New-York tribune., 1897-07-04
PLACES AND MEN.
QUESTIONS OF FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS
STILL UNSETTLED.
WAITER 3. ArrEnBuRY URGED TO ACCEPT MOTH
ING LESS THAN THE suRvEYoRsHif-

WALTER B. ArrERBURY URGED TO ACCEPT MOTH
ING LESS THAN THE suRvEYoRsHir-
r1rx14IE AND THE PosToFF1cE.
Tho Nnal disposition OF the Federai appo .,.'. -
| ,aIonying 10 the metropolitan dislr!cl eoi'' 49,,
ho a tonic of lively speculation IN Broohiyh' ""e
.ho tr,ends of Walter Il. Aterhury were seen i"s'
rIsbt they reasserted their belief tnat MI A.'
n ru, be appointed Surveyor OF the PORT. IL Is
dors,ood that Mr. Atterbury can have wi-.iou'
aab,ng the office of Commissioner OF iiil',e
hu, that does not suit him or his irlenu.' w VIM
him 20 get an office commensurate WIN 'no -.
h,,l,ont work he did during the canvass bcsiu7'
beine IAN original Mckinley man. ana s'anu,ns
,Lo rock for him In the National Convention MT
,,.orhu,v was chairman Of the campaign fihahce
Committee and the campaign IN hiHss "ou.''' '1'
veor was run without assistance from 'ho .>o'
committee fer the first time IN years NJ. o"!
,ho, but the local committee sent about sio"V as Il
'.'" tr contribution TO the National Committee.
Drr,ny rho last week Mr.. Atterburys friehds nave
been telling him rot 10 take ahythhs 'esa 'n, -. .
nor.ance than the surveyorshlp, anu II 10 ''".
bo bas decided 10 follow their adVlce o"ou'u "o
NOT be appointed TO Federal once ne wou'e y.
stronp candidate for nomination FOR one oi Tue
' @oos orv one of which Is far moro proht-
IT. ,ho, +ba surveyorship But II Is not SO "iuo'1
the difference In income that MI 60 s,
,r,ends look at as the prestige Oh se'"''o
president Mckinley the thing they set ou' "
for their favorite. They do not want " W '"
and they want MI AtlerpuiS ~
shin and nothing else -
..rto nomination of Mr.. Atterbury for surveyor
will be sent to the Senate next week saiu o,.e "
his friends last night "and Andrew Jacobs Is 'Aey
IN he nominated Naval Officer at the same ''.'e' -
s not possible for Mr.. Platts triehds 70 hhu en-.
hing against these men. They have the REQUISITE
hu,tv and character 10 fill the places with inc
greatest credit They cannot be objected 10 OH 'hc
ground that they are not organization men, do -
have been actively identlhed Win the "''Nis
forces OF Kings County Republican politics ior
many wears The friends OF Mr Hiatt nave Ho'
named any one for either OF the oinceS VINO COIN
naras fayorably with Messrs. Ateroury ana JACOBS
| in nont OF ability and all-around htness'
VIVA, the effect Will be If the friends OF After
brrv and Jacobs are disappointed Is not easy 10
forecast Some of them are potent Iac''Is ia
Kings County politics They are hperai s"'.S "
campaign funds. and care more 10 nave o'''0e
arod With clean patriotic and high minded mea
than they do for anything else III 'hey are
",urned down" a good many Of the essential nerves
| Of the Republican party in Kings county WIN oc
~, ,I,yod and the efye.t will be a most unwelcome
one They will interpret the refusal OF the rres'-
dent 70 appoint Mr. At.erbury and MT. JACOBS as
an indication that the party can do without then'
ora ,bev will thereafter be lukewarm. The con-
due, OF party affairs in Kings County mas peen
characterized during the last three or -FOUR years
nv the keen interest manifested by the quiet IN
Auential citizen portion OF INC P'i'' J"'' ''' w
ment in the city whose help Is needed % keep the
nor,v IN good condition. Without this element at
| worl, # will be exceedingly hard for the RcpubH-
cans 10 carry the county THIS ran.
on the other hand the close friends OF senator
p,at, IN Kings County not fully expect TO AN
n,, ~ tho Federal appointments for any or their
prookIvn friends They are backing mum 'er Cf
Them for political reas only and would rot &c
| cbagr,ned TO any extent TO see them passed over
| Tbov would secretly admire and commend tie
president for standing by his friends. Hnd their
anger ~ thev had any, would soon cool Ter the
cold reasoning that Messrs Aterbury and Jacobs
| had. earned their appoiniT ents. while their re-
enactive competitors had not or. at least had not
| co f,,Iv earned them The forthcoming appoint
uents are sure to have a Iotent'c! cffa,t Kings
County politics.
| lust what is going TO happen TO Mr.. Fitchle
| one seems to know. He Is az strong with the
| friends Of Jacob Worth and Sheriff Buttllng he
| Is with the friends OF Mr.. Atterbury, Mr.. Willis
and Congressrnen Wilson and Hurley. Every one
has q good word for him, but his backing does not
| seem 10 he solid or well directed Not until last
week did Mr. Fitchie wake up 10 the fact that his
claim TO the Postmasership was being hercely con-
tested Then he did a wise thing by going TO Wash
| 10 believe that Senator Plat is decidedly opposed
TO the nomination OF Mr Fltchie. and that he has
told the President So AT the present time there Is
| greater likelihood OF a compromise candidate get
ling tho Postnascrship than before. There Is
feeling however that II Mr.. Ftchie Is not taken