The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-26
VIEWS OF SOUTHERNERS
 "UNGODLY PREJUDICE"
Lyons Attended the Judicial Reception. He Discusses Charleston ColIec. torshp and lndianola Postof.
 flee case-capitoI News.
BY wATTERsoN srEALEY.

Washington, January 25.-(Special.)- Judson Lyons. the colored register of the treasury, who was among the Presidents invited guests at the judicial reception, Ia out In an interview on the Charleston. s. C., collectorship and the Indianola, Miss, postoffice case.
 Lyons takes the view that as the negro population In the two states out number the white population. Tt Is clear that by tremendous majority of the citizens of the two states"
 Lyons closes by saying: "All this hub bub and excitement about these small appointments is political and the people of the country should pay no attention to it. President Roosevelt is travelling in the path of hls predecessors and when he sor should be a republican, will have to contend with the same unreasonlng and ungodly prejudice"
 The lndIanola Resolution.
 Representative Crumpacker of Indiana said this morning that his resolution of inquiry on the Indianola, Miss. postofhce matter would have the unanimous sup- port of the committee, and when reported to the house would be passed. he believed, without debate.
 Tt is," he said. simply a resolution calling for information. and there is no desire on the republican side to make speeches" He added that the matter may be discussed by members of tho house under the latitude of debate on ap- propriaton bills, but there would be no fixed time for a general waving of the bloody shirt.
 To Eradicate Boil WeeviI.
 bill was yesterday introduced in the house by Representative Wooten of Texas appropriatng the sum of s50o009 flor the extermination ana to prevent the ravages and spread of the insect pest known as the Mexican boil weevil or the cotton boil weevil" The secretary of ag- riculture will control ;he expenditure of the money
 Under the terms of the bill it is de- clared that the weevi has recently mado It's appearance in the United States and by its ravages in those sections where It has operated has demonstrated It's ca pacity for immense damage in the near future to the whole cotton producing area of the country. Bulletins of the bureau of the division of entomology of the de partment of agriculture are quoted to show the damage done during the past two years, and 1t is set forth that the department admits its inability to cope with the pest under existing conditions. The bill orders the secretary of agricul- ture to pay such rewards as he may deem proper to those who shall discover and demonstrate to his satisfaction a practi- cal and effective means of exterminating the weevil.
 stated that he did not thereby intend to imply that the division of entomology or the department of agriculture were not perfectly willing, and capable to deal with the subject. but that according to the bulletin referred to in the bill the department itself acknowledges its inabil- ity, under present conditions to properly handle the matter, and he believes that an adequate fund would accomplish the purposes desired.
 The department reports the loss last year In a small part of Texas alone amounted to $10,000,000, and If. in from fifteen to eighteen years, without some sort of practical check to it's spread. thls insect Is to cover the whole cotton pro- ducng area of the country. it's disastrous damage will amount to- hundreds of mill lions of dollars. and, in view of this. Mir. Wooten thinks the half million dollars his bill proposes to appropriate should be passed without opposition.
 Democrats Delighted and Disguised.
 Democratic politicians from the south view with mingled delight and disgust the course of the administration in nominat- In1 neproea to office over the protests Os