The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-16
MIR. VAUGHAN TALKS
ROOSEVELT NOT uNFRIENDLY TO SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS.
Declined to Give the Details of His Conference With the Executive. The Party Will Fight the
 Ratification,

Birmingham. Oct, 15.-(special. l-wil- liam Vaughan, Chairman of the Repub- from Washington where he had an inter view with President Roosevelt. MT. Vaughan says that the impression which has obtained in certain quarters that the President was unfriendly towards South ern Republicans Is q mistaken ene as MT. Roosevelt seems to be very kindly disposed towards the Republicans of the South. Mir. Vaughan declined to give the details of his conference with the lated to the policy of the new Execu- tive in the matter of Southern appoint ments In fact, there Is a belief that MT MT. Vaughan undertook to poipt out to ing Democrats to office in this section. Mir. Vaughan was in . rather facetious mood this morning when he made the following %n noS,I statement: # The Impression at many Democratic applicants for office Roosevelt. This is. of course. as it held 50 many offices in Alabama under . Democratic President that 1t is but an stnipi5icn nnSIicn & pf hign tppseciS;9n for (; bsmoerst: of AabSma fSsS hsH. iSS been considerate of Republicans. Look how many Republicans the Governors of Ala bama have appointed to office from time
 
 itude and make the Republicans anxious for Democrats to be favored? You can take the matter even to the counties and see how generous the Democrats fairness in elections, and you~see still further ground for the expression of ap- preciation in the way of offices. Yes, Indeed. believe there will be great MT. vaughan's ironical declaration led to the belief that he was somewhat sore oyer the efforts of Democrats to secure offices under Republican administration. tail, MT. Vaughan said that he had ab- solutely nothing to say. He would not discuss the Birmingham -postmastership or the marshalship From another the President has made It known to the Alabama Republican leaders that should he desire their advice he will ask them for 1t. making 1t clear that he does not appreciate counsel which they may vol- untarily thrust upon him. Mir. Vaughan says that the Republican State Execu- tive Committee will meet here next Sat urday and that the Republicans of Ala bama are opposed to the new Constitu- ton and as party will fight 1t.
 In Other States.
 The State Democratic Campaign Com- mittee is in receipt of number of com have adopted Constitutions on the line of the new Constitution for Alabama, ex- pressing satisfaction in those States with the workings of their. new organic laws. - The Constitutions adopted by these oth- CT Southern States are like the new Con- stitution proposed for Alabama as far as the suffrage question Is concerned. It appears that under the operations of these new Constitutions all white men have baen registered and become voters and that very few negroes have qualified as voters, In other words. where new Constitutions, framed along the lines of the new Alabama Consultation have been moxed 1t would seepn and the negro has been eliminated as a political factor,
 Following is reply received from Sen . wood. in which MT. Tillman was asked what effect the new suffrage law had had In South Carolina:
 .r,o q ,Trenton: 8: c, ooetober Is:
 Dear sir-Replying to your letter of the 7th inst, beg to say under the new Constitution of South Carolina no white too indifferent to get registration napers. Our people are congratulating themselves every day on the workings of the pro- visions of the new Constitution in regard to suffrage Yours 'inssrsIy' ss' R. rn,m.n."
 Congressman Sidney J, Bowie telegraph ed Governor Mcsweenev of South Caro- iinR. asking practically. the same 1ues- 'i'h The rsPly as,SnS,s %ai ss sollsws e October
 "Very few negroes registered in the State All the whites ts are registersd: eition that if the suffrage law proposed for Alabama has worked we'll in South Carolina, as these high authorities state, 1t will work well in this State.