Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-10
Effect of Postmaster Warfeld's Ao-
ton on Machine Democrats.
THEY GET NO APPOINTMENTS At ALL
All the Offices Go to the Opponents
Of the Ring.
SAME IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE

BALTIMORE, Nd, september IL, 1oS4
Postmaster warfield this morning threw
a wet blanket over the regular or machine
democrats when he gave out lot Of APP
pointments to subordinate places in the
post Office. Eight men were appointed to
responsible and lucrative positions. and all
are noted as belonging to the reform or
kicking element Of the party. and not one
is friendly to the people who are at present
in control Of the democratic state and city
party organization. Mr.. warfield further
announced that he did not intend in any
way whatever to recognize the machine
democrats. and that all his future appoint
ments will be made in the same way. He
has already made three sets of changes
since he took charge Of the Office, and all,
with the exception of one man have been
either anti-ring democrats or republicans.
The one exception was a young man who
was appointed to the position of spittoon-
washer, and he was given the place ito
please Congressman Rusk," for whom the
postmaster processes the highest personal
regard. As a consequence Of this policy the
politicians who expected to secure places
In the post Office are greatly disappointed
and are openly denouncing the postmaster
and the President who gave him the place
and the party leaders who urged Senators
German and Gibson to assent to the con-
firmation of Mr.. Warfield are figuratively
kicking themselves for their folly They
row expect that the chief federal Office In
the state. with over five hundred subordi-
nate places in the gift of its head. will be
turned against them, to give aid and COM
fort to their enemies in the next campaign.
As further result Of the statement that
no regulars will be provided for. all those
stratght-out party men who have filed ap-
plications for positions have decided TO
withdraw them, considering IL useless TO
ask for what they now know they cannot
get. The bosses are also said to have is
nod all ataaax A<.w.
ers that no more favors are to be asked of
the postmaster. but that he is to be ignored
hereafter as an alien, and worse than a
republican.
The city bosses and the supporters Of the
city machine have not only been completely
Ignored In the division of the spoils In the
post office. but they have secured very little
UP to date In the way Of places in either the
T hternai revenue office or custom house.
Collector Vandiver has almost completely
changed the personnel Of his staff, and out
Of the one hundred and ten subordinates
whom he found In Office when he went In.
more than a year ago. only three or four
remain, the others, who were all repubn-
cans, having been turned out to give place
to democrats, and In the whole number of
new appointees a very few are city men,
the others being politicians from the coun-
ties. The collector of customs, DIR. Frank
7. Shaw, has been in Office since the 18th
Of May, and while he has not succeeded in
firing out all the republicans and replacing
them with democrats yet he Is doing
fast as he possibly can without Gripping
the service, and nearly all of his appointees
are county people-the city securing a few
minor positions. All these things are max
ing the Baltimore politicians very sore and
they are threatening all sorts of dire calam-
tiles to the party II they are not allowed
their share of the spoils.
The republican headquarters, in charge of
Chairman H. NJ. Clabaugh ana Secretary
III. c. NALL. are now open in the Carrollton
Hotel. in the same house ard on the same
floor as the democratic state headquarters,
under charge Of Mr.. Hattersly w. Talbot
as chairman. and Mr.. Spencer Watkins as
secretary. Chairman Talbot has appointed
Mr.. Edward NJ Flannery, one of the editors
of the Laurel Journal, as assistant secre-
tary, and Mr.. George w. Feslmyer one of
the doorkeepers of the house of representa-
tives. as messenger. Not much apparent
work has been done at either Headquarters
yet. but the preparations for an active
campaign on both sides are actively going
on.
The new registration Of voters began Mon
day morning, and the first days sitting
showed that the most interest in that i'm
portant work preliminary to election was
being taken by the republicans whose ward
workers are doing everything in their pow
er TO get their vote on the books. p. w.