The state chronicle., 1889-04-19
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
TnF lINEIN FIGHT FOR INTER-
NiL RENENt COLLECTOR
The New Associate Justice OF thu, SUI
premf Court Ought TO Come From the,
Fourth Giro t--Per>onaIS Ac.
ESPECIAL Cor. STATE CHRoNICLE

two in my last letter which cannot allow
to pass unheeded. la your headlines YOU
say your correspondent is ''demoraized.
rs hearing 50 much talk about protection
This is a big mistake. hear the praises
Of a low tariff sung morning noon. and
night. My statements about the PreS-
dents policy III winning over the South
eru protectIonlsts are simply facts which
| got from the " bite House and within
the present year, You Will have ample op-
Iortunlty TO verify them
The other mistake is worse. You make
me say there IS d L0yELY fight over the
Internal Revenue Collevtorship have
an especial auripathy To the word LOVELY.
except when applied TO woman V Lo Is
charming alike III person and character
As ! wrote before there is Very lively
fight going On over the coIIectorship.
Young. " hite. and Hawkins are here
\ yesterday Augustus Moore, ESQ. called
at the White House with a considerable
delegation of North Carolina Republicans
u the interest of Ellhu " hite. 4 former
collector. Col. Young is constantly in
craasinG his papers, and often takes au
other recruit TO the President 10 prove his
pre- eminent fitness for the place He has
a suite Of rooms at the Ebbtt. and pays
tor IN. General Phil Hawkins is com
duc,. = quiet campaign. bur some of his
strongest hackers are men Of more iuila-
euce than the combined power Of one
hundred ordinary Republican ..bummere.
! begin To think Hawkins has the inside
track However, the Collectors and Dis
trlct Attorneys viii not be appointed, 50
hear from correspondent who knows Mfr.
Halford Intimately, until May 18th or
June Ist. The Presidents reason for this
: that a large number of stamps are IS
sued by Collectors between April 9TH and
May 18th and these would become invalid
III & new Collector should be appointed at
an earlier date. The District Attorneys
viii not be disturbed because their case
for the courts have been made ready and
il would be evidently unfair to remove
them sooner than the date specified
Ar. Eaves is probably in the lead for the
COilectorship OF the Western District
James Boyd and ". : OBJ Robinson
viii probably be made District Attorneys
Augustus Moore, Esq, in addition 70 eu-
gineeriug Mr.. Whites claims 10 the Coi
lectorship has filed his own papers fol tile
position Of Assistant Attorney General
MAJOR " H Malone, of AshevIAA, il
brother-in-la OF tten. Bob Vance Is an
applicant for the position OF Chief ENtrnl
uer ef Patents, in the Pension Dtflce. Ihe
Boarl is composed Of three lawyers Mai.
Malone is endorsed a. a lawyer hy tine ~u
preme Court Of North Carolina and ~
many leading members of the aar Of the
State He has written TWO law books.
which are said TO be valuable, claims cC
have been an original protection9t, aud
there i . vacancy on the Board OF special
examiners These three circumstances
cousplre TO make his chances OF success
unusually good
Senator Vance is here. Mrs. Vance has
been called to Michigan By q telegram
from k4r ut al u ~ - Il ~ -
Last week Senator's Vance and Beck called
a. he White House to present the name
OF TX Asst. Secretary Thompson 70 ba tHe
Democratic member of the Civil Service
Commission. Richard Randolph Mona ta,
one Of the Deputy ComptrolIer9. j. ta
avowed candidate for the place. He was
partly educated for J eSult priest aD{ Il
a political turLcoat of the worst -'rt.
Waea Garfield and Hancock We're Pres.
Dental candidates he trie 10 MAKE .E-
self solid with BOTH Of them, 50 that l9
matter ahich way he cat jumps, he could
get an office He secured under NJ
Cleveland to the utmost astOnIehmeut ar
everybody Who knew him. Very good
place. and stranger still, he managed to
keep II Judge Durham is third apPl
cant for the place. He Is prob2hN the
strongest, as NJ. Thompson j. from >oath
Carolina a State the Republican President
the largest places h- has p give % y M
ocrat The rank aud file OF Northern
voters, irrespective OF party affiliations
could not be made 10 see the force OF g'E-
ing his place TO any man from the raj
mtttc State. During Mr. Cleveland II
admin, ration Governor Thompson and
Comptroller Trenholm were lnhaentl3t 70
putting about twenty five south Car".l-
mans In Office here. All Of whom are uoW
u -. 34Iyy
10 De a standing joke with Cleveland anat
lie often laughed 4 Thompson fol the per
sistency with which he presented ne
claims Of his fellow citizens TOR office de
undoubtedly did his duty III this partlcu-
lar. and South Carolina owes him debt
she can only pay by sending him r. the
Senate III the place Of Wade Hampton,
who will probably not wish to return.
Senator Hamptous physical condition has
been much impaired Since bis leg had te
be cut off from the effects OF an accident
while hunting few years ago
Great interest is taken here in the ap
pointment OF the Associate Justice TO III
The gacauGy caused by the death OF tht
late Justice Matthews.
The appontment Of a Judge for TIL,
court OF right should come from the fourti
circuit, composed Of Maryland. Virginia
" est NITGlnla, N0fIn CaFoIIId anu Spl'ti
Carolina True. there IS no law and u.
constitutional provision restricting the an
pointment to this locality, but every othe
judicial circuit throughout the country T
reprey .ated by resident Judge
The nrst circuit, composed OF Name
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhod
Island, is represented by Mr.. Justice Gray
IF Boston, Mass.
The second circuit composed ot ef
mont, Connecticut, and New York, Is rep
resented by Mr.. Justice Blatchford, OF NeE
York city.
The third circuit, composed of New Jer
sey. PennsyIvania and Delaware, Is rel
resented by Mr.. Justice Bradley, Of NeH
ark, \. j.
The fourth circuit, composed, as aboy
mentioned, Of Maryland, Virginia, Yves
Virginia, North Carolina, and south CaI
Dina is without resident representative
The fifth circuit, composed Of Georgia
florida, Alabama Mississippi, louisiana
aud Texas is represented by Mr.. Justle
Lamar of Oxford. Miss.
The sixth circuit. composed OF ono
Michigan, Kentucky, and tennessee.
represented by Mr.. Justice Harlan, Of heL
lucky.
The seventh circuit, composed of Ind
aro Illinois and Wisconsin, Is represent