The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-09
J. G., WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 9, 1901.
FROM THE NATION NATIONS S CAPITAL.
Ftom Our Opn Correspondent.
WAsnINaToN, D. C.. Oct. Z. 1eo1.


Scarcely had President Mckinley
been placed in his tomb when the Re.
publican Office seekers here began to
play a game Of graveyard insurance"
based on President Roosevelt's spon.
taneous declaration that he would
carry out all selections made by his
predecessor for appointments to fed.
eral c4ice Follnwing the example Of
the Ohio Republicans, who declined
to accept the Democratic offer to pre-
termit their political campaign GU: Of
respect to Mr.. Mckinley, the politi-
clans here all began to take advantage
of the dead, During the last few days
scarcely Senator or Representative
who has gone to the White House to
ask for an appointment for a con-
stituent, has failed to nsser. 10 The
most positive manner that President
Mckinley mad promised it to his man.
No doubt many of these men were
honest in their assertions, but that
some of them, at least, had been de-
ceived by their constituents ia evident
from the fact that in some cases as
many as three and even four men have
claimed that they had received posi-
tive promises for the same Office. The
result of this state Of affairs is. of
course, inevitable. President Roose.
velt has shut down. When it can be
proved that q promise was made and
that IL is reasonably recent, he will
carry it out; otherwise, no.
There is excellent reason to believe
that Mr.. Roosevelt intends not only
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the southern policy of his predecessor,
despite the storm of abuse that is sure
to alight on his head when the politi-
CLANS of his party discover that he was
in earnest and not merely talking
through his hat when he declared his
intentions on the subject. 1t is fu-
mored that he intends to consult Nth
conservative Southern Democrats such
as Morgan, McEucry, Clark Howell,
etc., and with their assistance to can-
struot a plan for tho distribution Of
patronage in the South, so as to mako
title to Federal office down there a
claim to respect instead of tho re-
verse, as it uow is. Mr.. Roosevelt, it
is well known, holds, as Mr.. McKin-
ley did, that the average Southern Re-
publican has done nothing to entitle
him to the recognition of his party be.
yond accepting favors from it in the
past. Unlike all former Republican
Presidents, whose nominations were as
sured by the Southern delegates, Mr..
Roosevelt owes absolutely nothing to
any of these, aud is, therefore, free to
strike out radical course, and attempt
to build up respectable white Repub.
lican party in the South, unhampered
by the complications that so obstruct-
ed all his predecessors. Whether the
South will respond to this course by
votes or not, remains to be seen.
Representative Babcock has seen
the handwriting on the wall and has
practically decided to abandon his
hopeless task of persuading his party
friends 10 saop: revenue reForn. leg;s-
lation that will prevent the trusts, to
some small degree, from further milE-
ing the people. He now says that
duced in the closing days of the last
session and while the principle con.
tanned in it finds favor in his section
of the country and the north west gen.
orally, still he may decide net to push
it at present. This, abandonment is
only what was to have been. expected.
The Republican partyis something Of
q trust itself; it lives and has
won of late almost solely by the
favor Of trusts; aud it is obviously
impossible for it to turn upon its pro-
tectof, prescrver and paymaster. Mr..
Babcock has been warned off the
course by the American Protective
Tariff Association, which now claims
that it is essential that Americans
should pay for their goods moro than
they aEo worth, 30 as to enable these
to be sold to foreigners at cost, aud he
has needed the warming. He hints
that in case rec;procity-which is
scheme to reduce the tariff solely at
the expense OF the farmers-falls
through, he will again take up'his bill.
This, Of course, is in the future.
The evidence Of the prosecution in
the Schley Court Of Inquiry is nearly
in and next week sometime the de-
Tense will have chance to be heard.
So far, however, the proceedings have
been exceedingly satisfactory to Schley
and his friends. Blythe evidence of
his foes themselves it has been proved
to the satisfaction Of all unprejudiced
men that everything in his conduct
was entirely justi6able with the pos.
sible exception Of his retrograde move
ment towards Key, West for coal.
The specification il regard to this is
the only one .thatstill holds water
and the defense isyet to be heard all
who have followed the testimony con-
cur IN odu,ift;po fb;o Evor 20 Cob1o,
should be found guilty of nm errer &c
judgment on this point-and it is
clearly impossible for the Court to
adjudge him guilty OF more-the ver-
dict would amount to q triumphant
acquittal, as there would still appear
no justification for the campaign Of
abuse and villification, to which the
Navy ring for two years has subjected.