The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-10
CALLERS ON.
 PRESIDENT MT. Roosevelt Sees Many .. AlabamianS. MAY SETTLE SQUABBLE Chief Executive is Tired 0f Chickering's in This State. Aims to Improve the Public Service in Alabama and at the Same
 Time to Make Republican
 ism Respectable.
MAY SETTLE SQUABBLE

Washington, Dec s.-tSpecial. )-There are some indications that the President may take hold of the patronage situa- tion in Alabama and settle 1t. There IS a great deal going on in the way Of con ferences and the President takes turn with some of the Alabamians every day. Among these who saw the President to- day was MT. W. T. wellman of Hunts vile, well known banker of that city. Mir Weliman came to Washington on his way to New York having letter of in- troduction from one of the President s army friends. MT. Richardson accom- panied MT. Wellman to the White House Saturday and MT. wellman went today on appointment with the President and will go again tomorrow. Mir. Wellman went to Alabama ten years ago from South Dakota where he had taken a lively interest in politics. After attend ing one Republican convention in Ala bama he quit the political field and de- voted his attention strictly to business. The President has asked Mir. Wellman for a statement of the political situation in Alabama. together with list of rep resentative citizens of Republican per- suasion who could be relied upon to ele- vate the public service of the State.
 There seems to be no doubt that the President is heartily tired of the old walker-vaughan feud and the present scramble for patronage. If it should ap- pear that good responsible Republicans not heretofore identified with Republican politics in the State are to be had. the President will make clean sweep and iraugurate new deal as 7tne best solu1 ton of the problem.
 In speaking of Southern politics gem orally, the President has stated on more than one occasion that his theories re- garding the public service are hardly consistent with continuing the regulation Republican Southern offices holders in the service. While he does not hope to build up Republican supremacy in the South, he is confident that he can raise the public service in that section to a much higher standard than exists at this time.
 The row that comes to him for settle ment from Alabama is similar to the fights which are coming from other States.
 B. w. Walker, T. W. Curry and J. l. Mckinney also called on the President today to renew their protests against the. recognition of National Committeeman Dimmick as the dispenser of the pie. It is understood that Walker wants ex- Representative Aldrich to displace Dim- mick as patronage manager.
 Reuben F. Kolb also called on the President and it is understood that the question of patronage was discussed at length. MT. Kolb went to New York tonight but will return later in the week and see the President again.
 How far the President will go in isten- ing to the advice from Democrats like Governor Johnston and Captain Kolb re- mains to be seen. Few of the Repub- licans now here look upon consultation with those men as consistent with the hest interests of Republicanism in the State.
 Members of the delegation are viewing with interests the visits of Democrats to the White House and are beginning to wonder if a movement to "McLaurinize" the State is really contemplated by the President.
 Postmaster Dal Smith of opelika is here looking after the extention of rural free delivery service and is not connected with the patronage fight now going on here.
 A large petition praying for the pardon of Ben DeLemos was filed at the Depart ment of Justice today, but the Attorney General says the President will not con slider the matter.
 The petition was signed by large num- Der of the most prominent citizens of Alabama.
 Captain Milton Humes of Huntsville ar rived today. Among the nominations sent to inc Senate today was that of Lucius S. Gray for postmaster of Attalla-