Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-01

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Tendering Congratulations.
Special TO the Register.
Washington, ID. c., February Is
Congressman Wilson's right arm aches
tonight from the vigorous hand-shak-
ing he has gone through to-day as a re-
suit of his nomination by the President
as Postmaster General.
Nothing the President has done since
the beginning of this administration
appears TO have given so much salts
faction to House Democrats and Re
Dublicans alike as the callin. OF the
distinguished West Virginian to his
Cabinet
Every one agreed that the honor had
been most amply earned by Mr.. Wilson
and that the President was fortunate
in having at hand SO good a man to
take the place of the loyal and capable
advisor whom he loses by the rcsigna-
ton of Mr. Bissell.
Everybody about the Capitol want
ed to
CONGRATULATE MR.. WILSON
throughout the day and he mad but lit
tie time to do anything but respond to
| the Fidly expressions which poured in
on him from all sides.
We're it at the beginning Of an ad-
ministratiOn when all the changes in
/ pOsmasterships and other places in the
vast postal service We're vet TO be made
| MIR. Wilson's friends could not view his
assumption of the duties Of Postmaster
General without alarm for his health
but now that practically all OF the work
Of making these changes has been
done; and a tremendous job it was; by
Mr. BisSel. it is believed that Mr.. Will
son Will not find his duties so eXacting
as to make any serious demands on
him. although the routine duties of the
department viii keep him at his desk
six or seven hours a dag. But these
duties are not of such a perpleXing ma
tUre as those that relate to the filing of
Offices. from which. fortunately for
him. the new Postmaster General will
BE ENTIRELY t(lLllEN Eli
Tt is doubtful II Mr Wilson viii be
called upon, when he takes charge Of
the department, to make more than two
or three appointments, and these will
be of employees occupying confidential
relations with himself Practically all
the other places in the department, not
covered by the civil service law, have
been changed by Mr. Bissell, and there
will of course be no disposition ON the
part of the new Postmaster General to
disturb the appointments OF his prede-
I CcssOr.
In speaking to-day regarding the
/ maUer, Mr Wilson said that the
duties of his new position would be
/ materially lightened because Of the
fact that the Postollice Department and
the entire postal service had been re-
/ organized by MI Bissel so that he
would not be called on to make any
new appointments. except in cases
where the terms of p0stmasters ap-
pointed under the Harrison admins
tration had not yet expired. All the
minor places i'm the department here
including messengers and watChmen
are now under the civil service law, as
are the clerks in the railway mail SER
vice and i'm
PRESIDENTIAL POSTOFFICES.
The fact that President Cleveland in
tended TO appoint Mr. Wilson TO the po-
sitiOn has been known for several days
TO the most intimate friends of Mir
Wilson and to Mr. Wilson himself
The selection is one which the Presi-
dent made of his own motion, without
any urging of Mr. Wilson'S friends and
largely i'm recognition OF the member $
services in leading the tariff fight in
the House.
No member has been on more inu-
mate terms with the President than the
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. and his speeches in the House
have always been understood to voice
the opinion of the Administration. 1t
was noted yesterday that Mr.. Wilson S
speech upon the amendment TO the
postoffice appropriation bill TO compel
railway mail clerks to live at the end
of their routes-pernaps the last speech
he will make as COngressman-was
an earnest plea to Congress to support
the Postmaster General
No man in Congress has a greater
personal popularity among members Of
both parties than Mr. Wilson
When Representative Wilson was
told by a reporter that his nomination
had been sent to the Senate to-day he
smoke freely of the fact that he had
been aware for several days Of the
Presidents intention.
BEING SOMEWHAT RUN DOWN
in health and worried from his work
in Congress. MIR. Wilson viii rest for
some time. probably for month, be-
fore assuming the duties of his Office.
part of his vacation will be passed in
West Virginia and part of it in
visiting friends elsewhere.
senator Villas. as chairman of the
Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads. instead of ca sing meeting of
the committee to consider Mr.. Wilson
romination. polled the members and
obtained unanimous consent to make
favorable report. An effort was made
N secure an executive session for the
immediate consideration of the nom
ination. but owing to the fact that some
of tbe Senators stated that they would
insist that the nomination should take
trs ,sual course and be reported at one
eIacntiye session and lie over until the
,at this plan was abandoned The