Evening star., 1897-03-08
DISTRICT ThATTORNEY
Republicans Think Some One Will
Be Appointed.
TALK ABotf Mr.. DAVIS
Some Candidates Who Have Been
Mentioned for the Place.
PRES DENT'S POSITIO N

Local republicans do not enthuse at the
claim made by some of the friends of Dis
trict Attorney Henry f. Davis to the eff
feet that President Mckinley will send his
name to the Senate as his own successor.
and the silver men equally object when Mr..
Davis friends assert that If he is renom-
mated the Senate will confirm the nomina-
ton.
Said a prominent local republican to a
Star reporter today: You can bet dollars
to doughnuts that Mr.. Davis will not be re-
nominated. 1t is all foolishness to contend
that he will be, and it is none the less
foolish for MIR. Davis friends to say that
the President will permit him to continue
in Office any great length of time.
Il say this because / am most reliably
Informed that President Mckinley recently
stated to friend that while he appreciates
the action of the gold democrats during the
late campaign, he believes that their work
should be regarded as sufficient reward for
all they did and said. The President. l am
also reliably informed considers that be-
tween the tariff and money questions the
former is Ahe more important, and is the
one to which he should and will devote his
greatest attention. On the tariff question
the President fully appreciates the fact
that he and the great majority of the gold
democrats are as wide apart as the poles,
no matter how much they agree on the
money QueS tiOn So, you see. the PreSldent
is much more concerned about revision
OF the tariff laws than he is about the
money question, and therefore much more
interested in it than he is in the part the
gold democrats took during the last cam
paign
1T may be true that the President will
permit gold democrats 10 complete the
terms of their respective offices, nut, II
my information is correct, and l have not
the slightest doubt of its correctness. for
it comes to me from tie most reliable
sources. then it is perfectly safe to say
that Maj. Mckinley will. III making his
appointments. select rapuhlicans. That Is
he feels that no self-respecting gold demo
crat will demand an appointment, beiiev-
ing that such men feel that they were
sufficiently rewarded by the defeat OF
Bryan"
VIII BE n Demand:
There is no doubt this republican ex-
pressed the belief entertained by practi-
caliy all members of the party, here and
elsewhere, and it can therefore be said
on the best authority that Mr.. Davis
nomination retention in office by the
President will not meet the approval Of
the great majority OF local republicans
None of them question Mr.. Davis abilities
Or his personal fitness for the office bu
they WILL nevertheless, insist that there
are just able men in the republican
| party and men as personally fit. 1t may be
| that there will be no immediate demand
| for the appointment of a successor to Mr..
| Davis. but there is not the slightest doub
| that there will later on be most deter
mined demand made for a change in tht
| office by local republicans.
One thing which will be urged agans
the nomination of Mr.. Davis is that hi.
nomination was virtually rejected by th'
| Senate. Those who will urge this content
| that if his name should again be sent Il
the Senate the nomination would be re
jected by a vote much larger than tina
| which placed the first nomination on th'
| table. Senator German. they say, woult
| fight a denomination of Mr.. Davis to th
bitter end, and would. as ne did recently
| significantly pointed out that the sive
| men now much more numerous in th
| Senate than they were at the late session
| of the Senate. and it is asserted, therefore
| that Mr.. Davis could not under any cir
| cunstaEces be confirmed.
| Several Candidates.
| Confident that Mr.. Davis will not eithe
| be renominated or allowed to continue il
| office any length of time. there are quite
number of republican local members of IN
| bar who are being urged for the position
by their friends. Ex-Dstrict Attorney A
| A. Birney is one Of these and his friend
| assert that he will be a very hard man t
| beat for the place. Another man promi
| nently mentioned is Mr. JThos. c. Taylor
| a brother of ex-Representative ]. d. Tay
| lor of Ohio.
| Ex-Governor AlphonSo Hart of Ohio. so
| licitor of internal revenue under Presiden
| Harrison, is also said to be applican
| for the position. as are Ashley NJ. Gould
| who resides at Takoma and is a prominen
member of the District bar: s. Herbert Gle
| sey. Chas. Maurice Smith. James E. Pad
| sett and Tracy L. Jeffords. the latter bein
| cne of Mr.. Davis assistants having bee
| appointed by Mr. Birney.