Evening star., 1897-04-17
North Carolina Claims the District
Recordership Of Deeds.
A REPORTED new YORK DEAL
Quite a Number of Colored Men
Called Today.
SOME OTHER VISITORS

| tney have succeeded in getting the an
pointment of recorder of deeds for the Dis
trict OF Columbia for their state Their
enorts in behalf of North Carolina COL
ored man for this place have been handi-
| capped by having two candidates in the
| field for good positions. John c. Dancy
has been the candidate for recorder of
deeds. while ex Representative Cheatham
mas been the state candidate for register
OF the treasury. Senator Pritchard and his
North Carolina followers have now ar
ranged deal by which they will push
| Cneatham Coz recorder Of deeds and make
Dancy collector of customs at Whining
ton. Both men are sail to be satisfied
with this deal. Senator Pritchard was
at the White House this morning. accom-
panied by Representative White. Cheat
ham and Dancy were with them The mat
ter was gone over with the President and
| Senator Pritchard believes everything is
| now fixed. The North Carolina men con-
hdently claim that they are entitled to
| more consideration than the republicans OF
| any other state because of the showing
| they made in the last election.
After an Auditorship.
There were large number of colored
men among the White House visitors to-
| day. In some way the impression has got
ten among them that one of the treasury
| auditorships is to be given colored man,
and they are filing applications. With
Senator Pritchard. besides those named,
| was }. E. Shepherd, who filed papers for
the fourth authorship. r. E. Toomey of
| east Tenr essee. also filed an application for
| an authorship, being accompanied and fn-
| dorsed by Representative Brownlow, who
| resentative Gibson. Mr. Gibson has a
candidate for the Calcutta consulsrp in
| James F. Rule, and while at the White
| House spoke for his man.
| Georgia were piloted to the presence of the
| President by Col. E. A Buck. They were
I. NJ Dent, National Committeeman Ly-
| ons, H. A Rucker and A. W. Wimberly
The delegation heartily indorsed W. 4.
| Pledger for consul to Jamaica and r NJ
Dent for consul to Haiti. Lyons. the ma
| tionai committeeman. is ain applicant for
appointment as postmaster at Augusta.
For sifnister ts Bolivia.
c. F. Adams. one of the most prominent
colored men In the country. was introduced
i 20 the President today as a candidate for
minister to Bolivia. He was introduced by
Representative BeIknap Of Illinois Adams
| is fhdorsed foe.tAe place by. the Afro-Amer-
lean press oftthe country. by the heads of
coiored colleges and schools, and by numer-
| Gus senators and representatives. 1t will
| be remembered that President Cleveland
| appointed colored man as minister to Bo-
| livia, but the Senate failed to confirm the
| nomination. Adams is strongly hopeful of
1
| The New York Deal.
There is further confirmation today of the
exclusive story in yesterdays Star that
Conrad N. Jordan is to remain as sub
treasurer of New York. He will remain
| there unmolested, it is said, and Senator
Platt will be placated, SO that there will
| be no friction The project now forming is
/ to have Ellis H. Roberts provided for in
another way, not yet decided on. This
sob, r1-tn lat
out hurting his leadership seriously, al
| though 1t will be disappointment. The
senator is now in New York, and expresses
| the belief that Roberts will be appointed.
! When he returns the senator will probably
| have something to say.
| To BE Invited to Virginia.
Senator Martin and Representative Hay
| of Virginia went to the White House to-
| day to arrange with the President to re-
ceive G. delegation of Virginians on May
3. This delegation is coming here TO in
vite the President to attend the Shenan-
| doah valley agricultural fair. to be held at
Winchester in September. A cordial fnvi-
tation Is to be extended.
There were other Virginfans at the White
House during the day. John s. Wise was
there with Gen. V. d. Grover and Others
Gen. Grover wants consulship.
After the ConsuIships.
When the President begins going over
1 the pdpeES ne Will nave d great
job. Hundreds of applications are on file
and many more are being received each
day. A number of the presidential callers
today were in pursuit Of consulships.
Senator Baker and ex-Representative
Peters of Kansas saw the President and
recommended the appointment of VIM. j.
Puett of Kansas as consul general to Vera
Cruz. This consulship has been held by
Kansas man since 1888.
Representative Foss OF Chicago saw the
President in behalf of A. o. Thorp and
Sam Clover, both applicants for consular
positions.
ton newspaper man, who has strong back
ing for consul general to Montreal. saw
the President today. He was accompa-
MED by Gen. Osborne. who is his friend.
Representative Hurley of New York was
at the White House with papers for John
D. Elwell, who wants to be consul at Mel
bourne. Australia.
The Dawes COSnmixsiOn.
The impression in circles close to the
President is that the nomination of a man
to fill the vacancy on the Dawes commits
sion will be made early next week. The i'm
preston among the friends of some of the
different candidates today is that Thomas
B. Needles of Illinois will receive the ap-
pointment. Senator Mason was In confer
ence with the President early this morning
about the matter Later In the lay the
friend of another candidate for the place
satisfaction.
Many Other Matters.
Senator Elkins took J. H. Gaines of
Charleston, w. Va. to see the President.
Mr. Gaines is candidate for district attor-
ney of lie state. He had a talk with the
President.
The President received the young ladies
of the Frederick, Nd. Female College.
Prof Appleby was at the head of this del
egation which eAjoyed shaking hands with
the chief executive.
Senator Mcbride end Representa- tives
Tongue aad Ellis Of Oregon talked with the
President about appointments in which
their constituents are intereSted.
Justice Gray Of the Supreme Court, Judge
Cole and A. A. Birney eaw the President
The two latter said that their business had
rofhing to do with District affairs.
Andrew d. White, the new ambassador
| to Germany. had chat with the President
about the duties of his post. Mr.. White
will leave for Germany In short time.
i Senators Davis, Spooner. Nelson, Morrill,
Carter and Mcmillan were among the days
callers. Senator Carter was accompanied
by National Committeeman Leonard Of
Montnna. Senator Nelson mad Prot Buen-
ger Of Minnesota with him and Senator Me-