Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-03

graVer.
In the United States assay Office there are
one superintendent, two assayers in charge.
assayers. one melter and %refner, one
meter and one assayer and meter.
Connected with the Department OF Justice
there are one solicitor general, six assistant
attorneys general, one solicitor oil the treas
urv. one assistant solicitor OF the treasury,
one solicitor internal revenue. fourteen ter
%ritorial judges, three Judges in the Indian
territory, Ave judges court OF private land
claims. one attorney Tor court OF private
land claims, seventy-ive United states at
torneys. seventy-ive United States mar.
sbals, There are also in the District oil
Columbia two Judges Of police court. fifteen
justices of the peace, about $50 %notaries pup
lie and commissioners of deeds, eight trus-
toes Of the Reform School for Boys and
nine trustees OF the Girls Reform school.
III APPOINTMENTS.
n, ring his administration President Nc
Kinley also will have a number OF me APP
pointments at his disposal, lncludlns places
on the supreme bench, the federal bench
and in the army and navy, of which class
officers are allowed to retire on tull pay
No field embraces more positions over
which contests will be made by aspiring
candidates than the postal service. lhelt
are inst 10. 612 postof1ices in the country, and
| most of these change hands with every ad'
ministration. OF these over $4,000 are touEtn.
class postofices. and 20,poO OF these oo'oVl
are money order offices, or ones tnat Ply
we'll. The retiring administration is th'
first one to fix a four-ycar tenure OF ONCE
but this. of course, is not binding. IhesS
fourth-class appointments VIII be maue a,
through the four years OF the incoming al
| ministration. OF the presidential posto1hceS
about $50 will be at the disposal OF Mr.. NC
Kinley during his first month in office. Their
are forty cases of presidential postmasters
commissions already expired, not acted on D!
the Postoflce department, and thirty-elsh
more will expire during March.
There are 1919 nominations Of presidential
postmasters upon which the senate mas 81
far taken no action, and probably lOJ O
these will be returned to the Postofice de
partment without senatorial action, and thu
be left to Mckinley mon. The remaining
ones-abou fifty-are offices where the re
moyal of the present postmaster doubtless
will be Immediately demanded and accedet
to-. The principal presidential offices wher'
the postmasters' terms VIII expire mex
month are: Meadvilre, Pa, on the 23d
Stamford, Conn. goth; Augusta, Ga, 18TH
Lansing, Mich, 23d; Cadiz. o., 2'th, an
Pendleton, Ore, 29th. There will be forty
nine more eXpirations of commissions /
April.
In the department proper the only office
outside of the civil service are the tou
assistant postmasters general, the %assistan
attorney general for the Postofice depart
mcnt. the private secretary and stenographe
and the corps of laborers. Semi-attached I
the department are the two commissioners
to investigate the overtime claims of lette
carriers, now A. b.. Hurt, eX-docrkeeper {
| the house, and Judge BorenZ. the toTme
r draws not only the IS per diem paid as con
missioner. but also $4,000 per .annum as a.
sistant superintendent Of The free deliver
system of The department. Both OF tines
4 offices probably will be vacated early. A
: sistant Attorney General Thomas is a stror
z gold man, who has made,a great record al
may stay.
In tho outside postal service the eXceptt
4 olices include one assistant postmaster al
cashier.
e INTERIOR DEPARTMENT pLUMS.
d In the Interior department the offices II
in the civil service embrace the following:
First ASSISTANT secretary, assistant, seer
. tary. assistant attorney general Tor {
u Interior department, private SECRETARY al
confidential clerk. commissioner of pensio
and two deputy commissioners commission
of the general land Office and one aa5lsta
commissioner of patents, anu one asslsta
commissioner of Indian affairs and ore q
sistant. the Indian inspectors and aimC
y two score Indian agents. Indiana employed
the Indian service at large except Slperl
. tenlents. teachers and teacher OF lndustfl'
. kindergarten teachers era physicians, me-
= ters of Indian commissions appointed by |
!, president. commissioner of railroads. dlr'
tor of the geological survey, commission
of education.
!, In The Agricultural department there a
few plums to be picked. The only ollc
Il now outside of the civil service ara the .
sistant secretary of agriculture, the en-
Of the weather bureau, private secreta
and confidential clerk to the secretlry, a
a corps Of laborers. There is likely 20
no change at the weather bureau, IS Oh
Moore, who was brought on from the c.
cago station, is a republican, appointed
the strength OF having the finest record
the service.
outside of the regular departmental sci
:, ice there are a number of independt
- branches of the government service,
80 some of which considerable patronage
taches. The chief of these places are
commissioner of labor. public printer, tn
80 civil service commissioners, a librarian
congress and superintendent of the libra
. a commissioner Of fish and fisheries, a
u chief of the Bureau Of American Republi