Evening star., 1894-04-03
WILL NOT BE CONFIRMED.
The Feeling mt the Capitol i'm Regard
TO Taylor's Nomination.

The belief at the Capitol is very strong
that Taylor will not be confirmed by the
Senate as recorder of deeds for the District
of Columbia. The expression of disapproval
of this appointment is practically universal,
but members and Senators are reluctant to
have their names used in discussion of the
matter. In fact, very few who talk with
perfect freedom on the subject expressing
complete disapproval and passing severe
criticism upon Mr.. Cleveland for the ap-
pointment, are willing to be quoted, for the
reason, as they state 1t. that they have
enough in their own districts to look after
and enough to trouble them without volun-
teering expressions of opinion concerning
appointments in the District OF Columbia
though they are perfectly willing, where
action is required OF them, to take a posi-
ton adverse to the administration.
UncaIIcd for and I'm Bad Faith.
The opinion expressed privately, almost
without exception. end in about the same
language by everybody, is that the appoint
ment of Taylor was uncalled for, unjust
ungrateful and in bad faith. or the whole
number of members and Senators with
whom the representative of The Star spoke
concerning the subject, there was not more
than one who did not criticise the Presi-
dents action, and this one was only acqui-
escent. The feeling is that in making the
appointment Mr. Cleveland merely showed
his willingness to disregard all obligations
where not enforced by votes One dsting-
ushed member of the House speaking more
fully on the subject and rejecting what is
made apparent to be the almost universal
sentiment, said that in this action Mr..
Cleveland showed the utmost ingratftude
and bad faith; that there was no excuse
whatever for going to Kansas TO bring a
negro politician here go fill an office which
properly belongs to a people, who while dis
franchised, were constant, steady, faithful
and earnest workers for the party contrib
uting their money, their time and their in
telligence to the party interests. This office,
he said, was peculiarly local. and properly
belonged to the people of the District of
Columbia and the people here have not
only claims based on the cha -actar OF The
office. but this claim reinforced by the
claim upon the party for services they had
rendered
Many Have Refused Assistance.
Necessarily, a large number OF the men
in Congress have BEEN applied to by negroes
in their districts for assistance in securing
this office, and ii is understood that there
has been a general refusal on the part of
members and Senators to assist any can
didate from the outside. Not long ago
Repres entative Caruth of kentucky re-
ceived a letter from colored man in his
district who. Mr.. Caruth says, could fill the
office very creditably. To this letter he re-
piled that the office was one to which a
District man should be appointed; that
the democratic platform pledged home rule
to the District, and that ii would be use
less fol an outsider to apply, and that he
would not recommend the appointment of
an outsider MIR. Caruth said today that
he regretted very much that Mr.. Cleveland
had disregarded the claims of the District
of Columbia upon that Office