Evening star., 1897-03-09
They Will Embarrass the President in
Selecting Men.
YHE CONDITION IN SOUTHERN STATES
The Army of Applicants for Office
increases.
S o NJ f n EW y 4 MES

President Mckinley during the frs, wear OF
his administration and which may con-
tiEually menace him, will be the solution OF
the question of southern appointments. In
nearly every southern state the factional
dinerences i'm the party have not been har-
monzed. The prospect of Office has i'm
| fact, lent bitterness to these differences
Each side, fearing that the other will re-
ceive favor from the administra tion first is
| rushing on to Washington 10 be first heard.
| The statements sent out that President
Mckinley intends not to be i'm a hurry i'm
airy of his appointments are deterring none
| of these politicians. They look upon the
statements as ruses of their opponents TO
| get the first and best show II is intimated
| that this is already growing t!resome to
the President, and IL is expected that sooner
| or later he will do something to check the
| ~ ~l'iluN uhtii ne has lime 10 go into the
| questions involved. In the case of Ken
| lucky. which, however is different from the
other southern states. il is said that th.,
President has distinctly announced that
The differences there will have to he settled
| before he will make any appointments
| rms same determination regarding states
like South Carolina and Louisiana would
prevent the republicans there from ever
\ getting an office. because IL is said by rem
| resentatires of the factions of those states
| Low in the city that reconciliation is impos-
sible. and that the President will have TO
recognize one or the other faction or divide
! the offices between the factions. which
would be as unsatisfactory as giving all the
| places TO any one faction.
Louisiana Men Are EARLY
! Waiting at the Arlington Hotel this
| morning to see Chairman Hanna was n
| delegation of the Wimberly faction of re-
| rublicans of Louisiana. They are here TO
present their side of affairs TO Chairman
| Hanna. They will also visit President Nc
| kinley. The delegation is COMPOSED of tho
| following well-known colored politicians Of
| that state: Ex-senator Henry Demas Jno
Skalrer' Rev John Marks. J. w. Pierce J.
u Fisher, Walter l.. Cohen, F. N Wicker
| ard H. b. Demas. Ex-Gov. Pinchbeck,
| Who lives here accompanied the deleya-
ton The delegation has indorsed A. r
! Wimberly for collector of the port of New
| Orleans ex-senator De.nas for head of the
naval Office at New Orleans and Walter l..
! Cohen for surveyor of the port. They have
I also made Endorsements for minor places
| and are anxious to fully present their
| claims before returning to their home
| They represent the regular republican or
ganization, they claim. They saw taat the
| faction of which ex-Gov. Yarmouth is az
| tie head is composed of white sugar plant
| ers. who have never done much for the
| party except to make a few contributions
| 1t is expected that the Yarmouth faction
| will soon have its representatives here aud
| that they will also persistently press their
claims.
The Kentucky Situation.
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| Representative Hunter is cropping out in
the application for offices in Kentucky ani
President Mckinley will nave this adii-
ttonal problem to solve. The marshalship
| OF Kentucky is one of the best paying
places in the state, and is eagerly sought.
| There are already about fifteen men who
| would like to have this position. hich is
now held by brother of Senator Black
| burn. An interesting thing is that not
| only will President Mckinley have TO ham
die this question of the factions. but that
! Gov. Bradley and DIR. Hunter themselves
| are considerably embarrassed. There are
| about seven Bradley men and about seven
| Hunter men who want the place. Each
| one of these men is striving for the in
| dorsement of his respective chief. Gov.
| Bradley will have to decide on one of his
| seven friends, and DIR. Hunter will be put
In the same position. 1t is said that this
| condition is likely to follow all the other
| federal places i'm Kentucky. Samuel J. Rob-
| erts chairman of the republican state COM
| mttee Of Kentucky, whose work for Nc
| kiney in the last campaign made him well
| known throughout the country, is i'm the
| city. 1t is not known that his visit has
| any connection with the factional differ
| eBceS in his state.
Missouri Men and Their Claims.
Missouri men who want office are al
| mcst as numerous the Ohio men, and a
| large number of them are now in the city
| looking after their interests Many of
! these carry the Endorsement of the repub-
lican members of the state legislature. A
caucus of the members of the Legislature
of that party was held and candidates for
| various places indorsed. Among these
| were ex-Representatve Treloar. for fourth
| assistant postmaster general; William Nor
sey and Frank Buchanan, for marshal of
the eastern district: Mclean Jones of
Springfield, for marshal of the western
district; Col. ID. p. Dyer of St Louis, for
| consul general to Mexico; A. ii. Burk-
holder of Trenton. for an authorship in the
Treasury Department; Lee ID. Bell of Neo-
sho, for secretary of the territory OF
Alaska; T. H. Kemp of Chillicothe, for
United States judge in the Indian terri
tory; E A. RoZier. for United States atlor-
ney Of the eastern district; +. d. Hastain,
| ex-Representative Charles Burton, James
| l.. Davis and r. f. Lewis. for attorney of
the western district; H. G. Orton of Prince
ton for assistant United States attorney
general: S. G. Brock for chief of the bu-
reau of statistics. Mr.. Orton is now in the
city, and is making active canvass to
| become the assistant of Attorney General
| Mckenna. Mr.. Burkholder Is also in the
city. Mr.. Brock was formerly chief of the
5dreaa of statistics under President Har-
| rison.
Wants Of Wisconsin Men.
Several members of the Wisconsin dele
cation in Congress have already called
upon President Mckinley regarding prom
inent men of their state who want good
positions under the new administration.
Senator SpooEer Is said to have great In
| fuence, and that the lucky men from Wis
| consin will very probably have to have his
| Endorsement before securing the pums.
| Julius Goldschmidt, who was consul gen.
| eral to Vienna under President Harrison,
wants to go back to Vienna consul
general to Berlin. Richard Guenther, as al
| ready mentioned in The Star. is securing
| strong Endorsement for the position of CON-
sui general TO Mexico. Col John Hicks.
who was minister to Peru under the Har-
rison administration, is an applicant for
| one Of the South American missions Col
| Hicks Is the proprietor Of the Oshkosh
1 Northwestern and author of a novel, THE
/ Man From Oshkosh" He is understood to
| be indorsed by the Wisconsin delegation
| Col. Holland Richardson Is a candidate for
commissioner of the general land Office.
Col. Z. NJ. Rogers wants to go abroad, as
does w. A. Gardner. John N. Ewing OF
| Milwaukee would like to be consul to Mon
treal.
Miscellaneous Places.
Ex-Representative ]. N. Farquhar Of