The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-13
PRESIDENTS BLUNDER.
NEW YORK HERALD POINTS OUT HIS
MISTAKE AS TO CRUM.
The Herald Taken the Ground that Crum'S
Appointment Is Distasteful to
Majority Of the People Of
the United States.
Especial to News and Courier.

oAA oOhoSolo ohN VoAS
surprised to find double-leadeC
editorial in the New York Herald to
day, in which President Roosevelt
was severely arraigned for appoint
ing DR.. Crum collector at Charles
ton. While commanding and appre.
ciating' the logical underst anding OF
the Southern situation, the Southern
men were astonished to sec the
Herald, which daily flies the follow
ing flag at the masthead of it's edi-
torial columns: "The peoples anti
trust candidates for 1904: For Presl-
dent of the United States, Theodore
Roosevelt, Of New York. For Vice
President, George Dewey, Of Yer
mont" boldly and ably attacking the
Presidents Southern policy.
The Herald's leader will be read
with interest everywhere.
II President Roosevelt wished to
ALLEVIATE Southern sympathies he has
succeeded.
Regretful surprise is mild term
for the feeling aroused ia the United
States by President Roosevelt's nomi-
nation Of colored man to the post
OF collector Of the port of Charleston
Even the sincerest admirers Of the
President cannot help regarding that
appointment as an i'll considered act,
which will do more harm than good
to the very people whom it is intended
to benefit, namely, the negroes.
The Herald does not hesitate to
give expression to this belief, and
has consistently supported Mr.. Roose-
velt in his previous administrative
policy, and has upon more than one
occasion recorded it's genuine respect
for him, both as man and as Chief
Magistrate of the United States. 1t
is not exaggerating to say that the
Presidents public career hitherto
has fully met the expectations of his
friends, who are legion, while his
prudence, great common sense and
political sagacity have bitterly dis
appointed his adversaries. His i'm
partial attitude toward the trusts has
been endorsed by the entire nation.
His judicious intervention in the coal
strike should earn permanent place
for his name in the industrial history
Of the United States, and his mas
terly handling of the Veneezuela
imhroglio has shown him to be a
statesman of rare stamp. All this
is freely admitted.
What, then, can have prompted
him to make an appointment that is
dietasteful to the major portion of
the American people and thus de
stroy at one blow the reputation he
has been 80 successfully b aiding up
What possible motive can have in
dnced him to ALLEVIATE the respect
esteem, sympathy and confidence in
his ability of the entire white people
of the Southp
The Herald wishes it to be dis
tinotly understood that DR.. Crum q
personality is not called in question
in the very least. j. may even be
admitted that under ideal conditions
there would be no objection made to
the appointment Of negro to any
official position in the service OF the
United States, but, perhaps unfortu-
nately, practical considerations regu
late government policy in America
and elsewhere, and what may be de
sirable theoretically il rarely com
patible with what il practically ,ohsi
ble. In making II nomination ,hat
il objectionable to Il majority of the
people affected by it the President
simply proves that he is unaware of
the elementary principle of govern
~ment. No ono will question his legal
constitutional right to appoint to
public Office any man whom he thinks
fitted to occupy it, but has he q
moral right to exercise his power OF
appointment in manner that ie
contrary to the wishes Of the ma
jorityP The answer to this question
is most decidedly, no. Majority
rules in the United States. Congress
's elected by tho majority. Laws are
passed in the Legislature by the
majority, and any administrative