The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-28
BRINGING AFRICA IN
LEAFLET FROM POLITICAL RE
CORD OF LOUISIANA.
SANDERS CAMPAIGNING
Contrasts Not Credtable to the Gentle
man From St, Mary and the Would
BE Governor of This Statc-Some
Facts Indi>putable.

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he article following is an editorial OF
the Plaquemlne Protector. 1t is baset
on the record which is unchalengable
1t was suggested in refutation of the
contemplate attempts to discrcdit Mr.
Wilkinson and his Democracy. 1t NAV
be SAID that no Republicans are training
with Mr.. Wilkinson, who stands for
well defined prlnciplcs-a man who has
always been true and loyal to the people
and to his party. Here follows the ed
itorial:
AS this Is a Democratic primary, we
had hoped that the negro nightmare
would have been allowed to rest in this
canvass. But we suppose campaigning
tor years with the negro spook as the
chief stock in trade, has gotten the poll
tlc1anS IN the habit of it. The one day
visit of Theodore S. Wilkinson to Sun
set and Opelousas in St. Landry parish
mas made two weeks canvass of that
parish necessary by Mr. Sanders and
his large campaign party, during which
time he has been very busy trying to
convince the voters that Wilkinson is
not a white supremacy Democrat, that
he kept negro clerks in when he was
collector of the port of New Orleans,
and that the parish of Plaquemines was
one of the last to have negro officers
and to be carried by the Democrats
Mr.. Sanders makes the negro his is
sue.
He will probably regret it.
No Democrat ever made a stronger
white partisan Democratic record than
theodore S. Wilkinson In the first
thirty days after he got into Office, he
turned out sixty Republicans, mostly ne
groes, and replaced them with white
Democrats. Only one colored Republi-
can was retained, most experienced
and competent man named J. NJ Hol-
three-quarters white, was appointed in
1871, was for meritorious service made
member of the local civil service board
by the Washington civil service board in
1883, was retained by that good Demo-
crat, Senator Jonas, for four years, from
1885 to 1880, who could not remove him
w .:,,I
and for the same reason remained under
the Wilkinson incumbency from July
1893 to July 1893. There was a greater
reason than this for his retention Viii
kinson, by his wholesale removals. had |
incurred the displeasure of the civil |
service board; his chief, President
Cleveland, was the father of the civil |
service law and largely extended it's OPP
erations, and for Wilkinson to have re-
moved an officer, the member of the |
local civil service board appointed by the
civil service commission of Washington
without cause, would have created
clash that would have been injurious to
himself and his large number of Demo-
cratic appointees. To show how anxious
Collector Wilkinson was to have white
Democrats retained in the Federal serv-
zee, he transferred as many of his white
Democratic appolntees to the classified
service as possible before he went out.
and Collector Mccall can not now re-
move them any more than Wilkinson
Gould legally have removed Holland
Among these men appointed by Wilkin-
son who are there in the custom house
n office today are: Daniel C. Towles,
orother-in-law of Hon. NJ. J. Foster, as
'istant cashier, salary $500 a year
calhoun Flu>er OF East Feliciana. dep
lty collector, salary $4,000 a year: Harry
:. Wildesen of Orleans, clerk, salary
$500 a year Louis P Auth of Con-
ordla. clerk in auditors office, salary
$1,000; Nathaniel l.. Marks of Orleans,
leputy collector, salary $500 a year.
-harles Forman of Orleans, salary
i 400 year: Nathaniel G.. Skipwth OF
Monroe, salary $1,000 year; ]. d. Bal
ey OF Orleans, salary $1,000 a year
frederick l. Meme Of Orleans, salary
I4oo a year; James T. Harris of Lin
DIN, salary $1,000 a year; Andrew D.
Benjamin, cousin of the late f. B.
salary SLIGO year; Rob
TT L. Huey of Orleans, salary $1,000 a
ear; Thomas J. kilmed of Orleans,
seigher, salary $1,000 year; August
;. Harris, Dan O. Campbell, Geo Cade,
Bingham Cushman, John w. Anderson,
'eter H. Adam, Robert +. Gary, Thos. +.
. Wallace, all inspectors, at $3.50 a >
ay; Paul Miles, George Appolonio and
.eonard Arroyo, all night inspectors, at
275 a night; Richard A. Taylor, Geo.
Nicolas and Frank J. DemorueIle, mes
engers at salary Of $40 per annum
lrs. Sarah Baker, widow Of Joseph
aker, 1nspectress, at $3.50 per annurl. i,