AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
ERASING THE COLOUR LINE.
Received 9, 7.35 a.m.
LONDON,. Dec. S. The New York correspondent of the Times says the extra session called to determine the question of reciprocity With Cuba, merged at noon into a regular session. President Roosevelt, •> acting ou the artful aidtvice of • -Senator Lodge and lawyers, nomimßfced '^Briffa- , dier-Oencral Wood (who recently # inflicted a crushing defeat on the Filipinos), as Major-General, and also re-nomina-ted Doctor Crum, a negjro. President Roosevelt's previous nomination of Dr. Crum as Collector ot Gustoms alf Charleston raised the fluestion whether colour was a bar to selection for Federal office and was strongly resented in certain sfuarters. ,'
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7853, 9 December 1903, Page 3
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107AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7853, 9 December 1903, Page 3
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