The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-10

Hsce has teiegrspae3 tha. he vii Be here
= ssw days having almost recovered
141En DIS last serious Illness. which for
si'lae Threatened alS Efe. senator Squire
-@s as Cd quarters ar the No-mandse.
Ss-@'or Wilson occupies ms former apart
.nents al the Cairo. with his wife ard
iAssliiy. aad Mr.. Doolsttse has TIE same
- sDA.'IcFsaole rsrloTs az WIZARDS that ne
nag during the l2s1 session Mr. Dooasttie
= accompanied this winter by his son
James who intends % enter the Johns
f1opA1ns university At Baltimore. ard VIII
pursue ne study os medicine and surgery
Ar. Dooslttie is assa acccnpaai BY his
pI4s@Se SECRETARY, Waiter r Boarduiaa.
o. Tacoma who declares his intention of
pefIisaneatly remaining az the rational
capital after TIE expiration Of Mr.. Doo.it-
ties term
Frank Z. Vaughn. also OF Tacoma, as
sissaat Journal clerk OF the house Of rep
Iesenfas1Fes. is sgSla 81 his desk. and the
Nshlisar face CT CAPT ?. B Johnson. %
Waisa Nsila. IS seen in the house post
once The eountensnces os M%ssrs.
vaughn and Johnson are somewhat more
Elongated than formerly, FOR the reason
that grave doubts already exist IN their
minds as % their tenure OF ortlce after the
%ih OF March next. when their political pull
VII De greatly weakened by the departure
q the Two Republican coHgrsssmen from
tae state Of Washington. Both men. how
ever, nave proven very efficient and cap
soae p1o.lc servants and have made 8
great many friends among those congress-
men VINO have been reelected. Fer this
reason II Is not Impossible thsy viii con-
tinue 70 hold their places daring another
congress. although Il is not an easy thing
70 90 when the representa- fiyeS from ones
own state have 10 political Affiliations
with the party IN power.
j. e Raiiaire. or Celsax. Wash. has
given up al hopes OF political position un-
der the government. having become firm
iy established as assistant city editor OF
htlity. however. that he may. in the not
far distant future return 70 the state az
Washington. having had one or two offers
OF newspaper positions there.
Never n the whole history os Washing
ton as a state has there been such rush
OF Federal office seekers as az the present
time. Senator Wilson brought with him
a whole trunk full OF letters making appli-
cation for every IMAGINABLE office from
foar;h-elass postmaster 10 United States
marshal. which the Republicans will have
20 distribute IN the state during the com
ing four years Many of these appilca-
tons are for offices which DO not expire
until the term Of Mr.. Mckinley Is more
than half gone. but that makes no differ
$nce 70 tAa aNgdtous ONCE seeker Already
nearly a hundred applications have been
made 70 Senator Wilson for the Office or
collector OF customs at Por; Townsend,
and nineteen OF these come from one coun-
~ The number Of people who want to
be postmaster in some little once tha.
pays only 800 or 500 year 10 that officer
is astounding
Since the defeat Of Representatives Hyde
and Doolit;le for reelection. and the
knowledge that Senator Squire Is almost
certain to be defeated in the legislature.
and even 10 he is not. that ne VIII have no
influence whatever with the Republican
administration, all the applications are
being piled upon the already bgrdened
shoulders of Senator Wilson
Senator Wilson and Representative Doc
little have been so busy since their return
answering the letters which they have re-
ceived from applicants FOR Office and from
other prominent citizens who are endors-
ing these applications. that they have been
unable to do anything else. Senator WI
sons mail Is the heaviest and averages al
least fifty letters day. The manual labor
of answering this Pile of correspondence
causes both the senator and his private
ss1rstAxxAs P. SnESee.ssa xars slnaoss.
INCREASINGLY during their waking hours.