The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-12-21
Hon It DiIbh>
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cratic patronAk. h. = pr~i~fT"<s L.
y,,h.-s. an Influential s'."+~-st
a.t hartman Of ih- l'rHf@ -a'''
commits Executive ronm f:rr- Wax
Was appointed 81 Webs : a. .i'''''.
who. Il l. und~r,lu .'d, tas - q ds.'-
g4i,l ., William. t" distribute iAs
patrsaas- IN that counts. THINK 81
John Webster. .hr independent, the
boltrr, tn, t.isor .anlzer, the man ~ho
made Josepbus Daniels 'uohc
Printer in 1886 10 spite aud
f1umiliate the Democratic party, the
most yocif,rously damn Is, man by
,.ery Democratic nr" spIleT q" we
State. hos-ing Democratic patronage.
Not that Webster NAV not bc a bet
ter man than some Democrats who
have abused him, and IA better man
than SOME Democrats whom he has
alused, but the incident is mention
ed 10 show the progress of the evoln-
ton that is rapidly and surely disin-
tegrating the Democratic party. 1t
is the machine that is doing the
work. Great is the machine ~
ANOTHER POINTER,
Which illustrates the "machine's
resources. 1t was never intended
that Bill Oldham should have the
postoilice appointment at Whining
ton. but how TO down him perpleXed
the bosses. They threw rope at
his feet and with the despeFa ION OF
a drowning man he seized 1t, made
il INTO moose and reck lessly put IT
around his neck.
The story is pathetic. He applied
to Ransom for the position of custo-
dian of the public building, and
: knowing that the boss was hard up,
the unsophisticated "old reb" offered
to divide his salary with him. He
explanation is perfectly natural one
In talking with Senator Ransom he
says the boss complained of the III
adequacy of his salary to support
him, and also said somethin. about
the ingratitude of the Wilmington
} people. The custodian's salary il
$1,000 per year. AS "a supplement
to the postoffice salary, Oldham saw
nothing but affluence ahead and con
, siderately thought he could afford t
I be generous. Nobody believes tina
he intended bride the boss, but thu
machine affects to think differently
and his head is marked for the gull
lotine. The boss is awfully wrath,
and refuses to be placated. Oldham
lnnocently thought he had the ma
chine in hole, but he knows bette
now. The machine is dangerou
thing to monkey with.
e FAMILIAR FACES.
, Among the familiar faces seen a
e the hotels is ,lernigan, who savet
=, Simmons reputation as financie
e during the campaign. He contribu
/, ed in proportion to his means as mucl
:; as Van Allen or Roosevelt, to TIL
e State campaign fund and has beer
u an active Democrat all his life, bu
J. his reward in the shape of foreign
appointment is not forthcoming. IL
n has occupied dignitied seat on tn
y ragged edge of deferred hope SO Ion!
that he is beginning to experience
n sensation of disgust. However, ther
Q is prospect that he "will get some
: thing but not what he wants.
This case affords another illustra
ton of Democratic ingratitude aD
. despicable machine politics. Th
a proof is at hand in the appointment
E. of that 'sinnocence abroad" Sander
! lin, tatooed Josephns Daniels and tn
east Tennessee school teacher, lex
n ander, as Minister to Greece.
!. The Robbins, the Hales, the yel
At rigans, the Henrys, the men VIII
n were in the thickest of the fight an
who have never faltered in their dut
y and devotion to the Democratic pal
> ty age ignored and set aside. 1t mus
" be said to the boss credit that Sar
ID derlln was a very nauseous aose an
that he is not yet recon ciled to tt
ID medicine. He delights TO talk of b
st pot-shaped aldermanic protuberano
y. and tnroWs the whole responsible
o. his appointment on his undo
study. Simmons.
S S The boss complains of Simmer
re for putting "such fellows" as Sal
ry derlin on him, and pleads the bat
act to Henry and Jernlgan who a
aspirants for consular appointment
Henry swallows it with heroic NEE
~ ness, but it doesn't go down wit
~ Jernigan. There is vacancy |
al the death of Buck Jones at Shan
''' hal, and a vacaoy at Annoy is al
81 prospective. If Hampton Hoge ev
Gil gets sober enough to write his resi-