The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-04-06
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IaUer was covered IN on tine order OF
the president under the civil service,
making his position permanent and not
contingent on administration changes.
Mr.. w. T. Vernon Of Kansas was ap-
pointed at the presidents direction su,
peryfsor Of Indian and Negro schools of
Oklahoma. Mr.. W. D. johnson Of Ken
tucky was appointed to position in
the department Of agriculture at the
direction Of the president. Mrs. Booze
was appointed postmistress at Mound
Bayou, Miss. at $500 per annum.
The positions to which Messrs. Lewis.
Cottrill, Mckinley. Alexander. Pinch
back. Vernon and johnson were ap.
pointed are positions not filed before
by men Of our race, they constituting
new places opened to the race by Pres
ident Taft.
Not only has President Taft dealt
generously with the race during the
short three years he has been in Office
in the matter Of new appointments,
but In the matter Of retaining in the
service efficient colored officials whom
he found in Office when he became
president. The following list of COL
ored officials retained by him attests
to his fixed determination to deal just
ly with the race in the matter Of
representation: r. II. Terrell, judge of
the municipal court, at $500 per an
mum; James A. Cobb, special district
attorney for the District of Columbia;
Ralph w. Tyler Of Ohio, as auditor for
the navy department, at $4,000 per an
mum; Charles w. Anderson of New
York, as internal revenue collector at
New York, at $4,500 per annum; Cyrus
Field Adams Of Illinois, as assistant
register of the treasury, at $4,000 per
annum; Nathan Alexander Of Alabama.
as register Of the land Office at Mont
gomery, Ala. at $1,5O0 per annum;
General Robert Smalls of South Caro-
lima, as collector of customs at Beau
fort, N. c., at $1,000 per annum; Jo-
seph q. Lee of Florida, as collector of
internal revenue at Jacksonville, Fla,
at $4,50O, and DR.. Henry Furniss of In
diana, as minister to Haiti, at $4,000
per annum.
Retained Eight In Consular Service.
The eight colored men in the con-
sular service, filing consular positions
in foreign countries, were also retain
ed by the president. The salaries of
the above enumerated positions, held
by co1ored men under the Taft ad-
ministration, total 100000 per annum.
Now, in the matter of evincing a deep
interest in the progress Of the masses
Of the race and contributing to that
progress by encouraging words, atten
ton is called to the fact that in the
three years Mr.. Taft has been presi-
dent he has delivered no less than
dozen public addresses urging in
strongest language the most varied
and the best education for the colored
race and demanding that the educa-
tional opportunities Of the race shall
be equal to those enjoyed by the domi-
nant race. Attention has also been
called to the fact that when President
Taft discovered that the appropriation
estimates for the colored schools of
Washington were unjustly low and
many per cent below that for the
whites he wrote the District commits
sioners that the colored schools must
be dealt with equitably in the matter
Of appropriation, and the result is that
this year the estimates for the colored
schools are equal to one-third Of the
total estimates, which is fair division
based upon school population.