The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-02-20

tHdL CduIiudtc. TlCc ilVco HI SoiiS-
bury, in a Democratic district, and if
he bad ever voted the Republican
ticket the Republicans of Rowan
county had not been allowed to find it
out. Moreover, it was reported dur
ing the campaign that he had openly
denied being a Republican, and the
only qualification that has vet been
discovered in Mr.. Price for receiving
the office is thas he had with some
ability acted as the attorney for the
Richmond & Danville railroad.
OF the applicants for the Office of
Internal Revenue Collector two of the
three lived west of the Blue Ridge
and in Ewart's district. They were
Patterson and Cooper. In that part
of the district in which they lived had
been made all the great gains secured
by the Republicans. The third can
didate, j. B Eaves, lived east of the
Blue Ridge, and his county, that had
frequently been Republican, and by a
good majority, illustrated the inca.
pacity of Eaves in the last campaign
by going very strongly Democratic.
State Committee. His mott brilliant
exploit was the issue of Circular
very mischievous and unnecessary y
publication, to put it mildly. 1t was
called the "Not Afraid of the Devil"
circular, and coming out just before
the election and too late to be coun-
teracted by Republican effort, it made
an impression upon the people of the
State pr. cisely the opposite of what the
author intended. and unquestionably
deprived the Republicans of several
thousand votes. In no section was
the loss greater than in that in which
Eaves lives, where the loes was several
undred.
Having first promised both Patter-
terson and Cooper that they each
should be Collector, Ewart called up
on the President and the Secretary of
the Treasury and made his recon
mendation for Col. Cooper as strong
as his command of language could put
it. In addition to reminding the
President and Mr.. Window of the
services that Cooper had rendered in
he directed the attention of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to the fact that,
as a Collector, Cooper had been the
most efficient man in that service in
the South, and when he went out of
office in 1885 his accounts were the
first settled by the Treasury Depart
ment. He admitted to both the men
Of power that he owed his election to
Copper This strong Endorsement
WAS assumed by all "f Col. C"oper's 3
iiends as .fficient to put him in the
rffice. C,mper was at Raleigh It his
post of duty in the House of Repre-.
sent niatives
AT this juncture Eaves and host
of friends turned up at Washington.
They took possession of Ewart. At
ter many consultations the news got
"ut that Ewart had Withdrawn his
support of his benefactor, Col. Copper,
and had transferred it to Eaves. To
say that the Cooper men were surpris-
ell would be to express their feelings
in very mild language
The explanation followed soon nr-
we'll have peen. The allegatidh was
freely made that Eaves had entered
into contract in writing with Ewart,
STIMULATING that he should control all
the appointments in the district, and
when Representative Brewer made
the charge that such combination
bad been entered into he couli not
get a denial. There has been no ex
PLANTATION Of the appointment Of Eaves
that accounts So fully tor the abandon
mept Of Cooper and the transfer Of
support to Eavea.
At the same time that Eaves was
appointed the promise was given by
Ewart to the people Of his district
that the Collectors nfflce should be 10
Gated at Ashevile 9. Again he was
false to his promises, for the Office was
taken to Statesville, aud it is under
stood that he personally secured the
order for its location. 1t is not 50 easv
to prove as it is to repeat the story
current in The State that soon after
the apRoiptmept Of Eaves the Cons
gresham borrowed from Eaves $1,000
to be repaid as soon a. it was possible
to seeprs from applicants for .fiice
such advances Us they felt that they
could afford to make in recognition Of
ltheir preference for employment. At
all events, It is stated that about the
| time that Eaves was appointed he
mortgaged his farm and other property
for considerable sum for- = purpose
/ .
When Eaves took possession Of the
COLLECTORS office, Ewart was on hand
with q list Of "hselers." for whom he
demanded employment. Eaves was
prepared to carry out his contract.
Nearly all the Republicans of good
character had by this time become
disguised with Ewart's per6dy ansl
treachery, AND they DECLINED to have
any thing 10 do with him or to accept
any place that he might care to offer
them The result was that the men
whom Eaves, under the terms of his
contract, appointed for Ewart, were
creatures Of tie worst regulations in
the whole section. There are few dis.
tillers in EwaFt's district
When he had procured places fol
is tribe of "heele1" there was no en-
ployment for them at home, aud the
army of storekeepers aud g.ugers had
to be sent elsewhere for duty. Like {
swarm of locusts they swept over the
Blue Ridge and into the eastern coun.
try included in the district Of Repre-.
sentative Brewer. Here the grea!