on Fort
o,.,.,v near Mobile. In ls85-wants 10 be Commits
so,.r Of Pensions. General Newberry. Of Chicago,
.o rose 10 the rank OF brevct bigader general in
A.. rn,on ARMY and who like General Busey. Is
.ruono,re desires Il good foreign appointment pref
.r,b,v the Belgian mission. He was postmaster at
chicago for a time under Mr.. Clevelanas former Al
uostration owen scott. whose election to Con-
.. e., ,aeo Was a tidal wave accident" thought at
e., that lie wonld like TO succeed Captain Meredith ~
Chief Of the Bureau Of Engraving and Frntins' ne
.nervard lowered for q time over the once OF inc
pnhuc Printer, the incumbent Of which Is also an
u,ro,. man. but finally decided that he would prefer
=, IA Commissioner OF Internal Revenue. II Is unoer
,,ood that he has again reconsidered ana hAeo MS
han upon the Office Of Public Printer
AZ WIkc OF course expects to be appointed f1rst
Controller OF the Treasury at an carly day. ne as
r,u as Mr.. scott, was stanch supporter OF Coiohe'
Mil, In the speakershp fight, and prades himsen "po"
Ming an Original Cleveland man." II may oe re-
marked In passing, that the number OF "ors'hAi
cleveland men, In Washington Is astonishnsly large
compared with the number twelve months ago.
some OF the ouidnuncs assert that ex-Congressman
r.Ms ronld not decline the German or the Austrian
r..on n either should be offered to him. An ILLINOIS,
,rfoncessman who Was not a member OF the hiiu
c,r-css but who desires and expects TO receive 'a'
alice Is Frank Lawlcr, Of Chicago VINO Is III "asne
A, srmed with petition signed 5y more than Ooooo
residents Of that town recommending his APPOINTMENT
AZ postmaster The friends OF Mr.. La"'ers Gun,
rsb,or General Smith-who owes his imposing u'ie'"
IL s,d 10 the fact that he Is tho general ngeh' VI "
Insurance company-urge as an ob,ecuoh 70 MI Id
Ia, that he boltcd the regular" Democratic candioae
w MAYOR n, the last city election and supported Oar
,.r harrison Mr. Lawler triumphanty retor's Iha'
"a ter Harrison l. now the regular Democriuc canu
s.,o Tor tho same Office as ought to have been TWO
Years ago and that he Is sure OF eiecuon' "r. Law
has been working for that postofhce ever since 'ns
az after the election. and he means to nave IL.
Al least four OF the Massachusetts Democrats WHO
defeated for reelection to Congress last fall are re-
d.d s promising candidates for Presidential 1avofs
=, Con sressman Andrew, sen Of the great war Wv
spor OF Massachusetts, was Chairman Oh inc ,o"N..
!. r,rn service Reform In the Lilo Congress- ana ne
vx generally and Justly regarded as one Oh INC ie"
ppmocr,tic members of that body who were ea,nes'
and sincere friends Of civil service reform.
,trons , democrat as his father was Republican, ano
!, 80. .n.u \. vacancy in the Civil Service Commits
1,on no vii, probbly be appointed to II. II ne Will &C
rent. There Is a rumor. however, that he desires q
n,oce of greater dignity. Mr.. Coolidge VINO was ~"
.tber "tidal wave accident OF the ias' Co"s' ee'
would be glad receive commission as MiHS'.. :"
sutherland; and Mr. Crosby. who was anolaer Nv
tident, OF the same Sort and who. ike Mr. ooo"'s'
v.s defeated for reelection last fall. would ike 70
,ucceed Fourth Assistant Postmaster Generai
!, Assistant Attorney. General Tyner; ana sherman
Hoay Is an applicant for the Ih''eu o"'' D
Attorney ship for Massachusetts.
Among the other Democratic ex'kepresentau'e'
from New England who claim recognition AZ t'e
hands Of the Administration Is "ex-Parsoh" "cN'n'
new. OF New-Hampshre, who rode into congress y"
The tidal wave of 1890, and was the dciea'oo De"o
.rac candidate for Governor OF New'hampsn''e '"''
All. Mr.. Mckinney would like to be commissioner
of Pensions. but the Colombian Mission. NJ 'a'A''
A. s,o 600 would console him. The latter place Is
.or h.u hr a New.lIampshire Republican. II Is
understood that Mr. McKinney's accidental colleague
In the LID Congress- Mr.. Daniel. who WINS de'eaeu
for reelection. is not q candidate for ONCE o".
ls,ras that his son shall be appointed 10 q eoou
ylace IN the consular service. Mr. Dah'sh wa" o"o
n the three New-England Democrats VINO suppor'ou
Judge Crisp for the Speakership OF the HOUSE. a."
s,be, New.Engand STATESMAN out OF = ]op WIN
d understood to desire recognition" Is Mr. WHICH,
Of Connecticut. e..
yew.York has a number OF Democratic oA'e'
men out of a joo" but. perhaps unfortunately io'
them uno.t of them belong TO the faction winch
unmarried Judce Crisp for the Spcakership against
h Cleveland c arlsle candidate Colonel Mis- W.
daunted by this fact, however II Is uhoerstooo ""'
Mr. Bacon, who was chairman OF COMMITTEE o"
Banking and Currency in the last Congress- \" o
candidate for the Office Of Controller OF tho currency
With strong hopes of success. There was cons'oer
able complaint among the friends and advocates OF
ths AndrewCate hill which was favorably reported
from Chairman Bacon's committee. the burden OF
which was that he did not display as much sMii
energy or zeal In pushing that measure as they haa
hsht to expect Of him. and that the result mso.
have been dfercnt II he had been moro dDgent ana
efcient as q manager. 1t IS altogether probable
however, that the result would have been the same
In any case. for enough freesilver Democrats nau
bound themselves bv solemn pledges to defeat the
hn.
The rate Of political mortality rose so high among
tho accidental Democratic Representatives from
Iowa last fall that not a man Of thcm escaped anu
The only Democrat from that State In the mex. ION
Tess Will be Judge Hayes who represents uora'"'