The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26
UNCLE MING0 ON
NEGRO APPOINTMENTS.

II see,' remarked the waiter" how
de papers is maxim a whole lot O. fuss
jis cause de Prisidint gone an pint
two, tree cullud people to Office
Yes" said Uncle Mingo"; an it was
too bad for de President to go an Gre
ate all dat onpleasantness.'
why uncle!" exclaimed the waiter,
astonished.
YES, wy uncle" said Uncle Mingo
serenely. DE President knowed wer-
ry we'll befo' he done it wot de effec'
would be- an l wants you to tell me
wot good it do de gen'ral run O cullud
people to hab one or two O. dem
'pinted to a office Were dey draws
dog-gone sight mo- money dan dey
could make any udder way, wen by
so doin' he make de wife folks mad.
You see" continued Uncle Mingo,
II is a ole fashion niger. l believes
! is as good as anybody else cen my
own way, but wen 1 git cen somebody
else way, wy den 1 amt.
up Mort it pears dat dey likes mig
ger pos amsters an SIGH; so say, wy
don't de President pint few up dere
to some O. de big offices
cen New York or Chicago or
Philadelphy or Boston? II it's a good
ting to pint em down here, it's bet
ter ting to pint 'em up dere, cause de
pay is mo-. Dey has de Offices up dere,
an we has plenty O. de raves kin
O. material to sen dem. Let him try
it, an you'll mighty soon fin out dey
don't like 1t so much after all, 'cep'
down cen de Sout'."
ut look to me-" said the waiter,
Il MT ~
de people ought to be satisfy an not
make no fuss"
Maybe So" said Uncle Mingo, but
you is goin to hab hard job maxim
people satisfy wild sump'n dey don't
like, none tall. Zen de ole times /
members dey use to say de President
was de serbant oh de people, but dat
is change now. De President pint a
cullud man for pos master or collector
OBJ de port to hab dealins wild de wife
people; it really seem like de people
got a right to say wedder dey wants
dat man or not, wife or black. Well,
dey say dey don't want him. De deb
bill you don't say de President; Well,
you got to take him wedder you wants
him or not Dat don't look like no
serbant; wy, dat look like de President
is de king, or de sultan, or de dado, or
wotehber YOU call II"
Deere is sumpin' cen dat" said the
waiter: lit do look like dem wot has
de dealin's ought to hab some say cen
de matter"
"Spose de President was to pint a min
lister to preach cen Europe, or France
or Spain, or somew'eres else. an de
people ober dere waste say, We don't
want dis Teller: we don't like his doc
trine;' or maybe dey say, He is g
persona non grata,' witch means not q
great 'nough person; spose dey does
dat-wot den? Does de President gil
up on his high horse an tell 'em dey got
to take dat Teller or nobody? No, sab
he don't do nothin' o. de kim. He takes
de Teller by de sleebe an take hin
off one side. Sorry, ole man. he say
| but it don't seem to go. Dem Teller:
| ober dere.' he say, amt nothin' bu
a lot o. fool cranks. but you under
stand we is 'blige to humor DER no
tons so he SEN de Teller back to hi:
ole job O. medgerin' out molasses o.
splittin' rails, as de case may be.
"Now tell me-" continued Uncl,
Mingo, ivy de President should be 81
very partic'lar bout 'fendin de feel
ms o. dem foreign people wot mos
| centrally don't know wot dey is OBJ
jectin' to, an den don't glib dam how
mad he make his own people here ODE
home whose serbant an han'maiden h,
lay claim to be? Does you know?
mo, 1 DON'T admitted the waiter
but l has a idee wot he do II for"
"Cose you has said Uncle Mingo
''but he wouldn't dares'n to do it /
he wasn't back up by de people Mort
He amt bodderin' hisself bout wed
der he please de wife folks o. de Sout
or not, cause wen de Republican con
vention meet to ten to de nomination
business de wife folks from his sec
ton amt goin' to cut no VERY cir
conspicuous figger. Wot he is after 4
dat all dem Niger delegates shil
whoop her up strong for Teddy an
Booker"