The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-28
MORE CHIEFS ARE TO co
General Clearing Out Probable
i'm the Interior Department.
FOLLOWERS MAY BE SPARED
The Runor of Secretary Bliss Res
tgnatiun StiII Causing Much In
eaSinesS- Rear Admiral Miller Or
dered Ia the Command of the Pa
cific Station.

The policy OF diSmisSing the chiefs OF di-
vision appointed under the Cleveland adj
ministratian win not be the policy OF the
Pension Bureau alone, but viii be followed
throughout the Department OF the Interior.
1t has been semi-officially announced at
the Dc9art.nent OF the Interior during the
absence of Secretary Bliss that SIX chiefs
of division ia the Sccretary's office are
10 be removed.
There are nine divisions in tie SCcre-
tary's office, each presided over 10y chief
Wnen fIGke Smith, came into power he re-
moved seven Republican chiefs and re-
tained two These holdovers are john q.
Ames. chief OF the document division, and
George " Evans, of the dIsbursing office
These gentlemen continue to fall their po-
sitions and will be allowed 70 remain.
The Democratic chiefs are William p.
Couper. of the patents and miscellaneous
svisio1: John W Holcumh, OF the appoint
nept division: william NJ. kctChuin, of the
,tationcry and printing division; Z. +.
White, OF the division OF Indian aTfaITs
6eorge 5 Donneli, of the census division
Chief Piarson, Of the division OF pension
lpneals: and Chief Parker. Of the division
.f lands and railroads. Two Of these
Democratic. chiefs will he retained under
this Administ ration, as a return of the
compliment which Mr.. Smith paid the
Republican patty in retaining Ames and
Evans
Who the chiefs 10 be retained are is the
question which stirs the minds Of the peo-
pie in The department The Indications
rag IL
vision. ana Couper, of the miscellaneous
division, are the favored officers whose
heads are TO he spared ny the Republican
AK. 1t is possible that Chief Donnen, of
the census division. win nc retained till
the eXtmglashment OF that division, when
the census work shall have been completed.
There j. but three months more WORK
ahead for this division, aad it is said at
the department 10y those close to Secretary
Bliss that nonnell viii Continue in Charge
all the Wort. is done.
The custodian Of the bGiiGing. Hiram
Buckincham. a Democratic appuintea. is
said to he on the list 81 thOs" TO hc re
moved.
The topic much discussed at tie Depalt-
ment Of the Interior is the subject Oi The
prospective resignation Of Secl etary Bliss
The peIsis. ency # this rgnsor causes great
uneasines> arong the attaches CT the Ie-
aartment, who are painfully sensitive 10
every change which might imperll th2ir
positions.
A ma ;..rity of tie people al the depart
neut believe that Mr.. Bliss viii resign
why should he. who can write his check
for miiiorS submit To the veXation, wurry
and dull routine labor OF such an iHCcn-
picuous experiment a. that OF the in
tcri0r"' is the substance OF what they say.
A minority Of the clerks profess to believe
that Mr. Hiss viii not resign. but in very
many Of these instances the wi>hiS Father
b the thought
They know that every rine new SeCre-
tary comes in some changes follow, and, al
though some clerks Stald a cnance Of pro
molten. others stand a IiSk of reduction,
and the average department clerk is sat
lsfed to have things 20 GA in Tn" same old
way. They simply ask t. Be let alone, and
many Of them would feel cpntenJed il the
head Of the department did not know Of
their existence.
Those ia the office OF the Secretary de
clare that Tire Secretary docs not mean 10
resign, but gheir testimony cannot he given
actually al work on his letter OF resigna-
ton. they would not take the press into
their confidence, and would not release the
news Of the Sccre'ary's intention till he
desires the information released,
Representatives Of the Can uadian govern
nent are ca route to Washington 90 confer
with the Second AsSistant Postmaster Gen
eraI in reference TO the mail service
from Juneau to Circle City, Alaska.
Mails are carried now ON dog 1edgcs, and
the service is irregular and infrcquent
The Canadian officials viii probably
make a suggestion that the steamers which
run up the coast north to the mouth of the
Yukon River and thence up 10 Circle City
shall be employed in the mail service. Cir
Gle City is close TO the Canadian border
and the coming representatives are in
terested in improving the service.
Edward Holm, director Of the intema-
tional Bureau of the Universal Postal
Union. arrived i'm Washington Yesterday TO
attend the international POSTAL Congress. II
is not the first trip which Mr. Holm as
made 20 Washington. He was here last
summer He speaks Of Washington as an
fdeaI citv, and prophcsics that he coming
congress viii he an unqualified success.
The total number of fourth-class post
masters appointed today was I04. OF
thiSnunher 63wcre to fill vacancies auSed
bydeath aud resi- gnation and the remainder
by removals.
The Navy Department has issued an
order as follows: Rear Admi raj j. n. Mil
Ter, when detached from the Boston navy
yard. win delay proceeding 10 the COM
mand Of TIE Pacific station until further
Instructed.