The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-18
President Names Successor
to Register Of Treasury.
AWARDED KANSAS NEGRO
Charge Will Take Place at Close
Of Lyons Present Term-other
Heads Are Slated to Fall Into.
the capitation Basket. -.


ident Roosevelt Saturday announced
the appointment of W. T. Vernon,
principal of the Quindaro Institute
at Quindaro, Kans., to be register OF
the treasury in succession to Judson
w. Lyons. Charges were preferred
against Vernon, but they were not sus-
tanned by the investigation made by
the direction of the president.
Lyons was at the white house dur
ing the day and learned from the
president himself that there was NO
chance OF his reappointment to the
Office he holds. The fact that Lyons,
is republican national committeeman
from Georgia did not save him. Yer
non Of Kansas had the Endorsement
of Booker T.. Washington.
This turn down Of Lyons, coming
coincident with the announcement
that Rucker, colored collector at At,
lanta, is to lose out, and that Deveaux
at Savannah is to meet the same fate,
means that no negroes are to hold
important Offices in the southern
states, where it is possible to find a
reason for putting white men in their
places.
This is from now en- to be Presi-
dent Roosevelt's policy. Probably
Crum, at Charleston, will be the only
| one left by the time the president
goes out of Office, and his lease on life
comes through his having been the
presidents own appointee.
BY applying two-term yard stick
to all colored Office holders through
out the south, the administration ex-
poets to. rid itself of all those who
were put into high Office by President
Mckinley through the influence of
Senator Hanna. In addition. TO Lyons,
Rucker and Deveaux, those to go at
the end Of their present terms are:
Robert Smalls, collector Of the port
at Beaufort, s. c.; Joseph ". Lee, col
lector of internal revenue for Flor
ida: ]. E. Bush, receiver Of public
moneys at Little Rock; Walter Co
hen, receiver of public moneys at
New Orleans, and James Lewis, sur.
veyor general for Louisiana, under
the department of the interior.
All were active heutenants of Mr..
Hanna in his campaign, which re-
suited in the nomination Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley In 1896. In that ante-conyen-
ton contest MI. Hanna gave his prom
ise to care Cor these imen, and his
strong hold upon the southern colored
contingent was due to his sincerity In
keeping his promises.
The Influences which have brought
about this new policy on the part OF
President Roosevelt are two: frst, the
better understanding Of the south and
its people, which President Roosevelt
ACQUIRED during his recent trips
through that section; second, the act
i've opposition of Booker T. Washing
ton to the appointment Of southern
negroes 30 Office.
washington advised President Nc
Kinley against such appointments IN
1897. but his advice had no weight
AGAINST the influence OF Senator Han
ma. He is, however, much closer to
President Roosevelt than he ever was
to his predecessor in office.
In his educational work Washing
ton does not have the sympathy OF
the political contingent Of his own
race. north or south. These do not
take kindly to mis- doctrine that the
colored man should give himself over
to material pursuits, eschewing poll
tics.
In his educational work Washington
does not have the sympathy OF the
political contingent Of his own race,
north or south. These do not take
kindly to his doctrine that the col
ored man should give himself over to
material pursuits, eschewing politics.
There Is strong anti-Washington
element among the colored men OF
the country, and among these aligned
with that element is Lyons. Appar'
emily for the sole purpose OF striking
at these McKinley-Hanna colored OF.
fceholders it was announced some
time ago that unless excellent rea-
sons could be shown no federal or
fceholder would be given tnlrd
term.
This rule nas not been applied to
any OF the white oficeholders, but 1t
IS to be rigidly enforced against those
with dark skins.