| Show Where the Blunt Should lie In the fur month Immediately fat OKlnr thor Inauguration I of a ITeiUlenl when Very moment of his lime should be owupltd In UmllUrlllnic hlmMlf tllh the drtalla of euternment tie r I compeKM lo devote himself to nnJInic places fur his adhinnta At the open Inll of lion War when Ihe ITefldenl nliht naturally have bh e I pecled to I f Prigroosed In the ronekliratlon of Itravex pmlileint Mr 1 McKlnlry round h lUnxlf iallil upon lo nil a inullltule of life which the luJden aiemtbllni tit a large iluMeer army and the en ariremen of the regular forr had listen 1 creatnl Ai alnady lnlinat there sees nu Irk of aipHMtlon In the war department alone over ItOooo letters were recrlvrd fnm candidate and friends of randldatn It wua a hyulcal Inipwiiblllty fir tht ITeildtnl or the vrrelary uf war overwholviI with alllmportanl Iutlro Wait Id fir lo namln all thew communications Horn system had to be delM where toy ho labor irf the Proildonl could Ion ll henel lead I the honor at the IlArm lime top e < iullably 1 distributed I with due regard a 1 says to the beg Interests In-terests of the country It was there 1 lore declJnl that the etia1or and nrr < tativell hnuld = 11teorpohn Pre ldent that name of lho Mnoni Khoi apiKitntmonl would 10 l Mtlifac I tnry in Hum It won tu U I uppowvl that llepiibllrani and Pemocrat alike would endnrie men of their own M > lltl cal pcnuarion aral the lupiwilllun naturally l > roM to logo correct In Ihl manner the rrnldrnl dliponiod of Iclil favors without r aud tn party knit I am lnforme1 by ho adjutant general tit the army through whom hands nil papers connected with the Ii Pti of 0mmloh pas that In IMMXI did the lreild < m Inquire ai 10 from pollll fee of an appulntm U 1 may III l oWcte1 however that I I thin plan tn wllhuut the lYeildenfa direct partlclpalliin envomiuued ax APPOIntments with the atnw > pbir > of poltloal Innuenm of euurae It did No one dnlho one M far ai I know delre to 1Iha1 Influence secured the rrlini for which w many earnrtily UURIII hut how ele 1 coukl I the appolmmeMi bay been madeT Through Iho leddtui routine of civil service examinations when every moment mo-ment counted In placing lha army In I he HeUT lir piersoma amlnatlon for flit ImldenX vf thouianda upon thou Stands of letters from unknown wniera hoi MatemeM aa to IhHr qualities lion could not have been Imialret into in-to and iubitantlate1 not at an norms low I of timer Hurrty noL Ta ITeildem very wli ly and properly called upon the representative of the i < eorle Irrespective I f nrty to aid him flialbso delicate oiwru and re < ponilbl < laik of leleetlnit oinccra for flit army II knew from eitwriince the wide atr quilntanc partitioned by each Senator and repreentaihe and he mind knew thai the men would Ix held personally person-ally accountall toy I their cunilltumcle for the aelertlona wbidi they mad It waa but fJlr In prenm that they would have autnolent pitrK > llu concern lo rreeent only th name of 11 Ito who war amply qualinr1 lo nil The pool tlona for whlih they wer vusdW4 They had Shafted wllh the freOdent the burden of Inaugurating the wan 1 flatly had aldrd him In I Ih enactment lit the nece Mry leaiflatloni IIh1 they wore In turn lnlird to aiAit In thru th-ru < > ull n uf the millet through the tiresome l whoe < name thy submitted for executive I01II1 < IlIon In many of the stionstors anti representatives tridarmor11 InrmIM men or It they looted Ihrtr 10 ni and other rrlatlvca for nlllclal preferment It I was a mailer which control lImn their own con rolencea If thire la I to IM a rebuke It 1 mud Ix admlnlnttnd by the people 1 nt < he Mix In NoM < mtnT to those oil due public itnaM who renrdnl the war its offering an un < uanl op > r lordly for Initalllng their pretence Into IMvernment lil > 0 Mr I If I West lathe la-the October IVrum |
