The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-29
ABOUT HOME RULE !
Some Things Which They Did Which
Should Not Be.
How the Clerks Got in Their Work in
a Minute.
THERE SEEMS TO BE MUCH STRIFE
Senator Henderson, Who Once was Sec
rotary Pro TEN, Makes a Great
Republican Talk.

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his party's platform by sending democrats
from Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Hi
nOis and other democratic states into the
republican states Of Minnesota, Idaho
and the Dakotas to fill offices Of the presi-
dental class, the heads of the various eX
ecutive departments have begun to ap-
point democrats in democratic states to
fill minor positions in the republican
states of the northwest by wholesale, and
there is no telling where the violation of
the home rule principle of the democratic
platform will end.
At a momen when the senate was en-
gagged in the work of refusing TO confirm
the presidents nominations to offices in
the northwest from democratic states
south and east cabinet officers are exer-
cising their power in filling offices which
do not require the sanction of the senate.
A lot of clerks, Indian agencies, land
offices and other minor positions have
been filled by cabinet officers from with
out the states where the offices are 10.
Gated and their action in so doing is max
ing much trouble. Senator Henderson
was the first to enter a strenuous protest.
He has addressed a letter to Secretary
Hoke Smith protesting in the most EN-
phatic language against the appointment
Of W. II. Posey, a young man of Rush
vile, Ind to be a clerk at the Santee In
dian agency of Nebraska, vice Yutzy, re-
moved. The senator says the people of
that state, democrats and republicans
alike, do not want interlcpers, carpet
baggers, ETC., in the federal positions,
and that there are plenty of democrats
there to fill all of the positions which
this administration will nave to hand
out. The senator does not hope to secure
the withdrawal of Posey's appointment,
but he has succeeded in emphasizing the
general disapproval of the citizens in the
northeast of the administration policy of
importing democrats from democratic
states to fill the offices in republican
states of the northwest. Senator Man
derson may bring the subject before the
senate.
"In all of my experience in the senate,
seen such an exhibition of inability to
accomplish anything as is shown at this
time by the majority of this congress-"
said Senator Henderson to THE GLOBE
correspondent this afternoon. There
has been bad management" he continued,
"and a lack of judgment, leadership and
good sense. Instead of taking up the
subject of financial legislation as soon as
it disposed of the silver repeal bill, with
a view to demonstrating its intention to
perfect some wholesome measure to take
the place of the silver law and thus
strengthen the position of the admins
tratiOn in favor of unconditional repeal,
the democrats in the house at once began
the consideration of the most unjust
political legislation conceivable.
at would look as though the bill now
before the house, wiping away federal
jurisdiction over congressional elections,
was begun by those who were conspiring
to defeat a final vote not only upon silver,
but upon all other general legislation.
1t is having a most disastrous effect upon
the silver bill. 1t is not very good en-.
couragement to the republicans working
for the unconditional repeal of the silver
law-the measure of the democratic
president.
Il am just now laboring under the
belief that there will be nothing accom-.
plished by this congress. The democrats !
always show alack of ability when tested.
They can neither concentrate nor har-
monte on anything. They affect a mis-
carriage upon all momentous occasions.
l would not be surprised if they failed to
put into law any tariff legislation or any
bill relating to finance. The situation in
the senate remains almost unchanged.
The only difference from the situation a
week ago is the disclosure of some resent
ment toward the move at present in the
house to railroad the repeal of the federal
election law. No, | do not believe that |
the Tucker ill can be used when it