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ESTABLISHED 1865. E 1 e. -- A LLIE 1865 N W R y, S. C., TUESDAY , JANUARY 27, 1903T I EAWU.~.OAY A TO SAVE CHARLESTON FROM CRUM, WORK OF CHARLESTON'S DBLBGATIOi IN WASHINGTON. Mayor Smyth, Editor Hemphill and Mr. Tobias Appear Before the Senate Com mittee on Commerce to Protest Against the Confirmation of Crum as Collector. (Special to News and Courier.) Washington, January 22.-Mayor Smyth, Mr. Hemphill and Mr. Tobias, constituting the committee to pro test against the confirmation of Crum's appointment as collector of Charleston, was given a hearing be fore the Senate commerce committee at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Senator Tillman accompanied tl4e Charleston delegation and acted as chief spokesman in their behalf. He made a clear, concise and what ought to be a conclusive statement on the subject. He spoke first of Dr. Crum's alleged lack of political integrity at the Minneapolis convention, and road a certain statement to the committee and offered evidence that would prove that he had not been faithful in his allegiance to the party. Sena tor Tillman next contended that Dr. Crum was not engaged in business or commercial pursuits, and had no ex perience in such affairs, and that his capacity to learn the duties of the office were exceedingly doubtful, and the people he represented were not engaged in such business as would bring them into relations with the custom house; that all of the com mercial bodies of Charleston were opposed to Crum's appointment on these grounds, and that such an ap pointment would not be made any where but in the South. Senator Tillman thou spoke of the nature of public offices and the mean ing of the constitutional requirement that persons appointed to places in the government service must be se looted with thp advice and consent of the Senate. The purpose of such a requirement being that Federal office holders should be is harmony with the interests and sentiments of the people whom they would represent and serve. Such offices could not legitimately be used as personal re wards or political bribes. Senator Tillman concluded with a very capital statement of the ill. effects of the appointment of such men as Crum in such communities as Charleston and such parts of the country as the Southern States, and said that it would result, only and surely, in the revival of race antago nism, which had happily been dis appearing-since the overthrow of the *Reconstruction government and the 'e.arpet-baggers," and would end in friction between the races, injury to both the whites and the blacks, and the destruction of most interests and friendly relations which had been developed during the last twenty five years after the end of negro domi nation. Whatever the political conditions which made such appomntments pos. sible, the senator was perfectly frank in saying that all the best interests of both races made the supremacy of the white people necessary, and uin der no conceivable conditions would the time ever come in the Senate when-it would be defensible to "open the door of opportunity" to the ex istence of political conditions as they were in the day of the "carpet-bag ger." Senator Tiliman added that he had been requested by the Gen,erail As tiembly of Sou1th Carolina to protest ini its bebalf against thn couifirmai tion of Dr. Cram, lie wvas so per fectly reasonable in his preseuntationi of the case to the committee that the committee was impressed hy the facts spread liefore them. Senator Till man thlen introduced Mayor Smyth to the committee. Senator Frye asked Mfayor Smyth if he had anything to adId to Senator Tillman's presentation of the matter. MAYOR SMYTHI's ARoUMENT. The Mayor said he desired to em phasize the point that Dr. Crum was nominated solely because he was a colored man and not because he tion, training or experience to fill the important position to which he had been appointed. He was a physi cian of only moderate education and limited practice. No white physician of similar ability or experience would stand the slightest chance of being wade-collector by the President. Dr. Cruni's only claim was that he was a colored man, and for this reason alone he was forced upon a commu nity whose entire business interests were antagonistic to him and pro. tested against his appointment be cause of his unfitness and want of business experience. The Chamber of Commerce, the Cotton Exchange, the Merchants' Exchange, the Young Men's Business League, the Com. mercial Club and the City Council had written through their presidents and the mayor 'their unqualified opinion that the appointment of Dr. Crum would be injurious to the busi ness interests of Charleston. It was stated that this unanimous opposi. tion to Dr. Crum was because he was a colored man. The fact was that it was only because he was a 'colored man that he had received this ap pointment' Had he been a white man with same qualifications Dr. Crum possessed the President never would have considered him for a moment. NEGROES NOT BUSINEsS MEN. Among the papers submitted by Senator Tillman was a sworn state ment of the city assessor of Charles ton. It showed that only thirty-one colored citizens of Charleston took out licenses in 1902 to do business and paid licenses amounting to $1,075, against $83,610 paid by the white people. Not a single one of these thirty-one colored merchants conducted a business that would ever bring them into contact with the custom house. The entire imports of Charleston, which amounted in 1902 to $1,775,141, larger than those of Savannah, Wilmington, Bruns wick, Norfolk and Portsmouth com bined, were brought in by the white merchants, and they alone had busi. ness connections with the United States collector. In other places the President seemed willing to consider the wishes and interests of the business commu nity and was glad to be called the business men's President. Charles ton seemed to be a striking exception to this rule. NO MORE NEGRO RULE. Mayor Smyth agreed very heartily with Senator Tillman that such ap. pointmg~pts as Dr. Cram's would in jure instead of helping the negro, as it would stir up afresh the race antagonism that had nearly died out during the last twenty five years. it would tend to make the negroes ag gressive, and that would be surely resented by the white people, who, remembering the days of reconstruc tion, would never submit again to anything like negro authority. -After Mayor Smyth concluded Mr. Hlemphill made .a brief statement and read to the committee the fol lowing from his letter to the Presi dent: "There are three objections to Dr. Cirunm's ,appointment: "First. He is a colored man, and that in itself ought to bar him from the office, lHe would not be selected for suon a position in any Northern city. There is no reason, but his color, why hie should be selected for the oflice at Charleston. He could represent noihing but his color and race. H-is peiopl.i are not engaged in coml)mercial affairs. They wvould not come in contact with him. Ninety nine anid a half per centl. of those who would have business with him wvould he wvhite people. Would it be good policy for the Presijden,t to^ appoinit a mann to this office who would be obnoxiouis to almost the entire' busin,ess community having relations with the office? What possible gain could such an appointment be to the public service? Ought the exigen cies of partisan politics, or the de monstation of an ethnological theo-| rem control in the settlement of a practical question ? Second. Dr. Crum is not engaged in any commercial pursuit. He has never had any training tha woul fit him for such an office. His is person non grata to the business men of.the city and State and South do ing busines through this port. He has no proved administrative ability. He is ignorant of commercial affairs. "Third. Dr. Crum does not repre. sent the tax paying, property-hold ing citizens of the community or State. His appointment would serve no purpose whatever, except the' elevation of a colored citizen to a position in the government service for which he has no qualification, representing in himself no political' belief that is not. better represented by other men in his party. "I have no doubt that you 'heard very well of him' during your visit to Charleston, and probably the per sons who spoke to you pleasantly of Dr. Crum were white men and Demo crats. I think that he is a respec table citizen; no better, nor worse probably, than a hundred other col ored men in Charleston, and yet not in any way fitted for the position of collector. Charleston enjoys the dis. tinction of treating the colored peo ple better than any other place in the country. On one of his visits to this city Booker Washington told me that the negro was well treated here. That is no reason, however, in my opinion, why the white people who are considerate of him should be punished for their kindly disposition towards him." DR. CRUM's COUNSEL. Dr. Crum was represented by ex Governor Pinchback, of Louisiana, and a colored Washington lawyer named McKinley, who formerly lived in Charleston. Pinchback testified in a written communication to Crum's good character, ability and high honor. He declared that the story of Crum's treachery at Minneapolis was not true and supplemenled his written communication with testi mony as to his long personal ac quaintance with Crum and his high sense of honor. McKinley, in eulogy of Crum, and in proof of his fitness for the office of collector, referred to an editorial article from The News and Courier of January 4, 1902. A BOOMERANG FOR CRUM. He was interrupted by Mr. Hemp hill, who produced the article and read it, as follows: "At the meeting of the board of directors of the Expositior. Company on Monday night the following re port was made by Vice President Welch and Director General Averill and placed on record in the proceed ings of the board: "'We respectfully report that, upon the invitation of Dr. Crum, as sistant ,commissioner of the negro department, and 'under the resolu tion of the board, who paid an offi cial visit to the negro bmilding on the morning of January 1, and that, in company with Dr. Crum and a sub committee from the negro execu tive committee, we inspected the ex hibits of tI'.t department. We found the building well filled with exhibits of a most creditable nature, and beg to report that Dr. Crum and his as sociates have done their work in a most thorough manner, and that the thanks of the board are due them for the way in which they have displayed the possibilities of the negro race through the exhibits in that depart ment.' "It was to be expected, of conrse, that the negro exhibit at the Exposi tion in Charleston would be the most attractive aned suggestive that has ever been made by the m'egroes of this country, and the expectat ion isa been fully realized. There is no place ini the United States, as Booker Washington said in a recent address, where the negro is more fairly treated and none wvhere hie has such oppor tunity for the dlevelopment of the best that is in him. The line be tween the races is very clearly de fined in Charleston, as it~ ought to be, but hern the negro has been treated always with consideration. Now and then, here and there, an ambitious politician or an indiscreet minister has attempted to affect the conditions, but the gveat mass of the people of both races have lived within their appointed Bpheres and increa the friendly relations which have ob tained between the races in this city. In the conditions, therefore, it was certain that the negroes would make good use of the opportunity present ed at the Exposition for a creditable exhibit of the progress the race has made since it was set free. But without the intelligent direc tion and active work of W. D. Crum, the assistant chairman of the negro department, the efforts of the negroes would not have been nearly so sue cessful. He is entitled not only to the credit for the success of the de monstration on Emancipation Day, but for a large share in the work which has been done by the negro department. It is a pleasure to be able to say this much and to give honor where honor is due." Mr. Hempl.ill said that the com munity of Charleston was willing to stand by that statement still. The committee was evidently not impressed with the bearing of this article upon Crum's fitness for the office of collector. The committee received the Char leston delegation most courteously and listened to the case as-presented by them with much interest. The committee postponed further consideration of the matter until next Thursday. Mayor Smyth and the members of his delegation are loud in their praise of the temperate and strong presenta 'tion of the case by Senator Tillman. Lesson for a Boy. [Church Record. I had overheard a conversation be tween Karl and his mother. She had work for him to do, which in terfered with some of his plans or enjoyment, and, though Karl obeyed her, it was not without a good deal of grumbling. He had much to say about never being allowed to do as he pleased, and it would be time enough for him to settle down to work when he was older. While the sense of injury was strong upon him, I came out on the piazza beside him and said, "Karl, why do you try to break that colt of yours?" The boy looked urin surprise. "Why, I want him to be good for something." "But he likes his own way," I ob jected. "Why shouldn't he have it?" By this time Karl was staring at me in perplexity. "I'd like to know the good of a horse that always ha his own way!" he said, as if rather indignant at my lack of common sense." "And as for working,"' I went on, "I should think there was time enough for that when he gets to be an old horse."~ "Why, don't you see, if he doesn't learn when lhe's colt-" Karl began. Then he stopped. blushed at me rather appealingly. I heard no more complaints from him that day. Self-Improvement Club. On new year's eve a (aozen young women of the best families in Newv Hartford, Conn., formed a s3elf-im provement 'lub for 190O3 witL the following resolutions: We will use nio slang. We will not swear. We will not lose our tempers. We nill not gossip or say moan things about folks. 'We will- not fidget, fret or fuss so as to disturb others. We wvill not let a day pass without dloinig something to maike somebody more comfortable. We will not laugh at the mistakes of others. We will niot handlle the truth care lessly. WVe wvill not say anuythiing to make another unhappy. The penalty for breaking any, of these resolutions was set~ at 1 cent for each violation, the aconmulated fines to b)e used at the endi of thne year for some charitable purpos4e. One young woman has paidl into the treas. ury during the first nine (lays of the new year (65 cents, while two otheri are not far behind her.-Baltimor4 Rnn. ROOSEVELT'S PARTY HAD NEGRO GUESTS. SOUTHERN PEOPLE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE IN SHAME WHEN NEGROES WERE DISCOVERED. Superlative Indignation Expressed In Washington Down the Line of Guests in Waiting Negroes-Their Faces Suffused with Smiles- Beamed on Blushlug Women. [By Milt Saul to Atlanta Journal.) Washington, D. U., Jan. 23. Southerners who attended the re ception at the white house last night fairly boiled over with indignation when they encountered two negro men and three negro women, all in eve. ning clothes, among the guests who had assembled to greet the judiciary at the invitation of President Roose. velt. As soon as they realized the situa tion, the southerners with their wives withdrew from the reception and to. day their indlignationl is expresse<l in most emphatic terms all over t Washington. The negroes who were accorded social equality by Roosevelt were Judson Lyons and his wife, of Au. gusta, Ga.; John L. Dancey, his wife, and another negro who came as Dancey's guest. The resentment which arose over the Booker Washington dinner is but a ripple compared to that which rages in Washington as a result of the incident last night at the dinner party. Only the president was thrown in the company of a negro at the Washipton dinner, but last night hundreds of his guests whose in. stinets and breeding have held them above social intercourse with the negro were forced to stand in line behind them and then to stand side by side with them in the densely crowded east room after shaking hands with the president. FIRST TIME IN HIsTony. It is the first time in the history of the white house that a negro woman has accepted an invitation as a guest. Since the incident follows so close on the heels of th, storm which follcwod the president's appointment of the negro Crum at Charleston and his defense of the negro postmaster at Indianolo, Minnie Cox, there are many who are ready to believe the whole affair was deliberately planned as a rebuke to those southerners who have criticised the president's evi dent affection for the negro. The negroes were among the first to reach the president's receiving party after the mlemb)ers of the ju. diciory had shlaken 1his hand. In tile receiving party were Mrs. Roose velt and the president's daughter, Miss Alice Roosevelt. Dancy was the first of the negroes to grasp Roosevelt's hand. The two bowed as they clasped hands and then the president extended his usual greetinigs: "I am delighted to meet you to night, Mr. D)ancy." Tihen caime tile negro womlen, who got tile same greetings and( aft<er them came Lyons, who pauise.l for a moment or t.wo. '1nd carried on a conversationr with Roosevelt. in the meantime the negroes ahead of him had passed on down he receiving 11ine and were bowmng and1( smiling at the ladies in line. LAi)E5 'TURN THIElIU FACEs. Several ladies, it must, ho0 said, turr"d asidle and wvold not notice the dlarkies. Lyons' HOOri followed and( joined his party in the east room, where nlearly a t housand guests were as TIhe negroos h)etook( themselves to a conspicuous corner and remained to themselves for tihe rmiiaindie r of the evening. A mong thle othm'r gnieHts the14 storml n as b'rewin. as the negroes wvere marching do'wni the li ne toward tile president. One southern congressman, who hado his wife and( daiulghiter with him, observed the b'lacks aheadW of him. Hie left thle line wit hi the ladies, hnr ried to thle (loak roomi, andl after se enring their wraps, left the p)lace. Others followed them rapidly until two score or more had withdlrawni To those who stayed, the presence of the negroes seemed to act as a damper and the reception was no. ticeably flat and devoid of the usual animation and pleasurable excite. ment. soME Ni' T""Eli COMMENT Senator (-armack, of Tennessee, when asked today for an expression on the incident, said: "My remarks would be unfit for publication." Senator Pettus, of Alabatu, de olared the Presdent, had made the blunder of all bluncders. Senator Tillman, of South Caro ina, had to think hard of words to xpress his opinion. I-o said "A negro at. the white ol 'use is ike a fly in a pan of milk. The iorthren people may drink it. if they >lease, but (ht soit horin people will lot." The majority sothtiernors will lot talk for pubhlention, preferring o treat the tmatter in silett con eupt. But they unite in oxpressng ex rome disgust. in privato. SKTTCIlIiS BY EX-CONFI). Ic Writes of People of Ante-ellui Times. The subject of this sketch, Henry lurton, lived at the old Burton hioue tead about one rile from Longshore. Sr. Burton was born in 1817 and lied in 1872--nearly 51S years. IHis neestors came to South Carolina rom Virginia and my impression is bat, his mother was a Douglass. 'ie family was of English origin. dIl the Bur"totis loved gool horses nd dogs, and Mr. Burton was no xception tc the rule. He kept a ack of fox hounds as well as a good possUn and turkey dog. He was a ard working man in his young man o0d, but having secured a large roperty he took life easy, and had a od time hunting and fishing, &c., lthough hie always retained a lively uterost in everything that portained o the good of iis cotnm1nity. lie was very wealthy, owning 6 r cres of land and hundred. laves. He was a ve ran, and I () not bhli,'ve It w< man ever went, to him for assisth ;e nd was t urre<l away empty handed. )f course mary took advantage of lis gener osity awrl the result wr s hat after tho war he had as lot, of ecurity money to pay. lFrom 1865 o 1872 he had taken up soenrity notes amnountinig to $30,()00, anid Lfter his death hris excutors paid mut large amiounits onr account of so mirity nrot es. Still, whon hriis estate vas finially settled up Ire left a nrice manded estate to hris widow atid chil Iren. Mr. Bturton was of medi um hreighrt mtt wasI a very strong itin. lie was tiways frill of' fn inat'l frolie, anrd 'ou w~ould always find irno ii a lively rowd tellIinrg andI enjoy inrg jokes, bumt never know hrimi tio take a dlrinrk of vhriskey as a heverage. Ho was a (ood businress nallager aeil lIis farins ye runr veo,y 5ineces sfurlly. Hoeing >ver t be army age Ire didt niot join hre army umntil tIre old mwoni were ailed inito servic'e, their ire joi nred hro res''rve, him t was dlotailedi airdi coprt at hrnoir t o collect tIre t aix mrd see thrat thre saldiersi' wives mnd mnotherrs Irad somortlriirg to live ipen. He was tire righrt mian in tIre ighrt plaewr, and nre soldiers wifi mffiered for tihe noeeessariies of Ii fi if \l r. Brto r knr row of bo r condlit ionr. I is chaeritieos were ho'stowiid for char ty sake aind were kep t id fromr 'viery onre if possiblde. F.Cvei h iis o )w r uiynrever know of a groat manyTI >f iris charities. I hrave knrowni iim o putit hil solf to a great deal of ~roublne to help people ir finraircial traits, wiro knorw nothring of iris in Lontions to hnelp thIemn. A fter tire waer theire w~as ai sold ior's widow's home fored on tire masrket. Mir. B3urtonr told hr ihe wotu11ld i hv che p)lace for hirn anrd give her time to pay for it. \I r. Burtonr made(1 the first bid andi a land shark bid next. MI.r. Burtoin toldi tIhe mtan whrat he 'vas t ryinig tio (10 anrd asked the rman not toi id; tire main bid argaini and Mr. urton wvent tio hrim and told himr ihe would( k nook hris teeth dlownr hi imouth if ihe bid mgaim Nu. uni't bought the place for the widow. She and her children paid for it. She raised several boys who are now among our best citizens. Mr. Bur ton was married twice. His first wife was a Floyd. She was the mother of C. D. and Joseph F. Bur ton and Mrs J. d. Hair. H;s second wife was a Mailoy, who is still living and is now the wife of Mr. J. M. Workman. By her only two chil dren lived to reach maturity, viz: J. A. Burton and Miss Mary L. Bur ton. Mr. Burton died in 1872, and in my recollection no man was more missed than he was. X Con. Fed. McSWEENY,S TRIBUTB. His Official Announcement of Judge Mc Iver's Death. [The State 14th.] Gov. McSweeney yesterday an nounced Judge Mclvor's death to the general assembly in the follow ing message: Gentlemen of 'he General Assem bly. It is my sad duty to announce to you the death of Chief Justice Hen ry Mclvor, which occured at his home in Cheraw yesterday after 'lot'. Judge McIver was one of South Carolina's truest patriots and purest citizons. For more than a quarter of a century he was on the supreme bench of this State, eleven years of which time he served as chief justice During elese long years of service, ever conscientions, ever true to the trust in his repose, he displayed most (listinguished ability, and a; the time of his death and for yeart previous, was justly recognized as South Caro lina's most eminent jurist. The record of his life, including as it doe brave deeds in times of war, and deeds equally as heric in times of poce-a record mlade in the service of his State-is bright and stainless, and is now one of South Carolina's priceless heritages. The distingished service which he ren. dered began with his early manhood years, and ended only with his life. In his death the State loses one who was the highest, type of her citizen ship. and one whose memary she will hold sacred so long as she keeps a live her appreciation of ability that is distinguish, of character that is stainless, of motino that is pure and lofiy, aid of deeds that are bright and glorious. You will take such action as may serm to you prope,r upon the doath of the Chief of a co ordinate branch of goverinment. Resp'ct fully submitted, M. B. MeSweeney, Governor. 11ii D)IlID P00R. A Story Suggestcti by Another Told by Carnegie. Andlrew Carnsegie is reportedl to have said that somo yearM ago lhe wvanted1( to cross at mounIt.ain inl Penn1. syl van ia and( a youngsteor offered to take hims over for fifty cents. Mr. Carniegio thought the price was too great., hut., after long arguiment, paidl it, "ntot. hocauseH, the trip wats worth it,"' as the story goes, "blut becauise I had to get oni th~ othier sidle of the mhounItatin."' Mr. Carnegie adds: "'I pred icted5 that thle boy) wouldc 5< mue (lay make a fortune and he hias. H1is name01 wa#'Chalrlos M Schiwa' "' Thast reind me(5)11 of a story. Vears ago'( a youn mg man1( owned the onl1y woodlyardl ini a pri'irio) townl out West. lHe had a goodly store 0n hand whehn heavy snows cameIl arnd blocked the aionds. For weeks 110 wood cold be hauled to the town, yet the young mnan wont on RellinIg at his regulr prie of $2.75 a cord A friendl of hiis said to himi that he could got $5 as easily, becauIse thie people0 must have wood1. The young man said he knew it, lbut that he was making a fai r living profit. So h1o continiuud to soll his wvood at the same 01(1 price. Every body pred icted( t hat he would aliways he0 poor1, and lie is, God bless him! Never mindi( his name; you wouIldnl't know it if you hoard it; b)ut it is a synotnym1 of humanl love and tender symrnpathy throughout all that prairie counst ry. --Brooklyn ag.l.