The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-28
Says another:

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1t IL great outrage that something
has not been done for you before this,
and | most earnestly hope sonnet hing
viii b. accomplished at an early day.
Says another:
have felt all along that an Injustice
had been done you, and Others given
good positions who had no claims upon
the party comparable TO yours.
Another gentleman. one of the
most prominent Democrats in the
western portion Of the state, de
clares:
1t Is shame-an outrage-that in
the distribution Of patronage you have
remained unappOinted. You have not
been surpassed by any man in your
faithful and efficient work for the
party. still hope that Justice may be
done you.
One of the best known Democrats
In North Carolina says:
You have been very greatly wronged.
and worse than that "you have been
wounded III the house OF your friends"
$50 called.l Senator Ransom, who
worked to secure positions for persons
not hundredth part as worthy as you,
and secured them too, could have long
since given you good and lucrative
place If he had desired to do SO.
have been practically deprived
of two years of my life by relying
upon your promises. Through you
the golden apples have turned to
ashes upon my lips. | am told that
you will continue to do your b st for
Inc. ! am pointed to thes possibility
of a vacancy. do not look to you
longer for anything. After two
years waiting | refuse to rest any
hope upon the possibility of va
cancy. Under all the circumstances
the suggestion that should do SO is
but little short of an insult.
| am told that you see no chance
for my appointment, while hundreds
and thousands of Republicans retain
their positions in the service. On
January 23, 1895, | wrote you:
There is chief of division in the
Sixth Auditors office. Treasury De-
partment, filled for fifteen years bv a
Republican by the name of Bur-
bank. My informant says also that
Postmas ter-General Bissell appointed
IA Republican to a $4,000 place the
other day, and Mr.. Carlisle gave a
New Hampshire black Republican a
$4,000 place r, GENTLY"
Many positions in the foreign SER
vice are still filled by Republican
ccnsuls some Of whom were ap-
pointed by Grant, Garfield and other
Republican Presidents.
AS late as January the 18th, '95, |
called attention to the following con-
sulates filled by Republicans: Osaka
and Hiogo, appointed in 1889; Ma
gasaki, appointed in 1890; Nassau,
appointed in 1877; Dunfermline, ap-
pointed in 1889; Plauen, appointed
in 1889; Genoa, appointed in 1888;
Buenos Ayres, appointed in
1874; Brussels, appointed in
1889; Canton, appointed in 1882;
Ningpo, appointed in 1870; Bristol
Iappointed in 1891; Goderich, ap-
pointed in 1882, and Barcelona, ap-
pointed in 1890. All these were
Republican incumbents.
A place cannot be found for me,
but one was found for a negro as
consul to Calais, France; another for
d negro as minister to Bolivia; an
other for ne0rO "s recorder Of tie
District of Ccto;1 liz. me of the best
offices in tl.e g Ne1nmen nj, while many
negroes are retained in the depart.
ments, and a negro was recently ap.
pointed consul to Santos, Brazil.
A place cannot be found for me
but sur~ly place could have e been
found, this beng emocratic ad
, ministration, if you had not taken
an office equal to seven $4,000 con
sulates for yourself. You promised
me four thousand dollar consulate
two years ago next April, or to speat
| with absolute accuracy you told MI
to give you my papers. You tool
E charge of them, and though yol
kept them in your desk about sever
weeks, until tobacco drummer from
Danville, Va, without politica
E prestige, was appointed Consul Gen
= eral to Rio, for which | was en-
t dorsed, you carried them 10 the Stat
d department and afterwards, OF
D several occasions, asked me eff
q $4 900 consulate would be sufficient,
: remarking that "Mr Quincy like
# me very much," that a smaller con
t sulate would not do,' and that yo0
would see to the matter Of climate.
Your warm inquiries about my littl
It children in this connection cappe
; the assurance Of an appointment an
cemented my faith in your sincerity
% You told me after that in Weldo
% that | "would be appointed" an
n. said: "Go ahead, Walter, and d
20 your duty and it will be all right"
Y Protesting all the time that yo
: were doing everything in your powe
n for me, you told me last summe
n coming out from our audience wit
$ the Pres denU, that you had neve
IL before that day "really pressed m
y. claims"
le The f~llowing gentlemen, anon
'e @ others, had been appointed frol
H ,e North Carolina before you eve
W ''realIy pressed my claims for recos
p milton :" Kerr Craig, $4,000; Jos
Mt phus Daniels, $2,250, then $3,O0'
r. r. G. W. Sanderlin. $2,25O; A. |
N Jones, $4,000; Eben Alexande
to $4,000; T. R. Jernigan, $4,000; Pa.
no Falson, $4,000; W. 2. Robert
OF 81, 900; William Little, $500; Y
Se Se H. S. Burgwyn, $4,000; George M
no Corkle, $4,000; Mr. Shaw, $500
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