The age-herald., 1901-10-07
ROOSEVELT TO NAME
 EX-GOV. JONES FOR
 VACANT JUDGESHIP

tons that the coveted judgeship has been in effect conferred upon Alabama's dis tinguished former Governor.
 MT. Wellman's statement that Governor Jones' appointment is regarded "as an important precedent for President Roose- velt's Southern policy lends special in- terest to a Washington dispatch to that staunch Republican newspaper the Chi cago Tribune. After a reference to ef- forts made by interruptions off1ce-seekers to convince President Roosevelt that President Mckinley had promised them certain appointments, the Tribune's we'll informed correspondent in Washington says:
 Southern Political BarnacIes.
 This system of graveyard insurance as applied to practical politics has been ex- tensively tried in the South. Every one of the Southern Republicans now in office has asserted either personally or by proxy that he had been guaranteed reten- tion in his place either by President Me Kinley in person or else by Senator Han na as his political and personal repre- sentative. The game has been played to the limit, and President Roosevelt has de- NANNN lC beAhC lhdlISlS llllO HIS OWIl DdluS.
 'He will not recognize vague promises made long ago, nor, indeed, will he con slider anything except a positive promise made by President Mckinley, either to a cabinet officer or a Senator and of recent date. Furthermore, President Roosevelt is contemplating plan of campaign in the South which will shake up the old barnacles. He is considering the advisa- bility of appointing reputable Democrats to federal offices here and there in the South and giving the cold shoulder to the mossback Southern Republicans, who have never been of the slightest good to the party and have remained faithful simply and solely that they might con trol the patronage
 Invitation to Howell.
 President Roosevelt is turning toward the sound money protectionists in the South, and he has asked Clark Howell to come here to discuss the situation with him. It is believed the President also in- tends to ask the advice of two or three conservative Democratic Senators in the South, like Morgan and McEnery, and then submit the whole scheme to three or four Northern Senators like Allison, Spooner, Proctor, and CuLom.
 For years the same clique of Southern Republicans, both black and white have been coming North to national conven- tions, making their deals with represen- tatives of different candidates and then returning to wait for the offices. In few States South of Mason and Dixons line is there any real campaign between the two big parties. The average Southern Republican has no ambition beyond the nearest office, and that is given as a re- ward for attendance on national conven- tions. and not for work at the polls. lnon Pta nf fhA do,,f hot he is determined to stop this, and of course, the only way to do 1t is to recog- nize the reputable Southern Democrats of that large and constantly increasing class which is with the Republican administra- ton always on the tariff issue, and which dropped silver when the South once more became prosperous It is believed. there. fore, that the invitation to Clark Howell to come here at this time m cans the be- ginning of a radical departure in filling the Southern offices.
 Mckinley Military Appointments
 President Mckinley appointed a num- Der of Confederate soldiers to serve in the United States army during the war with Spain, and President Roosevelt is being urged to apply the same principle to the civil offices.
 All the indications are that he will do this, and, in spite of the howl which will be raised by the professional Southern Republicans, will dot the South with high-grade Democratic federal officehold- CTS, who will represent the administra- tion mentally, morally, socially and financially, even if they do not politically MT. Howell Is expected at the White House tomorrow, and he will be imme- diately followed by some of the Northern Senators, so there is likely to be ''some- thing doing down in Dixie before many days have passed. "
 Colonel Brewer for Judge Sayre.
 On this same interesting line, the Wash ington correspondent of the Republican St. Louis Globe-Democrat telegraphed three days ago:
 President Roosevelt's policy as to ap- pointments in the South will soon be manifested as there are several import ant vacancies in that section to fill The nose prominent among them is the fed eral judgeship of the middle district of Alabama. The vacancy was caused by the recent death of Judge Bruce. Another appointment is that of a collector of in- ternal revenue for South Carolina in which state the growing liberality in po- litical sentiment is led by Senator Mc- Laurin.
 Ex-Representative Willis Brewer, of Alabama, saw President Roosevelt today regarding the vacancy on the federal bench of that state. MT. Brewer recom- mended the appointment of Judge An thony D. Sayre of the city court of Mont gomery. Judge Sayre is a Democrat and a nephew of Senator Morgan He was at one time president of the Alabama state senate, and is spoken of as one of the most al Iox