New-York tribune., 1903-03-03
Will APPOINT DR.. CRUM.
PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE.
HIS Letter on Southern 1ppOlrt-
mentS CARRIED.
EBY rELEaRAPH TO Tue rRIBrNs.l J

Washington, March 2.-The President Will re-
new the nomination OF DR.. Crum as Collector OF
Customs at Charleston, s. c.. on March D, when
the Senate meets in extraordinary session. ana
il 1t fails OF confirmation again DR.. Crum VIII
take the once under a recess appointment as
soon as the extra session sdjourns. The Presi"
dent fully explained his position on this case
and all other federal appointments in the South
in a letter to Clark Howell. OF Atlanta, which
was teiegraphed over the country from Atlanta
l2~t night after some of its essential paragraphs
had been clumsily, IL not senselessly. suppressed
The letter opened follows:
White House.
WashinEton, February ~. 1903.
My Dear Mr.. Howell: / have hiEn opinion
OF the gentleman you mention. and II the op-
portunity occurs I shall be glad to do anything
] can for him. .,..,
appointmentg In the South. Frankly, 1t seems
to me that my appointments speak Tor tnen-
selves and that my policy Is seIf"explanatoIy;
So far from feeling that they need the sngntest
apology or justification. my position Is that on
the strength OF what have done, nave tne
right to claim the support Of all good CITIZENS
who wish not only a high STANDARD Of federal
service, but fair and equitable dealing 20 1IIs
South as we'll to the North. and poncy ol
consistent Justice and good VIII toward q" "'eN
IN the letter, as published, after the sentence
''I ask YOU to Judge not by what say but "het
during the last seventeen months / have actual
ID
In YOUR own S lte of Georgia you are com
petent to Judge from your own experience: IN
the great bulk of the cases have reappointeu
President McKinley's apponteeS. Inc cnanseS
I ha- made, such that in the postrnastersL
at Athens and in the suryeyorshlp at AtIdliid
were as think you will agree. changes I4r @ tle a
better and not for the worse. It happens IhdL ~
each of these offices I have appointed d WHITE
nan to succeed coiored man.
After the sentence "Am not right In saying
federal of1ceholders whom have appoihIeu
.brouphout YOUR State are. as a body OF men
and women. OF a higher order Of efaciency and
integrity?" the following was omitted:
7, YOU know of any federal oficeholder In
CeorSia of whom this is not true pray let me me
,,oI1 or from any other reputable citlzen "nlCn
VI tend to show that given puphc onIceL az ~
unworthy; and, most emphatcaNy' snorL vi. a..
be the shrift Of any one whose .t Iach pL So q .
large DerceutaRe OF the incumbentS OF 1.! 1eCeIai
ofices In Georgia under me are, as l unGe[s I @
a. of YOUR own political 1altn. but tneS -, a.
-,rDorfed by me in every way as long as they
eoptJnre to render good and faithful service 10
the public.
40 o,..- tn. next sentence the following was
omitted:
,y.,.o o,ooa reason TO believe that my appoint
- 1 no 70 AZ S,ferent States mentioned-and' as
4he arn1 Of the parts Is the Whols' ne 1oe-eiy-
a. ,be south at large-representeo Itot 49,,
an improvement upon NJ tnos q higher Standard OF
federal service than has hltneFI0 Ueeii
in the communities In question:
1.,bus the omissions did not vitally aneet lhe
.ror o4 the Presidents communication Ie N
oorsed them as essential to his 60.
e-osarrsd that the readers Of the 1eAOuA,
sho,,1d he possessed OF an ungaroleo
- = . views on this important SUBJECT