The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-11

ton, Grover Cleveland of New York In
sissippi was Secretary OF the Interior,
and Augustus H. Garland of Arkansas
was Attorney General. In the Treas
ury, Department the Southern men who
held responsible positions were Hugh
g. Thompson Of South Carolina. Assist
ant Secretary. William F. Switzler Of
Missouri, Chief of the Bureau of sta
chief Of the Appointmen' Division; Nil
ton J. Durham of Kentucky. First
Comptroller: Charles N. Shelley of Ala
bama. Fourth Auditor: William l. Tren-
holm of South Carolina. Comptroller Of
standing appointed to every position in
the customs service in the South.
In the Department OF the Interior the
the Currency, with Democrats of high
Mississippi. and the Assistant Secretary
from Missouri. The Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs and one of the Assistant
and the other Assistant Commissioned
was from Missouri. The Assistant
Commissioner of the Patent Office hail
ed from North Carolina. and the Chief
Alabama One Of the Assistant Attor-
ney Generals in the Department of Jus
tice came from Virginia. and the other
from North Carolina The Commission
er of Agriculture and his Chief Clerk
Were from Missouri.
tary of the Legation to Austria Hun
gary was from Maryland. The Min
lister to Bolivia was from Louisiana
The Envoy Extraordinary to Brazil was
of the Leg alton from Maryland. The
Secretary IF the Legation to Guate-
mala was from South Carolina. The
Minister to Colombia was from Mary
land and the secretaries of the French
Legation were from Louisiana. The
Secretary to the German Legation was
from Kentucky The Second Secretary
was from Maryland. The Minister to
Japan and his secretary were from
Texas The Minister to Liberia was
from North Carolina. the Minister to
Mexico from Louisiana. The Minister
South Carolina, the Minister to Persia
from Alabama. the Minister to Peru
from Kentucky. the Minister to Eou-
lana, the Minister to Sam from Mis-
souri,. the Minister to Spain from Vir-
ginia. the Minister to Switzerland from
from Alabama and so 1t ran through
all the departments of the Government
both in the domestic service and in the
diplomatic corps. Every possible con-
sidera.ion was shown to the South.
other things being equal. Southern men
were preferred for important appoint
ments.
When Mr.. Cleveland was reelected
he still showed his faith in the South
ern people and mis- respect for them
by appointing representative men from
the South to the highest positions In
Eustis OF Louisiana as Minister to
France James D; Porter Of Tennessee
to chill E. H str9b sn of South care,
North Carolina to Greece p. NJ 3
Young of Georgia to Guatemala, AL
bert s Willis Of Kentucky. to Hawaii,
Peru. c. r. Breckinridge Of Arkansas.
to Russia. Hannis Taylor OF Alabama
to Spain, Thomas r. Ferguson or Mary
Broadhead of Missouri to Switzerland,
Alex w. Terrell of Texas to Turkey.
ard many of the most important ar
pointme,nts In s the consular ap service
In Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet In his SCI
end term there sat John C. Carlisle of
Kentucky. as Secretary Of ne Treas
Secretary of the Navy. and Hok"
Smith Of Georgia as Secretary of tha
Interior, The Auditor Of the War D..
south Carolina. the Auditor of the In
terror Department was Samuel BlacH
well of Alabama, the Auditor of tn"
Pos,oftlce Department @ A. Howard
Treasury was James r rillman of
Tennessee. the Solicitor Of tn" rreas
ury. Felix A. Reeve OF. Tennessee. tho
man stump of Marvland; Lamar of
Mississippi and White Of Louisiana.
wer" appointed TO tn" Initcd STATE:
Supreme Bench by MI Cleveland. and
in all his appointments he dealt with
the South in the most liberal manner.
What was tho r"sult' Tho south.
in utter disregard of IN" "ror"gnitioE"
" HIGH 1t had received from Mr. rlev'-
land. turned its back ON him and
failed to give him and his admins
tration the support to which he was
entitled. There Vas much brutal a.
nunriation of him by the new leaders
OF tho New South, 1t is not Z" b.
very much wondered AT that tn" >>"litn
has since failed to receive that r"CoS-
milton which its Importance as a part
Of this country wOull seem to juStif,
The experiments made by Mr.. Clcvc-
land and the thanks h" received for
not such as to encourage any very
great enthusiasm for Southern men III