Evening star., 1897-04-02
THE WHITE HOUSE
Ohio Men Not Having Much Show
in Appointments.
new WORKERS THE MOST NUMEROUS
Col. Fred Grant Declines the As
sistant Secretaryship Of War.
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Spain and Turkey. and there is likely to
be a scramble for these choice plums.
which the President will dispose of before
al other month. 1t is not thought these
places. however, will be taken up by the
President until the last of next week. The
| Eext big batch of appointments will con-
tain assistant secretaryshirs, auditorships
and places of that kind. A number of
these places, it is said, will be settled by
the 9th or 10th
The many jocular remarks about the
great number of Ohio politicians who want
Office and the large number who Were
slated to get office have given way to more
serious observations of the division Of the
patronage up to date. A study of this
shows that Ohio has far got little. The
four big places abroad went to sections
of the country which We're supposed to
have been most bitterly hostile to Presi-
dent Mckinley when his fight for the re-
publican nomination was on hand. New
York gets two of the ambassa dorshil;s.
Massachusetts gets another. and the Dis
| trict Of Columbia the fourth. The next
| best place. the mission to Austria went
| to Pennsylvania. This had been the same
as to other good positions. Leaving on
| the cabinet places, Ohio has really had
but one appointment so far. Tha: was
colonel brigham, as assistant secretary
of agriculture.
Major Butterworths appointment as
| commissioner of patents is not considered.
by many as chargeebfe to OHIO. If Col.
Fred Grant will accept the post of assist
ant secretary of war New York would
have got more from President Mckinley
than he could possibly give to any other
state out of the remaining appointments.
OF course all that New York has received
so far cannot be said TO represent the ma
chine politicians. but the state is ready to
claim them From a money view. the Two
amhassadorships which went to New York
are worth $i5,oD, more than four cabinet
places are worth. Archie Baxter of New
York is undoubtedly thought to be slated
for third assistant postmaster general
New York City Applfcants.
1t is said by heads of departments ana
the clerks in charge of applications at the
White House that there have been more
New York city people TO apply for posi-
tions than from the whole state of Ohio.
The President hasn't enough good places
left, If he gave a large part of them to
Ohio to equalZe what New York has re-
ceived. The New England states have
Jared well and are still scheduled for more.
No surprise would be occasioned here
after to see some Ohio men occasionally
named in he patches of nominations going
to the Senate. President Mckinley mas a
number of stanch friends he would like TO
provide for ii he do so without the
charge being made that Ohio is getting ii
an! H. IL. W atSOn Is
one of these and another is to be found III
James Boyle, the young newspaper man.
who has for five years been his private
secretary. Mr.. Watson has been men
toned for several places abroad and it
is known that Mr.. Boyle will be provided
for The letter the place the latter gets
the more pleased will be hundreds of pub
lie men who know him. Mr.. Boyle has
charge of the thousands of letters applying
for positions which go to the White House.
The simple partakng of lunch with Presi-
dent Mckinley yesterday by Judge Nathan
Con has started a run of speculative mat
ter as to his future. 1t is said that when
Associate Justice Field retires Judge GoT
viii be given his place, ami then it is said
that he will become Attorney General on
the promotion of Nr Mckenna to Justice
Fields place. All this is exploded when
two facts present themselves The first is
that Justice Field Is Pacific coast man,
and will ne succeeded by /, man from thai
section. probably Mr.. ..icEenna. The sec
the cabinet as Attorney General The close
friends of the West Virginia jurfst say that
he will probably become a candidate .or
senator to succeed Senator Faulkner DEM
ocrat.
Col. Grant Declines.
1t was understood here that Col Fred.
Grant would accept the position rendered
him by the President yesterday but
dispatch from New York today says:
Col. Frederick ID. Grant has decided tn
decline President McKinley's offer of The
position of the first assistant secretary of
war He arrived from Washington early
today, and went Immediately to his nome
in East cd street
Mr.. Grant sent the following taIeoran,
TO President Mckinley today, declining. The
position:
Although you were pleased to urge me
TO think over the matter it is impossible
for me to consider the position of assist
ant secretary of war which Won were
good enough to offer me. l. therefore de-
cline with thanks the appointment at the
same time regretting that l am not to
serve your nistration, for which l
worked earnestly"
Mr.. Grant declined to be Interviewed he
yond giving out the foregoing telegram to
the President.
Senator Spoorer is hot after the consul
ship at Vienna for a constituent and saw
the President today. The constituent is
julius Goldsmith. He has the support of
the Wisconsin delegation, and there is a
belief that he will get what he wants
Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford.
Despite the limitations imposed by reason
of being cabinet day, there were numerous
callers at the White House between the
hours of 10 and II O'Clock, the hour for
the cabinet to assemble. General Stewart
L. Woodfcrd of New York was numbered
among the prominent callers. His visits
recently have been watched with interest
because his name has been connected with
the mission to Spain. The probability,
however. that New York has now received
her share of good places has lessened the
chances of another New York man goins
abroad. General Woodford was in a high
iy pleasant humor when he left the White
House In his most affable manner he
told the newspaper men that he wanted
nothing and believed he would get it. He
then explained that he intended to leave
on a foreign trip in a short while. He
will leave for Japan with a friend about
the 1st of May. He does not want any
thing in the gift of the President.
Col. E. A. Buck the Georgia leader, does
not deny that he wants to go as minister
to Japan He was at the White House to
arrange for conference tomorrow with
the President. He says that he is now
interested IN Georgia affairs and is not
ready to go abroad If the President should
nominate him at this time. 1t is said that
Col Buck Is closer to the Japan mission
than any other man.
Representative Wilson of New York
wants VIM. Rarden of his town appointed
RS consul to Nuremberg, Germany, and in
troduced the applicant to the President.
Mr.. Wilson is also interested in the flght
for collector Of the port of New York, the
leaders In which are Frank r. Moore and
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