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Mayor Rhett is frustrated with newspapers writing harmful articles “built up on conjecture.” Rhett hopes to discuss the issue with President Roosevelt, though it is likely that he is already aware of this problem.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-01
Mayor Rhett accepts an invitation to lunch with President Roosevelt and Rodman Paul Snelling. He hopes to discuss the appointment of William Demos Crum as Collector of Customs at Charleston, South Carolina.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-21
R. Goodwyn Rhett disapproves of the appointment of William Demos Crum as collector of the Port of Charleston. He claims that since Reconstruction, white people have been in “political bondage” and that appointing an African American to a position of office would be disastrous not only to Charleston, South Carolina, but also “to the South, and, possibly, the whole Nation.” Furthermore, such an appointment would be a “stigma” upon the white population. As such, he hopes his admiration and the admiration of the other white individuals in the area for President Roosevelt will succeed in preventing the appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-07