The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
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Executive Committee. There can b.
NJ manner Of doubt as 10 his fitness
for the place. when one remember
what the Democratic leaders have
had To say about the Internal Reeve
nue. business in thepast. Then, too
the kind of work he did for the rarts
must be paid for well.
Over and above the din of warning
factions one may occasionally hear
among certain class of Republicans
the family expressed but evidently
fcrvid hope that in Gresham there i,
life. 1t Is said that the postmaster
at Wilmington hopes 10 hold over a
Gresham Democrat. and if such
should proove to be the ease well
may both Democrats and Republi-
cans wonder where we are at. :
What Mr.. Gresham can take into
the Democratic party Is, of course,
an unknown quantity, but that such
was the object of his appointment
there is little doubt. The natural
supposi'ion is that Mr.. Gresham WAS
simply made Il figure head and will
be duly and appropriately shclvcd at
convenient time, Mr.. Blount OF
Georgia being the real head of the
great Department of State.
To say that the scramble for place.
is unprecedented is drawing it very
mildly. There are twenty-five OF
thirty applicants good. bad and in
different for places abroad. Among
them ex-Mc. W. NJ. Robbins who
first sought the Mexican Mission and
has now got down to the Ha-
vannah Consulship and will like
ly lend up" with division chief
talnship III the Bureau of Printing
and Engraving. At the most, -four
or five Counsulships are all that the
State Is entitled to and when il i
known that North Carolina is the
only Southern State that did NOT
give Mr.. Cleveland an absolute ma
Jority it should not be expected that
he would be lavish in his treatment
OF the citizens of that State, non
should they expect much.
For every Federal office there are
scores of men willing and seeking
the place. The bosses are assertin Q
their power and only a day or so ago
protest went up from Wilmington's
common people to Mr.. Cleveland
against allowing the "bosses" there
to control everything in sight. 1t is
really mighty interesting sight to
see the uses and abuses that fight
for so-called great principle entails
and it is also sad commentary
upon the politics of our country.
These gentry are not even salts
fed to leave things to nature-let a
man die or resign-but they must
needs "get up petitions" for the
place beforehand. The curious spec
tacle is now being enacted by the
bar of the State of North Carolina
in circulating petitions for Mr.. Cleve
land to appoint Judge to succeed
Judge Dick Of the Federal Court OF
this State who does not look like
dying nor has he publicly given any
intimation of an intention to resign
One of the petitions is in favor OF
Judge Avery of the State Supreme
Court an astute politician and the
other is in favor of Jud ge Armfeld
of the State Superior Court. Sucl
is the condition of affairs.
The change in the Directorate o.
the Penitentiary Board brought te
Raleigh such numbers of applicant
for MIMI places, guards &c. at ST.:
per m, an that the Board was com
PEELED tdL 9journ in order to avoie
the opportunities of those men. Sucl
is Democratic Tor rather undemocrat
ic) rule. Hurrah for machine De
mocracy! Principles will possibl,
be thought of three years from nov
and the song of the patriot will b.
waited through the cottages of tn
humble again.