The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-02-11

OK! OE. j W.2AJS UEuM, VINO hASs WA4n re.
nominated by y President Roose Felt as
collector ~ Ggatoms for *the port, Of
Charleston, SC No complaint, is be-.
Ing Ma2s tpuShi1g sthe competency OF
Dr.. Crfin1. nia ncial record is adj
Mittsd to- bss without q flaw, but he Is
"a Negro ana no Negro III wanted In
such q rssppnsi6les and 'dfgnihed POSI-
ton ia 8 southern city by the so-called
: .dominants race 81 Judging from the
forid and gensati onal arguments .pnts
zip In the tseHatA's executive sessions
last week, the c6nfirmati ion Of Dr.
Grim. for a>singfa ONCE viii aini q is-
ter Rsdeath. blow TO the snpremacys Of
the Cahaasian people: Three sessi !,
lasting ffpnt tWh TO four hourR Eeaefi!!3
have sbeeh, held. q Senator William e.
Frye Of Maine, has been leading the
STRUGGLE In Grum's favor. with Till
han;and bacon as the transformers
OF tho opposi ion. AZ f1libustersis i'm
minent, and as time is precious the,
republicans are uneasy over the pros.
poets OF Important business; tiers
being neglected. while the democrats
are putting forth ancient plati tubes on
the &oinnfpresSnt - Negro problem
The object, of the democrats - is, of
courae, to Estave OF a settlement until
after the 4th Of March, In order t6
force PRESIDENT Taft on record. as TO,
ElkilS attiE ade on Che appoi ntnaaRt OF col:
ofe6 men In the south IL the H.
n ii sf5ean embsrFasa NfFSS Taft by;
FSfoV ling sfifn < into d corner ION fface,
tpps early In his ,ad nainistr tom;
tlsB SsaI that. they can undo al ;ffhat
sha has SEeoInn lishsd st0WAr d s4establ tsfa'
M aadg etsxsen
Ths ssa ID
salyatlo et ! { & 9. q n fensas
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equality and Negro domination" be-,
SosS, the ,aDather &sople, ana /. ,the
6EtruSa .iasaa ls "a pafe of a definite PRO-.
gram loosfHg b this end. fhea ea1t-s;
tcs65b1e ID assflI problema tical, but seaa-.
S r f!frSSs,I ia NO wise discouraged is
c0hhdeht that whert tbs crucial test is
laatbibfResa, the ..'old-line" republicans will:
Rave the. manhood to tell TillAanI and
his tfeaetionaries to ':go to, the ma
'rinss," and close the incident DJ con-
firn6ing Dir. Crum, just as they would
any, other member Of their party who
had rendered faithful service and
whom The. president felt deserving Of
a second term, VIII the republican
party stand to It's 'gups--or will it at
low the. Ti1lfaanic horde to throw 1t
of, OF it's feet. by,:a fictitious appeal to
the lowest passion in the human
breast prejudice? -. e
The democrats, in kindness of their
administration, making. the suggestion
that the tension at Charleston could
: Be< elieyed: by. the transfer Of s Dr.
Cram to- the recordership of deeds for
the District sof Columbia, to succeed
MI. Dancy As Mr.. Dancy has made
a ,Aine record both as an official and as.
q strong supporter Iof the aministra-
ton, this compromise is not apt to
And favor with either President 'Roose:
veit or, President elect Taft. The Me-
. sroes do not like. 1t, because such q.
deal would mean. the loss of one val
liable position to the race, and more
recognition wanted, rather than less.
The feeling liz that r., the republicans
might as we'll thresh tho problem out
n0Wt as to postpone 1t until later, for,
it is being borne In mind that the bulk
Of the Negro sppointees in the south
are nov, serving their second and third
tepms, and should the party succeed
In eVading the Issue at this time, 1t is
bound to return to plague them later
when Georgia, Florida and Louisiana
are to be- passed upon! The colored
leaders are watching :, the situation
with small degree Of interest-if not
anxiety. 2.1T'@l". - -. -. -
Auditor Ralph w, Tyler is confound-
ing his, enemies as rapidly as they
polae their heads up. Silently, shrewd-
ly and fearlessly he looks over his
ground, and when the psychological
moment ARR Ives he places q hot one
right over the solar plexus of his q'7'
potent, and In the language Of the
street, there amt no more to It," The
Washington Herald is letting him Sc
vereIy alone since he puSthat Paper
Of quality" out Of business last week,
when it attempted to show up his Of
fee as direlict in handling the &C
counts Of the navy. In truth, the Her
aids structures gave Mr.. Tyler O. fine
chance TO advertise the excellence Of
his administrations as compared with
that of his predecessor>zand he did
not fail to use the advantage for a|l
that 1t was worth. That incident fs
satisfactorily closed. Now comes q
special from the Washington CORES.
p6ndepta of the Cleveland RlaindSaler,
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