The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

, realized that the chances for Democratic success were particularly bright and that such success would be forthcoming unless some especially bad break was made by those who are directing the movements of the minority party. Now it seems that the indications point to the election of a Democratic House more strongly than ever before.
 With such men as Grosvenor admitting that grave danger exists, from the Re- publican standpoint, and with the posi- ton of the Democrats being made strong CT every day, 1t would seem that there are good grounds for the belief that the elections next month will result in the overthrow of the Republicans.
 Appointment of Roulhac. The presence in Washington of the | Grand Army of the Republic reunion crowds had the effect of detracting somewhat from the attention which un- der ordinary circumstances would have been paid to the announcement that the President had appointed another Demo- cratic office holder in Alabama. The case of William Vaughan, the for mer District Attorney of the Birming- ham District was such notable one that it was taken from the connnes or merely local interest and made Q matter toward which the attention of politicians all over the country was directed The conviction that Vaughan had been dis missed because of his activity in behalf of Hanna and his prominence In the movement having for its object the elimination of the negro from politics In
 the South, had become general and 1t was also believed that when the time came the President would show that he was
 in sympathy with the movement in ques- tion.
 Under the circumstances the appoint ment of Judge Roulhac, Democrat. was all the more surprising. The news of the appointment was given out on the night of the day on which Mir. Clarkson Of New York had introduced three promi- nent negroes to the President. and the president according to the statement or those negroes. had stated that he was opposed to the elimination of the colored man. These facts considered with refer ence to their relation to each other. are something of a poser to those who have so firmly believed that the President wanted to get rid of the Southern ne- groes and yet, when analysed the situS- ton shows that, after all, therc may be nothing particularly significant in evil dence.
 In the first place. 1t was perfectly nat ural that the President should have treat ed the three negro bishops as they said he treated them. He Is too good a poli- tician to throw away chance to make political. thunder and the opportunity to give a little political taffy to the brother
 in black was too strong to be resisted. But that he is as much in favor of the retention of the negro in Southern poli-
 tics as the three bishops think. is to be seriously doubted. If subsequent devel-
 opments do not bear out this statement.
 many astute politicians in this part of
 the country will be greatly surprised. Due to Boyd Solely.
 Judge Roulhac was indorsed by the ne-
 groes of Alabama who are opposed to the Lily White movement, but it is like
 ly that their belief that they alone were
 responsible for the appointment is by no
 means well founded.
 As a matter of fact, the credit for the appointment, as has been previously
 stated in The Advertiser. is due to Roul-
 hacs friend Boyd. of North Carolina
 It is a fact not generally known that on a previous occasion when the name of Judge Jones. a Democrat, was being urg- ed for a Federal position in Alabama Mir Boyd was insistent in asking that the place be given to Judge Roulhac.
 MT. Roosevelt Is playing the political game with all the shrewdness at his command just now and he Is going to try to favor the factions which he thinks will be able to roll up the most delegates for him in 1904. Whether his recent &C., ton in the Alabama case will have this effect remains to be seen.