The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-07
THE ADVOCATE

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Penn the janitor at the Cincinnati
democratic Club, hopes the lighting
VIII MT him right between the shout
der blades. Leslie Tull, who In for
mer years wss the President of the In.
depeRy dent Republican CIubr and who
W clerk under county. clerk Harte.
~nso a candidate. He and Penn
made speeches against the Republican
ticket last fall, but they figure that
House. g. " ...."',''.T -. :
j. w. Bell. the porter at Higgins
and Martins cigar store, declares he
would not throw the commission for
the job into the Are. -" -
| John McRoberts, barber. on WAL
nut Hills, who 'shaves Rev Herbert
Bigelow, Is also after the place. ~
william M. Porter, undertaken, on
| Court street, would not run up an
alley II the job came aaunterine along
the street, and Rev. Henry W.~Tate'
OF the Mt. Zion MD. church. believes
that holding the Office would not in,
.terfere with his. duties as the sbep-
cred of his flock, .,>, ~,
| Peter Whitlow, ex-sewer tan insnec-
tor. is willing to listen to reason: Mar
| tin Richardson, who is a Republican
executive. in the Third ward, has also
Eoisted u lighting rod, and Charles
BEL, statlst1c1an In the county clerks
once, mas his ear close to the ground,
hoping to hear> the G. O. P. elephan,
stamping AROUND in to White House
canebrake. Sam Holland believes
mat ne should be regarded for haul
Ing patients to the city hospital in an
clerk at the. hospital, would not choke
the Job to death before it got chance
to shake with him.
ALI Marchand, LATE Smith Harry
Jones, the big policeman, and in fact
hundreds of others hope that thew will
be run into a corner. and have the.posi.
ton forced upon them. ~; -
That the story mas mad sts effect
was evidenced yesterday bg< the. great
many colored! men who Visited the
Federal Building and casualty saun.
tered through the corridors upon
which the rooms Of the Surveyor OF
customs is located. The position now
held by Mr. Smith pays about $4,000 a
year. ..,... W
He Is the collector of customs: the
surveyor OF the port and custodian Of
the Government Building. Every
| thing required in the various offices
must be passed upon by him. His di,.
ties are manifold. He has 60 men un.
| DER him, including janitors, elevator
men, engineers land fireman. His i'm
mediate working force is large. He
| has but one appointment, that of pri-
vate secretary. All of the rest are un.
der the civil Service. The offices are
| commodious and the working force is
| n l, IL -
semblance to bank with garish fix
lures. The priYate office of the Sur
Veyor Is symphony in drab IT is
magnificently furnished. On the
floor is beautiful rug. into which
the caller sinks to. his ankle. In the
center of the rug is the mahogany
desk OF the Surveyor. It fairly glis.
tens. Several ARTICLES of bric-a, brac
adron the desk: THE chair in which
the Surveyor sitslis a wonderful crea.
ton of leather. On one side of the
room Is golden ,pak bookcase! while
on the other side, IL heavy wardrobe
From the. ceiling Iiss suspended a gor-
geous chandelier, which Is fairly stud
ded with electric lights. An old-fash-
1Cned fireplace lends an air of domesti
city and comfort to the room, and this
Is accumulated by the heavy. mahog-
any mantel piece. Over the fireplace
1 is hung speaking likeness of the
President. He glares sJnaight ahead,
and singularly enough on the opposite
wall hangs the picture of Senate.
FORAKER, who also appears to be glar-
ing in the direction of the President
Their dead glances meet right above
the head Of the Surveyor. The walls
Of the room are tinted an olive drab
color. In short, it IS we'll worth
visiting.
Above the clamor Of the mob of of.
flee seekers rises the voice Of w. l..
Anderson, the printer and bookbinder
on West Eighth street, near Plumb
Mr.. Anderson is one of the brightest
Of his race in this city, and when he
says anything it commands attention.
Yesterday he said: II would not &C,
cept the SurVeyorship if it was ten
| dered me. l would in no way be a
party to any scheme to- humiliate Sem
ator Foraker on account Of any breach
that may exist between the Senator
and the President. l am a Foraker
lite day in and day cut. There is
something pathetic, in the present sit.
| uation. Not since President Grants
time, when the name of Peter Clark
q colored man, was. suggested for post
received any recognition OF any value
at the hands Of the Government. When
It became known in those days that
President Grant contemplated the ap-
pointment Of colored man, people of
our race moved from Kentucky into
this State In drOves We are all alike,
whites as we'll as blacks, when oppor.
tunity knocks at the door. We have
good, clean, representative colored
men In this city who can acceptably
fill any position in the gift of the PEG.
pie, and although the appointment
OF a colored man may cause some dis
sention and FRICTION, believe that If
ne fills the position with credit to him
self and to his race the animosity will
soon pass away"
Nothing has been heard as to the
whereabouts Of the 'ndefatigable Prof.
W. p. Dabney, who IS on a mysterious
Eastern mission. His absence Is xor-
rying his rivals no fear he NAV he