Evening star., 1897-03-11
OFFICE GRIST MILL
1t is Grinding Very Slowly, to the
Applicants Dismay.
DELEGATIONS GETTING TOGETHER
Responsibility of Selection Being
Placed Upon Them.
SOME SPECIAL = l. y G. E :

The grinding of the office grist mill is so
slow as to he regarded by the office seekers
as having suspended operations This feei-
ing has become general among the thou
sands of men who came to Washington in
search of positions and the consequence
Is that a large majority of them have gone
to their homes to await Developments.
They 40 rot consider that it will pay them
TO remain here at the expense necessary
These who nave remained do with
knowledge of the circumstances.
Delegations Are Meeting.
The rep,I:ed position of President Nc Nin-
ley as to recomme endatons of applicants
is having the effect of causing a number
of the state congressional delegations to
meet 10 recomme nd candidates. The Pres
ident's position is said 10 be tha: he will
not undertake tc decide between forty or
fifty recommendations made by individual
members of Congress or by delegations of
states He SAYS that the delegations have
as much right TO assume responsibility for
wedding out the numerous candidates 10
"a stand himself. Since the 18th of
March senators have called upon him with
Endorsements for half dozen men for the
same place saying thai they could not af-
ford to pick between the men That is
why the President Informed them of the
responsibility which he thought snould be
theirs. His position has brought about the
conferences of the delegations. The re-
publican congre ssInen from Inaiaua Will
meet this afternoon The Illinois congress
men will do the same. After several meet
ingS these and the other delegations will
have reached understandings as To can
dtdates who ought to stand a chance. If
the President intends to give to state five
or six consular appointments he does not
want to have 10 pick over fifty applicants.
Tie wants eight or ten men he can nick
from.
That Navy Secretary ship.
An expectation today was that the ap-
pcimtment of assistant secretary CT the
ravy would be made today or tomorrow.
Among the strong candidates in the fiela
II is hard to pick winner, hut Illinois
men express the belief that ex-Representa-
tive John X. Thomas will he the success
fuI ItGn- The Illinois men making .
hard fight for him. The Indiana people
have been hopeful all along of the appoint
mcnt of Editor Elliott. while the Penn
sylvania mHn have stuck to Representative
Jack Robinson.
Mr. Gage Going Slow.
y well-known republican representative
was among the callers on Secretary Gage
of the Treasury Department today. He
called in behalf of a friend. Mr.. Gage
informed the representative in courteous
bat Irln language that he intended to go
very Sow Ia appointments III his depart
ment. and left the impression that ne was
not TO be moved by anything that might
be said to his conduct of the office.
Among many republicans who came 10 the
city there was an impression that nunIer-
Gus juicy plumS were lying around the
Treasury Department, TO he easily secured!
by simply shaking the tree. Contrary ir
formation having reached them Mr. Gage
is being sharply criticised. all kinds
OF charges being made of faithIessness TO
the party. Conservative men. however,
DO not approve of this talk. The repre-
sentative VINO called upon him today does
nat approve OF ii. although he failed in
his mission. He said that Mr.. Gage. as a
business man was going to run the depart-
Tent on business principles: that he would
therefore make changes with caution. He
was also handicapped he said by the civil
service law which permits few changes in
the department.
The st. Joseph Post Office.
The Missouri republicans who have called
the Postmaster General and the Presi-
dent regarding the appointment of post
master al St. Joseph, say they do not be
Iieve the President will appoint either or
the men who have been proposed. The
kerens faction has put up one of the can
diiaJes and ex-RepTescntatlve Crowther
another. and fight has been on from the
btgiaEine. I he Presidents policy is to
avoid these fights and TO pick outsider.
one who Is not eInbroiled. 1t is said today
that the APP ointment may be forced upon
Ny. Crowther himself He wants TO go to
COrea minister. and has protested
strongly and tmPhaucaly against a sug-
Eestion made TO the Postmaster General by
q diSinterested party that he would be the
best man for postmaster. He is loyal to
tie man he j. backing. This. however,
would not prevent the President using his
own discretion.
The Missouri republicans have held no
confer nee to decide on recomm enda tons
New candidates are appearing in the field
right along Mr.. Steele who ran for Con-
in the thirteenth district Is;
lidate for assistant librarian of Congress
John y. Henderson, jr., wants TO go as
minister to Greece
r. e. Kerens left Washington several
days ago for Missouri. after a conference
with the President. He is not staying here
to continue the fight for the St Joseph
post Othce- The President was made aware
OF his position.
All Sorts of Candidates.
EN-RepreseHtatiye Butterworth today de-
clined TO talk about what his friends are
doing in his behalf He did not deny or
affirm the news in yesterdays Star tina.
he is being pushed for solicitor general Of
the Department of Justice. Major Butter
worth 1okiHgiy told some of his friends
that an Ohio man never declined office.
Dr. Sampson POue of South Carolina
who has been leading the fight against Till
manism in his state for several years is a
candidate for the authorship in the Treas
ury Department, held by Col. r SIobo
lCck OF Newberry wants to be marshal of
- nth Carolina For the postmastership at
Columbia, 8 c. host of candidates has
appeared. Ex-Postmaster Clayton F. w
Screven and George Huggins are among
the number.
To BE Governor of Alaska
Special Dispatch To The Evening Star
CLEVELAND. Ohio. March I1-Rev. s
Hall Young. pastor of Westminster Pres
byterian Church OF Wooster, Ohio and
professor of biblical instruction in woos-
ter University. has received assurance that
n will be appointed governor of Alaska
Mr- Young was missionary in Alaska
from 1873 10 1SSS. During the frsf six
years OF his residence there there was no
civic government, and he devoted his time
to driving out slavery and witchcraft
among the Indians. He spent much time in
exploring southeastern Alaska and trav
elcd while engaged in this work over II O,n
miles He established about all of rho
schools and missionaries in the territory
and built the first church. besides setting
up the first printing press Rev Hall
Young was the secretary of the first terri
torial convention. and has always taken a
7ee2 interest in the affairs of Alaska. He