The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-12-14

Different Reasons.
from our Special Correspondent in Wash
WAsHINGToN, Dee. 18th Should
Tom Jarvis happen 10 drop into the
METROPOLITAN hotel about the hour of
this writing, he would be intensely
interested. Nobody, who knows
him. doubts his astuteness as Il poll
tician. but he doesn't know il all.
The crowd that is now playing the
obsequious TO boss Ransom cou, d give
him some pointers. The information
here is to the effect that he is busy
at home knocking down Ransom's
pins and is making "ten strikes on
all the alleys, but tae machine ma
nipuIators tell the Northampton
statesman a very different story, but
they all agree with enthusiastic
unanimity that Ransom
MUST SHOW HIS HAND.
He voted with the plutocrats to de-
stroy silver and keep down the prlce
of cotton. wheat and corn, and, how
and when, they ask. is such heroic
devotion to principle, such sublime
courage of conviction to be reward
ed? They are here to see about it.
| The situation does net make them
happy. The bosses mills are not
gringing grist fast enough to suit
the intensified heroes who won the
| November battle of more than a year
ago. The fodder hands" are here
for the 'corn shucking," and the add
ministration thermometer will regis
ter the zero mark before they get
left.
MANY ARE CALLED But FEW CHOSEN.
The reason for that Is the multi
tude is here on its own invitation.
For instance, Captain Bill Oldham,
had an inexpressible intimation that
Mr.. Ransom wanted to confer with
him about the Wilmington post office.
Honest, self-sacrifcing Democrat, as
he is, he spent his money with the
liberality of Cape Fear clubman,
sacrificed his Thanksgiving dinner
at home, and journeyed with light
and bouyant feelings to the Mecca of
newly welded bliss and
BUREAU OF POLITICAL INFORMATION.
After many deployments on Ran
SONS skirmish line and a dexterous
flank movem ent he landed the "bOss"
in the postoffice department to-day,
but only to find the Postmaster Cen
eral not ''at home" Kerr Craig was
acting P. NJ. G. but was not signing
any commissions for North Carolina
postmasters. The disappointment in
not seeing the head man nettled your
"uncle Billy" To him it looked as
if it was put up job and he consti
tuted himself into a Northampton
mass meeting and accused the "boss"
of bad faith and trifling. Hot words
followed, and the Captain left on the
fast mail South, thoroughly dis
gusted, indignant and beligerant
mantle first victim of the remorse-
less ''machine."
It appears that at one time there
was some show for his appointment
| but some enemy of his induced him
to write a letter. Now Mr.. Bissell
is degree Yale man, and the prodi-
gality with which captain Billy used
the leap case' in the middle Of his
words, offended the aesthetic taste of
the Buffolo anglo-maniac, and raised
a doubt in his prodigious mind as to
the captains capacity as the success
sor of the present Republican incum-
bent who stands away pln sc" in
the postoffice department.
WHO WILL GET THE PLUM?
| 1t IS practically settled that Old
ham is not Gin it,o and he has not
been in 1t from the outset. The ma
chine opposed him and has downed
him without hardly struggle. Sol
WE'LL pulled the strings and he did it
with the astuteness of a practical
politician, The successful man will
} be his nominee and it now appears
} that it may be his able and faithful
ally, Parmalee.
The latter has the nerve and saga
city of Yankee born, Southern
raised boy. He comes from good
, Connecticut stock and would make
} an ideal machine" postmaster No
, thing could induce him to take the
office; his business would not allow
; it, but Morton's appointment would
: enrage the oldham men and to save
/ the Democratic party and the Cape
: Fear city the shame Of an indigna-
} ton, he may yield to the seductive
g. eloquence of assistant district attor-
2 ney WE'LL. Parmalee is a bright fellow
and looks more like typical stump
sounder than pedigreed Connecti-
cut Yankee. When Bissell sees his
handwriting he will almost certainly
take a violent fancy to him.
/ THE MACHINE QUALIFICATION.
Soon after the election Simmons
promulgated rule making the en-
t dorsement of the local executive
committee prerequisite to the appli-
cants candidacy for Office. In every