The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
PRESIDENTIAL PLUMS
SIX THOUSAND PLACES TO BE
 FILLED SOON.
Politicians With Jobs Send h Their Resfgnations, In Accord With
 Suggesti0n From
 The White House
Washington Special to Brooklyn Ea-

| l gle.
 Designations from Federal onice- holders at home ard abroad are pour ing in upon President Roosevelt. They are coming from his Cabinet officers, the assistant secretaries in the exec utive departments. postmasters and collectors of internal revenue through out the country and from ambassadors and consuls in foreign lands. Some will be accepted and others will be thrown into the waste basket
 The remarkable spectacle of poli- ticians writing to the President with offers to give up their jobs Is due to | a report that was sent out from the White House, a couple of months ago. that the President wanted all these missives in hand before March 4. The object vas to expedite the work of getting rid of undesirable offlceholders and filling their places with men more to the liking of the President. It is probable that only a small proportion of the resignations will be accepted, but until incumbents of good positions have been notified that they will be | expected to continue after March 4, | there will be lot of shivering in high official places. It has been de- | termined that the present Cabinet, with the exception of the Postmaster General. shall remain intact. for the commencement. Postmaster General Wynne will give way to George B. Cortelyou on March {.
 Secretary Shaw will create the | first vancany in the new Cabinet. not taking into consideration possible re- movals by death. It is thought by many well informed men that the Iowan will leave the Treasury Depart ment about the middle of the approach ing summer, to take up the campaign for the 1908 Presidency. on which his eyes are fastened. It is known that Chairman Cortelyou has aspirations to shine as a financier, and in view of his work in the late campaign 1t would not be unreasonable for him to ask for Mir. Shaw's seat when the lat ter steps out
 There will be a number of changes in the present list of assistant secre- taries Many of the men holding these berths were appointed by President Mckinley in 1896. They will have no kick to make if asked to give way to new blood. There are a lot of "origi- naf' Roosevelt men about looking for good Federal jobs. and tentative claims have alredy been filled on half of the desirable places at Washington.
 There will be no changes in the State Department, unless Third Assis-- tant Secretary Pierce should be pro- noted to good foreign post. Assis- tant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor will resign some time during the pres- ent year. and Assistant Secretary Keep will very likely be made United States Treasurer, the place now occupied by Ellis H. Roberts. When MT. Keep is promoted he will be succeeded by a New York man.
 For ambitious lawyers the several posts as Assistant Attorneys Generals are very desirable. President Roose- welt has appointed several of the pres ent incumbents. the latest appointment being that of MT. Robb.
 Two vacancies exist in the Postofice Department. Frank Hitchcock. who worked with Chairman Cortelyou in New York during the recent campaign and who is now secretary of the inau- gural committee, is expected to land in one or the vacant Assistant Postmas- ter Generalships. No successor of J. l.. Bristow has been named vet. and this will not be settled until MT. Cor telyou returns from Europe to confer with the President.
 In another week President Roose-
 
 thing like 5000 'plums." guaranteeing salary anywhere from 1000 a year to nothing. This estimate includes on- ly those civil offices which the Civil Service Commission lays aside as pres idential," and whose incumbents must be confirmed by the Senate In addi- tion. there are prominent commissions in the army navy. marine corps and Judiciary which can not be counted, v to minor positions of that grade of classified civil service known as lex cepted"-that is those excepted from civil service examinations. Forty of these excepted president appointments which need not he confirmed by the Senate. are employees of the White House. The other twenty-one are mis. cellaneous positions. some of which carry with them glory but no money Perhaps third of these six thousand and odd plums will not be considered ripe for a year or moro,