The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
TUDSO3 LYONS
LOSES HIS JOB
Successor to Register Of Treasury
Named by President Roosevelt.
KANSAS NEGRO WINNER
Candidate Indorsed by Booker Wash
ington Gets Plum--0ther Heads
Slated for Decapitation.

A washington special says: Pres
ident Roosevelt Saturday announced
the appointment of w. T. Vernon,
principal of the Quihdaro 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 nc.
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
reason for putting white men in their
places.
This is from now on to be Presi--
dent Rooseyelt'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 a 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 so at.
the end of their present terms are:
Robert Smalls, collector of the port.
at Beaufort S. c.; Joseph w. Lee, col
lector of internal revenue for Flor
ida; J. 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 lieutenants Of Mr..
Hanna in his campaign, which re-
suited in the nomination of Mr.. Nc
Kinley in 1895. In that ante-conven-
ton contest Mr.. Hanna gave his prom
Use to care for these men, 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: first, the
better understanding of the south and
it, 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 to 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 his doctrine that the
cclored 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 a 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 Of
fceholder would be given third
term.
This rule has not been applied to-