The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-12
AFRo-AMERrcAN oFFrcEHoLDERs.
They Draw Two MILLION Dollars Annually
From the GOyernment.

From the Government.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 11.-There are seventy
Eve or eighty thousand o-Americans here.
Changes OF Administration are feared bythe
more than by any other element OF the popu-
lation. They find moro dignihed and remun-
erative employment here than anywhere else
In the country. They have amassed and con-
troll a vast volume of wealth. in which are In
cluded nineteen churches. According to sta
tistics furnished to Congressman John Mercer
Iangston OF Virginia there are some 2.3o4
Afro. Americans employed In the departments
here 900 of them being assigned to the DIS
trict Government who receive nnnualiyin SAL
arics S1.37O. G239S Beyond this estimate are
the thousands constantly employed by Govern
ment contractors on public works Of one sort
and another. whose pay will bring the amount
annually disbursed up to S2OOOUOn
Some OF the positions held by the Afro
Americans here are lucrative and honorable
Ex-senator b. Il. Bruce OF Mississippi. who rs
Recorder of Deeds for tho District receives in
foes and the like upward OF $4,000 per an
nun. has tho choicest plum. Ex-Congress-
man John Ii. Lynch Of the shoostring district
Of Mississippi Is Fourth Auditor Of the Treas
ury Department at IL salary OF $4,000 per
annum. lie is also President Of the Capital
savings Bank. which has handled S2.0uU.OOD
OF MASSACHUSETTS, "a Yale alumnus, Is chief
clerk OF Mr.. Lynch';s,, bureau at salary Of
PER naann ss Of he l.
Land Onice. Dr. Charles Il. Purvis has charge
OF tho fr"edmnn's HOSPITAL, while John ]. T..
Cook is Supernt endcnt OF Culored Schools for
the District. There are numerous chiefs OF
small bureaus and high grade clerks who owe
their promotions to successive civil service cx-
Nearly oil the Airo.Americans in the de-
rnrtments here are Republicans In poiitics.
and the swccping Democratic victory in No.
ven,hcr naturally makes all those nervous
who arc not projected by, the civil service law.
walk tho plank some time after the. 4th o!
March. Unlike the condition that confronted
Them when Mr., Cleveland was inanguTaed u, IN
lection of Afro American Democrats has grown
UP in tho several States, within the past four
f' them GOWN nnd they hk they ought 70
President harrison appointed more Afro;
Americans as collectors oil CMstoms imam uiu
sD OF his At
and J1hn . C. pnnss at at
suspended above his official hend.
black republics. President Harrison has made
Wee shs IN s AFRO
can Democrats: John s. Durham Of rennsyl;;
Eapa MtH, nGsSsnt Snd 0dann nis
ter itesident TO. Liberia: William l. Maxwell
1owser OF Connecticut. Consul to Sierra cone;
John J.. Waller of Kansas. Consul to Madagas-
car. As there arc already an average of five
applicants to succeed ench one Of these Rerub-
ican functonaries. it is reaso enable to conclude
that they will not DO allowed to tarry long in
the soft places that know them now aftor the
new machine gets into working order.
There nre moro college-nred -Ameri-
cans in Washington than in any OF her city in
| tho Union. Among them are also q large num-
bor who have. in addition to the college course
graduated from law. medical. md theological
SCHOOLS and from business colleges During
Mr.. Clevoland's Administration u large num-
her OF those well-eQuipped young men were
discharged. and are now scattered throughout
tho republic. rendering in private capacities
vastly greater service in the development OF
their rnce and in lettering their own pros.
| poets and regulations than was possible In the
easy. going and unamN.tious department life
OF Washington. which has spoiled more good
| mon than any other occupation OF ea!arisd
nature.
| 10 what extent tho three Thousand Afro.
Americans emnloyed under President Harri-
the incoming Administration i problem: but
| clude that not one Of them who holds q Presi-
! Dental appointment will. ns an oficeh older.
SEQ the opening OF the campaign OF 1885.