The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
,GLENN'S APPOINTMENT.
r-r 4yRRa- Ts.E. our or II ~ THE
- -- - AS 1Sf ACTS
something About the Assistant Dass
Attorn.yship and other aast~F~. So
WINSTON lime 10Th The hurrah

side history Of the appointment. ne
owes his appointment more 10 laeE
than any particular Influence. Inc
President had determined to APP
point Kope Elias District Attorney,
and the Attorney General recon-
mended Elias for the place IN ae-.
cordance with this understanding OF
the Presidents wishes. This was.
the situation when Mr.. J. T. Buxton
az this plaee was oaared the collee-
torship. Buxton declined the -ap--
pufntment in Difference to dienu-s
candidacy, hoping and expecting
that Glenn would ultimately receive
the District Attorneyship appoint
ment. The President told Senator
1 Vance that he did not wish TO ap-
| point Glenn. Senator Ransom was
/ on the alert and he. soon had soin-
! ton of the matter in hand He has
| unbeunded Influence over Elias and
be easily made it clear to him that
it was his duty 10 accept the Collec-
torship. Ransom cared nothing
for eileen, but he was. embarrassed
by Simmons. He saw the opprtunlty
to appoint both. Glenn and Elias.
He submitted the situation to the
| President with the result as anneunc-
ed. Exactly when Senator Vance
comes in is not clear. But no soon
er does Glenn get his appointment
than he hurries off to see Vance
about the selection of an assistant
Vance suggested Cevington, Glenn
dissented, Vance insisted, Glenn
protested, Vance demanded, Glenn
consented. Vance said that it
would be dishonorable in Glenn not
to recommend Coyington. SO Glenn
hurried on to Washington, saw the
Attorney General and told him what
Vance had said about Covlngton's
appointment. He added that Gov
ington was not his choice, but his
obligations to Vance, he said, com
PEELED him to make, the. recQmmen-
dation. The appointment has been
held up at the instance of Mr.. Bux-
ton who saw the President last week
in behalf of young Green, Of Wilkes
boro, who is now in Washington
making a vigorous fight for the
place. Buxton told the President
that the place belonged by tradition
and custom to the younger members
of the profession, and that the bal
would resent Covingtons appoint
ment. He intimate1 to the Presi-
dent, it is SAID here, that he needn't
have too many scruples about ignor-
ing Nance's recommendation in the
matter. The administration, he
thought, was not under the slightes
obligations to Vance in any way
Vance told two Or three of the APP
plicapts for this place that he didn'
care particularly about Covington'
appointment and they were thus en-
T couraged to go into the fight. [
turns out that he does care. Th'
explanation. is that there is som'
conflict between the Senator and hi
proxy. In the, Senators abseiic,
from Washington his son Charli
acts as his proxy and in this wa,
things have-got mixed. It was tn,
! same way about the Reidsvil1e post
office. Sheriff Galloway thought h
! had Nance's endorsement for tn
place-got up his bond and when h
went to Washington to get "the 9th
er fellow OUT 10. his utter amaze
ment he found that .sson- Charlie
had recommended Courts who cas-
2 the sole vote in the District conven
ton that ''son Charlie received 70
! delegate to Chicago.
!. Our Republican postmaster viii
J not be disturbed until his term ex
f pires. He mugwumped in the las
y election-splitting his ticket in sew
eral sections. .--- - e--..... a. 70.
There is some hitch in the Greens
boro postoffice. Mr. Forbes tn
) principle candidate, has Just return
ed from Washington. He went o
u to have the Republican ineumoen
bounced at once. He baggered Ran
e som about a bitter. black Republi
o can, who gloried in being "a d.,
h radical" drawing the $500 safar
s per month that belonged to him, ur
: til Ransom got mad and told hir
~ that 'd-n radical" was better tina
= "a d-n fool!" '-'.'- - ---.-->-
A commercial tourist fror
> Greensboro told me the other da
. that Forbes joined the Salvatio
4 Army while he was in Washington
|, and the Greensboro people are tren
u bling with apprehension and alarr
Y lest he should Introduce the "Gos
II pei Band Wagon". feature in til
mail delivery. -.-,~4z..,. 49,. JOSIAH
IS If YOU WISH : - . =
a To help the cause of reform g
rs your neighbors to read Ia
d CAUCASIAN. Send for bundl
of sample copies and give one /
each of your neighbors.. 70
will-then be sure to be able .
get us club. $50