Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-13
SLOW HASTE.
The New President and His
Many Appointments.
Ever Poll Q and Patient With ALL
Mrs. McKinley's Callers.
Office Seekers Burning Like Flies But Getting
Uneasy Lads Good Fortune.

are not being made more rapidly. LII
new president has been in Office more thar
q week, and only IL small number Of nomi
nations have so far been sent to the senate
Nearly all Of these were decided upon be
fore the president left Canton. The sena
tors and representatives who stand be
tween the president and IL horde Of plact
| seekers are naturally impatient for re
suits. They have worked hard Fol
months they have been sitting up nights
| till all sorts Of hours writing and debating
/ letters and winnowing the wheat from tht
i chaff among the Office seekers of Their
states and districts. They have been to
| the White House time and again, they have
| made the rounds of the departments, they
have submitted their papers and talked
| their pretticst, and they have sent out all
manner OF "jollying' missives to their fel.
lows. Now they are eager to see some
thing come ont OF the box. They have
done their work, and they want the fruits
| thereof These Republican senators and
| Representatives are really between two fires,
| and their lot is not happy one. On one
side are the Office seekers many of them
men of influence, men To whom the states
men are indebted and whom they arc bound
| to "take care Of, and, ON the other, the
calm, patient, imperturbablc president.
saying day after day: There Is no hurry.
Take ii eusy. We will get around 10 that
after awhile
The Presidents Policy.
So far il Is all good naturcd. Thanks to
the fine manners and never falling tact OF
tho president. who is charming every one
with his patience. his good nature and fine
address. no one has lost his temper yet
How long this state Of things will continue
remains TO hc seen. The Office seekers arc
making 1t very unpleasant for the states
men who act as Office brokers, and the
average Office seeker Is q very unreasonable
person. The politicians are just beginning
10 realize that Mr.. Mckinley meant what
he said months ago when he announced
that his first concern was to get the tariff
bill out of the way and that he would look
after the Offices after that was done Read.
ers Of these dispatches will remember that
last November, shortly after election, Il
made the announcement tha; this dclibcra-
tive method was TO bc the new presidents
policy. The politicians did rot believe it
then. They believe it now.
As yet there are no signs that President,
Mckinley intends To revoke any of tic
,ivil service orders issued by Mr.. Cleveland.
On the contrary, everything the president
las said and done since he came to Wash
ington indicates that he will not only
stand by all the civil service orders issued
ny his predecessors. but that lie will i'm
prove the first opportunity TO extend the
operations of the civil service law wherever
possible. There is not much left outside
he operations of that law at the present
.imo-practicaily nothing save the fourth
lass postmastcrs-and it is predicted by
people who have good opportunity to know
The mind of MIR. Mckinley that before he
goes out Of office all the fourth class post.
masters win be taken in. Ii is safe to pre- |
lict, however, that this will not he done
ill AL those Offices, or practically all, have
been filed with Republicans. Ii this be |
comes the policy of the administration, 1t
will simply be in line with what was done |
oy Mr.. Cleveland
Buzzing Like Flies.
We have had u great many Office seekers
N town during the last week, but not as
many as usual. think there were twice
as many place hunters here four years ago, |
three times as many eight years ago and
ive times as many in 1855, when Mr.. |
Cleveland and the Democrats first came
into power. with their cry of Turn the
rascals out,' Most of the Office seekers we
have here now may be seen at the capitol
~ che White House. They go to the ma
ional statehousc for the purpose of seeinsl
their senators and Representatives. You
may find them buzzing like flies about the
committee rooms where the statesmen
make theirhcadquarters.
From the capitol the place hunters go to
the White House. They drag their senators
and congressman along with them to in
troduce them and to say the good word.
Never before has the executive mansion
been run on such n democratic basis. Ey-
cry one is made welcome The people aro
made to feel that they are in building
which belongs TO them and that they are
paying the salaries of the occupants of it,
from the president down to the doorkccp-
er. There have been times when the peo-
pie were not so well received at the White
House, when the democratic spirit which
should pervade our public offices was al
most entirely lost sight of. The change is
q welcome one 10 the office seekers.
Lads Good Fortune.
have been about the executive mansionI
a good deal during the last ten days, and I
can testify to the trouble which the new
president takes to give pleasure to the peo-
PIE VINO call TO see nm. An instance OF
this was afforded yesterday. A boy about
Is years old had found his way up stairs
through the generosity of one of the door.
keepers He was dirty boy, but had a
bright face. His clothing was ragged. His
big cowhile shoes were covered with the
red clay of the Virginia or Maryland roads,
He wanted TO see the president. He was
polite and manly about it. He had no
busincss--just wanted to see the great
man. The ushers turned him over to Pri
vate Secretary Porter, and that good ma
turcd official looked the youngster over,
bethought him of the days when he was
boy and said, "I'll fix you" The Assem-.
bled senators and congressman and others,
all waiting with more or less patience to
see Mr.. Mckinley, were surprised when
they saw this boy walk through the doors
into the presidents room. He was gone
about Is seconds, during which he had
shaken the hand that holds the helm Of
the ship Of state, and when he came out the
look ON his face was reward enough fol $
Secretary Porter.
President Mckinley is never too busy tc
think Of his wife. Mrs. Mckinley sits I
most of the day in q room adjoining the {