The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-29


to missioner Miller, and the impressio
H. here Ii that he will receive the al
At Pmntnicnt. In speaking abont th
1t matter, the Commissioner adnifte
1e that it was doubtful, If not haz
he ardous, experiment, but in defereuc
lie to the novelty of the idea, he was dis
posed to try it, .-
$ HOW ROBBINS LOST THE HAvAN
80 ... CoNsULSHIP. .r.
- CFo1. sometime CONGRESSMAN Hen
= dtrcon appears TO have sustained
$ great sorrow He is high churcl
q Episcopalian, worships at ST. John
It where they burn red candles ant
} sweet smelling wood, preach il Lat
, In, and sing in French opera. He i
I solemn looking man at all times
q yet these who know him intimatel,
say that his hiliarity at times is un
: bounded. His laugh, when he doe
{ augh, is beyond the power of dis
: crlption. 1t is nerve-distra ctins
:. noise which strikes you with the sud
derness of country hotel gang or &
:. cyclone. But alas! no one hears thai
s laugh any more, and it is all due tC
+ a recent visit he made to the White
8 House IN company with Mr.. Rob
! bias, who was an applicant for the
Havana Consulship The President
wanted a man for this appointment
who could not tell a Havana filler
J. 4 from an american wrapper and
, who was free from the use of ltobac-
5 co. Robbins squared himself in
? troat of the President. after his re-
ductlon, and made rafting Demo
cratic speech that would have done
. justice to an Andrew jackson Birth
day banquet. That was all right.
but IN. d fatal moment-during a
pause .,, in the conversation he
scratched blue sulphur: match on
theafrescoed walls of the Presidents
library, and lighted a cigar! 1t was
then the Havana Consulate went up
IN smo Ike. Henderson swooned, and
1t was several days before he, had
the nerve to cross the White House
threshold again. q, The, President inn
medlately issued his memorable or
der closing the White House doors to
ofice-seekers. an Whether the order.
was due to this incident, or not, / do
not know, but it is quite certain that
| the incident lost Robbins the Havana
Consulship. When last here Rob
BINS was sbeligerent and war-hke-
threatening to ''demolish the whole
eoncern"-Ransom, Hende rson, Cleye
land and all. Now he is as
gentle as. a cooling dove in early
June. He wants "a great big place.
he says, If he can get it, and if he
| cant get that, he wants "a place Of
some kind and If he can't get that
ne will go back home and gosto work.
Henderson's' friends are verv anx
lous that he shall be sent abroad.
hoping before they die to hear once
more his old time laugh. ~ asr >
5' BUCK KITCHENS APPOINTMENT. /
have not seen anywhere, in PRINT
about the story of Buck Kitchens ap
po1ntment.. Buck" made a pump
handle of Cleveland's name both
before and after, his nomination. He
honestly believed all he said about
Cleveland being a. "mugwump.n IA
plutocrat,". "a goldbug.n "a Wall |
street tool" "a Force Bill advocate
and no better than a Republican,
Buck is tumultous fellow, with
more Drawn than brains, and re-
minds one of buzz-saw when II I
strikes fat pine knot. He is a man
OF great physical prowess, and when
he got the back of Growers hig
neck everybody thought he woild
get the better Of it, but il was foo
much for him.. After desperate. I'm.
tile attempts he fell off with a dead
mud, ana but for the timely pres
ence OF Tom Emery, he might have
sustained 5, permanent disability.
his recuperatlve power Soon as
serted ltself.a" Mr.. Cleveland. he'll
thought, was too big man to not,ceI
the vaporlngs of 'backwoods poll.
tlclan like himself, and immediate
~ after the result of the election wa
knoWn,'1t was announced that he
was candidate for the Collector
snip OF the Eastern District. Ran
som told him he, was -efoolLtbat
cleveland would see him in perdition
u ST. and promised to have him an
PORTED special agent of the Treas
pfs department. The appointment ,
was not made at once, and GROWING
and uneasy about 1T he
game on mere to- see after it.r,HeI
S :, Ia congress with .Secratarv
earllsle' AID thought he had a dead | ,
sure thing OF it. But instead of tho
special agents position hey WA sr.n1
pointed Inspector of customs. at ii IN | !
per gay while ON duty, with no al ,
Io"ance Tor expenses. 'tBuckn oot :
aot IN the collar and told the LITTLE {
p!zoo republican clerk, 5(who nartad C
as mar IN the middle and wore the {
al end OF his shirt around his NECK ! 8
ShoI was putting him through a civil
,erviee examination, to 500 TO tho e
levi with his plaee-that he was NO .
wanting office for tho O
lonor OF the thing, nor a nanna,
compelled to take whatever was of-
cred him" Among the teebn;oaI t
ues..oas asked was, "What is a l
'uspidor, and Its usesf" 1t was tb;s s
luestlon that proved 'ts.the straw t
nat, broke the camels backr Rnek '
use IN ms wrath and INDIGNATION o
~ preemforlly demanded of the a
oudei that he. be shown out off H. e
'uiialng. he admitted afterwarasv
le was not certain that, .ba 80 I
aVnat the devihsh thing was.,, hnt
$ nad an idea what it was. and b
n III propose to be made a 5 fool ~ d
. NAT ne said to Ransom when b a n
'os 70 the hotel aboutthe occurrence p
nave soiemnly- promised NOT ohs ~ az
bnrot D s.i is a member of the o.
1ba 1 IN good Standing and If 81
erta;ni ~ s "a was known there would ~
ali t II De trouble somewhere. Bnt =.
.a on ~ Is well that ends we'll y. He IN
~. ~ !. expense allowance, but d;dn,. sc
|, t u special agents place. .sTbera W
= hangs q tall The moral IS =. 70