The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-19
There Are RumOrS That the TenneSSean
Nay Resign.
BADLY TREATED BY M'KlNlEY
Was No. Permitted To Control the Pa
trcnage from His State.
NOT SATISFIED WITH CONDITION or AFFAIRS
Republican Leader Is Angry Because
His Friends Have Been Ignored
by the Administration.


officials.
II there is truth In the story that comes
10 me- tonight tina llveliess kind OF polit-
zeal sensation Is brewing. II IS a story of
especial interest in the south. foe at the
bottom Of tho trouble which is expected to
culninato 81 s,ensa .ionally lies the south
crn situation" "a It exists in the repubh-
can party.
The man whose resignation "a among 'he
under-the-surface predictions Is mono other
than H. Clay Evans. commissioner OF
pensions As tho story comes 10 me. Mr..
Evans is not only disgustcd. but very mu'h
hurt AZ tho lack of consideration no mas
received al the hands OF tho administration,
and he is not man who VIII consent 70
such treatment from anyboay-tha presl-
cent or anybody else.
Has Been Thrown Down Hard.
II is an matter OF patronage. In the
distribution of thu Tennessee places Evans
mas been persistently and forcibiy thrown
down and his feelings ara badly hurt IL
ia 40 ease Of ordinary piQue. There are
excellent reasons why tho man from Ten
nessea should feel soro just ~ anybody
else who had been treated as he has would
feel and Evans. who is no mere office
seeker. and who IS in no sense dependent
upon office. Is just tho man To express ms
feelings in tho most forceful language ana
throw up his office In disgust
When AR Evans. who had aspircd 20 the
vice presidential nomination ana Who had
been given tho distinct promise OF a place
IN tho cabinet as solaca from tho wound
r,sultin. from tho blow which Mark Ham
MA landed on MS solar picks AZ -. Louis
was offered the pension commisslonershlp
many ~ his admirers were indignant. Ihey
REGARDED such place. though an excellent
ono as offices 10. and ono much Sought
artor as FAR beneath that which Mr.. Evans
saould have They said no would de-
cline %.
when he accepted they smiled significant
Is and said there was just one reason for
MS coming 10 Washington. and that was
20 show the amateurs OF the auti-tNans
crowd in Tennessee Who " as closest To the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was the real boss in
tl.at state. he was coming for the purpose
OF tabiue absolute control of the distribu-
zion af patrons ee fer that state and no
man who did not bear the Evans stamp
was TO have amy sort OF consideration Lhty
even went 50 far as 10 declare that the
gentleman from Chattanooea mad been
given direct assurances 70 this erect by
the president.
wnar asked about Tennessee patronage.
would say nothing. but the would smile
satisfied smile which meant as cle1rE ~
III 80 hard said Il IN so many words. Just
watch me DO en-. III show EN- a thing or
two
Brownlow Rubs 1t In.
There Gre two factions among Tennessee
repui Beans Congressman Walter Brown
low Is I'd the head OF one. Commissioner
Evans OF the other Brownlow IS national
committeeman. In the fight for office. there
has been general lining mp between the
two f1ctiou@-both would-be leaders maxi
iuc their recommendations II is perhaps
characteristic of the bitterness of the fght
between the factions that Brownlow In his