The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-17

) 900 place which any boy of sixteen
could equally well have filled. Four
years ago he was reorganized oni
of his position He did not re-
gard work a. his forte, and ne
resolved that he would never turn
another hand until the Republican party
should again come into power. lie kept
his word with Spartan frmness. He
carried ab0ni with him look Of de
termination on his face. would accept no
cmvl0yment, until it should toe rendered
/ him by the Representatives of the
+ United States Government With ada
mantine frmness he rejected all offers of
work, e8d subsisted upon the lahors of
bi. wife and family TO sustain him lie
became seedy and down at the
i heel. but with NszareBe fidelity he
/ kept his vow When the Secretary
of the Interior, Noble, WAS confirmed
week ago this ex-employe was among
the first half dozen Oflice-seekers who
were at the Interior Department lie
put in an application and il was signed
hy the entire Republican Congressional
delegation from his district, who knew
ibe 'acis rs stated above. he has not got
his situation vet and may not, but he is
good illustration OF the spirit in which
the most of the office holders are seeking
yindicatiOn.
Washington has never before seen the
like of this assault. Every indication
points To the fact that the Civil Service
reform undertaken by the late admins
t,ation died when Mr. Cleveland stepped
0ut OF Office
Gpon the platform when President
Harrison was inauCdraied we've two gen
tlomen, strangers 10 each other, one "a
Nirginian. and the other Senator NoOr-
hecs. of Indiana Without knowing to
whom hc was speaking, the gentleman
from Virginia, who, by the way, hap
pcncd 10 be "a member of the state Legs
iaiurc, said TO the Senator This rain is
likely 10 wash the Republicans ont to-
day :" Yes replied the Senator, but
the next thirty days viii wipe the Demo
Gratis ont.
This remark was prophetic of The
clean sweep which is anticipated The
Kansas Republican who presented pfesi-
dent Harrison with q broom, typiiied the
idea. and the President keeps the broom az
the White House, in a conspicuous place,
.
same, just hul give him time.
The most interesting class OF ollice-
seekers here are the cOiOred Republicans
from ihe South. They are here in swarms
and they will stay. They can live on al-
mo.t nothing, and ale not bothered with
any hotel bills When they are out OF
money they Will go behind an oyster bar,
drive q hack. whitewash fence, or in iaci
30 anything 10 get stake 80 hang 0ui
on nights lodging only costs them
fifteen cents. and this they can pick up
almost anywhere. Yet these same fel-
lows expect such positions as internal
revenue coliectorships and postoiliees,
paving thousand dollars and more per
wear. They will not get them,
Of course. as President Harrison
ha, indicated that much TO the white Re
pnbHcans of the South, saying that the
negro will receive just that class OF posi-
tions which are ordinarily rendered
them by private business firms.
President Harrison, in his inaugural
address. said he would have no South
EN- policy but he has been converted 10
the theory. drummed into his ears by the
white Republicans of The South, that the
negro must be displaced.
incidentally these colored men have
great expectations fouryears hence. The
example set by General Aieer III puf-
cha ing the votes of cOlOrcd delegates al
high figure has made them all Alger
men. There viii bp a big fight in the
south precious 90 the next convention
among the negroes. 10 see who shall 20
TO the convention and get the Doodle.
Ii is well known that Alger will be in the
race again, and whatever the President
may do to secure the Southern deiega-
iions for his denomination, it is well un-
derstOOd that he will have no show in
his respect against a doodle candi-
date. Algei name will bring The light
of hope 10 the dark faces of the African
applicants now in Washington They
are shreWd enough 10 realize that four
years from now they viii be worth more
than they were before the war as prop
erty
Wmtclaw Rcid'- candidacy for the
English mission means something more
than q political one There is business
feature behind il Nhteiaw Reid is the
head of q company manufacturing hBo-
type machine, which is intended to su-
persede hand composition OF type still
son liutchings, late of the Washington
pDst las been selected to go TO Europe
during the coming summer 20 introduce
the lino-tvpe Reid has thousands OF
dollars invested in the enterprise, and in
his official position hecan very materially
assist MIR HutCbings Its great scheme,
and there are DO TWO citizens OF the
United States better qualified to work II
Tor all it is worth than Whitelaw Reid
and Stillson Hutchings.