Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
ALREADY PURSUING PLACES
Nebraska Aspirants for Federal Positions
Waste No Time Waiting,
SENATOR THURsToN REALIZES THIS FACT
I;s Position as Arbitcr oS che Patron
ngc Gives Him Ample Oppur-
tunitN to Learn the Extent
of the Appetite.


of the Appetite.
WASHINGTON, Dec. -CSpecial)-T
I per9lexitics, worries ana tribulaton5 OF a
senator who is supposed to have influence
! with the administration will shortly be real
lied by Hon. John NJ Thurston OF Nebraska.
After the ith Of March Of next year, Senator
Thurston will be in the position of acting rs
Intermediary between his constituency on the
one hand and the republican administration
on the other The failure or the republicans
of Nebraska to elect full congressional dele
cation will make his work very much harder
than 1t otherwise would have been because
it will throw upon him the responsibility OF
indorsing many of the fouTth-cless pGstmas-
tcrs to be appointed during McKiney's ad-
mnistration, besides having direct jur'sdic-
ton, so to speak over almost every plesi.
Dental appointment. 1t is understood that
applications are already pouring in upon
Senator Thurston for almost every position
in the git OF the government; for ambag5a-
douSAips, for consul Eeneidlshiis Tor under
secretaries in the several departments In
fact for almCst every position with salary
attached, and the first appointment which
| President Mckinley will be called upon to
make In Nebraska Is that of a successor to
Hon. Frank E. White, United States marshal,
whose commission expires on March 81, 1897.
The district attorneys commission will not
expire until April II, 1898 Hon. a. j.
Sawyer will, therefore have a chance OF
| holding under the incoming administration
almost a year The surveyors Of customs at
Lincoln and Omaha may also hold office dur
ing year OF President McKinley's admins
tration, John NJ Burks a surveyor at Lin
coin, having been commissioned January %,
1884, while Dr. George l.. Miller at Omaha
AfantN tNfEI hi
The place of collector of internal revenue
for the district embracing Nebraska and
South Dakota, will probably be changed in
the summer Of 1897, Hon. James f. North
present collector, having been commissioned
July 1, 1898.
Under the general land Office the commits
sion of John NJ Adams, register at Sidney,
expires first, the date of his commission
being September 10, 1898. The commission
of his associate in the Sidney Office Preston
\. Griffith, bears date of November g. 1898
The only other change in 1897 is that of
Frank NJ. Brohme. receiver of the Alliance
Office, who was commissioned December 23
1898. The rest of the representatives of the
Interior department of the government hold
commission from 1894. No changes, ii is
thought, will be made in any of the other
land offices until 1898.
PLENTY or POSTOFFICEs.
There are ninety-four presidential postof-
fees of the first. second and third classes in
Nebraska, and for positions in the postal
department hundreds of applications have
been received by Senator Thurston. In some
cases there are as many as a dozen appli-
cations for the same position, so it it said,
and all from the best men of the party who
are willing to serve the country for a con-
sideration. And this is thought only the
beginning. One of the first postal appoint
ments which President Mckinley will be
called upon to mae is that of successor
to W. l.. Berry, postmaster at Madison, Sen
ator Aliens home town. Toward the close
of 1897 changes in the postofices of Nebraska
will come thick and fast the postmasters at
Fremont Kearney, AinswGrth Alliance, Blue
Hill, Cambridge, Creighton. David City.
Genoa, Holdregc, Minden. Neigh, Osceola,
Pierce, Randolph st. Paul, Sidney and Wy
more holding commissions bearing dates of
the month of September. 1898. In October
Columbus and Fairfield will probably know
different postmasters than those at present
directing the offices, unless conditions should
be such as to continue them until a later
date. Christmas presents in the shape of
commissions will possibly be given to now
postmasters at Beatrice, Central City He
bron, Harvard, Ponca, Seward Tecumseh
and Weeping Water, during the close OF 1897.
HOTEL QUARTERS FOR MKINLEY.
From out OF the Arlington hotel for a
quarter Of a century has gone every presi-
dent TO his Inauguration. II has been the
home Of the president-slect until he assumed
the cares and responsibilities of his high
position, when the White House takes and
holds him during his official term. Major Nc |
Kinley has chosen to break the rule and will
be quartered at the Ebbitt House until the |
9Th Ct March. when his lares and penates
will be set up in the house soon to be |
vacated by President Cleveland. The finest |
suite of rooms in the Ebbitt House has |
been selected for the presidential quarters. |
fronting west, south and east. Along the |
greater length the wide windows lCOk upon !
that section of Fourteenth street, with which |
Major MKinley became very familiar dur |
ing his years Of congressional life, and |
known throughout the country "N6ws- !
paper Row" a private corridor will be set |
aside in the Ebbitt, and the rooms not re- |
qured by the president will not be occu- |
sCiute privacy. He will be as secluded as
though in a private house. Private parlors |
will be set aside on the first floor for his |
exclusive use, and a separate dining room,
reached by private staircase, will be re- |
cluded in the suite and Proprietor Burch !
is authority for the statement that they |
will be reltted throughout refrescood and |
made as inviting as The distinguished pres
once warrants. In addition TO the pres-
deYt-eleCt, it is understood that the party |
will consist Of his wife and his mother: niece
and nephew, Grace and James Mckinley;
Mrs. McKinley's sister, Mrs. Barber and her |
children; Abner Mckinley and wife and !
maid; Colonel John NJ Taylor and wife; Mr..
and Mrs. II. S. ERdsley OF JOhnstOwn, Pa,
and Major J. Smith. u. S. A.. and wife.
Prcsdent-elect Mckinley Is expected to ar
rive on March /. By that time the apart
mcnts will be ready for his occupancy.