The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-03-18

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81 TMUSlaI,1H IL, MARCH 10, 1900.
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I ofFlGE HOLDERS NORTH AND
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The report that President Taft has
y asctaed to, pay less attention than
/ did kia predecessors to tho claims. of
Southern professional Nekro politi-
clans, and to increase corresponding;
~ the patronage allotted members
Of the race in the North,
occasions as much 10y above as
Krtsf below the Mason and Dixon
line = 3. .
For many years the opinion has
I beaht growing that our brethren at
thejcSouth, whose political activity
.is;larkely pre-eonventional, have been
\ getting larger measure of the
&spoils- than, was Justly due them.
With But two or three exceptions,
theaE Iabors end. with the nominating
/, eonvention. The majority of those
who hold ONCE have had nothing to
do with the, campaign and election,
NOR do the people they directly rep
resent so much rs vote. OF the If
teef, representative places held by
Negroes, ten are in states in which
the Negro Is politically a negligible
quantity. That's where the shoe
pincheS the Negro at the North. Not
mind you, that he loves his Southern
brother less, but himself more. He
objects. and justly so, to those,
whose labors are comparatively nil,
getting the plums to the exclusion
OF those who are on the job from ear
~ morn till dewy eve and then some,
IL there are to be rewards for
services, it seems that they should
go to the men who give Of their time
or money, or both, and deliver: the
goods in the form of votes on the
election day. 1t does not appear to
be just division when the man whose
party usefulness is limited to a vote
In the nominating convention is pro-
V1ded for at the expense OF an active
intelligent worker in d debatable
territory. Il Is not fair that Louisi-
aha should have three high govern
mental officials while West Virginia,
must content herself with a consul
ship or that North Carolina SHOULD
get the Recordership or Deeds and
Misunderstanding =
,-..." * !; II.
In this connection, it might be
well to call attention again to the
attitude OF the national administra-
ton towarSS the Negro of West vir-
gtnia.
In high places Kansas has Reg
lister OF the Treasury and a Secre-
tary of Legation at Monravia; North
Carolina, the Recorder Of Deeds for
the District Of Columbia; Ohio, the
Auditor for the Navy Department.;
Georgia, Collector Of Internal Rev.
enue, Collector Of Customs, and a
Consul; New York, Collector Of
Internal Revenue and a Consul; Hi
nois,' Assistant Register of the Treas
uEy and an Assistant u S. District
Attorney; Louisiana, a Register of
Land Office, a Surveyor General and
a Receiver OF Public Moneys; Florida
Collector Of Internal Revenue and
a Consul; District Of Columbia, q
Judge and an Assistant u. s. Dis
trict Attorney; Alabama, Register
OF Land Office; Arkansas, a Receiver
OF Public Moneys; Maryland, q Mini
ster Resident and Indiana, an Envoy
Extraordinary.
What has West Virginia? One
consulship; not SO much as any one
Of the Southern states named and
no one Of these has had q Republican
presidential elector since Hector was
pup. Here the Negroes vote counts
In conventions and 1t counts on cleo
ton day. There he is counted In the
census for congressional purposes
only.
Now, if Dancy is to be pried loose
from the Recordership, or Cyrus
Field Adams can be persuaded to
loosen his bulldog grip on the AS
t;ssisaaht Registership, The Advocate
~ aska to know. what's the matter with
a. West Virginia Negro drawing the
salary?