The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-19
THOMPSON IS REBUKED
PRESIDENT REPORTED TO HAVE
 RESENTED MORGAN LETTER.
In Washington it is Gossip that the Collector of Internal Revenue is No
 Longer n Referee.

Washington, Dec. 1S--(SpeciaD-Mr. Lowering of Massachusetts who wants to compel, by resolution ofs Congress, Secretary Wilson to issue new cot ton report by January 10. claims that he has been discourteously treated py the House Agricultural Committee, and because of his wailings that commit tee tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock will give him chance to be heard
 Representative Clayton says he talk ed to-day with members of the com mittee and they assured him that the Lowering resolution would not be fa- vorably acted upon.
 Protests are being received here from many Alabama lawyers against the confirmation of Erastus J. Parsons to be United States Attorney for the Middle district. They are being sent, 1t is learned, to the Senators and Rep resentatives.
 A piece of news was floating around to-day to the effect that on account of his reply to the published letter of Sem ator Morgan regarding the Alabama referees business. President Roosevelt informed Collector of Internal Revenue Thompson that he must either resign his position as State Chairman of the Republican Party or give up his Feder- al office. The story related here. is that Thompson has decided to give up his craftsmanship and that he is also no longer considered referee. This re- port can not positively be verified, for the reason that the President can not be approached on the subject and 1t is matter that the department officials will not discuss.
 Some of the Alabama republicans who are bitterly opposed to Referee Scott, have seized this interesting bit of gossip to set rumor going that Captain Scott also will soon cease to be a referee. It is a lively mix up, and causes no end of talk. The opposing factions will have a chance to deter mine which side has the confidence of the administration when the Parsons case is finally disposed of.
 Even Prof. Booker T. Washington Is alleged to be getting into serious trouble over Federal appointment. It is stated on good authority here that the head of Tuskegee Institute wants Prof. W. T. Vernon of Kansas to go to New York during the holidays and talk with him about government offices. It is stated too. that some time ago Washington indorsed Vernon for Reg ister of the Treasury in place of Ly- ons, the Georgia negro. who holds that fat job, and has his name on certain papers, but latterly is accused of hav- Ing transferred his support to a colored man of Chicago named Williams. Yer non has indignantly declined to go to New York and served notice on Wash ington. that he will stand pat" Yer non has also sent to the city of Wash ington from Topeka his representative In the person of Bishop Grant of the African Methodist Church.
 The Bishop is expected here tomor- row and has telegraphed he will bring with him for submission to the Presi- dent documentary evidence that Wash ington had indorsed Vernon for Regis ter. Bishop Grant alleges he was a party to the agreement by which Washington was to support Vernon.
 At the special request of Postmaster General Cortelyou, Senator Pettus in- troduced today a bill to enable the Postofice Department to dispose of its waste paper.
 Representative Taylor will leave for home tomorrow and Representative Burnett will start for Alabama We'd nesday.
 Mrs. John B. Knox and her daughter Miss Carrie, who have been in Europe for six months. passed through Wash ington yesterday for their home in An niston.
 Alfred J. Stofer