The times., 1897-03-14
No Diminution of the Number
Who Suffer From 1t.
SOME BELATED PROMOTIONS
Ex-Secretary Francis Made Out IL
Number of Commissions on Ma rch
Successor Was Appointed-The
General Policy Of Delay.

|
ence continue. Each of the Secretaries
| has the greaterpart Of his time occupied by
| callers each day, and yesterday was no
exception.
| SiXty-tbree aGpirants for the various
| Treasury positions were registered yes
terday, as follows:
Hon. John w. Mason, OF West Virginia,
| commissioner of Internal Revenue, APP
| plies for Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury; Z. NJ. S. Young, of Pennsylvania; F.
| H. Morris, OF Ohio, and George A. Hay, of
| Ohio, auditor for the Postoffice Depart
ment; T. V. Powderly, the labor leader,
Of Pennsylvania, for Commissioner of I'm
migration; Joseph 7. Manning, OF Ohio, for
| Register OF the Treasury; Albert X. Mil
| let, or California, for Commits sioner Of I'm
| migration; L. NJ. Kelly, of Illinois, auditor
| Tor The War Department.; w. II. Powell, of
! Illinois, Register OF the Treasury; VIII
| Cumback, or Indiana, Assistant Secretary;
a. Clinton Hill, Of New York, Assistant
| Secretary; James E. Shepard, OF North
| Carolina, auditor for the Navy Department.;
| F. w. Dixon, of North Carolina, Register
| OF the Treasury; Cyril Hawkins, of Ohio,
! auditor for the Interior Department, and
| A. 2. Case, Of Illinois, for United States
| Treasurer.
Other applications In the list are:
Collectors Of internal Ieyenue-Thomas j.
| Fry, Denver, Colo; L. t. Hoy, Woodstock,
| H.; John A. Williams, PatriCksburg, Ind.
| John Z. Walker, Davenport, Iowa; A. n.
! Gissel, Dodge City, kans.; p. n. Hicks,
| Glenlock, kans.; Albert Grail, Da yton, KY;
j. K. Mcmillan, Clinton, Nd; W. n. Mof-
felt, Kalamazoo, Mich; U. Francis Duff,
| Scott Town, Ohio; E. r, Hatch, Mccoy,
| Greg; George W. Davis, FL Paso, Tex;
| A. j. Rosenthal, Galveston, Tex; G. p.
| Waldorf, Toledo, Ohio; Edward Hughes,
| Portage, Ohio; Edward Greer, London,
! Tenn; j. j. Weller, Dallas, Tex, and j. p
| Hambrick, Huntington, w, Va.
Collectors or custonfs-R. c. Powers,
| Prescott, Ariz.; j. E. Eubanks, san Fran
| cisco, Cal; W II. Mcdonald, Punta Rassa,
! Fla, John II. Howell, Fernandina, Fla.
| Franklin McC. Brown, Brunswick, Gu;
Joseph Firehaugh, Robinson. H.; W j.
| Behan, White Castle, La; W. W Allen,
Minneapolis, Mimi; NJ NJ Lockw ood,
! Corvallis, Mont; A W. Harris, Kingston,
| n. NJ; c. c. Forbes, Raleigh, n. c.; c. r.
| Benham, Cleveland Ohio; W. II. Cook
| ston, Socorro, y. NJ; Jacob Whitman, Santa
| Fe, y. NJ; and W. F. Morrow, Harweu ,
| Ohio
| George F. Wickersham, OF Pttsburg Pa ,
| is an aspiranu for the position of sur
| veyor OF customs; George p Kicker, N
Philadelphia, for an appraisership at Phila-
| delphia; Bromley Wharton, of Philadel-
phia, for an assistant appraisership; Alex
ander Bruce and Charles Motry, Of CIeve-
land, Ohio, for the appraisersmp of Cleve-
land.
Joseph c Bonnor, of Toledo, made ap-
plication for the Comptrollership of the
| Treasury; J, II Claypool applies for the po.
sition IF surveyor Of customs at Indianap-
oils; H ]. Mckinney, OF Bradford O., for
an appraIsership at New York; f. j. Miller,
| Of Columbus, To he surveyor of customs;
John y Sloan, Of st. Paul. 10 be supervis-
ing inspector of steam vessels at st Paul,
| and J. E jenkins, Of Iowa, to be deputy
auditor for the War Department.
There is = story arloat which is caus-
| ing comment in some quarters, to the
effect that ex-secretary Francis of the
Interior Department made a number or
promotions on the 9th day OF March.
but an hour or two before his successor
was sworn in. There is possibly no legal
objection to the action, but those con-
| versaut with the facts are disposed to
criticise Mr. Francis for what they term
| a breach OF courtesy and propricty.
II appears there were fifteen or twenty
persons in the department who We're on
the messenger list. 1t was decided to
promote them, under the classified service
| rules, to the clerk class, with pay at
$500 per annum. The matter was pushed
! 1.rh nj 20 In
fore the Secretary on the morning Of the
day succeeding the Inauguration. and to
complete the transaction he attached his
| signature to the papers, thus forwarding
the messengers on the up grade Of the
| civil service way.
There will be no change u the office of
the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy for
month or more. There are reasons for
this course aside from the general policy OF
delay 1t is said there is tangle among
the candidates which Secretary Long is
not disposed to straighten. Mr.. McAdoo
is understood to have received request
from Mr.. Long to remain a month or two,
and he has consented.
Commodore ] N Miller, commandant of
the Boston naval station, is here to pre-
sent his request for appointment to succeed
| Admiral Ramsey as chief OF the Navigation
Bureau. Commodore Miller will also under
go exatnination for promotion TO the next
higher grade i n his service
At a conference yesterday noon between
the President and Secretary Gage, the
question of appointing Assistant Secre-
taries ard a chief clerk in the Treasury
Department was considered.
The fact that Hvo selections have been
agreed upon, those of Messrs. Spaulding
and Howell, is undsputed, but after the
conferenceit it was authoritativelys stated that
there are TO be no appointments within the
next ten days.
The purpose OF the President and his
Cabinet, but particularly the President,
to make haste slowly in the matter of ap-
pointments was thus reaSserted and EN-.
phasized. 80,
In a number of States there is wrangle
over a choice OF men for the few places
the President has to bestow. He has talked
frankly with the Senators and Representa-
tives from each Of the States where there
is the slightest dissension, and advised them
of the necessity Of getting together and
agreeing upon the candidates. He cannot
treat with divided delegations nor viii
he decide local contests
1t Is related that President Gle velan(
once took the bulls by the horns in 6
similar way with the Missouri delegation
in Congress- There were two candidate
for Collector of internal Revenue in a dis
trict in which six Congressman were in
terestcd, from the fact that the collection
district embraced part OF the Congress
ional district of each. Three Congress
mon enlisted n Senator in behalf of thei,