Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-10

huAhoNi ""S lillcu, W sup. L lue ITeSl-
dent adopts an opposite plan OF elimi-
nation from an excess until, with due
regard to qualifications and geographic
cal and political considerations. he has
reduced the eligibles to precisely the
number needed. Then the work is
done. This was the way the President
took up the selection of the nine
Worlds Fair Commissioners. He made
list of twelve, all of whom he would
have liked to appoint had the commits
sion been of that number. Then he
went to work with the list to reduce
1t to the legal limit 1t must be ad-
mitted that the Presidents plan has
always evolved strong and we'll bal
! anced commissions.
THE ARMY CRAZE.-Military ardor
still possesses the flower of the coun-
try. Of the young men now in the vol
unteer regiments, 1000 have filed appli-
cations for the 610 second lieutenancies
to be filled in the reorganized army.
And there are 1000 who served in the
war with Spain asking for any places
that may be left after the President
and Secretary of War have made selec-
tions from the 2000. A rule excludes
from consideration as eligible others
than those of the two classes mention
ed. But for this barrier there would be
countless thousands applying and
bringing to bear political and social in
| fiuences for army commissions. The
pressure even from those who are not
now in the volunteer service and who
were in the regiments from the states
is very great. A second lieutenancy in
the army is not an exalted position.
The holder of it draws modest salary.
! With the army reorganized, the oppor-
tunities for promotion will come very
slowly for the higher grades will be
filled with men averaging much young
er than in the old army, and, therefore,
vacancies will not occur rapidly But
the craze for these appointments mas
taken strong hold. The very Congress-
men who, in debate denounced an in
creased army, and almost wept over the
! development of imperialism. have
rushed to the White House and to the
! War Department to claim their shares
in the distribution of commissions.
SENATORIAL PREROGATIVE.---
| Twenty years ago, almost to the month
two New York Senators resigned their
seats by way of protest against the ap-
pointment of citizen of his state per-
their State distasteful to them. They
claimed under senatorial prerogative
the right to dictate against if not for
| appointments from their own State.
This week one of the two, again SEN
poinntment of a citizen of his state per-
sonally Objectionable to him. But his
tory will not repeat itself in the way
of resignation from the Senate. Sena-
tor Platt, in the spring of 1851, resigned
from the Senate because President Car
! field appointed Robertson collector of
theport of New York. Col. Sanger has
just been appointed Assistant Secre-
| tary of War. The case was not quite
| parallel. President Mckinley had the
argument that an assistant secretary
was in sense personal selection of
the administration, and that the Sena-
torial prerogative did not operate as
it might in the case of an appointment
to federal office within the state. Pres
ident Mckinley also exercised his di-
plomacy in sending for the New York
Senators, and pleasantly, but firmly
arguing the point with them before he
made the appointment. There is an
other difference. which Senator Plat
put we'll, when he said: 81 am growing
old. don't feel so much like fighting
as did. l make my protest to wha-
do not like. and then submit
SENATORIAL CHUMS.-Strange af-
fnities in some mysterious manner de-
velop among Senators. The scholarly