The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-04-13
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Interesting ds-Discrimination
Against the Poer

Against the Poer.
WASHINGTON, Apil ST. met Pen
dleton King, of Guilford county, at
the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday
He is ii candidate for the Turkish
mission, and is very strongly en-
dorsed. Mir. King is an eminent
scholar, and has spent much of his
time in Europe, whereof he studied sew
eral years at the best universities,
and afterwards served as Secretary
of legation at Constantiuople when
Sunset Cox was our minister to
Turkey. He has always been warm
personal and political friend of the
President, and it is to be hoped that
he will secure such such recognition
as he deserves. On the same day
also met MIR j. A. Harrell, so well
known as the proprietor Of the Har-
reli printing establishment of Weldon.
He is a candidate for public printer.
The record books in the office of
the appointment clerk, Treasury
Department, are interesting. In
those books il is shown that for
every position within the jurisdiction
of the Treasury Department there
are an average of about fifty appli-
cants When il is considered how
multitudinOus are the ramifications
of the Treasury Department. the i'm
menSe variety of occupations en-
braced within its jurisdiction, and
the thousands upon thousands of
positions within it's gifj, there is
something curious in the soutempla-
ton of the fact that for every one OF
the jobs there are halt a hundred
Americans frantically striving to
nail it. Even the most unattractive
of the positions, and those apper-
tanning to which are the smallest
emOluments and the fevest privi-
leges, are eagerly sought
The Republicans are overjoyed at
this, and attribute whatever success
attended their candidates ip-tthIe re-
cent elections to his fact. They hope
l-tS - reason OF the disaffection and in
difference produced by disappoint
menrs to recover the control of the
Government in 1896. John Nichols
thinks that even North Carolina can
be wrenched from the hands of the
Democracy, and Senator Ransom's
place filed by one who will be accept
able to the Republicans and Popu-
lists.
The probability that President
Cleveland will call an extra session
of Congress in September has greatly
cooled the ardor of both sides in the
contest over the offices ofthe Senate
The Older Democratic Senators de-
clare that there is little use in max
ing bitter contest while the Repub
iicanS have every resource of Obstruc-
ton at their command, and leading
Republicans say that d contest is of
little use if it will not keep the old
officers in place longer than Sep
TENDER.
The pending resolution of Senator
GOrmOn leaves them in office until
July l, and the most they could hope
for, if special session were called,
would be two or three months more
in office. Both sides seem inclined to
save the dignity of the Senate by an
AMIGA BILE arrangement, and the old
officers will probably be allowed to
serve until September. OF the whole
matter will go over until the special
session.
Letters have been received here
bit tery complaining of the discrimi-
nation against poor men in favor of
the rich by certai1 Senator's, and de-
clariDg that since the civil service
law virtually sets up an educational
qualification for office in the largest
part OF the public service, the addi-
ton of a proper qualification for the
remainder of the offices so as to ex-
clude the average citizen entirely,
will meet with savage opposition.
Some of these complaints come from
Salem and Madison in your own
State, but they come more generally
from other sections. The cry is
equal justice to all and special
privileges to none" | am sure, how
ever, that the President will not, if
he knows~~the circumstances, give
preference to any man solely on ac
count of money-merit-a kind of
merit which he himself has never
possessed or relied upon.