The Caucasian., 1893-12-07

i,rd 1t a White Heat Over the North
ampton Meeting.
an, 10 ~EEA>Y VINDICATIoN IN 1T
u.,,nrrHfic Postmaster at Charlotte
1hr,,tirned with A Grand Bounce.
,.,.. oar ~Ea-cial Correspondent i'll Wash
ington.y
WAsHISGToN, Dec. Senator
Ransom nas here few days ago and
f.spprarrd as mysteriously as his
,.tatiou was unexpected. His valet
81. thr Southampton meeting at
hcs,on aas Il great victory for the
a nan. The adoption of the reso-
.;on. endorsing Vance on the silver
,r,,ion by such a small majority,
!. accepts as IA complete vindication,
Snrbo4y sent a report of the meet
no 10 Mr.. Cleveland and he immed-
.--Iy ordered all the North Carolina
,r.Idcutial postotlice appointments
be mado special" 81 will teach
~ iguoramuses in North Carolina
That It means to repud'ate Ransom
tgich means the condemnation of
~ admini5tratiou,' said the great
&nd only Grover. 1t was news of
BIZ sort which in some way reached
Lmington and brought
CAPT. BILL OLDHAM
j town. Ransom promised to rec
nmend his appointment as post
sster at Wilmington and he is here
j find out whether he is one of the
nOramuses" Grover talks about, or
neither RansOm's promise has a
riDg attached to it. That Captain
q I'll ought to have the office is near
the unanimous opinion of every
i &gdy in Wilmington, if the monster
ttition filed in the Department is
pta monstrouS lie; but people who
now something about the way North
arolina patronage is disposed of
tre, and who know a little about
Pin ID Republican leanings''-
Georgia congressman puts it.
Arr misgivings about Capt. Old
pms appointment, His leading
fpnent is a Wilmington and Viii
pa Railroad attorney, and such fell
rs are hard to down. Anyway,
eoIl Confed shows the grit that
ale hIIn conspicuous on every bat
field in Virginia as target for
Dkee grape-shot and bullets, and
is here, he says, ''to stay until the
ar is over"
Senator Vance endorses his candi-
Hcv, but it is known here that "Old
b" did not eat his Thanksgiving
rbev at the White House, but went
fer to Baltimore and dined on a
Ampson bird with DR.. T. J Boykin.
Postmaster French's term expires
the goth of the current month.
Faator Ransom is as secretive and
ysteriOuS about this appointment
he was about his position on the
Eer question, and if he has endors-
Norton, the secret is we'll guarded
the postoffice department.
In some mysterious way-certaln-
not by letter-Capt. Oldham has
ard that Ransom wanted to see
IN, and he is here to extend him
be hOspitalities of the city upon his
aIiOuSly awaited arrival. In the
.eanwhile the Wilmington indlgna-
lon meeting can hold up. The cap
bin has found a comfortable seat IN
Be Metropolitan hotel lobby that tits
n exactly, and he looks as com
AGENT as he is honest and true. lie
Patches the head tnat turned q
ankee grape shot at Hatch's Rur
ad calculates with the precision Of
b expert statistician "the day o1
rkoning' that is ahead for certain
FopLe &c.
YESTIGATING A DEMOCRATIC POST
MASTER.
It's next to impossible to get
Ormocrat in office. but they hardl..
8dpt for the first months salar.
tlore government detectives are OF
nelr trail. The Democratic post
Master at Charlotte has been report
Tor violating the civil servic
uleS, IN diSowning Republicans an
ppolntlng Democrats "for the goo
the service" One of the CIV
'Nce commission sleuth- hound
Put on the case, and the lndlca
'ol' are that Postmaster Robinso
M De given the option OF generoU
''A V crow or grand bounce. II
D'e On here a few days ago expec
,0nethng comforting and assu
from commissioner johnson, bt
u'' lnexpl essible CONSERVATION
"lu JohnsOn's head in the Viii
.UnSe waste basket. Whether
III - lolIow his deposed leader wht
- pinch comes remains to be see
Is we'll anOrrh Co., nonoora