The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-07
RIGHT man
Not Yet Found
B,
Position of Survey or of Gus
toms at Cincinnati is Still
Open for Suitable
Man

Washington, D. C. Feb. 4.-No end
OF gossip was provoked today by the
announcement that the President had
decided to appoint a colored man to
one or the best Federal Offices in Ohio.
preferably the Surveyorship of Gus.
tens at Cincinnati, and that his action
could be construed In the nature of q
reouke to Mr. Foraker A dozen or
more or his colleagues spoke to Sena-
eUE Foraker and ala9ato General Dick
about it at the CaH&l, while It fur
hlsheu a sweet morsel of discussion
among the members OF the House
from the Buckeye and ether States.
Inc Presidents attitude has both q
humorou.: and Il serious side and anv
one not controlled ~by .prejudfces can
see them. 1t exrite3 ones visibility to
contemplate how he expects to- rub
X IN on Foraker and what q time he
IS having attaining his end, for he has
not yet discovered the man with a
dark skin and white mans soul who
measures up to the job he has in store
for him. Again his tactics serve as
an Illustration of the complications
winch the game Of politics frequently
leads to and exposes the frailities OF
the men who practice 1t.
Ihe serious phase Of the situation
lies in the fact that the relations be-
tween the President and the Ohio
Senators, particularly Mr.. Foraker,
nave become more strained than ever
1t Is now nearly two years since the
entente cordiale between Mr.. Roosevelt
and the senior Senator cooled, and
since then they have been growing
farther apart. The tilt between them
at club dinner last Saturday night
Is, an: Indication Of the extent. or the
arrangement, and now when the
President threatened to ignore his for
mer supporter and ally in the import
ant matter Of patronage, it Is easy to
realize that a frigidity has formed
which even the heat of a Washington
summer may prove insufficient to dis
sipate.
Unle: s it has been to attend an Off.
clal function or to respond to.an Elk
ccutlVe SUMMONS, Mr. Foraker has
not called at the White House for more
than year and half, and his friends
know he never intends to go there
again unless 1T Is ON some such mis-
sion. 1t Is idle to deny that a feeling
or deep antagonisrh has been engen-
dered between the two men, ana there
Is yet to become apparent single har-
binger of the restoration of the for
mer state of amity and comfy. All
This, or course is to be deprecated,
but 1T Is a condition which has come
to be universally recognized and, has
been intensified within the last "a
hours by the decision of the President
to make an appointment without con-
sulting the Senator
Booker T. Washington has won the
Eobriquet Of the Third Senator
from Ohio" since 1t was he whom the
President conferred with when look.
ing for a successor to Amor Smith, Jr.,
the Cincinnati Surveyor Of Customs
This appellation was bestowed upon
the head Of the Tuskegee Institute by
one Of the Buckeye Senators this af-
ternoon, and while he spoke It with a
smile, 1t was impossible not to observe
that 1t was with some bitterness, too
quite naturally Senator is jealous
OF his right to be consulted when Fed.
cral Offices in his State are to be dis
tributed, inasmuch as under the con-
stitution he is really q part Of the
appointing power. Although yester-
day both Ohio Senators signified that
they would not oppose the confrma-
ton Of any Negro appointment whom
the President might appoint, they have
concluded upon reflection, not to ad.
here to that resolution absolutely.
1t was ascertained today that the
appointee will be required to stand
the usual test to which every man
whose name Is sent to the Senate is
submitted. That Is to say, the fresi-
dents nominee must DO, sess qualifica-
tons which In their judgment proper
~ equip him for performing the du-
ties Of an important public Office.
1t was intimated in a way that was
unmistakable that neither Ralph Ty-
Ter, the Columbus society newspaper
writer, nor George Hayes, former
Of the legislature and now
baliff in one Of the courts In Cincin-
natl would be confirmed in case the
President decided to appoint him to
the Surveyorship or any office. The
Senators do not consider them endow-
oG with the requisite thaining or abili- !
ty to be placed on the Federal roll
IN such O capacity. In tbs respect
heir Judgment appears to be confrma. |
tory to that Of the President, for as
was explained last night, he was not
quite satisfied with the reports that
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of these men, and is still looking for |
one who more nearly comes up to his !
standard. Tyler;s confirmation would |
be opposed because he lives in Column |
bus and outside the Cincinnati Gus. |
toms district, If on no other ground
Said an Ohio Congressman today: |
The President has 1T within his pow |
er to relieve the tenseness of the stu |
alton by recognizing the senior Sena. |
tor or both Senators In the matter, |
and asking them for suggestions. If
he explained 20 Mr.. Foraker, for In
stance, that he would like his advice
as to whom to appoint Surveyor of