The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-17
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 today, for 1t took the public a long
 time to be brought around to look with general favor upon che merit system of making appointments
 Mfr. Roosevelt was member of the tMetfopoiitan1 Club. and as .his family spenfs only the winter and early spring kulonths. here he took his meals at his Eclub. Every one acquainted with. the President knows that he is as full of lmaunerisms as a centipede is of feet.
 and when he Is excited or enthusiastic his gesticulations are not only lively
 but amusing. One evening he was din- Eip< at the club with friend. It was | about the time the late Frank Hatton, editor of The washington Post. was
 making life decidedly animated for the
 members of the commission. Mg. Roose- welt hsd daily tilt at athe capitol with 1.-the editor who assisted members of the Ecommittee on the Civh Service Commit tee of the House to investigate charges filed against the then head of fhe com frpisston. Mir. Lyman. and several of the minor officials alleged to have violated
 the regulations apd to have looked out flor relatives and special pets,
 f At the dinner. table on the evening mem
 tioned Theodofe Roosevelt was worked q had such curious facial expression, that theawaiter assigned to the table tcould not restrain himself. He burst into such fit of laughter that he dropped one of the dishes, Afr, Roose- welt got mad all over. sent sfor the
 steward of the club and Insisted upon
 the Immediate discharge of the waiter. And. of course, the waiter was given
 his walking papers" at once. The young fellow is a son Of l man who | at the time had charge 1ofstfe war de- partment stables. and afterwards be- came head coachman for a cabinet
 member,
 Never Laugh Again.
 The next morning the discharged waiter was in a more serious tone of mind and did not feel like laughing so much. He went down the offices of the commission and sought an interview with Mir. Roosevelt. He was admitted to the room, and said he had called to say how sorry he was that he should have laughed while serving dinner to guests of the club. But, really, sir, he exclaimed, T could not help 1t. I meant no disrespect to you, sir You do not know how easy laugh at any body who is funny and interesting; and last night I could not help myself. You 1 are so funny, Mir. Roosevelt, and like I you; and if you will use your influence ! to get me my place again I'll never laugh while serving gentlemen in the | club"
 Mir. Roosevelt was taken greatly by | surprise at the statement, but in a few moments he is reported to have ex claimed; By George! Ca favorite ex- presslon of the Presldent's), young | man, I'll do something for you. You | candidly admit your mistake, and I ac- cept your explanation. But you afe not cut out for waiter. You might laugh | again while serving dinner if a gentle man of my characteristics happened to be served by you. I will try to secure you another place"
 Mir. Roosevelt took the name and ad- dress, and in 8 few days wrote the | young fellow that he had obtained | him a position with a local corpora tion. 1t was a modest one at first, but | the ex-waiter attended strictly to busi- ness. was promoted right along and to- | day is earning comfortable amount of money
 George Henry White of Tarboro. | North Carolina, served two terms in | the House from that State. The last | negro in Congress was George Wash- | ington Murray, who got In on a contest | from the South Carolina district so long | represented by Colonel Elliott, alt pres- | ent commissioner under the Foraker 1 bill to have properly marked the graves 1 of Confederate soldiers and sailors who ! died in Northern prisons.
 Murray is a genuine specimen of his l race. He Is so black that when near | ly all of the members of the lower | branch of Congress were in the hall | and Murray also in his seat he looked | like huckleberry in a pan of milk, as gallery visitor once remarked when | gazing upon the scenes below.
 George Henry White Is now and has been of recent years resident of Phil- adelphia, where he Is engaged In the practice of law. The district in which he lives has large negro population. Indeed, the Philadelphia negroes are practically all located in the district, and 1t is. said that, the neRro voters ap- proximate 25,00o. If they were to band together and demand that man of the race should be nominated for Con
 gress by the Republicans they could easily control the situation, But will they do 1t? That is the question fre- ouently being asked by those who un- derstand the power the Quaker City.
 blacks have if they are disposed to use
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 Reports are reaching Washington. that ex-Congressman White is anxious to return to Congress. It Is claimed also that his ambition is to be sent
 here from a district in the North where 1 the Republican spellbinders are, con stantly .harping about the South dis
 franchising negroes and gaining power | in the House and in the electoral col lese that section should not possess as long as negroes are restricted in their
 franchise rights, etc.
 l White lives in the district now rep | resented by General H. H. Bingham,