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Show OPPOSITION TO NEGRO l William II Lnwls Is to bo nppolnlet! nsslst- lint attorney-general of tlio United States, ne- ' xjfyfeyg1 cording to tho unofflclal stntcmcnt tliat has r "353Bi readied that department In Washington, and i T &BB t"o news has- created something of a tempest In "?BM official circles. Waslilngton Is pretty nearly a Vfc ESvImPB Boiithcrn city, anyway, and n Great share of Its ! I pStHSf population Is mado up of former office-holders ' 1 14 W$Sff from muner" Hln,c who have been loath to i" wMuL trar 'hemsclvcH away from tho national city 1 ffljfflp when their official salaries stopped. Moreover, h . aSt many ot tho present offleeholdnrs nro men of ! 'WlA southern birth and Ideas, I JtVT&r Wfi&tlk Mr' lwl" ,s thoroughly (inallfled for tho I X$fifiirMwM c-ulco. M present ho Is assistant United 8tales J fytfnh. $tl MffiiM attorney for tho eastern district ot Mnssachu- J' setts, where ho has made n good record. Ho la I Harvard graduate, and on tho football tenm during his college days made f n record which Massachusetts devotees of tho grldhon game still rccnll with I pleasure. On ono Thanksgiving, particularly memorable In Cambrldgo, when tho sign all pointed to nn easy victory for Yule, Lewis wns acting cnptaln I - of tho eleven and played himself to tho verge of n collapao, winning for his I team largely by his own desperate work. I Horn of slave parents In Virginia IxjwIs had somo school opportunities of L which ho tnado tho most. Ills father, after receiving freedom, becamo a Hap- I list preacher, and this gave tho lad n chanco to gratify his thirst for reading. I When ho came north ho entered Amherst college, nnd went thenco to Hor- I vard, I Locating In Cambridge City for tho prnctlco of law, ho was elected to tho I city council and then to tho statu legislature. Ho obtained IiIb appointment to his present position through tho recommendation of President lloosovelt I himself , |
