The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-27

person non grata to the business men
OF the city and State and South do
ing bushes through this port. He
has no proved administrative ability.
He is ignorant of commercial affairs.
| "Third. DR.. Drum does not repre-.
sent the tax paying, property. hold.
ing citizens of the community or
State. His appointment would serve
no purpose whatever, except the
elevation of a colored citizen to q
position in the government service
for which he has no qualification,
representing in himself no political
belief that is not better represented
by other men in his party.
II have no doubt that you heard
very we'll of him. during your visit
to Charleston, and probably the per-
sons who spoke to you pleasantly of
DIR. Crum were white men aud Demo.
Gratis l think that he is a respee-
table citizen; no better, nor worse
probably, than a hundred other col.
ored men in Charleston, and yet not
in any way fitted for the position of
collector. Charleston enjoys tho dis.
tinction of treating the colored peo-
pie better than any other place in
the country. On one of his visits to
this city Booker Washington told me
that the negro was we'll treated here.
That is no reason, however, in my
opinion, why the white people who
are considerate of him should be
punished for their kindly disposition
towards him."
DIR. DRUMS COUNSEL.
DIR. Crum was represented by ex-
Governor Pinchback, of Louisiana,
and a colored Washington lawyer
named Mckinley, who formerly lived
in Charleston. Pinchbaok testified
in written communication to Crum's
good character, ability and high
honor He declared that the story
of Crum's treaohery at Minneapolis
was not true and supplemented his
written communication with testl-
mony as to his long personal ac-
quaintanoe with Crum and his high
sense of honor.
Mckinley, in eulogy of Crum, and
in proof of his fitness for the office
of collector, referred to an editorial
article from The News and Courier
of January 4, 1902.
A BOOMERANG FOR cRUM.
He was interrupted by Mr.. Hemp
hill, who produced the article and
read it, as follows:
"At the meeting of the board of
directors of the Exposition. Company
on Monday night the following re.
port was made by Vice President
Weloh and Director General Averill
and placed on record in the proceed
ings of the board:
"'We respectfully report that,
upon the invitation Of DR.. Crum, as.
sistant commissioner of the negro
department., and under the resolu-
ton of the board, who paid an Off
cial visit to the negro building on
the morning of January /, and that,
in company with DIR. Crum and
sub committee from the negro execu-
tive committee, we inspected the ex-
hibits of tf st department. We found
the building we'll filled with exhibits
of most creditable nature, and beg
to report that DR.. Crum and his as.
sociates have done their work in
most thorough manner, and that the
thanke OF the board are due them for
the way in which they have displayed
tho possibilities of the negro race
through the exhibits in that depart
ment'
"lt WAS to be expected, of course,
that the negro exhibit at the Exposi-
ton in Charleston would be the most
attractive and suggestivs that has
ever been made by the negroes of
this country, and the expectation mas
been fully realized. There is no
place in the United States, as Booker
Washington said in recent address,
where the negro is more fairly treated
and none whore he has such oppor-
tunity for the development of the
best that is in him. The line be-
tween the races is very clearly de-