The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25
REMARKABLE LETTER
FROM MR.. PRITC y
He lRecounts the Many Gases 10 Which hte:a'
He Has Secured the Appoint
ment Of Negroes TO Office S 81
and Sends Letter From ~
a.Negro Certifying S,t S55ss
". 10 Friendship.
Times Dispatch Burea. WA
Nn III f.E Straat Northwest. ~

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President and Senator Pritchard called ed Y
utterly in their strenuous efforts 'l.l:'Ssi
70 secure negro postmas ter for Il y, -s3s
son, N. c.. and B. 4. Person, former
$ly. n Populist member OF North Carol na;s ri
was appointed to- day.
$ The President and Senator richard &
united on the reappolntment OF lex. the
I present negro postmaster. but Mr.. Pritch--;ssI
ard found the negro guilty Of party dis s-s
loyalty. s }.s M s53i5s5
The President, however, clung to- the$$5
idea Of having the negro hold on and liz an Al NJ
sPritclurd are reported to have had some
warm conversation over the mattel r.ilH FL ~
nally, the President reluctantly az dTS#EE TSE
5n,itted pritcliard was right and decidetllssSS
the negro should not be reap ppolnt ed ted .Sll
Then Mr. Prltchard recommende led a nlstllsa!
Enamec,, Y Boykin.} It was alleged idely8S
thut he was a. bartende and tha 7 no nli7s
nation, was NI hdraWn.gg M HI v
p erson was tIIeil nom linat cd sI u IVA a
alleged lie sIdd not reside III lllS the N town
4 Of WILSON, but ian inYestl ton
seems to have been So y "a c-4
tory and he was appoi ed i o
Meanwhile, Mr.. Prttchard was getti = s.
into hot#water with tile North Carol nfL5S
negroes by reason o. his opposl ltions3sttlt i' st
Wick. x sf il
88f2s5 RElArARIlABLD r LETTER sss
The following remalkab BILE letter from
Senator Pritchard was made public n q tss
the Postofflce apartment to-day: II 453ga ny NJ
s.NLr. Presldent,--R Re ferring to our e cotl-9s
sversationfin regard to Wick, the otllerss
day. il beg to call your ntion& to the
IA ct that =, B. Ca tus, /, n leading colored II
man. IS postmaster at Winton, n. g, and
has been since the Republican party
came Into power the last time. + under
stand that his administration or the Of
flee Is entirely satisfactory to the peo-sS
pie OF that community. Tx t5s5
B."rhe postmaster at GAINESVILLE VI a5SSVl NJ
lnge Just across the river fr Newbern.S
is d colored man. There Is also a color-ass
ed postmaster at Blddlo. III the county
7of cklenburg. VIII 3J J53s 5f'
4. u. Johnson Is clerk and asslstan t tsmHi
tho Observation-Disclosures office for the East
ern District Of North Carolina; Colo
mel James TT. Young, Tho served In Tie y
Spanish war holds q n responsible posi-
tion us clerk In Collector Duncan's Of
flee ut Raleigh, and John Taylor IS 4
chief clerk in the collector of customs Z
ofrico Ut Whining ton. I secured the APP
#pointmenr Of q colored man as consul
8tos some place In Africa and lie Is now
serving his second term. b &4i IA
II nlso secured the appointment. as YOU
know. OF j. c. Dancy as recorder of q leeds 4
+ of The District OF Columbia, and there
arc two or three prominent positions now
being filled In the recorders office hS'55
colored people who We're appointed ON
my recommendation. Lrhave5 secured " tile i
transfer and promotion OF Y, number o Ks
colorcd people from North Carolina, vino
are now employed In the departments, and B
II am satisfied that i have obtained the
appointment OF not less than twenty col X
Ored men as laborers In the various de- +
partments In this city. MI y F85 SS IL 5S
II also call your attention to the fact
that have secured tho appointment of
Captain Gllmer as lieutenant In he#
Philippine scouts. and In This connection i
| ask you TO read the enclosed lnttet-5
from Professor James b. Dudley, presI. +
dent Of the Agricultural and Menlani.
cal College for the colored raco ot NORTH
CarolIna. Professor Dndley'ls ono OF thu
best colored mon In the South, and wieldS
a powerful Influence IN behalf OF his 4
race" .f 81 VA s5.l
Attached to Mr.. Pritchmrds letter s
one from Dudley, saying he believes the5s
Senator is n good friend of tho ncgro;$ill5
otllcr words. he cert files to the truth of
what Mr.. Iritchard says, and gives him u x
cert ficute OF good character.
POLITICAL ia Las.
II have observed that In the past few
days Virginans met IN washington seem
more disposed 10 discuss the election Tor
members Of tha General Assembly than
the Presidential campaign OF next year
This will bo the first State election held &
under the new Constitution, and the reT
suit Is awaited with tho most eager IN
terest. Allllslon has been made In this
correspondence to the claim which has
within the past few days heen made by \
several Virginia Republicans In this city
that there was a strong probability nj
Roosevelt carrying the State next year,
The assertion .s confidently made by
Virginia Republicans and BY Republicans
from other States, that tho next General
Assembly will contain strong Repuhll-
can minority.
Those Democrats with whom have
talked do not anticipate that there will
be any material decrease IN the Demo-
era tic majority They admit that there
are people who now vote the Democratic
ticket who will vote with the Republicans
now that the negro Is eliminated fron'
Virginia politics, But these WILL not
nearly equal In number the NEGROES DIS
rranchised by the nav Constitution a \
we'll known Nirsninn quite recently yad
mitted that It Was probably true ithat
Some people who arc now Democrats
would vote with the Repuhllf no Y 4