Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
pfpDbliCanS Bitter Because Of MCKin-
ley'S CiYil-SerYics Order.
TEE c. 0. P. IN VIRGINIA.
lis Affairs Tangled and Its Leaders at
Odds.
sry,roRsHIr PRIMARY MATTER.
~ rs Hoped IL VIII De Discussed
,nd Acted on ut the Roanoke Con-
yenaIon - Chairman Eliyson - Viz
.totou, Mt Bar unrbor-Etc.

ASHlNGIONs ID. -, August - N'PD.
notwithstanding the sweeping
e,,rocter OF the Presidents recent civil
Ito order. Republican collectors OF
,-..r,sl revenue DO not hesitate TO ig-
- and defy IT, a fragrant instance is
-. If the appointments recently made
=. ,no Collector Of the Western District
- ~ortb Carolina. This officer has filed
~ ,ho spbordinate places in his office
...,.,or, the show or pretence Of an ex-
..,,o,,on and has made the appoint
-. outside OF the eligible list. From
- can be learned at the Treasury
n.,or,rent. the Collector will soon find
,,,,ss1f ,n conflict with the Secretary
81 the Treasury. who. II IS said, Is re-
,,o,slie for the homeopathic ex-
o,,,ration feature of the late civil SER
It, order. It was the Presidents IN
,o-,io, 10 omit this condition. and he
yielded reluctantly to Secretary Cages
resistance in the matter. And when 1t
NOS suggested that the examination
,.o,id prove 10 be a farce In these cases,
the secretary replied with some spirit
,not those who thought that way would
srd out their mistake.
When inquiry was made at the depart
roent to-day whether the order contem-
rlated that appointments would precede
examination, as IN the case Of the North
Carolina Collector. the statement was
,,qde that I'm the absence Of Secretary
c.ge no information on the subject
,rorld be given out But. In an unof-
0cial way. the action OF the North caro-
lima Collector was sharply criticised.
THE TEST APPALLING.
7, "a understood that the appolntees
VIII be subjected to a non-competitive
examination at an early day, and the
test. even in that form. is appalling TO
man who Is not fresh from academic ex-
,erlence. In some Of its features the
standard Of examination is as high MS
.be connective test. There seems TO De
no question that it IS Secretary Gage
purpose to rigidly maintain the standard
Of examination established In the Trea-
sury Department, and 10 make vigorous
application Of it 10 appointments mace
In the internal revenue service. Uhless
npnointments TO that service are made
with that understanding. great confusion
md friction, to the serious dctrimeht Oh
tbe rrblic service. will be inevitable.
The procedure IN cases Of failure 70
mass an examination is instant removal,
gnd the immediate appointment or others
The service must necessarily suffer by
these changes, and department oihclaiS
suggest as a correction Of the trouble
that appointments be made from the
eligible list II was upon an inunauoH
OF this kind that the negro collector at
Atlanta. Ga. decided TO make All MS "p-
Monuments from that list.
HANNA AND OHIO.
The Presidents order was a great dis
aupointment 10 Republicans, ana II IS
bitter pin for them TO swallow. Irl-
s,,talv they accuse the Chief Executive
Of had faith. and predict Ell sorts Of dis
hster TO the Republican party IN the
rominn Ohio election. Many prominent
Republicans are praying that Hanna
may be defeated, as protest against inc
administration, and the news that comes
mere from Ohio indicates that the pray
rre Of the wicked may prevail.
Tho initial campaign outlook in Ohio IS
not satisfactory 10 the Republican lead-
PRS here. 1t Will tax Hannas resources
HEY all agree. 20 elect Repuohcah
legislature. and many Of them concede
ihe loss of the Republican State ticket.
Others are equally free TO confess that
ihere is a strong indication Of an ad-
,ninistrafion rehuke In the defeat OF Han
IN and that John r. Mclean will come
70 the Senate.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN AFFAIRS.
Though tho President and nearly all
the secretaries and heads Of departments
are absent from the city. and II Is eX-
ressiyely dull, some Of the Virginia Re
publican leaders continue 10 pay lying
visits here 10 look otter small matters
and keep in touch with the situation.
THE latest Of these flyers were Judge
Edmund Waddin and Colonel James D
browning. of Pocahontas. The Judge
bnly stopped over for few hours, on
his way home from the Hot Springs
where he had been attending the meeting
Of the Bar Association, and the Colonel,
who Is making the fight Of his lie at
pocahontas. fingered a day on his way 10
New YORK. where he had urgent business
Nevertheless the Judge and the Colonei
met as N by accident. and they had an
hours conference, during Whlch parry
Affairs in Virginia were discussed Nelther
had anything 10 say for pubhcauoh' Dut
10 was easy 10 infer from their eNasNe
,er'Ics that the meeting OF the Republ-
Fan state Committee at Lynchburg on
NE 18th. and the proposition Of state
Chairman Lamb 10 call convention OF
Inc party and nominate state ucket
bad been one. IL not the chief subject
o. the conference. They were dear 10 al
Injuries regarding the aims. objects, ana
purposes OF the state chairman.
II Is evident that this matter IS giving
Die Republican machine leaders a good
Zeal OF trouble. and from what can be
tathered from outside and inside sources
he attitude OF General James a.
Walker on the convention and ticket
llestiOn is the most puzzling problem
y the hour The l-Brady-Bowden
branch OF the state Committee supposed
hat they had the General on their size
)0fe against the convention and ticket
proposition bat in this II appears they
Eere mistaken.
VARIABLE AS THE SHADE" ETC
The General is politically as change
lb.e as a wcather-cock. II appears that
polone. Lamb on one OF his recent
fsits, captured the General, took him
nt driving and the result or that drive
ls some az the hangers-on here have H.
mat the General Is In accord win
pe state Chairman on tho convention
ND ticket question
IL Is further intimated that the Gene
NJ who rs ambitious. viii not object
o The nomination for Governor by the
pnYenuon. He wants the nomination
rebuke 10 the administration ana
ne state Executive Committee for the
haODy manner Ia which he has been
ie'ted by both IN tho matter OF patron
we Il6 General has not been given a |
FhBle appointment and no IS exceed
hgiy sore Therefore, il is the opln-
pn 81 Republicans here that he will 20
y for the convention. and for the nomi-