El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-26

( The evening papers here have a
story to the effect that the admit istra-
| ton has decided that in such southern
states or in districts where there are
no republican congress smen the mem
| bers of the national committee are to
| be- looked to for advice in appointments.
| This fell like wet blanket on the
Green crowd, and in fact, on the mem
! RES of the different state executive or
advisory committees, who are at leg
gsrhe4dS with their national chair
man.
The story as published is generally
accepted as true. Hanna is at the
head Of the national committee and it
i, considered a fOregOne conclusion that
he will stand to the members of that
committee as he may need them four
years hence, whereas the members of
the state committee may go out in two
years.
The fourth assistant postmaster
general was appointed yesterday.
There was a hard fight made for the
place and man by the name of Bris-
tow Landed. 1t is significant that Grant
and the other members of the national
committee from the south were very
earre>t in their work to secure his APP
pointment. The fourth assistant post
master general has always been known
as the be 4dsman, because he chopped
masters. THIS officer has heretofore
bad most absolute disposition of the
fourth-class postoffices and the infer
ence is tta5 the effort of the southern
republic national committee to get
BrlstOw in the place mea that they
are 20 have through him the aDpoinl-
ment of these otfic T.. [ under taud
there are about $500 of them in Texas.
"A sensational incide Mt occurred in
! =
Herrlck of Cleveland, o., and one Of
, the most prominent supporters of Nc
K ey during the campalg On for b 5
nOmina' ion ard for his eject on, a d
who is said TO have gore to Texas to
look after McKiuley's interests VIII n
the sta tie convent on was held to select
delegates to St. Louis wrote to the
president through the state depart
ment the f. lowing let er:
The appointment Of Messrs. Terrell
and Clifford to any diplomatic place
under the government woul be atty
deprccat ed - He sign d tits and I'M
de- it was written: My d ar Mr. Sher-
man, | hope you will file this. [ en-
dorsed it, MARCUS A. HANNA.
The Terrell spoken of is Mr.. Terrell
Of San Antonio, and eX-minister to
Belgium. Clifford is DR.. Clifford of
San Antonio. Terrell is AN applicant
/ for the position of minister to Rome and
Clifford wants the place of consul gem
eral at the City If Mexico.
"The discovery of this document in
the STATE department was bomb shrll
to the Green people. Green t a copy
OF it and then ne unlOa1ed his mind to
Hanna. The gist of the unloading was
that the interference of Herrick, of
Ohio, in the affairs of the ople of
Texas was going 100 far and that if it
was persisted in by him or by Hanna
he (Green) would go home and throw
up his position and have nothing more
to do with politics. l do not pretend
to give Green's exact woods, bat the
above is the subs ance of them. Finally
the obnoxious paper filed by Herrick
and Hanna was said to be- withdrawn
and the incident closed at that.
Green afterward weot to the post
office department to look into how he
stood there and was informed that this
department had received orders from
h CHER up not to act on the recon-
me rdatiOns for Office from either side
just what this pretends no one knows,
but in connection with this statement
made to Green is the following fact as
given me by Mr.. Sam Flanagan OF