The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-29
CAROLINA AT THE CAPITOL.
Tho Palmetto Contingency TraInpinE From
Capitol to Departments-Ofice Seek
ers Getting Restless-All Kinds of
Candidates for All Sorts Of Places
Judge Townsend Would
Like to, but Probably
Will Not.
ESPECIAL to Greenville News. |


WASHINGTON, D. c., March 25-The
Senate having adjourned until Mon
day, the Palmetto contingency have let
up on their representatives and Sena-
tors and have been devoting their
attentions to the different departments
for the past two days. AS to what sue
cess it remains to be seen. Some Of them,
however, seem to be getting rather
impatient and restless over the situa-
ton.
Gen. W. w. Humphries, of Ander-
son, an applicant for the United States
marshalship, W. NJ. Gibbes, who wants
to be postmaster at Union, Major E. B.
Murray, of Anderson: who is here on
private business, and Messrs. T. j.
Earle, of Greenville, c. B. Lamar, of
Aiken, w. O. Bradley, of Abbeville, l..
D. Bass, w. W. Culbreath and W. H.
Ingerman, of Sumter, are among the
latest arrivals here.
Representative Shell returned here
last night. He states that the report
of Col. VIM. Wallace's appointment as
postmaster at Columbia is without
foundation. He furthermore said the
office would not be vacant for year
hence, and he was not in favor of a
primary as had been stated. he de-
clined to state whom he favored for the
place. He said be had called at the
post office department to-day and had
J. ?. Little, of Clinton, S. G., appointed, ,
vice kranshaw removed, as the latter
lived in Pickens County.
Gen. J. H. Earle's friends say the
report that be would return here is not
true. There is nothing new in regard
to the district attorney s race.
B. F. Perry seems to have the lead
for collector of internal revenue and
the man that beats him will have to
put in some strong work. He is an in
defatigable worker and is leaving
nothing undone where work is re-
quired.
General Hampton has been confined
to his room for a day or two butts
about now aud will be out to-day:
The report that G. P. Townsend had
been appointed to a place in the inte-
rior department is true, but bis COM
mission has not yet been issued and the
probabilities are it will not be.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 25.-
There are on file in the treasury depart
ment nearly one hundred applications
for appointment as chiefs of division.
So far, no appointments in this class
have been made. Many of the appli-
cants have been surprised to learn that
even this class of positions are within
the civil service rules, or partially so.
Ali the alleged gossip, indications
and predictions regarding South Caro-
lima affairs sent from here are based on
the hopes of being, more than on any
thing else. I have tried to study the
facts of the situation without bias and
the result of all can learn is as follows:
The president is to divide the Federal
Offices between the factions, bnt will
probably postpone action until the re-
presentatives of the factions agree on
some basis Of division, or until be has
time to inform himself thoroughly and
to devise plan of his own.
There is one thing that seems rea-
sonably certain. It is likely that the
proposition to be submitted to him will
be to give the collectorship TO some
Tillmanite Of moderate views, whose
conduct has not been so aggressive as
to arouse violent antagonism, while the
rnarshalship and district attorneyship
will 90 to anti-Tillman men of CORES
ponding position.
Senator Butler will urge the appoint
ment of B. F. Perry as collector and
the Tillman people will fight, as will
many conservatives. This fight will
cause some confusion of factional lines.
Some conservatives will back Tillman
in his fight against Perry and some Till
man men will back Butler in his fight
for Perry. Between the two forces MIR.
Perry will probably miss connection.
The same conditions duly apply to
General Earle and the district attor-
neyship. and the result will probably
be that some Tillman people and some
conservatives favor Earle. The Butler
people and 9 few Tillman men will op-
pose him and there are embarrassments
on both sides.
The Tillmsn people will be in posi-
to claim credit for the defeat of Perry,
to whom so many conservatives vlo-
lently objected. Butler will be in
shape to claim credit for the defeat Of
General Earle, WHO also IS LIKEWISE
strongly opposed by many conserva-
tives. There is the further fact to be
remembered, that the tendency Of the
situation, as far as General Earle is
concerned, is to put himselfin shape to
be formidable compromise candidate
for the Senatorship or eovernorship.
Postmaster General Bissell said yes
terday in discussing the conditions in
New York and South Carolina that
the Cleveland men could afford to be
magnanimous in th e treatment of their
former opponents, and should devote
their attention to trying to unite the
factions and to Unite the party.
Gen. w. Il. Humphreys, of Ander-