The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-12

he appoint him once but three times,
making his case come under the ad
interim class, thus holding him in Of
flee in violation of the spirit of the
spirit of the laws and usages Of this
country. There can be no especial
fitness of Crum urged as a reason to
force him upon the people of Charles
ton in direct opposition of a majority
of the United States Senate. He is a
negro doctor of limited education,
barely able to practice among the
members of his own race. He pos
sesses no especial business attributes
and is said to actually have no
knowledge of accounts. If there was
any sane reason to Justify the Presi-
dents action we feel sure that his
conservative friends would long ago
given the public the benefit of this in
formation.
Let us take another noted case
the Indianola incident, and see how
the people of this place were compel
led to go thirty miles for their mail
because the President discontinued
their office on account of alleged
wrongs to the postmaster-a negro
woman. 1t is true that mass meet
ing was held, attended by about one
hundred and fifty persons, and her
resignation was demanded. But the
place has population of over one
thousand. so this meeting could not
have been an important factorin the
stirring events that followed. Even
the cabinet was drawn into this af-
fair, so grave did Mr.. Roosevelt re-
gard the situation. Think of the en-
ecutive heads of the different depart
ments of the greatest government on
earth actually taking up the time of
the nation byso uniniportant a mat
ter as considering the grievances,
either fancied or real, of Il postmas-
ter, even though, in the eyes of the
President, she was fortunate enough
to belong to the class that he seeks
especially to elevate beyo their
station.
AS an ultimatu1n to all this, it was
found necessary at the assemblage
which named Roosevelt as the Re-
publican nominee to incorporate spe-
cial reference to the race question in
its solemn declarations so that the
acts of Roosevelt might receive the
semblance of endorsement from the
representatives of his party. So we
have a call for an investigation into
the Congressional representation of
those States where the privilege of
suffrage is abridged by legislation
calculated to prevent the most vici-
Gus negroes from voting.
All that the white people of the
South ask for is the privilege of deal
ing with the race question in the
manner that they deem most expedi-
emit. They do not want Mr.. Roose-
welt or any one who is the occupant
of the White House to try to settle
matter about which so much igno-
nceis shown. The South will treat
the negro well. Since the days of the
Reconstruction Period this spirit of
kindness has been shown, even after
they had a right to vote. But the
past ten years have brought about
new conditions. Meddling Northern
ers have filled the brain of the negro
with wild ideas about race equality.
Since that time matters have gone
from bad to worse; crime is increas-
ing, all traceable to the attempted
elevation of the negro. The feeling
is daily becoming worse and worse,
and will exist SO long as impractic-
able men like Roosevelt will continue
to spread foolish notions that mean
the going of from bad to worse by
the negro.
The Democrats hope this fall to
place man in charge Of executive
affairs who will let us people of the
South settle the question in an intel
ligent manner. We are daily con-
fronted with all of the attendant
evils, and our only hope is the cleo
ton of a Democratic President.
THE CHTJRCHVIJ AND HAVPE DE-