The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-24
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WASHINGTON, Oct. ss.-Ths appoint
merit % G. " Hopkins - grosfEgze sfgr az
Spokane was expected for long iinne-
Despite the fact that Il was known Tor q
long time mat TIRE department had &C.
terfniaed upon the removal OF Postmaster
Msilon. no very important candidates nad
developed. for Il VAS generally accepted
b. the Republican politicians q Spokane
fnas Mr. Hopkins was % have the place,
while Mr.. Hopkins felt 50 cure of u him
self that he dld rot even take the trouble
10 ask his sriends 70 sign q petition for
his appointment. II the meantime. how
ever. acme enemy Ct M hopkins wrote
20 the department. suggesting that ar
Hopkins was not a proper man Tor post
master in4smuch as hs had not, as pres
.asnt OF a telephone company, exercised
watchfulness sufficient to prevent an EN-
psoye OF that company from stealing some
az the funds. The department. 10 coDse-
ouence thought IL better 70 have an e1-
preston 81 opinion On the part q the
patrons OF the Office IN regard 20 Dir. hop
king appointment. and 50 notified senator
Wilson. Thereupon Mr.. Hopkins friends
circulated a petition for his appointment
u was received here and Is signed 10y
large number OK the most prominent bus
fnegs men Of the city. not al OF whom
are Republicans.
II Is claimed BY officials in the post
Office department here that Mr.. Mallons
plea that he did not know wlat charges
had been preferred against him and that
he had no opportunity 10 answer the
came. is considerably az variance with
the records Of the department The sc-
counts OF the auditor for the postofilce
department show that Mr. Malions meth
DDS OF bookkeeping had been lax and un-
satisfactory 20 the department, and that
they had continued 80 IL spite Of repeated
protests. The auditor OF the p0stofilce
department in the last administration
recommended a change ia the Spokane
Office. and IL would probably have been
made had II not been for the fact that
senator Wilson resided in that city. IL
has long been a standing rule Of courtesy
IE the postofiice department not to make
changes In the home town Of a United
States senator without his consent. First
Assistant Postmaster General Jones once
asked Senator Wilson II he would not
ike 10 have change In that Office but
Il was too clearly obvious that the adj
mlnlstration desired To make the change
In order 70 put Ia a man who could hold
a fun term
The acting assistant surgeon OF the
marine hospital service at Tacoma
Wash. having sent in his resignation. the
supervising surgeon general called upon
Representative Lewis 10 recommend for
appointment TO the vacancy some reliable
physician or Tacoma. who Is a graduate
Of A reputable medical college In COM
piiance with this request Representative
Lewis has recommended the appointment
OF DIR. James J. McKone, who will prob
ably soon receive his appointment The
salary OF this office is $50 per annum.
In the report Of the surgeon general. the
following paragraph occurs regarding the
naval station at Puget sound. THE aver
age complement Of men At this station
during the year was eleven. The health
was remarkably good as there were only
two admissions 10 the sick list. and the
diseases were OF very trivial character
the number Of sick days being four. Dur
INK tho latter part OF the year there was.
however, considerable increase In the
number on duty at this station. and in
view OF its position and increasing i'm