The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-01-21
Race Appointments.

editorial head was displayed, until
recently, the name of Theodore
Roosevelt for President in 1904,
advises the President to withdraw
the name of Crum, the colored man
nominated for Collector Of the Port
at Charleston, and to reopen the
postoflice at Indianola, Mississippi,
with Postmaster acceptable to the
citizens thereabout. Itsrgues that
he can no more enforce political
equality of the races in the matter
of ofliceholding than he can enforce
social equality. The Herald says
''It matters not what the person
al objections may be; if it is shar
ed by the community and the APP
pointment is obnoxious to the citi-
zens, that is enough to render it
unfit and impolitic, especially in
view Of the fact that there are
plenty of men as well qualified and
personally unobjectionable. Would
President Roosevelt think of fore
ing upon New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia or San Francisco a Col
lector or Postmaster against the
unanimous protest of business men
and citizens2 Why is not a lead
ing Southern city entitled to equal
consideration? He recalled Consul
Bragg from Havana because he was
not acceptable to the Cuban people.
Why not recall the nominations of
DR.. Crum from the Senate because
it is obnoxious 80 tine citizens of
Charleston2 1t is an issue of more
than local concern, and of far
reaching Importance and conse-
quence. The Charleston appoint
ment and the Indianola affair have
stirred Southern feeling as it has
not been stirred for years. Both
were unwise and uncalled for steps
in policy which can only mean
serious mischief and cannot be
abandoned too soon for the good Of
the negro as well as the white peo-
pie of the South and the entire ma
ton. 1t is to be hoped that the
President will retrace his steps be-
fore bitter sectional discussion is
provoked in the Senate"
The recognition of the colored
man in the South by the President
is a mere political move. The
white Republicans in the Southern
States are no better pleased with
the appointment of cOiored men and
women to office than the Demo
Gratis are. The plea that colored
people in the South have been Off
cially taken notice of as a matter
of eternal justice will not be popu-
larly regarded as sincere, especially
|, while Northern oolored men are
overlooked. The coddling of
Booker Washington, the appoint
ment IF Crum, and the false story
of outrage at the Indianola post
Office, will all be accepted as means
} of getting delegates from the South
at the national convention. To
use an expressive popular phrase,
} the Southern outrage business is
"played out " The Herald is
right. The President has made a
mistake. Anybody in so high a
position as that of President of the
United States who thinks that the
colored people have not been ad
vanced rapidly enough, and espe-
cially that the Republican party
has not been good enough to them,
has other means of carrying out his
} theories besides appointment. to
office. Crum, of Charleston, and
the woman who was Postmaster at
} Indianola. would no doubt feel
honored if there should be recep-
ton at the White House in their
honor. -Cincinnati Enquirer.
. Pierpont Morgan is undoubtedly
the most fascinating fiUure before