The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-04
Fabrication Out of Whole
 Cloth, He Says.
Tn Letter to Representative Webb Ex-President Refutes the Allega- lions of MT. Scott of Kansas,
 Who Promptly Apologies.


 Washington. March a--In the House to- day a letter from Grover Cleveland t0 Representative webb of North Carolina. was cad denying that C. II. J. Taylor, negro. had dined with him at the White House while he was President. as charged by Representative Scott of Kansas. few days ago.
 MT. Scott promptly offered his apology to the former President, saying he never before had heard the statement denied
 A discussion of the race question fol- lowed, during which Mir. Williams. the minority leader, criticized President Roosevelt for having invited Booker T. Washington to a seat at his table. Representative Webb said Mfr. Cleveland had been friend of the negro. but never had held out to him the hope of social equality.
 Mir. Williams said that objection to the appointment of a negro to position was be no discrimination, but asserted that a chinaman would not be appointed post master on the Pacific coast.
 The House Convenes.
 The Mouse today resumed considera- lion of the District of Columbia appro- priation bill in, the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Lawrence (Mass) in the chair. ss
 BIT. webb CN. c.) called attention to the statement made few days ago by Mr. ScotA (Kan.) that negro had dined in the White HousA while MT. Cleveland was President, answered that he had written the former President sending him an extract from the record. and asking him of the statement made by MT scott were true.
 .'This morning" he said. 'T received the following reply" which he read amid applause on the Democratic side: | Princeton, March 2, 1904 "Hon. E, H. Webb, House of Represen- tattves:
 Dear Sir--It is a matter of small con- cern to me that Mir. Scott has seen fit to use my name in display of his evil propensities on the floor of the House of Representatives. .t.. "A Deliberate Fabrication" 'tfn answer to your inquiry, however, have to say of his statement that the colored man, c. H. J. Taylor, took lunch with me at the White House, that 1t Is a deliberate fabrication out of the whole cloth.
 "As far as Mir. Taylor is concerned, understand prior to his appointment as register of deeds at Washington that he had served as an assistant in the of- flee of the city attorney at Kansas City. His nomination as register was confirmed by the Senate and he served in that place with intelligence and efficiency. He has since died. Some people restrain them selves from abusing the dead.
 My inquiries concerning Mir. Taylor before his appointment, my observation of him during his' 'fincumbency and the little have known Of him since, satisfied me that his chafacter Is very unjustly attacked in the Aiatrihe o{ MT. Scott
 ~One' charge IS made 'b9 Mir. Scott which he doubly clinches as truth when he declares: He was black negro T am led, however, to doubt his familiarity, when he adds, 'as black as you ever saw" Yours very truly,
 Grover Cleveland"
 MT. Webb said he wanted this denial to travel % fast thaS the statement of Mir. Scott might be spyertaken. I Not q Eo0ls Friend.
 MT. Cleveland. was friend of the l negro, but not q fool friend" said Mfr. | Webb s'EIe never bx word or act en- couraged the dream of social equality In the breast of the black man." This was greeted with applaahs by the Democrats. | Again he continued: He was the ! friend of the colored man, but he was also the friend Of the Southern white l. HA4AAs qua .ESAAApANhASCO oAbh hb Ai OdA race problems and race burdens, and that | sir, Is moro than Mir. Roosevelt seemed l ever to have done"
 | Mir. Scott said he accepted the state ment of MT. Cleveland as true and of fered his apology to the former Presi- | dent. In justice to himself, said MT. Scott. he desired to say that he never l heard the report denied.
 | Mir. Swanson (Va.) asked Mir. Scott l where he had heard the report, to which | Mr. Scott replied that he had seen the j statement in newspapers. | Mr. Swanson asked further for a copy | of a newspaper containing the statement. Mir. Scott explained that these state ments were made several years ago, and the papers might not be easily procured He said that he had made full apology to MT. Cleveland. MT. Scott added that he had brought to MT. Cleveland for the first time in four years applause from the Democratic side. This was loudly ap. plauded upon the majority side of the chamber.
 The Roosevelt Object. | Mr Williams, the minority leader