The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-03-25
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
W III At THE Go>>C RIPT FATHERS
ARE DOING FOR THE PEOPLE
An Interesting Letter From Our Cores
ponden on urrent Topics at the Nee.
ca OF Political Activity.

Cox has frequent talks with the President
about civil service reform II j. sand thar
II Gen. Cox fails to get the re-uoninatlcu
in his District, he viii be offered a good
second class mission or first rate consulate.
Mrs. Robt. B. Vance died here Saturday
morning AT her residence 9I7 Rhode
Island Avenue She had been an invalid
nine years. General \ance and severn!
friends accompanied the remains TO Asht-
vile, \. G., where the lnterment viii be.
Senator Vance. who was IN New orleans
at the time, was teiegraphed for To meet
Gen. Vance in Ashevile, in time 10 be
present at the funeral ceremonies. The
Senator Will then return IT once To Wash
lngton. \ large number of the citizens of
the District depend on senator Vance a
one Of the most influential members of the
District Committee, to defeat the contir-
nation of the colored Albany LAWYER, Ma
thcwS, who was nominated by the Prrsi
dent TO succeed Fred Douglass rs Reg
of Deeds. There is no dsc0untng senator
Nance's courage and fidelity to his friends
This latter characteristic ! have especially
admired during the past Year. In intiu-
cncIng appointments in Washington un-
der the Administration, not a single time
has he rejected a friend who has proved
his fidelity and friendship that he might
gain an imagined friend supposed 10 have
greater political influence. He is Il sin
cere trustworthy friend and he Is cqaally
candid as an enemy. 50, his friends al
ways know where to find him, and his en-
emies are the only ones he has dlsappoint-
ed-fOr with few exceptions, | have not
found that he cherished malice. His rep
utatlon Is already national, and | regard
him as the strongest and the ablest man
now in public life, from the Southern
States. His unswerving fidelity to his
friends as we'll as his uncompromlsing en-
mites may sometimes get him into trouble
but these Weakn 'SSeS have characterized
nearly every successful and distinguished
figure in history. They are almost lost sight
of when the final and permanent estimate of
a mans character is made. Besides, IS it
not better and more honorable to be true
TO friends than to reward their fidelity
with publicity. Are enemies less malig
nant when their sword thrusts are met
with a blow equally hard, than when their
attacks are parried with a crafty foil.
think not, and believe the bulk of North
Carolina will agree with me.
The discussion evoked by the Edmunds
resolution, it is hoped, viii put an md to
the absurd secret session of the Senate.
There are as many typical dead beats in
.
| lary respectable assemblage. | think these
would d-be awe inspiring executive ses-
sions' were invented in order to give these
fellows a kind of prestige III the eyes of the
populance.
| have sometimes gone TO the Capitol on
| important business and when would have
occasion TO go by the doors of the Senate
| chamber, | would be met by two or three
Vigllant SentlnelS who would look at me as
| if my profame foot had penetrated the
| sanctum sanctorum of some sacred TEN
| pie, while they said soto voce, and in a
tone that would have done full justice to
a resurrected Delphic Oracle-''The Sen
| ate is in Executive Session =
| | would turn back of course infinitely
amused at the attempt of these solemn
! faced dOOrkeeperS, messengers, etc, to i'm
press me with the dignity and Importance
of the deliberations of seventy-siX men.
one-half of whom | know were smoking or
| lounging behind the closed doors beyond
which | was not permitted to pass. A
| well known Washington writer has uTgeG
the desirability Of electing the members of
the Senate by the people every four years.
He has given conclusive reasons for this.
| If a Senator can ever be found to intro
duce such a measure it would pass the
| House believe by unanimous vote, re
gardless of party affiliations AS soon as
| this is done, the people will no longer have
to pay three hundred million dollars for
running the government. | ask you to
| give the matter yOuI conscientious edito-
rial attention. Is 1t not worthy the at
tention of every Democratic editor
in the State who feels that he is response
bic to the people, who look to him in a
measure, to inaugurate reforms and take
care of their political interests State Leg
| isl hp n1o lat cd hN a
shrewd members. The people en- mass,
never go wrong, cannot be deceived but
once, and to them alone are their public
servants responsible for the manner IL
which they discharge the trusts committed
to them.
This session Of Congress has passed ont
important measure, viz: the Presidential
succession bill. If it has passed or ma
tured sing gle other important measure
it has escaped my observation. The three
great measures of the session are in a con
dition of ''innocuous desuetude" t.
speak.
The educational bill which passed th'
Senate is in hole, hostile committe,
refusing to report it to the House Their
is a dead calm in tariff and financial re
form. Seventy nine cents worth Of silvc
: still makes dollar. MorriSon's new tarlf
bill has called out even tree trade OppOSI
ton. When the rice and sugar bull is gore(
it makes even a Southern free-trade
vince. Verify the day of inspired law
: giyers has passed away. The law maker
are born, not made. To the average mem
Der of Congress his interest comes first
his constituents interest next, and tn
, country's last.
!, Then what about the approaching nom
mating convention in North Carolina
2 Will the present imcumbents succeed them
selves The current talk indicates the vol
untary retirement of skinner. He is hon
estly tired Of Congress and wants 10 z
back to his law practice and duck-shooting
Every county in the district has an aspir
, ant, but who the winning man IS is no
! known. Skinner is profoundly non-com
Z, initial, and if he has any preference II
| keeps the secret We'll guarded. 1t Is cor
e sidered certain Green will be returned. Il
q is making "a useful member, ana is nC
discounted b he best IN diligence and il
: dustrY. His constituents interests seer
TO be his first and last consideration. II
is well known in the House and is a popt
lar member There is some local oppos
O ton to him Judge Boyken. before b
! promotion to the bench, was cOl.ldered
n formidable opponent. It now. seems tn;
Geo Rose, Es;,., of Fayetteville, will col
~. taQt tho fold and Is OOW WORKING To -