Show THEY DE BE ariett or all with CJ good records and STANDARD special 8 9 F Mr omicle service 1 washington NUTON jan 16 the contest for the paymaster generalship has opened with vigor five candi candidates dales are in the field pushing their claims to G general R ell esters pla place e which will bacome vacant next mouth every senatorial and congre I 1 button is being twisted from fro its moorings by friends of the caum candidates di dates and endorsements and records by the bushel are piling into the war department part part ment iDent to be examined by the president at bis his leisure or to accumulate dust in the files A grand strategy is being shown which if applied to the field ot at actual warfare ought to make the everlasting military reputation of the warriors ell engaged aged cols cola budne smith and majara cirey carey C irey and stanton are a to the leading candidates cols cola smith and gibson base their claims on seniority as shown by the tire published record col terrell upon actual service under a single c aid and rank claimed but denied and major carey chiefly i his wife cifes a relationship 81 ip to the tile secretary of war siaa st stanton anton is antho in the race only to hir loss lope of rank by being jumped by carey the situation sit nation at present is favorable to col chag chas 1 W terrell in ili caa ca a col kodney smith is is not chosen his TIN claim for rank under hia his commis ion of 1882 which is a just one given him strong claims a as well as on oil the grounds of actual seniority ilia e endorsements come from every lection of the country this morning senator paddock railed on president ilardi on and slid I col terrells pipers making a it vigorous flea pica forthe for the appointment in cn the gr unus un a of public policy oi c y I 1 ha a urged that the west had bece heretofore t 0 fore been zed in promotions of this cha character and commented on oil the fact that col terrella terrells service had abbe boen n co continually n west 0 of f the alleghenies he lie presented arnu merits choing show ing the tire injustice d dine ne col cot terrell Tt irrell in arbitrarily lowering the bill of the lie lis list of paymasters and called attention briefly t to abis his splendid record as a dis disbursing burIn g officer and his fer vices in capturing bund hundreds reds of tho thousands u of dollars of stolen government funds the president intimated that col terrells claims were mere not unfamiliar m liar and p mined to ave personal attention attention to pia iiii ailt pa iero |