Show HOW BE IS WORKING HIS LITTLE GAME harrison encounters the hungry office seekers correspondence of the harrison is engaged in a hand to hand encounter with the horde of hungry office seekers the few appointments point ments that he has made seem only to whet the appetite of the gang and they crowd around the white house worse than ever As fast as one position is filled the disappointed applicants instead of getting out of the way simply apply for something else one such with a solid state delegation behind him has been turned down three different times this week for as many positions lt jingo jim blaine is holding his own quite bravely and those alio did not think he would boas the machine are beginning to weaken already the very first appointment made served blaine a twofold two fold purpose it rewarded a friend e palmer of michigan and displaced an anomy hon perry belmont but re bently appointed minister to spain swift of california minister to japan and washburn of massachusetts minister to switzerland are both rabid blamires Bla mites likewise batcheller of new york second assistant secretary of the treasury to say nothing of eugene schueller ller of new york assistant secretary of state and walker blaine of maino examiner of claims for the department of state this last is a son of jingo tim and it was the intention of his father to have made him assistant secretary of state but owing to a recent death the position of examiner of claims was vacant and as it was more likely that he can remain permanently in that place the change was made walker blaine has not his fathoms ability in looking after the main chance in fact it is extremely dolbi ful whether he could earn a 1000 a year without the assistance of the old man there was some kicking among the republicans here on account of the appointment of geo tichenor Tic benor of that state to be assistant secretary of the treasury windom made the selection and demanded the appointment because he knew the man and wanted him harrison yielded anci made the appointment but to conciliate the illinois kickers he assured them that tichenor should not be charged against the quota of that state visitors to the kavy department find things very different from what they were when mr whitney presided over that establishment then everybody had access to the secretary now you are stopped in an anteroom and compelled to state bivour business to a clerk before you are allowed to go into the inner sanctum of the grand mogul and you are not allowed to go at all unless the clerk shall feel so disposed mr tracy seems to have contracted the big head pretty quickly senator attempted to stop the useless and expensive summer trip that the senate select committee on relations with canada propose taking this summer in making what they are pleased to call an investigation mr payne regards this committee as of the functions of the president and as r jag with the duties of the regular senate committee oa foreign relations it was no use however the republicans were determined that this committee should have its excursion at government expense and the only satisfaction mr payne had was to place himself OD record as being opposed to the whole thing army ex who are asking reappointment as a vindication have so far all been left out the future does not appear cheerful to them the new blood fellows appear to be on top and from present indications they will remain there mutterings rings are already beginning to be heard against tardiness in maning appointments the reason why he does not go faster is that it takes so much time to settle the brights frights of the rival candidates ex secretary vilas who believes in doing the courteous thing at all times gave a dinner on tuesday evening in honor of his successor secretary noble ex is flying around washington trying to find something to get hold of he is badly disappointed at being left out of the cabinet but is willing now to take something else there is a rumor about his having called on president ham POU wednesday and being badly snubbed senator beck is back in his seat in i tho senate seemingly entirely recovered he was warmly congratulated by his colle agruss of both parties he began his third senatorial term on the fourth instant march |