The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-16
ANOTHER SHAKE-UP IS
PLANNED BY PRESIDENT
Said That District Attorney Reese Will Be Sent
Shortly to Retirement-HugheS and
Cooper Also On'LiSt.

ronage as it's one goal. What are known
as the lily whites have been very will
Ing to take the leadership In keeping
alive some form Of organization in order
to become dispensers Of Federal patron
age and as long as 1t has been under
stood that that Is the limit OF their am
bition they have lost little caste among
their fellow citizens Of the Democratic
party.
that to be Republican In the South
means to fight for Republican suprem-
acy, Southern men are convinced that
this class Of Republicans will feel the
unpleasantness of their relations toward
their Democratic friends and to very
large extent will change their political
connections. They believe that the Re-
publican party in the South, under such
circumstances, will become party OF
the coiored race almost exclusively. with
the result that II will not have even the
strength At the polls 1t now possesses.
Those who entertain this view of the
situation believe that at the next Repub-
iican National Convention the race aues-
ton will be fought out, and that this
class Of lilly whites will make their in-
fiuence felt to defeat any candidate who
undertakes to change conditions In their
section of country. The one important
elemet of the fight in which Southern
Democrats are most greatly Interested
now Is TO see lily whites win by throwing
their influence to a candidate for the Re-
publican Presidential nomination who
will let the South alone That means
that they hope to see the defeat Of Mr..
Roosevelt before the Convention.
"All the prestige that has been fost-
cred as a result of Mr.. Roosevelts South
Ia hatr0 a.
verely tested. To the average Southerner
his plan for building up strong Repub-
lican organisation in the South means
only negro supremacy. The idea that
there are principles embodied in the Re-
publican platform that are regarded as
vitality important to many business inter-
ests of consequence to the entire coun-
try is one that they do not consider in
relation to this question.
To Defeat Nomination.
"It is now regarded as very certain by
many Southern Democrats that the Lily
Whites will from now on lay their plans
for the defeat OF Mr.. Roosevelt, unless
something happens to convince them that
he has experienced change Of heart on
this subject, and that Is what they do not
expect.
This problem In relation to develop
ments that will take place in the South
is looked upon in a very different way
by many Republicans who sympathize
with the President In the plan he ID
endeavoring to have realized. They think
that IL a Republican organisation can bs
| effected In all Southern States and main
| tained in such a way a. to assure Repuh'
lican victory now and then, or at leas
| make 1t possible to obtain Republican vic
| tory, the result will be to rally to the
1 -. u. - nd ~
prominent Southern families who will be
leo to indorse Republican policies in the
abstract and to consider that they have
a political future with all possibilities
of preferment in ONCE, by advocating
them,
"The unusual interest being centered on
this question by the Southern Democrats
Is because they believe that the result
Of Mr.. Roosevelt's policies will fix for
many years to come the political status
OF the South. II 1t should result in the
loss OF so large proportion of the white
Republicans as to make the party there
composed almost entirely of the colored
race, which they very generally claim
will be the case. they think that fact
will settle the whole question. If II
should result in an increase of white adj
herents to the party because OF the APP
prevail of Republican policies and the
hope of identifying themselves with a
party of sufficient strength TO win victo-
ries they see a possible breaking of the
Solid south. II such should be the case,
they claim that the colored vote would
be divided between the two parties and
there would be an entirely new align
ment of all forces In realm Of Southern
politics. the outcome of which gives only
a subject for speculation"
Lucien Julian Walker.