The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-26


commercial agent; stationed at sault
Ste. Marie. Fees.
Henry Thurber. Wayne county, prt--
vate secretary 10 the executive. SAL
airy, $4,000
Carlos e. Dexter. ST. Joseph county.
chief doorkeeper. Salary. $1,000.
w. w. Duffield, Wayne county, SUI
perintendent of coast and geodetic sur
vey. Salary, $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures Of port, John b. Ma
loney; appointed Jan. 8, 1894; confirmed
Jan. H. 1894. Salary, $3,6S6.
Observation-Disclosures of internal revenue
James Phelan; appointed Dec. II, 1898;
confirmed Dec. 10, 1898. Salary $4,000.
Detroit-Appraiser. S. c. Kerrer; APP
pointed Jan. 8. 1894; confirmed Jan. 10,
1894. Salary, $4,000.
Detroit-United States marshal, e. III.
Whitney; appointed Feb. 20, 1894; con-
firmed March z, 1894. Salary and fees.
Detroit--United States district attor-
ney, A. p. Lyon; appointed Jan. 20.
1894; confirmed Feb. IL, 1894. Salary and
fees
Observation-Disclosures Of port, M. ID.
Scully; appointed Sept. IS, 1898; con-
firmed Sept. 2S, 1893. Salary. $4,000.
Marquette-Register of land office, p.
Premeau; appointed Aug. 1888; con-
firmed Aug. 25, 1898. Fees.
Port Huron-Collector of port, ]. M.
Crocker; appointed Aug. %, 1885, con-
firmed Aug. 25, 1898. Salary. $4,000.
Grand Haven-Collector of port, bud
Watson; confirmed April rs, 1893.
Grand Rapids-Collector of internal
revenue, I. G. Smith; confirmed Oct. !,
1893.
Grand Rapids-United States district
attorney; John Power; confirmed jan
uary, 1894. Salary, $500.
Grand Rapids-Surveyor of customs,
Andrew Fife; appointed April 10, 1898;
confirmed May H. 1893.
Grand Rapids-UnitedS States marshal:
appointed Feb. 81, 1894.
OfceseeLers Leaving Washington.
They are going away. There are no
brass bands to accompany them to the
depots. There are no crowds or throngs
of citizens following them to the trains
to speed the parting guests Of the city.
Those who came to attend the inau-
guration brought with them only funds
sufficient to pay for few nights lodg-
ing and a sufficient number of ham
sandwiches, cheap coffee, and we'll
chalked milk, in order to fend off, the
pangs of hunger. Their pence and
pounds having been exhausted by the
exorbitant demands of the avaricious
landlords and landadies, each visitor
folded his tent like an Arab, and silent
ly stole away.
Those who have remained until this
day came not for pleasure but for spells.
They sought offices and are now driven
hence by the civil service rules which
protect the incumbents of positions in
the executive departments. Those who
are religiously inclined have been gaz-
through the windows of the treasury,
interior and other departments, sing
ing or humming: This is the way I
long have sought and mourn because I
find 1t not"
Came from Everywhere.
They came from the east; they came
from the west; they came from the
north, and they also came from the
south. The three sections north of Ma
son and Dixon's line sent white men
here to seek offices. From the section
south of that historic line there
came Republicans of every skin hue,
from Nubian black to alabaster white,
representing in their personal appear
ances the unfortunate circumstances
which prevailed in that section for
many years previous to the promulga-
ton Of the emancipation proclamation
of 1863, and the amicable meeting be-