CHAPTER XIII.

URGED FOR A CABINET POSITION.

The Washington Post and Other Papers Urge the Appointment of the Author in the Cabinet of President McKinley--Some Extracts From Articles Urging Such Appointment--In the Midst of this Discussion Author Declares He Would Not Accept a Political Position That Would Compel Him to Turn Aside From the Work at Tuskegee--He Speaks in Washington in March, 1897--He Urges Negroes to Cease Depending Too Much on Office Getting, and Give More Attention to Industrial and Business Enterprises--Certain Criticisms of Author Answered.