The sun., 1901-11-07

nor for Whitehead. Senator Platt's per.
sonai regard for ex-secretary Bliss Is such
that he does not intend to take any part
In the effort TO displace Wakeman.
Mr.. Wakeman has presented monster
petition in behalf OF his retention Both
In It's physical proportions and In the char
acter Of the names subscribed TO II, It Is a
respectable document. This has not ap-
parently influenced the views OF the Treas
ury Department. and its effect upon the
the President would like TO please ex-
Secretary Bliss, and undoubtedly he be-
lieves in the personal integrity OF Appraiser
Wakeman, and yet he frankly admits that
his mind IL not clear as TO the course ne
should pursue. He expresses oo1mpiTe,te Tt
confidence in Collector Bidwell. Inc
stories which Wakeman's friends and Bid
wells enemies have so elaborately CON
ceived and persistently circulated nave
not influenced the Presidents mind II IL
has occurred to the President TO do other
wise than President Mckinley had already
done, IL is because Of the representations
that the relations between the Appraiser 8
Office and the Collectors Office are impossi-
BILE of reconciliation. -,
II does Mr.. wakeman no good for his
friends TO attack Mr.. Bidwen. II In posi-
ble that both of these men will remain IN
Bdwell sidV lil'Pap NAV remain and Waterman go,
but il is not possible that Wakeman viii
remain and Bidwell go. Mr.. Wake-
mans friends will show their good .enss sense
upon Mr.. Bidwell and by convincing the
President that the relations between these
two great offices Of Collector and Appraiser
NAV become friendly. When this point
becomes clear TO Mr.. Wakeman ana ms
friends, they can work for their cause much
more intellgently than they have done
There will be a change In the office OF
Postmaste Of Brooklyn, and George IL
Roberts. now President Of the Republican
CITY Committee Of New York, will be ap-
pointed 20 succeed Postmaster Francis
VI. Wilson Another place will be gwen
10 Postmaster Wilson, where he will he
able TO show his efficiency. No other
change in the New York Federal Offices
seems likely at the present time AS usuai
the genial Postmaster OF New YORK, Cor
nellus Van Cott. excites no opposition.
The two Collectors Of Internal Revenue
In New York city. Ferdinand Eidman and
Charles II. Treat are regarded by the
Treasury Department az good onicers
and no one is suggested TO take thelr piaoss, sso
In the comfortable berth he holds, Ihe
President speaks very pleasantly OF Mr..
Croft. Pension Agent Michael kerwin
has attracted no other than favorable at
tention. Naval Ofncer Snhfhey mas roHo
enemies In Brooklyn. Walter b: After,
hurry Is understood TO have sad that he could
name a better man than Sharkey Tor the
naval Office but this view has not much
Impressed Senator Platt. The present
Commissioner Of immigration is Thomas
Fitchie OF Brooklyn and while nobody
seems TO be especially Interested In keep
ing Mr. Fitchie, by the same token nobody
seems 70 be especially ardent TO put him out.
II all OF these reappointments are made,
there is only one other place in the Federal
service Of Presidential degree. President
Roosevelt has always had friendly feeling
for Joseph Murray, who was Assistant
Custodian Of the New York Custom House
in President Hsrrison's time. and who at
all times, since Theodore Roosevelt APP
pcared in politics as a candidate for As
semblyman in the old Twenty-first district,
of which Jacob Hess vas then the leader.
has lifted his voice in joyful halleluJ abs at
the name OF Roosevelt. just how MIR.
Murray's interests will be acoommod ated
is not perfectly clear. but IL Is thought
that something will have to be done that
looks TO his material advantage. He can
not 20 back TO his old place rs Assistant
Custodi an Of the New York Custom House
for the reason that, In the estimation OF
the President, he has outgrown IL and de-
serves higher recognition.
1t has been said at various times that
there were charges on file against Collec-
tor Bidwen. This Is not 10. There 10 not