New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-07-13
BATON ROUGE NEGRO
STARTS LIVELY STRUG-
LIE OVER LAND Of
FICE JOB,

WdSnlngCOu, July S.-AS eVI
dence that it wants the votes OF
the negroes of the country, the
Taft administration is looking
around for a prominent negro to
appoint to Office. Walter Coher
of New Orleans is being consider
ed in connection with some un
named place If he can be pers
uaded to leave New Orleans he
will be put into some Office. OF
course the most serious obstacles
is the feeling among Republicans
generally that Gov. Wilson is go.
ing to be elected, and that the ap.
pointment would be for only a few
months
B. V. Baranco of Baton Rouge
one Of the negro delegates who
stood without hitching at the
Chicago convention, must have
heard of the decree of the admin
istration to appoint one more OF
his race to Office, so he set about
getting up a petition to have him.
self appointed register Of theLand
Office in place Of Nutall, Frank
Williams protege. 1t is said here
that he got the signatures OF all
the prominent people Of Baton
Rouge on the theory that if it was
decided to appoint a negro, the
signers indorsed BarancO.
Whether there has been any
switch of the contingent is not
known here, but the fact became
patent to-day, to Representative
Broussard, that the impression has
got out in Louisiana that the Pc
tition is being used as a positive
Endorsement for the appointment
Of Baronco even in competition
with white man.
Mr.. Broussard got notice OF the
storm Baranco has stirred up in
the form Of a counter petition Of
remonstrance, protesting against
the appointment of Baranco or
any other negro. In addition to
the written protest, Mr.. Brous-
sard began receiving kilograms
from signers of the original petit
ton withdrawing their names be-
cause they said they had signed
under a misapprehension.
All these protests and with
were sent to the Secre-
tary of the Interior, whose SUBJ
ordinate the register is. He re-
fused to have anything further to
do with the NATTER
Emil Kuntz said to-day that Ba-
ranco's petition asking for an ap-
pointment has not been sent here.
At least that is what he was told
at the White House. 1t is his un-
aerstanding, he said, that b.
rsnco had no thought OF asking
FOR an appointment unless he had
found more about the views OF the
administration toward the Wight
Williams faction.
If the appointees Of that fac
tion are to lose their heads, then
Raranco wants to be q candidate
for the office at Baton Rouge.
Washington, July 9.-Repre-
sentative BrQussard today receiv-''
ed petition from citizens Of Ba-
ton Rouge protesting against the
appointment of L. V. Baranco, a
negro of that city, as register OF
The United States Land Office in
Baton Rouge. There were about
fifty signatures to the petition
representing the best element of
he city. The petitioners state
hat BarancO is not the best per-
ON for the position. Mr.. Brous-
ard sent the petition, with a
strong letter of Endorsement to
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher.
senator Foster, who returned to-
lay fro a visit to Tarrytown, N.
:, and who has received many
elegrams of protest against Ba-
anco's appointment, will see
resident Taft this week, prob
bly, tomorrow, and ask that the