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WmmA "wvm "winwirmmimMf Pm "a'i'wuim'iiin mmmmm Jan. 9, 193 The Commoner. 11 White and Black 1 The President Outlines His Position on tho Raco Question. Washington, Nov. 27. Tho presi dent has sent the following communi- cation to a well known man of Charles ton, S. C: "Porsonal. White House, Washing ton, November 2G, 1902. "My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of November 10, and of one from Mr. , under date of No vember 11, in reference to the appoint ment of Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston. "In your letter you make certain specific charges against Dr. Crum, tending to show his unfitness in sev- . eral respects for the office sought. . These charges are entitled to the ut most consideration from me, and I shall go over them carefully before . taking any action. After making these charges you add, as further reason for . opposition to him, that he is a colored man, and after reciting tho misdeeds that followed carpet-bag rule and ne- ' gro domination in South Carolina, you say that, 'We have sworn never again to submit to the rule of tho African, and such an appointment as that of Dr. Crum to any such office forces us to protest unanimously against this ' insult to tho white blood;' and you " add that you understood me to say that I would never force a negro on such a community as yours. Mr. puts the objection of color first, say- ' Ing that, first, he is a colored man. and ' that of itself ought to bar him from office. In view of these last state- Jtnen'ts I think -I -ought to make clear . to you why 1 am concerned and pained by your making them, and what my . attitude is as regards all such appoint ments. How anyone could have gained the' idea that I had said 1 would not "INCURABLE" HEART DISEASE SOON CURED, ' During the last two or three years very great improvement has been made in the treatment of the different kinds of disease of the heart. Cases formerly considered incurable now rapidly re cover. The well-known specialist, Franklin Miles, M. D.,IvIy. H., of Chicago, will send his New Special Treatment free to any of our af. flicted readers who will mention this paper. This liberal offer is for the purpose of demon strating the great uperiority of his new system of Treatments for heart troubles, such as short breath, pain iu the side, oppression in the chest, irregular pulse, palpitation, smothering spells, puffing of the ankles or dropsy. They are the result of twenty-five years of careful study, extensive research, and remarkable experience in treating weak, dilated, hypertro phicd, rheumatic, fatty or nenralgiac hearts, as each one requires different treatment. The treatments are carefully selected for each patient, as regards their age, weight, and stage of each kind of heart disease. All afflicted per sons should avail themselves of this liberal offer. No death comes more unexpectedly than that from heart disease. Rev. J.' W. Stokesbury, of Fallport, Mo., had head, heart, stomach troubles, and nervous pros tration. Three physicians failed to help him. Be writes:" "I regard myself cured." The eminent Rev. W. Bell, D. D., of Dayton, Ohio, General Secretary of Foreign Mission", writes editorially in Tlic State Sunday School "Union: "We desire to s'ate that from personal acquaintance we know Dr. Miles to be a most skillful specialist, a man who has spared neither labor nor money to keep himself abreast of the greut advancement in medical science." A thousand references to, and testimonials from H shops, Clergymen. Hankers, Fanners, and their wives will be sent free on request. These include mnny who hnve been cured after from five to fiftc n physicians and profevors had pro nounced them "incurable." Anions them arc II. A. Groce, 504 Mountain St., Elg n, 111.; Mrs. Sophia Snowberg, Io. 282 ait Ave., S. Minneap olis, Minn.-Mrs. A. P. Colburn, Blessing, la.; Mrs. M. n. Morelan' Rogers, Ohio, and the pres idents of two medical col-ege?, etc. Send at onco to Dr. Franklin Miles, 201 to 208 State Street, Chicago, Illinois, for free troatment before it is too late. appoint reputable and upright col ored men to office when objection was made to them solely on account of their color, I confess I am unable to understand. At the time of my visit to Charleston last spring I had made, and since that time I have made a number of such appointments from several states in which there is a con siderable colored population. For ex ample, I made one such appointment in Mississippi and another in Ala bama shortly before my visit to Charleston. I had at that time ap pointed two colored men as judicial magistrates in the District of Colum bia. I have recently announced an other such appointment for New Or leans and have just made one irom Pennsylvania. "The great majority of my appoint ments in every state have been of white men. North and south alike it has been my sedulous endeavor to appoint only men of high character and good capacity, whether white or black. But it is and should bo my consistent policy in every state where their numbers warranted it to recog nize colored men of good repute and standing in making appointments to office. These appointments of colored men have in no state made more than a small proportion of tho total num ber of appointments: I am unable to see how I can legitimately be asked to make an exception for South Carolina. In South Carolina to tho four most im portant positions in tho state I have appointed three men and continued in office a fourth, all of them white men three of them originally gold demo crats two ot tUem, as I am informed, the sons of confederate soldiers. I have been informed by tho citizens of Charle 11 whom I have met that these four men represent a high grade of public service. "I do not intend to appoint any un fit man to office. So far as I legiti mately can I shall always endeavor to pay regard to the wishes and feel ings of the people of each locality, but I cannot consent to take tho position that the door of hope tho door of op portunityis to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or cdlor. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong. If, as you hold, the great bulk of the colored people are not yet fit in point of character and influence to hold such positions, it seems to me that it is worth while putting a premium upon the effort among them to achieve the character and standing which will fit them. "The question of 'negro domina tion' does not enter into tho matter at all. It might as well be asserted that when I was governor of Now York I sought to bring about negro domination in that state because I appointed two colored men of good character and standing to responsi ble positions one of them to a posi tion paying a salary twice as large as that paid in the office now under con sideration; one of them as a director of the Buffalo exposition. The ques tion raised by you and Mr. in tho statements to which I refer is sim ply whether it is to be declared that under no circumstances shall any man of color, no matter how upright and honest, no matter how good a citizen, no matter how fair in his dealings with all his fellows, be permitted to hold any office under our government, T certainly cannot assume such an atti tude, anrl you must permit me to say that in my view it is an attitude no man should assume, whether he looks nfit frnm the standpoint of the true interest of the white man of the south J The Great Standard Authority Tim,. I. . . .... . W lime ifl n tmnl looliir nt M..I1 ti ..tf- .1 .... ... . . .... . . . the worih Tin. 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"Without any regard as to what my decision may be on the merits of this particular applicant for this particular place, I feel that I ought to let you know clearly my attitude on the far broader question raised by you and Mr. , an attitude from which I have not varied during my term of office. Faithfully yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." A New Scheme. Exchanges all agree that the Vene zuelan affelr suggests a new way to collect old debts. When tho sheriff goes out to tho farm to levy an at tachment or execution his proper course will be, after seizing tho live stock, to knock the horse on the head, scuttle tho cow and throw tho pigs down tho well. If he regards tho claim as still unsatisfied despite those rtclfic measures, ho will proceed to burn the barn and haystack and punch the farmer's head. The program is so beautifully simple and effective it is a wonder no debt jollector ever thougnt of it before. Dallas (Tex.) News. Too True. If Clara Morris had worked hu manity for all there was In It for her self, instead of working herself for all there was for humanity she might have won gratitude and riches, Instead of having her home sold on a mort gage. Kansas City World.