The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-17
TIE JUDGESpIP AGAIN

| SKINNER HAS NEVER OtVEN OT
| HOPING HE WOULD GETiT
FOR HIMSELF.
That is Why He Has Always Insisted on
an Eastern Man--Senatcr Sherman
Does Not Recognize Old
| Acquaintance.
Washington, April 16.-(Speciap-Ihe
talk in North Carolina circles is still
about the judgeship. Col. Harry Skinner
has never become reconciled. He wants
| the iudgeship above his chiefest JOY.
Vice-Presdent Andrews is supposed to
have promised it to him when he con
verified" enough Populist Senators to de-
feat the Avery bill. 1t soon became evil
dent that Skinner could not be confirm
ed He seemed to acQuiesce in this at first.
later hesitated, and now thinks he ought
to have held Pritchard and Andrews to
| the bargain. He was the first man who
! Insisted to Mckinley that an Eastern
man ought to be appointed, and he told
| him that unless he appointed an Eastern
man, he would disrupt the Republican
party in North Carolina.
Il am at the first of this" replied the
President, and turning to Pritchard, he
said: Recommend an able, competent
Eastern man." This gave Pritchard
| the opportunity to name Skinner, but he
had been used as far as he could be, his
confirmation was doubtful, and efforts
were made to convince Skinner that it
| would not be wise for him to take the
place. These efforts succeeded in ST.
| lencnig Skinner as a candidate, but he
has never quite put it away from him,
hoping by insisting on an Eastern man
| luck might strike him. 1t seems that he
hoped in vain, and that though he and
Col. Andrews elected Pritchard, and
though he alone saved the Southern Rail-
way, the cherished reward was denied
him.
The joint Purnell- Robinson recommen-
dation by Pritchard deceives nobody here
who is on the inside. They know that
Pritdhard is mere dummy for the
Southern Railway in this Judgeship, and
will jump as they pull the string.
The partner of Mr.. Butterworth, the
new Commissioner of Patents. is Mr..
Julian c. Dowell, formerly examiner Of
interferences in the patent offices. Mr..
Dowell is Raleigh boy, the son Of the
late Albert l.. Dowell. of Ashbury, Wake
county. The following from the Wash
ington Star shows the position Mr..
Dowel has attained:
"While Commissioner Of Patents, MIR.
Butterworth had full opportunity to OBJ
serve the methods of the men composing
the corps of examiners of the Patent Of
fee. and after resigning the commission
ership and resuming the practice Of his
profession, desiring an experienced as
sociate, he paid Mr.. Dowell the high
compliment of rendering him an equal
partnership in the firm, knowing him to
be of spotless integrity and exceptionally
we'll qualified for the practice of patent
law. by reason of his long experience in
the examination corps of the Patent Of
fee and as examiner of interferenceS and
special counsel for the government III
conducting investigations to determine
the public use of inventions. Since the
formation Of the partnership, Mr.. DoweH
being a thorough expert in the technique
of patent practice, has had immediate
charge of the patent department of the
firm, while Mr.. Butterworth, in addition
to the patent law, has engaged in the
general practice.
''Mr. Dowell was prominently mention
ed for the commissionership, and the i'm
preston obtained that he would receive
the appointment if his partner declined
it, as Mr.. Dowel was strongly backed
for the position by the entire Republican
delegation from Maryland and many an
fluential representatives from other
States"
Mr.. VIM. e. Curtis, whose letters to
the Chicago Record are about the best
that go out from Washington, writes the
following about an eminent Republican:
Secretary Sherman is making himself
talked about a good deal by his inability
to recognize his former colleages when
they call to see him. The dignity OF two
distinguished members of the United
States Senate sustained a severe shock
during the last few days, when they
called upon Secretary Sherman and were
obliged to introduce themselves to him.
Mr.. Babcock, who has served as Mr..
Sherman's secretary for nearly twenty
five years, usually whispers the name OF
callers in the ear of his chief when he
gets an opportunity to do so, but when
Mr.. Sherman has no prompter he makes
mess Of it. He never does know the
members of the diplomatic corps apart,
and when they are introduced to him he
cannot pronounce their names. 1t is
quite painful on diplomatic day to see
him struggle with the tongue-tangling
titles of the ambassadors and ministers
from abroad
1t is even whispered that the venerable
Senator did not recognize one Of his col
tegues in the Cabinet when they met at
the residence of n friend the other day,
but this is an old failing OF his.
He almost broke the heart Of William
III. Calkins, of LaPorte, Ind, who was
in Congress some years ago, by mistak-
ing him for the Sergeant-at-Arnhs of the
Senate. Mr.. Sherman was a candidate
for the Presidential nomination, and Mr..
Calkins was one Of his most ardent sup
porters. There arrived in Washington
one day delegation OF prominent citi-
zens from northern Indiana, and when
evening came on and they had nothing
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