The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
NR.ROOSEVELT CRUSADE
Some Distinctions Drawn Between
the North and South.
ASSES APPLYING DIRECTLY TO HIM
Miss Helen Gould as a Finance Operator.
Other News and Views OF Gotham
Citizenship.
CBy Richard spillaps.1

New York, November 2s-(Staf spe-
cial.)-Those who are best Informed as TO
the purposes OF President Roosevelt say n
he is reelected he will make Booker II.
Washington member OF his cabinet. He
knows there will be a mighty howl North
ana South over such an act bat T. Roose.
Velt likes TO stir the animals up. His nd.
miration for the TuskeBee man is profound
and Roosevelt hopes, through the stand he
has taken on the negro question, TO take
rank In history as a sort OF Junior eman.
cipntor. He can employ no better vehicle
In the furtherance OF this ambition than
Mr.. Washington for the country, rightly or
wrongly credits Washington with being
a great man.
N having the negro as his guest az din
ner In the White House the president broke
down the social barrier, so there is no ron.
son why he should not take him into his
official family. The department OF the in.
terior Is understood to be the post Mr
Roosevelt has picked FOR the negro.
Ihls negro admiration craze OF Rooae.
'eits Is altogether new. II Is not long
SINCE ne had no more use for the blaclr
man than did the rest OF the republicans
IN the North the negro is tolerated. moth
ing moro. Throughout the South tho negro
mas opportunities for munlcipal cmnlov,
ment such as are denied to him here Tot
me give an Illustration. one that apnliea
uirectiy 10 Mr.. Roosevelt. In many South
eth cities there are negro policemen. I'm
some there are negro fremen; in a few
thero are negro office holders. In New
York today there are two negroes In tho
nre department, One was appointed six or
seven years ago. He passed the physical
ana the mental examination OF the civil
service near the head OF the list, but whom
ne was appointed to the force every engine
company refused to receive him. Today
ne Is doing clerical duty In an out OF the
way section of Brooklyn-in the stable de-
partment, believe The other negro wns
appointed TO the force few weeks ago
He has not been assigned TO duty, because
II Is known the white men will not asso
clnte with him.
Whom Theodore Roosevelt was at the
head Of the police department Of this CITY
several negroes sought appointment to the
force. They failed. Possibly the president
can tell why, He turned them down"
as the saying is
There Ia only one branch OF the munic,.
pal service IN New York open TO the negro
That is the street cleaning department
There are hundreds OF the black men band
ling garbage and slops. They are clad IN
khaki and seem TO be good. willing work.
ers There's great opportunity for
Roosevelt to DO some negro emaneipatinc
much; lie couldn't fool the gallery In
New York,
There's one chapter in the life Of Holcn
Gould which never will be written. II "a
that which would tell OF her part in the
plays Of high finance Not from the COS.
sips, but from the insiders. come tho sto-.
les Of few Of the big deals she has hecn
party to. She has her father's renips ~
the manipulation OF stocks but she has No,
his implachble nnimus against ell who win
not be Blended TO her Will. She should have
been man. She has all OF A mans
energy an the grasp OF fneueiai detail. an |
the administrative ability which goes 10 |
make up the successful fnancier, bur WITH |
II all she is singularly sweet and char |
itahle. Her character is not as nild ana 4
semitic as that OF her mother. but ratb,r a !
blending OF the hetter traits OF father o,1 |
mother IL simply r. impossible FOR Miss |
Sould 80 keep out OF Wall street Tbe
money habit IL IN hor blood. The spIr,t
81 her father eggs her on, She has pros
pered amazingly In the last ten years. Ifcr
holdings OF Manhattan are said 70 he
larger than those OF her brother George
ihe standing second in the list OF Individual
stockholders Russell Sage being arst-but
4 Is IN her outside speculations she has
added most to her fortune Manhattan
iowever has been her faycrite and a iarre
art or her prpnte In outside Adventures
.nS las Invested "a, purchasing more Man
aattan phAre& OF course she hAs had