The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-22
SCALAWAGS
NJ AXE A POOR IMPRESSION ON
YANKEE REPUBLICANS.


YANKEE REPUBLICANS.
Another Installment of the Nauseating
Fight Between North Carolina Re.
publlcans Over Small Offices.
Especial Cor of STATE CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19.-The
latest contest here over local appoint
ments in North Carolina is that of the
superintendent Of the Statesville public
building. In week or two the work
On the building will commence. The
bill was introduced and engineered
through tie House by the energetic and
able Democrat, Hon. John S. Henderson.
who also was instrumental, with the aid
OF our Senators, in keeping Mr.. Cleve-
land from vetoeing the bill after it had
passed. One would suppose that COM
mon courtesy would have given Mr..
Henderson the right to name the su-
perlntendent and his subordinates.
MI. HeDdersn's constituents evidently
thought so, and sent the names of com
petent Democrats here to him for the
places. Their applications are now on
flle IN the Office OF the Supervising archi-
tect, and that is as far as they will ever
get. Mr.. Henderson has been quietly
made to step aside, and this appoint
ments will be dictated by Mr.. Ewart,
who is understood to have republican
jurisdiction over Mr.. Hendersons dis
trlct, provided DR.. Mott acquiesces in
EWart's choice, AS soon as this was
understood by the republicans in and
around Statesville, the faithful COM
menced to send in applications. The
two leading candidates are Messrs.
Drake and Sharpe. Drake has the en-
dorsement Of number of business men.
Sharpe has number of signers to his
petition also, but on the back of bis ap-
pllcatlon | read the following
Endorsed by Hon. 81. G. Ewart and
DR.. J. J. Mott" This caused ne to con-
clude that Sharpe would get it, until yes
terday, when / was told that Mr. George
Il. Brown, cashier Of the Bank of States
vile, had come here in the interest of
Drake and had gone back home with
the information that the supervising
architect wanted the Republicans of
Statesvllie to recommend a younger
man and one who knew something
about architecture! 1t seens that both
Drake and Sharpe were endorsed solely
Oh account of services rendered the G.
.. T. Fitness for the place did not enter
into the calculation, and the supervising
architect deserves credit for not being
willing for the $751; public building
secured for Statesvlle by Mr. Hender-
sen, to be commenced on no stronger
foundation than scalawag services to
the Republican party. The architect
says Drake and Sharpe are too old to
! superintend the work, any way. He
wants an able bodied competent man,
and it would be to Dr. Motifs interest,
as a well do citizen Of the progressive
metropolis of the Piedmont section,
/ to consult with such men as
Editor Caldwell and Congressman Hen
derson, and get the best man he can find
to do the work, regardless of the way he
votes. This is business contract, and
there is money enough in the treasury
to erect q magnificent structure, if archi
tectural skill is combined with fnancia
integrity in the man who does the work
Mr.. Henderson, DR.. Mott; Mr.. Cald
we'll, Cashier Brown, and other men o.
that stripe ought to name the man an(
his subordinates and they ought to ris,
superior to petty local politics il
doing so. A practical northern
Republican forms a mighty poor opinion
of his Southern scalawag brother whel
he persists in pushing an incompeten
official into a place like that of superin
tendent of public building. Mr.. Hen
derson got the bill through in order tina
the handsome edifce might stand
"thing OF beauty" and of usefulness i!
the fair city that stands at the gatewa,
of the Land Of the Sky" That distin
guished Congressman labored to secur
the money against heavy odds. The re
suit of his work ought not to be dimin
ished by having incompetent Republical
tinkerers take charge of the work Tn
"Iron Duke" has the reputation here o
having too much sense to to pcrmit sue
a thing. Joe Caldwell's eminent cor
servatism ought to give him infuenc
enough. even with DR.. Mott, to let hi
fine Judgment weigh in this matter an
avert such calamity. l am tol
Cashier Brown went back to Statesvill
convinced that the supervising arch
:, tect was right, and it will b
in order now for new ma
to file his application. The wor
on the building will begin yer
soon, and if it is in charge of compete1
a parties it will be a credit to Statesvill
If the republicans can take tt
$75, 900 the democratic Congressman g
}, for Statesville and squander it, it wi
g react on that party. 1t will not be
;. democratic funeral, no matter what The
r do, but from a patriotic standpoint
l. hope DR.. Mott will look at the matt
q from higher plane than that of loc
Il partisanship. And judging from son
il things have heard of the "Iron Duk'
10 believe he is big enough man to do
!. Mott and Eaves were here this wet
a and Tuesday passed without Eaves's CO
=. irmation The Commissioner of Int
J. nal Revenue says he has examined ;
q. the charges against Eaves up to date al
a that they are not serious enough
- prevent his confirmation. He says th
= one or two of Eaves's transactions we
}. unbusiness- like, perhaps, but th