The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-03-17

vi DeeOS Tor the district OF Column
bia, was confirmed .bv the Senate on
Monday. lie will succeed Mir. John
C. Danoy on the first: OF May. ...'
MI. iJohnson's hearty and whole-
souled manner and courteous bear
ing upon all occasions have already
Won for linn 9 widespread popular
ity a's1ong the real people of Wash
iitgton- nttd-it etn be predicted with With
safety that his administration. will
be In every way a, brilliant success.
He is still out OF the city OH tegat
business, and Will probably aveid the
limelight until he. comes on to as
sumo the reins Of office. Until he
takes hold at the Recorders off1cs
nothing can be said touching prob
able changes in the" personnel of the
clerical force. Mr.. Dancy leaves a
strong, reliable staff of assistants
and it is not likely that. Mr.. John,
son viii make aGy,gradtcal changes
for the present, at least. -
Plans are already. on foot to give
the new tRecorders,al q 1npnster banquet
to <bs the biggest and most ~lber-
aly-conducted affair OF the kind ever
pulled off In this city: 1t is said that
the plain people"'-of whom Mr..
Johnson proudly claims TO be one
will have a larger showing than has
usually been accorded them when
the stellar social functions are
pulled off, The details are as yet
in formative. state, and it Is too
soon to give ont The particulars, but
from theIdetermined tone Of our in
formaIit, WllQ' VIII have a hand In
the management ift--of- the tttre-l4tto-tu'' to ITO,
there will; be: a distinct departure
from the much criticised "close-cor-.
poration" methods of the past in get
ting up functions Of semi-pun.ic
nature. - - ...- -
who O. man; invites to- his home,
is mattar: of which he islto be the
sole judge and np one can s,atarfel
with him if he d raws certai a. dt .gffns fns
tions Esifss
family; butt in THE caReof popus
lar dinner, tenaeFed public official
asa tribute tor the esteem In which
he Is held by the people among whom
he is to- serve, the widest latitude
may properly be allowed in the Sc
lection of persons to be invited Size
of salary, grade OF employment IL
the government OF any other service,
partisan afitMatiUn, attitude on the
administration OF on educational
systems and consideration of his So
cial alliances may we'll be left in the
background. If he is Of accepta-
bic character and stands for good cit
izcnship in his life and conduct, any
gentleman willing to pay the sub>
scription fee should be regarded as
eligible TO attend o banquet in honor
of a distinguished servant Of this
people. If there is anything which
Washington si1oUtd- pray for to be
delivered from, IT. is the tendency
shown In some quarters to cater to
q. snobbish idea that official position
and salary necessarily fixes the So
cial status of men and women Of cd
ucation. culture, character and ca
pacity for usefulness to the commu-
nifty"
The best testimony us to what d
man is and what he stands for is
dhat given by the friends and neigh
bors at his own home, among whom
he has gone In and out from boy
hood up to manhood. Replying to
all insinuati6n thaC Coz. Henry tim
colin JohnSon's plain ways may not
suit the "colored aristocracy" of the
nations capital, the Atlanta lnde-
pendent, the mouth-piece of the rep
resentative people of Georgia, has
this to say:
Mr.. Johnson Is q plain every
day, matter-of-fact, common man.
He Is one of the masses, one Of the
common peop,e, and is as much at
home with y man IN overalls as be
is when he is with gentleman of
the cloth or stoveepipe hat. He does
not believe in dress4coat parade, nor
in conventional teas. He is demo.
cratic in manner. and easy to ap-
proach. He Is interested in the vel
fare and uplift of ell the people. His
education is Of the kind which does
not remove him from what use and
service he might be to his people
Public office will be a public trust
TO be used and $eperated in th inter
est Of the people for which it was
provided. He will not use his public
place as means of advancing his
selfish interests or exploiting how
important, and what % big man he
is. For the first time In official
Washington, the Negroes will, have
an officer in charge of an office in
which they can walk without taking
tbo;rJ shoas of trhey will 6n1 Ro