The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-10-04
THE PRESIDENT
AND THE SOUTH
REPUlLI ANS OF ruE SOUrii ON 'riiu
ANXIOUS BENGII
An lmPnrtnnt Subj"ct-rho Strength or
To" Southern Republicans In National
E"nv"nion ~ Something rr.a.ienth
with Second Tenn Ambitious
GENERALLY Rrrard--rhc
Hanna IuiluCncC.

tcheiHlly kPEard--Fhc
Hanna IuiluoncC
Washington, Oct. IA groat deal
of attention is being givon to tho
subject Of tho Roo ;ovelt udminstru
TONS attitude to the republicans in
the South. Tho attention is more
pressing from the Southern ropubli-
cans than from tho administration
rs yet, but unquestionably President
Roosevelt has considered the subject
and certainly will consider it further
during the next few months.
Tho entire subject of Southern
patronage is important, because il
will toll much about the relations
between tho now president and those
mon who have boon recognized for
the last four years rs potent in party
Sffairs. The name of Senator Hanna
is most frequently On the tongue of
Poii''S'"ho III tillo ColIilccI'Ol, per
haps more frequently than tho cir
cumstancos warrant. 1t is, mover
theless, true chat members Of tho
republican national committee, and,
most of all, Senator Hanna, have had
deciding voice regarding Southern
places. Through this patronage
Senator Hanna built up for President
Mckinley and himself strong fol-
lowing, now recognized to be an
important factor in the next national
convention. These federal employees,
including national aud State com
mitteemen, constitute what may he
called the republican machine in the
Southern States. Elsewhere thoro
are usually republican senators or
representatives within the States to
dictate the federal appointoes
Accordingly, t. Southern Office
holders are Ger be u orc or less
on the anxious >sy know
just what inil dent Roose-
velt is going tc recognize in filling
these places for tho next four years.
People are bound to say also that
the selection of these officials is GER
tain to have a part in shaping the
votes of delegations in tho next III
tional republican convention. If
President Roosevelt accepts the en-
dOrsement of Senator Hanna us to
these Offices, many of which arc very
remnnerative, as political Offices 20,
will the incumbents continue their
loyalty to Senator Hanna and the
national committee, or will thore he
pledge Of loyalty to tho fortune Of
the new executive? Mr.. Roosevelt
would be hardly human did he not
cherish hope Of popular admins
tration and o nomination at the hands
of the party in 1904. To this end
the support Of the South will be very
important. Friendly greetings to
Southern people, ties Of kindred in
the Southland, and cordial visits
among them, wholesome as such
things may be, will not altogether
suffice to secure tho votes.
1t is known on good authority that
Senator Henna does not intend to
thrust himself on the new admins
tration, and that he will not be en-
phatic as to Southern appointments.
He might be willing to give battl",
if jostled too vigorously, but he IN /
his colleagues Oh tho national com
mittee will, to all appearances, be
willlng'to meet the president, who is
under loss obligations to them than
WAS President Mckinley, on com.
mon grouI d.