The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-04-15

HON. WILLIAM H. LEWIS, ASSISTANT Al.
ToRNEY GENERAL.
ter Of the treasury. Recently Mr..
Napier. in company with Hon. Cyrus
. Field Adams. assistant register. and
Hon. Whitetield Mckinley, collector Of
customs at Georgetown. called at the
White House and paid his respects TO
President Taft y se- -.,!z ...ts3Sga sss. III,
Il Hon. william Henry Lewis Of Bos-
ton is now full fledged assistant at.
torney general Of the United States.
He took the oath of Office recently and
then called on President Taft at the
White House to tender his respects.
He has magnificent suit Of offices
in the Bond building. one of the largest
and most pretentious Office buildings
in the city. Here William II. Lewis,
cultured colored man, presides with
modesty and dignity over an impor-
tant branch of the department Of JUS
dce.
The new assistant attorney general
has charge Of the Indian depreciation
cases. According to the gossip Of the
department, these cases are not now
regarded as Of great Importance, az
about IS per cent Of them already
have been disposed of. There now re-
main about 1900 cases, involving q
total amount Of about $5,500,O00 These
claims were handled for years by AS
sistant Attorney General John q.
Thompson. who recently resigned to go
into private practice. Since his resig-
nation they have been in the hands Of
Attorney George Il. Stormont. assigned
to this work, who is regarded as an
authority on the subject.
Miss Bessie Moore. who held the po-
sition of stenographer In the office to
be allotted to Lewis, has been trans
ferred by her own request. and with
the approval Of the department, to q
place with the court of commerce.
Harry Jones. young man who was
drawing 5000 year. accepted the place
left vacant and received an increase OF
$500. James NJ. Marks, the messenger
attached to the office which Lewis will
occupy. Is a white man.
President Taft seems to be a believer
in passing the offices around. The
"outs." who. of course. do not believe
in long tenure for the ''ins." look with
pleasure at this disposition. as they
term 1t. on the part Of the president to
give the "other fellow a chance" Many
new faces now adorn the black cab
met" Henry Lincoln Johnson. White
field Mckinley. W. n. Johnson. John
G. Napier and William II. Lewis are
the new members who now sit around
that imaginary council board. Terrell,
the municipal Judge; Tyler. the auditor
for the navy: Adams. the assistant
register Of treasury. and Cobb. the
assistant district attorney are the only
members of the black cabinet" who
were members during the Roosevelt
administration.
Terrell was recommissiOned early I'm
this administration. Tyler's four year
term expires In June. A recent news
item sent out from this city says that
Tyler is an old and intimate friend Of
Charles Dewey Hilles. the new private
secretary to the president. which fact,
no doubt. augurs well for Mr.. Tyler.
Cobb's tenure of Office Is indefinite.
He holds at the pleasure Of the at
torney general. 1t is known In inner
circles that when Clarence Wilson. the
present district attorney. succeeded d.
W. Baker. Cobb was assured that the
change would not affect him In the
least.