Evening star., 1894-04-04
THE DISTRICT OFFICES
Tho Dissatisfaction of Oitisens With the
Appointment of Nonresident.
Some Further Expressions of Public
Sentiment Hcre-Other Offices
to BE Filled.

expressions Of disappointment at and dis
appointing a nonresident to the office of
recorder Of deeds of the District are very
general among citizens of the District.
Below are some remarks made by citizens
and others in addition to those published
yesterday:
Don't Like 1t at All.
Mr.. E. r. Haight: IT don't like the ap-
pointment at all. 1t is entirely wrong. for it
is not treating the people of the District
right And it seems hard because we have
no appeal If We had any voice in the mat
ter four-fifths of the people would express
their opposition. In regard to the race side
of the question 1 am most emphatlcally OF
the opinion that a white man should re-
ceive the Office and / think 1t outrageous
to go outside the District and bring in a
colored man. A Kansas man has no inter-
est in our interests. 1t would be Just as
bad to appoint colored man city post
master"
Might Have Consulted the People Of
the District.
Mr.. W. Riley Deeble: 'I think the Pres
ident might have considered the wishes of
the people of the District and the patrons
not gone outside to reward political friend,
no matter what color the appointee may
have been. There is DR.. William Pope
Young, whose application was indorsed py
the presidents of every title insurance com.
pany in Washington and by lawyers, real
estate men and the judges generally. "A
vast majority of the people having business
at the office also attached their signatures
to Dr. Young's application, but yet he has
been ignored and a colored man from TAR
away Kansas given the place
Unfair to the District.
Capt. r. w. Tyler-"Leaving politics out
Of the question the appointment. of recorder
of deeds made by MIR. Cleveland was un-
fair ard unjust to the people of the District
of Columbia. We pay taxes AMI We pay
salaries but the District people have no
vote and il is the custom of the admins
tratioEs to ignore us"
Mr. b. b. Bradford-'T believe that the
District appoin tments belong to District
men. A white man should have been re-
corler of deeds tor the reason that the COL
ored people Of Washington own compara-
lively little real estate. and therefore have
but a small amount Of business TO transact
at the Office"
& Co., Mr.. Francis g. Hufty and Mr.. l..
Walter Weed are of the opinion that the
appointee should be a white man and a
local man. Mr.. Edw. j. Stellwagen of
j. Fisher q N|O, ana AlT. oThsley
of Swormstedt and Bradley, declined to
talk in regard to the matter.
Private John Allen of Mississippi made
very pat comment on the situation.
I'm glad to see." said he. such good in
dication of the prosperity of the people of
the District of Columbia. What do mean
Why. haven't you noticed that all the lead
ing democrats of the District are so very
busy with their private affairs that they
haven't time to discuss the appoin tment of
an outside colored man to an important po-
htical office in this city?'
Some Georgetown Expressions.
Mr.. George w. King, the treasurer of the
First Cooperative Building Association
said. in speaking of the appointment: "It
is an outrage on the rights of the people to
appoint a stranger to a local office, when
that office is supported exclusively by local
revenues"
Mr.. H. G. Wagner thinks it a pity that
the District holds no man capable of filling
the office.
Mr.. James T. Clements said that the of
flee of recorder of deeds should be held by
white man. as the vast majority of the
property holders who support it are white.
Mr.. John Archer expressed his opinion of
the appointment of the Kansas man in
these words: It's d rough on the Dis
trict people"
Mr.. jeremiah Tickling of c. H. Tickling
& Brother, real estate men, is not enthu-
siastic over the Presidents selection, though
he says nothing.
Mr.. r. A. Casiear, insurance agent is
down on the appointment. He thinks 1t a
District office, and one that should be held
by a white man.
The secretary of the Potomac Insurance
Company, Mr.. Joseph H. Bradley, does
not object to the color of the appointee
but he feels as if District offices should by
all means be filled by local men, Many
other similarly unfavorable expressions
are heard relative to the appointment.
Two Other Offices Decided Upon.
There is every indication that no more ap-
pointments to local offices will be made for
several days at least. Two others have
been decided upon, but the nominations are
withheld for the present. These are the
offices of register of wills, now held by Mr.
l.. Z. Wright and collector of customs at
Georgetown, now held by Capt. Johnson
Both of these offices will be filled by demo-
Gratis as soon the nomination of Mr.
Taylor as recorder of deeds shall have been
disposed of. 1t is said that the remain
der of the District slate depends to a con-
siderable extent upon the success or failure
of his case. Although there is no positive
assurance to that effect, it is confidently
hoped that the remaining federal offices in
the District will be filled in accordance with
the home rule plank of the democratic plat
form. The President has made so many ex-
ceptions to his rule against ex-office holders
that the friends of ex-Register of Wills
lief that he will be reapponted to that Of
"a iC Saf6 of tIaT Traa