Evening star., 1897-04-02
CANDIDATE DANCYS REPLY
The North Carolinian's Answer to Candidate
Smiths Questions.
Reasons Why He Aspircs to the Local
Office of Recorder of
Deeds.

Ing document from one of the North caro-
Ina candidates for the local position of re-
corder of deeds that went to snow that
the contest for this place has began TO en-
gender feeling of bitterness Today Mr.
John c. Dancy submits a reply to that
circular. which was signed by one of his
rivals for the job that Mr.. Dancy once an
nounced to be his beyond peradventure.
Mr.. Dancy has been in the city for some
time, presumably to make sure that mis-
prize was not filched from him by of
the several equally "dead-sure" candioates.
He evidently came from North Carolina
prepared for literary encounter with the
eremy, for his letter is mainly written
upon the official stationery of the state
of North Carolina, Senate Chamber
These letter heads, it is interesting TO note,
bear the seal of the state, which contains
the motto, 'Esse Guam Videri,' which,
translated into Washir gtonian. means TO
Be Rather Than to Seem" Under these
circumstances it is to be presumed that
Mr.. Dancy's words may be taken w.thol,
the customary grain of salt that should
usually accompany the digestion OF the
utterances of an aspirant for office. In the
course of his rcpiy to Mr.. Smith Mr.
Dancy says:
The Reply.
MY attention has been called to cir
cular letter from l. H. Smith Of North
Carolina, which appears in your valuable
paper, asking numerous questions which
he calls on me to answer. Ordinarily L do
not seek newspaper notoriety of this char
acter. but the prominence which has been
gwen my name in certain official connection
places upon me the penalty which all such
prominence imposes.
''W hile l do rot think the attitude of any
republican before the convention In sus-
tanning the candidacy of his personal or
friani-but afterWarI
fully and Loyalty supported the nominee of
the partys national convention-should mil
itate against him in securing political pre-
ferment, yet, in order that injustice may
not be done me, l beg to correct the inn
preston sought to be made by the circular.
In the first place. North Carolina was a
Mckinley state. When the fight was on,
one of the first of the western counties to
hold its convention was my own county of
Rowan, which unanimously indorsed and
instructed its delegates. of which was one,
to the state and district conventions, to
vote for Mckinley delegates to the national
convention. My congressional district
unanimously instructed its delegates to
vote for Mckinley. The state convention,
of which l was member and secretary,
without opposition. instructed its delegates
to vote for Mckinley for President.
Forehanded Congratulations.
The President is himself aware of the
fact, am quite sure. that one of the ear
prospective nomination that came TO him
was one from Bishop ]. w. Hood and my
self 1ointly-from Yonkers, n. Y, where
the bishops conference was in session.
two days before he was actually nom
mated.
The above facts are SO potent to all
that my Endorsements for the recordership
from North Carolina include the republican
senator and three representatives, who
were all Mckinley men, and nearly all the
delegates to the national convention, who
We're pretty nearly all Mckinley men, as
well as the supporters Of the other candi-
dates. In New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Tennessee and North Carolina l
worked day and night for a series of weeks
endeavoring to give emphasis to the cause
for which those magnetic and patriotic
candidates stood. This statement is made
only in the interest of fair play in order
that personal ambitions may not so far
forget as to strike foul blow in order to
crafty personal pique.
A Quasi District Man.
In my fight for the recordership 1 have
studously avoided whatever might be con-
strued as personal l would not give Of
fense to or ca!Umniate any candidate for
the place. 1t is the right of whoever will
to aspire. That right has never yet been
denied to any-not even an outsider-since
a nonresident has always secured it. No
man has thus far objected to the District
having its over-quota of representation in
the departments. We are all friendly to
the District. / was educated here-on the
hill at Howard Universty-and was in the
government service here Indeed, nearly
eight years of my life We're spent here. and
l feel almost a District man, although
claim residence in and maintain allie
glance to North Carolina, and pay taxes
to help beautify and adorn our most mag
nificent city-the nations capital