Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-25

gentlemen have been close personal friends.
They employ the same secretaries. din to-
gether almost daily and In many other
ways have always pulled together. All
three are manufacturer. LittRuer is the
principal owner Of about the most sue.
cessful gloyemaking establishment IN
America. Emerson manufactures shirts
and Stewart produces undergarments. Lit
tauer IL OF has been FOR many years a close
personal friend OF R~Oosevelt's. Soon after
he took the bath of ONCE as president Mr..
Roosevelt invited Mr.. Littauer to accept
the treasury portfolio upon the retirement
Of Secretary Gage. subsequently, how
ever, Mr.. shaw was chosen for that po-
sition and the first slight breach in the
close friendship between Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Littauer was noted. This breach. how
ever. seems to have been healed and Il IL
understood that the president is now do
ing everything in his power to cid Mr..
Littauer In his quest for a nomination to
congress.
Messrs. Stewart and Emerson show no
disposition to get out OF the way Tor the
presidents friend. and the latest informa-
tlon from the seat Of this minor political
war Indicates that there may be three re-
publican candidates in the new district,
with the almost Inevitable result Of the
election Of a democrat from one OF the
great strongholds OF the republicans In the
presidents own state.
No Hope in the south.
Whatever the outcome may be OF the
contests in the doubtful districts of the
northern states. 1t is certain that the re-
publicans have no hope OF gaining a sin
gle seat in the south. The constitutional
changes in many Of the southern states
have practically barred the negro from
the polls. II is true that the educated men
among the colored race still have the right
OF franchise, but this element is so small
ana Insignificant as to cut no figure. The
whites have solved the problem which has
worried them ever since universal suf-
frage was extended to the ex-slaYes, and
the whites control in the south as they
have not done before since 1876.
In the south up to the present time a
white voter was a synonymous term for a
democrat. There are those who see In the
action Of the constitutional conventions OF
Louisiana, Arkansas, North Carolina and
the other states which have followed them
the dawn of hope for the republican party
in the south. The pbpulists are returning
to the democratic party in every southern
state, and 1t is absurd to suppose that one
party can continue to exist without opposi-
tion. Naturally, with the fear OF negro
domination eliminated. white men may be
expected to vote the republican ticket IL
they believe in the platform and prin-
cipals Of the republican party. The south
10 In closer accord with the policy Of ex-
pansson than New England appears to be
at the present time. Mines and mills have
taken the place Of the cotton field and the
corn patch and the policy Of free trade is
as unpopular In Louisiana and Alabama az
1t Is in Pennsylvania. Still the new era
has only dawned and there is not a rain
bow chaser In the entire republican con-
gressional committee who dreams that
there is even a chance that the white
vote of the south will split sufficiently, for
six years, at least, to enable a republican
to win a contest in = southern corsres-
sional district.