Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-02

committee here to stand by me with the
people of West Virginia. Accordingly, /
got a letter from Capt. Mckee Of the re-
publican committee, stating that l was a
republican in good standing"
What the Recorder Says.
In order to obtain Recorder Taylor's side
Of this case.. Star reporter called upon
that official this afternoon. The reporter
briefly told Mr.. Taylor the substance of
Coles statement and asked him If 1t was
true.
II know this nigger," said the recorder.
He is a young man who has been around
here for some time. i understand that he
held a position in one Of the departments
and was dismissed for drinking. He hung
around here for a while, trying to get me to
appoint him. He has a brother who is prin-
cipal of one of our Kansas City public
schools and who asked me for the position
for this local man.. H. Coles. Now. you
know, always like to know the politics of
the men appoint to office. / did not know
this mans, and so l asked him to get me
some papers from his political friends.
When he brought them to me they were all
the rankest kind of republican papers,
did you ask him to get these republican
papers?" asked the reporter.
II asked him to bring me some papers to
show me his politics. was the recorders
reply.
'Did you make a proposition to Mr.. Coles
for him to go into West Virginia to make
speeches against the democratic ticket?'
Not at all. There is nothing in that.
That is absurd on its face. There are no
niger democrats in West Virginia. There
are no niger votes there that any one
would want to preach republican doctrines
to. That shows that there is nothing in the
story. simply talked this way to Coles to
find out what were his politics. 1t is the
whole business over again, this office hunt
ing.
They All Want once.
"All the niggers"-it should be explained
that the recorder used this designation in
lis own words-"want a job. and they will
be democrats as long as there is a chance
to get one. 1t was that way with that man
Astwood. He came to me and swore that
he had left the republican party for good,
and then. little later. he came back and
wrote letters to me, and went back to the
republicans. because the democrats did not
turn the government over in a hurry to
give him job.
They treated him very nicely, and II he
had waited there would have been no trou-
BILE. It's the same way with all the other
niggers." The recorder seemed to take es-
pecial delight in his repeated use Of this
word. "Only this morning l got letter
from the chairman of the North Carolina
Negro Democratic League, Mr.. Newby, /
believe his name is. saying that he could
not be a democrat any longer because he
had got nothing whatever from the party"
The Coles Story Denied.
The recorder was getting off the track.
The reporter gently pulled him back with
another question: Coles says that you told
him you were very anxious to get revenge
upon Senator Faulkner for his adverse vote
in the Senate. Is that true?"
There's nothing in It, Senator Faulkner
and 1 are the best of friends. He knows
the whole of this matter. You ask Senator
Faulkner. and see what he says. l told
Coles, in my letter to him, that / wished
a personal favor, that he would tell the
Senator about 1t. And Senator Camden,
too. He's another good friend Of mine.
There's nothing in II. This man kept writ
Until / grew tired of him, and 1 wrote to
him and dared him to tell the story
"Then YOU made no ~dipeet promise OF
money to htm?'
mot at ALL Not at all. There was no
promise-indeed, the man can show no let
ter from me making him that proposition"