Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-22
Discussing Federal Appointments in
the South.
MANY 1BPQrEs OVER fHE OFFICES
The Vacant Commissionership Of
. a ~ Patents.
CIVIL SERVICE ORDER

gress. The only thing that will delay 1t
going in shortly viii be the continued agi-
tation OF the question of civil service in
Congress.
| The Presidents order, 1t, is understood
today. will exempt deputy collectors Of in
| ternal revenue and customs and deputy
| marshals from the operations of the law.
| as heretofore indicated in The Star. Other
| exemptions viii be positions close to heads
of departments regarded as Of a conf
Dental nature, such as ought to be filled by
| friends of the administration. The order
| will probably follow, to large extent, the
Recommendations members of the cab
met made recently in documents to Con-
gress
The same order may incorporate few
new places within the civil service law. 1t
| is rumored that the President may put Dis
| trict of Columbia places under the civil
service. but no yerification of the rumor
could be obtained today.
The removal of deputy collectors and
deputy marshals from the operations of the
, law will give positions to many republicans
| in various states.
President Mckinley saw many visitors
today and talked over number Of sub
jects. His first visitors ere Senator Hanna
ard Representative Grosvenor. Senator
Hanna, as chairman Of the republican ma
tional committee, wanted to talk with the
President about federal appointments in
the south. Representative Grosvenor Is
also interested In the nominations for one
state.
Since Senator Hanna's return to the city
| he has been besieged by southern Office
seekers and politicians who want his in
dorsement. The sQuabbles in the south
| have always been settled by the national
committee recognizing one faction or an
other before the CO ses were presented to
the President. The committee did this
| nearly a year ago, but the chickering's
| break out in new form nearly every week,
and the committee has to sit In the judg-
ment on almost every case that Is sprung.
Chairman Hanna long ago expressed the
! opinion that the Offices in the south ought
| to go, as a rule, to the organized and con-
| trolling faction. in the different southern
states. For that reason the national COM
mitteemen Of a majority of the southern
states have been allowed to control the
patronage and dictate appointments. In
Louisiana and Texas, however, such red
| lot fighssar6 being waged on the national
ccmmitteemena that they have not had their
way at the White House. National Com
| mitteemam Grant Of Texas Is antagonized
| in numerous Appointments by Representa-
| tive Hawfey i.and State Chairman Green
sen of Mrs. Hetty Green Mr.. Hawlcy is
the only republican congressman from
Texas, aid claims the right to have some
| thing to Say If many things Between the
| two men ,lamed, the recommendations Of
Mr.. Grant are not receiving the prompt at
tention he thinks they ought to get.
] National Committeeman Wimberly Of
louisiana Is a candidate for collector of
customs at New Orleans, the best place in
that state Tie matter has been hanging
es flor Of sns ssdsrs
T,ous e sh,, have been made against Mr..
senator ,Hafiaa has had tim, to look into
ed since he returned from Ohio and it was
to tank , oyer these that he saw the Presi-
The complications in Georgia are not so
| bad, but the national committeeman from
| that state, Judson Lyons, has not gotten
what he wanted. He was at the White
House today, accompanied by delegation
| Of Georgia colored politicians, including
| Georgia was with the President short
| time before the delegation led by Mr.. Lyons
was admitted. Lyons is applicant for
| the Augusta, Ga, post Office. but is strongly
| opposed by business men because of his
color. The case has been pending for eight
months. The sole objection to Lyons is his
| color, as it is generally admitted that his
| department Is such as to command the re-
| spect of men of all colors. It is said today
| that the opposition to Lyons will result in
| his defeat for the place. He will be cared
! for elsewhere, however.
The President also had I'D today several
ether Georgia cases, the Savannah collec-
torship and post office. A colored man
named Debaux Is an applicant for the col
Il
| probably be appointed, 1t is said, notwith-
! standing his color The white people allege
| that this position Is not like that of post
master, in that it does not throw the occu-
pant In contact with the people as freely
| as post office Mr.. Blum will probably BE-
appointed postmaster at Savannah it is
| said. He is a young white man, and a new
| recruit to the republican party
Commissioner of Patents.
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire pre-
| scented Arthur P. Greeley assistant COM
missioner of patents to the President to-
day. Mr.. Greeley is Endorsed by the New
Hampshire. senators as the successor to
Commissioner Butterworth. Another New
| England candidate for the place is N. L.
| rockingham of Massachusetts, He has
| the Endorsement of Senators Lodge, Hoar
| Frye and Hale of Maine. Senators Hear
and Lodge were at the White House to-
day.
1t can be definitely stated that the Presi-
dent has not selected the man whom he
| will appoint TO the place. There is said
| to be a change that the place will go to a
| New England man. but the President has
| not promised this.
Indian School Superintendent.
| The President has under consideration
| the question of whether he will retain
Superintendent Heilman at the head of In
! dian schools or whether he will select a
new man. Representatives Curtis and
| Frederick of Kansas have a candidate for
| the position in Prof. E. Stanley of Law
| renee, Kan. They introduced him to the
President today. Another candidate is
| Rev. Mr.. Gilbert of the District of Column
| bia. He IL said to be well backed. The
Pre- sident thassy not decided what he will
| do. 2 aIsrs
Senators Pritchard and Butler of North
Carolina CALLED at the White House today
| The visit,sof Senator. Butler was the first
| he has Hadeofo the chief executive The
pcpulist senator has kept away from the
| White House. His VISIT today, he said
was to ply his respects Senator Prftch-
ard has geverM cases in his state to look
I after. Nothing will be done in the matter
of sucssssqf to Judge Dick for several
i weeks, lis said. The appointment Of John
C. DancY. ,cofbred. as collector of the port
Of WilmfHgt9H will be made in short
| time
| Representative Yost and National Conn
| nitteemah Bowden Of Virginia were CALI
ers. A niinfber rof Virginians are making
app. ton fdr the consulship at Colon
made saoants " the drowning of w, w.
Ashby. s. Lewis OF Rockingham and
/ Col. Cobbs of Pittsyivania are candidates
/ General Groner has been mentioned, but
| says he would not take the place. He Is
an applicant for diplomatic appointment
Mr.. bailey Calls.
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