The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-28
Cant Even b. Elected Trust@.
If n, grp school
Trough t1s ASKED FOR IT
BOARD OF EDUCATION COULDN'T
SEE IT THAT WAY.
NOW HE'S SORRY rHATAE SPOKE
All the Other Men He Proposed wers
Put on the 8oa~d Blu. the Maj
or's Name Was Simply
s'Nof in Il

Maj. Hiram Levi Grants lines have
not. OF late, fallen in pleasant places.
Ostracised at home because OF his
negro-loving propensities, disliked else
where because Of his vindictive hatred
OF oil that is good and decent. the State
Board Of Education, composed OF Popu-
lists and Republicans. yestcr lay gave
him another kick down tn, lalieT 1T po-
litical preferment by refusing to even ar-
point him trustee Of a negro school.
Two years ago the Democrats appoint
ed the Major a member Of the local board
of managers Of the Go!ds1oro Colored
Normal School, but since then he has
made himself so generally obnoxious that
nobody, except Maj. Grant, not even the
negroes. wanted him re-appoinied. But
the Major wrote to the Board OF Ednca-
ton, which met Saturday for the pur
pose Of making these appointments. and
he recommended change in the Colds
boro school. He suggested the men
whom he thought ought to be appointed
s.s trustees to manage the affairs OF tn"
school. and 10, like Ben Adem. Maj.
Grants name led all the rest.
This was too much for such men as
Gov. Russell, Treasurer Worth, Auditor
Aver and Secretary of State Thompson
and all the rest of the Board. SO, at the
Saturday meeting they appointed the
boards of local managers for all Of the
schools except the one at Goldsboro.
That they postponed till Monday. On
Monday t was again put off till yester-
lay, and yesterday the deed was done.
he al
appointed and the name of Ben Adem
Grant. had led all the rest, was not there.
Thus low has fallen the house of Grant
that it's head cannot even. though seek
;ng il. get. at the hands of his own party,
IN appointment as trustee of negro
school.
And, as if to mock the Major in his
hirst for office, the Board appointed all
he names. except his own. that he had
recommended. In place of that they
substituted the name of \. c. Davis
splendid appointment. The board as
Yesterday appointed IS as follows: DIR.
7. u. Spicer. A. A. Smith. 4. C. Davis.
John f. Dobson. y. NJ. Jeffreys. All of
these except Mr.. Davis were recommend
ed by Maj. Grant.
1t is impossible not to sympathize with
the Hon. Ben Adem Grant in this great
disaster that has befallen him. 1t is
nothing short of cruelty to animals and if
there IS law in this land against such,
| it ought to be invoked in behalf of this
declining statesman.
Once he was mighty man in his neck
Of woods; now none so poor as do him
reverence. One. no doubt. he could even
have held the high and lofty position of
Justice of the peace-an office to which
every loyal American citizen can aspire.
Now he cannot even get appointed trus-
tee of a negro school. More than once
he has beeen a member Of the Leg. sla-
ture. and in some of his most insane mo-
ment he has even been heard to talk Of be-
| ing candidate for the position of Sec
rotary Of the United States Senate. Once
also Col Andrews, the Vice-President of
the Southern Railway. delighted to gaze
| in his persive and poetic countenance.
But that is all changed now, there is no
| lease fight on in the Senate.
| 1t is cruel thus to burst the Majors
innocent aspirations in this way, no mat
| ter how much his record needs repairs.
Pick your flint and try again, Major,
the people may be again deluded into
l elpCLlHS YOU 10 SoISldDits
| AS long as there's life there's hope. Or
| wnat is the matter with asking Capt.
John Smith to make you guard on the
| Caledonia State farm? If you can't, as
trustee, guard a negro school, you can
at least guard a negro trusty.
| It is too bad, Major, too bad. that a
| patriot who wants to serve his country
is not allowed to do especially when
he asks so humble a position as that
| sought by you.