Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
STANDS BY HIS PARTY
President Roosevelt Will Strength
en- Republican Organization.
a RECENT SIGNIFICANT ACTION
4 Union Party Man As Postmaster Of
Philadelphia Will Be Supplanted BY
Stalwart Republican, Backed BY
Quay and Penrose.

Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Nov. 26.-What must
be taken as an evidence of President
Roosevelt's determination to recognize
the regular Republican organization of
Pennsylvania in making important ap-
pointments under his administration
was the action of the President in an
nouncing few days ago that he will
appoint Colonel Clayton McMichael to
be postmaster of Philadelphia
He made this announcement shortly
after he had conferred with Senators
Quay and Penrose and Congressman
Bingham.
The fact that Postmaster General
Smith has been regarded as lukewarm.
if not inimical to the influential Re-
publican leaders Of Pennsylvania, has
been made much Of by the Union party
leaders and they have endeavored to
create the impression that the admin
istration at Washington would not lose
any sleep if the Republican leaders of
the Keystone State were unhorsed.
WILL RECOGNIZE SENATORS.
The facts are quite to the contrary.
While Mr.. Smith has not contributed
anything to the success of the Republic
can party in Pennsylvania since he be-
came a cabinet officer, while he has
persistently lodged invitations to ad-
dress Republican meetings in the state
to which he is credited on the official
rolls at Washington, and while the
newspaper with which he has for a
long time been identified has not aided
the cause Of Republicanism in Penn
sylvania, he is absolutely powerless to
aid the Union party managers or the
insurgent sympathizers in Pennsylva-
MIA through his position as postmaster
general.
President Roosevelt will recognize
the United States senator's in his own
state OF New York. He will do SO in
Ohio, where Senators Foraker and
Hanna are now working in harmony,
and in other states in the Union, where
the senators represent the leadership
OF the Republican organization, and in
Pennsylvania, where Senators Quay
and Penrose and majority of the Re-
publican members of the house are in
hearty accord, no insurgent influence
will be permitted to affect the policy
OF President Roosevelt's administra-
tion.
The president will in all cases insist
that men of high character and fitness
for the offices for which they are pro-
posed shall be presented to him and
then he will be pleased to recognize
the Republican organizations recon-
mendations.
The president believes in civil SER
vice reform and he also believes in the
Republican party, and he knows that
the principles Of that party cannot be
maintained without the continuance of
a thorough and effective Republican
organization.
The selection OF Colonel McMichael
for postmaster Of Philadelphia has
been hailed with delight by stalwart
Republicans throughout the state. Col
onel McMichael is a descendant of for
mer Mayor McMichael; is a former
United States marshal at Washington
and a former city treasurer Of Phila-
delphia. He has always been a stall
wart among stalwart Republicans, and
herwas agreed upon by Senators Quay
and Penrose mainly with view to
emphasizing the fact that recognition
shall be given to those who stand true
to the Republican party in adversity
as we'll as success, and who in their
official life will see to it that the in
terests of the Republican party shall
be carefully and jealously guarded.
NOTICE TO INSURGENTS.
The appointment of Colonel Nc
Michael may be taken as a serving of
notice upon men like present Post
master Thomas L. Hicks that disloyal-
ty to party from beneficiaries of that
party will not be tolerated at Washing
ton. Mr.. Hicks, through disappoint-
ment at not being recognized as leader
OF the district in which he resides,
joined the Union party outfit. He
banked upon the friendship of Post
master General Charles Emory Smith
to keep him in Office no matter what
came, and then started in to campaign
against the regular Republican ticket
at the late election. He went so far as
to take the stump against the Republi-
can candidates, but his efforts were not
productive of substantial results. He
boasted before election that he would
carry his ward by a large majority for
the Union party nominees. In fact, he
declared that the Republican candi-
dates would lose West Philadelphia.
which is one Of the most wealthy resi-
Dental section of the city, by large
majority.
The election returns show that the
candidates were not only
successful in Mr.. Hicks home ward
but they carried three of the four
wards in West Philadelphia.
A DISAPPOINTED POLITICIAN
Mr. Hicks has learneda lesson hewill
not shortly forget, and that is that the