The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
|NEES HASTE SLOWLY.
!. New President and the APP
| pointments.
I,,,cr SEEKERS GETTING UNEASY.

Democratic Spirit Pervades the
whit. HOuse-The President Is Polite
,.,,snt with Ali-Mrs. Mckinley
and Her Callers
.,uxGroN. March 81 Special. AL
MAs 'saro 4 a good deal OF complaint
'u u,s tbe faithful because appointments
luO "ot heng made more rapidly The new
l,Jent has been in office more than
sS and only a small number of nomi'
w sAns have so far been sent to the senate
auvn al of these were decided upon be-
,Io president left Canton. The sena-
Nd representatives, who stand be-
the president and horde of place
w. are naturally impatient for results
have worked hard. For months they
NV heon sitting up nights till all sorts of
'n.s writing and debating letters and
,unowinp the wheat from the chaff
monr the Office seekers of their states and
sstricts They have been to the White
po"se time and again, they have made the
s"rds Of the departments, they have sub
s,,,od their papers and talked their pref
ia', and they have sent out all manner of
.;~,lvnon missiyes to their fellows. Now
tsv are eager to see something come out
Tho box. They have done their work
ma thew want the fruits thereof. These
parublican senator's and representatives
No really between two fires, and their lot
NOT happy one. On one side are the
fdce seekers, many of them men OF infiu-
nce, men to whom the statesmen are In
,bted and whom they are bound to take
ma of.n and, on the other, the calm, pa
ient imperturbable president, saying day
her day: "There is no hurry. Take 1t
sy. We will get around to that after
while"
The Presidents Policy.
So far it is all good natured. Thanks to
Ne fine manners and never failing tact Of
he 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 be seen. The Office seekers are
making 1t very unpleasant for the states
men who act as office brokers, and the av-
erage office seeker is 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
bitter the offices after that was done. Read
ers Of these dispatches will remember that
Ast November, shortly after election,
made the announcement that this delibera-
tye method was to be the new presidents
policy. The politicians did not believe 1t
then. They believe 1t now.
As yet there are no signs that President
Mckinley intends to revoke any of the civil
Rrvce orders issued by Mr.. Cleveland. On
the contrary, everything the president has
Said and done since he came to Washington
Indicates that he will not only stand by all
the civil service orders issued by his prede.
cessOrs, but that he will improve the first
opportunity to extend the operations of the
civil service law wherever possible. There
Is not much left outside the operations Of
that law at the present time-practically
nothing, save the fourth class postmasters
and 1t is predicted by people who have
good opportunity to know the mind Of Mr..
Mckinley that before he goes out Of office
oil the fourth class postmasters will be
taken in. 1t is safe to predict, however,
that this will not be done till all those Of
ices, or practically ALL have been filled
with Republicans. If this becomes the pol
Icy Of the administration, it will simply be
In line with what was done by Mr.. Cleve-
land
Buzzing Like Flies.
We have had great many office seekers
IN town during the last week, but not as
many as usual. l think there were twice
as many place hunters here four years ago,
tnree tllpes as many eight years ago and
I'VE times as many in 1885, when Mr..
oeyeland and the Democrats first came
INTO power with their cry of ''Turn the
iascals OUT" Most of the Office seekers we
nave here now may be seen at the capitol
Or the White House. They go to the ma
uonai statehouse for the purpose of seeing
'neir senator's and representatives. You
may md them buzZing like flies about the
commlttee rooms where the statesmen
make their headquarters.
FROM the capitol the place hunters go to
'ne white House. They drag their senators
anu congressman along with them to in
wouuce them and to say the good word
never before has the executive mansion
Oeen run on such democratic basis. Ev
Wy one Is made welcome. The people are
maae 70 feel that they are in building
"nch belongs TO them and that they are
ray'ng the salaries of the occupants of It,
M nun 'he president down to the doorkeeper.
-"ere nave been times when the people
uere not so well received at the White
. .sOuse, when the democratic spirit which
,"ouiu peryade our public offices was al
'us. entirely lost sight of The change 1:
"eicome one to the office seekers
A Lads Good Fortune.
nave been aboutthe executive mansion
sood deal during the last ten days, and
su estliy to the trouble which the new
rlo takes to give pleasure to the peo
a. VINO call to see him An instance o
* was afforded yesterday. A boy about
searS old had found his way up stair.
lsh the generosity of one of the door
br,as. lie was a dirty boy. but had 9
biae o lace His clothing was ragged Hi!
,eS S ovwhide shoes were covered with the
H h. way oil the Virginia or Maryland roads
nol,, .an.ed to see the president He was
bns,Na ana manly about 1t He had M
Tho Just wanted to see the great man
soo,o.usn ers turned him over to Private
ofso,"tary Porter, and that good naturet
tbonas. looked the youngster over. be
bow s gnu him Of the days when he was Q
hlsd anu said, "Ill fix you" The assem-
All r senators and congressman and others
200 w'''ng with more or less patience Il