The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-20

summer moon TO play bo-peep Ovei
the shoulders If the Goddess Of Lib
eriy on the grea: dome of the nation 5
F big capitol building. IN caused Il
sensation among the heavenly bodies
+ Castor and Pollux, the famous twins.
were flirting with Venus, queen of
the evening sky, and "Cynthias white
arms" were suggestiyely near Sat
urn's Grover-like neck. They van
| ished like the baseless fabric of -
/ dream" Ii was n delicate compli-
ment To two of the greatest living
! North Carolinians. What Ransom
said 10 Josephus, when he lifted up
his voice and spoke, as one speaking
in parallels, may be surmised, but
what Josephus said is away beyond
| the domain of conjecture. One ex-
PLANTATION of TINS moonlight stroll on
| the avenue is found in the news that
has recently reached Ransom from
| home. He has heard from some
| body. who is not after an office. and
therefore has no interest in mislead-
ing him, that his goose is all
cooked" so far as being reelected Ia
the United States Senate is con.
cerned. Another explanation offered
is, that he was giving slippery joe
the cue on 1.-THE Sherman law" The
| latter surmlse seems to be warranted
| by what was heard-and all that was
heard-of the confab. In pairing.
with one arm affecticuately embrac-
ing the eminent young North Caro-
| linian, Ransom said, "Now Joe, old
| fellow, You are a smart mana very
smart mani know YOU are smart
man, Mr.. Daniels, and your frienC S
know it. You fooled those Alliance
fellows to death once, and many of
them have not yet found it out. Yos
can say conscientiously that the
Sherman law ought to he repealed
Internationally, but be cautious, my
dear young man, and couple the
State bank tax with it. Suppose IT
is Sam Ashes pet' Sam didn't in
vent it. but he is a very persistent
sort of fellow" With this parting
injunction the hobnobbing ended,
and what was said will go into the
unwritten history of the times.
A POsT-QFFICE WAR.
A belligerent delegation from Dur
ham and Hlllsboro bounced on the
post-of1ice department last week. 1t
was a Observation-Disclosures
last-ditch layout. THE Durham
crowd, headed by Millionaire Carr,
was ably supported by two or three
Durham lawyersD The fight was
over the Hilssboro post-office. There
were three candidates-Parish, Has
sell and Hamilton. The department
decided to appoint Parish. A stay
was requested in Hassell's favor, and
the fight is between these two. The
Durham crowd is backing Hassell,
but exactly what Durham has got to
do with the Hillsboro post-office was
not made clear to the department.
Parish was postmaster under Cleve-
land but was removed before his
tenure of Office expired. A bitter
feeling has grown out of the fight on
Parish. Hassell, they say, has never
voted. He attained his ma jority just
before the late election and cele-
brated the occasion by leaving the
county, and afterwards refusing to
come home to vote. Parish has al
ways been a hard worker and a zeal
Gus Democrat. Orange county is re-
ported to be In great ferment over
the matter, and the Hillsboro people
do not mince their words in speaking
of Durham's interference. Parish
seems to have the inside of the fight.
but the Hassell crowd are boa stingly
confident that he will win in the long
run. Williams, the congressman.
endorses Parish, but the Hassell men
say they will convince him that it is
his patriotic duty to support Hassell
II he has any expectation of being re-
nominated to congress. AS Williams
is a trading man | am not prepared
to venture prediction as to what
the result will be. But whatever it
is, great big sore place in Orange
county Democracy is certain.
VANCE AND THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
up to this time" said one of Ran
SONS staff, rather gleefully, the other
day, Vance has not got single ap-
polntment under this administra-
tom That is literally true, but he
has come very near getting two or
three big plums. He felt happy all
at once when Assistant Secretary
Quincy told him that Eddie Hale's
endorsements would give him the
court of st. James but for Mr..
bayard's cinch on that appointment.
The State department, he said, was
unwilling to offer Mr.. Hale a small
place, but the CHILEAN mission was
the only uncinched place on the list.
Vance replied that Mr.. Hale, he
thought, would take the place if he
could be made to see that it would
help the administration in ANYWAY,
Vance hurried to the capitol, hastily
summoned a half dozen pages and
messenger boys and put them on the
trot to find prospective minister
Hale. When Hale left the State de-
partment the next morning-but l
can hardly trust myself to tell the
whole story in detail. Ransom had
been there. Ransom draws the line
at Hale. He has never been known
to greet him as Eddie, old fellow.
how are you'" but always, Mr..
Hale, good morning, SIR" 1t is
pretty hard times on "our Zeb' when
he can't even get his own kin ap-
pointed to office, but, up to this
present writing, he is not in it. For
ward all requests and applications
for office to Hon. NJ. W. Ransom.
Send by registered letter, as other
wise you may never hear from them.
PAUL MEANS ON TOP.
Paul Means has fiattened out Vance
and Henderson both, and is practi-
eally on top in the fight over the
Concord post-office. And he has won
1t, too, without rapiers or broad
swords or "dueling pistols at ten
PAGES New York and Brooklyn
influence and Means vote at CHICAGO
have won the day for Miss Dusen-
berry. 1t has been a gallant fight all
along the line, and Means deserves
the Fluctuations of his friends, the