The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-09-05
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q presidei't Roosevslt Waits Re-.
spsdtshlo Republican Party
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Roput'ltoais candidates to lie sSomi.
mated in il, Each congressional
District ana q strong
Fight nIado. iss
The Washington Post slys tile attl-
tudc Of the president regarding the
Southern Republicans is not sSrpris-
| ing in Washington, where hisEyicws
are well known. In fact, the ,ssyiyl-
cation Of the Republican partys}n tho
south recently has been largely due to
President Roosevelt, who l,asl paid
personal attention to that scotch,
1t is now recalled that somea time
before the tragic death Of president
McKinlcyit had been arranged f& NIr.
Roosevelt to make u tour through the
south toacquaint himself With Re
publican conditions there. Ire3 was
earnestly advised to mako the four
by Booker II. Washington, whUQs. ali
ardent advocate of a complete rcor-
ganizatlon Of tho Republican paTtySin
the south AS he stated in Ills talk
with Chairman Lyon, OF tlio Texas
Republican State committee, SPrcsi-
dent Roosevelt Is DESTROYS Of avoid
ing ractional disturbances in} the
ranks al the Southern Republicans,
but he h even more interested In
building up IN the south a Ropubli-
can party that will command the rc.
spcot OF tho business and commercial
interests Of that section. lie realizes
that for many years the Republican
machine In each Southern state has
been close corporation. 1t has been
tho aim Of the Southern Republican
managers to admit into Their syndi-
cate only enough leaders to fill the
federal ollccs in tho state,
In many OF tho southern states 1t
has been tho program Of these leaders
to discourage, for nFtancc, the nOmi-
nation Orany Republican congressman
BECAUSE in the event Of The election
Of the candidate, he would control the
postoilicc' and other patronage and
put them out OF business, 1T will be
remembered that In the last session OF
congress, when Il Republican who had
made the fight upon his own rcspon-
sibility brought his contest into the
house, Representative Hull read a
severe lecture to the MACHINE Of his
| G fnt 70 "a lto ~, Il
opposed for purely selfish reasons.
Mr.. Hull, being vice chairman OF the
Republican congressional campaign
committee, Is well acquainted With
conditions in the south, and his re-
marks were based upon actual know
ledge.
The PRESIDENT, 1t is said, is also dis
appnintc9 because the Virginia Re
publcanS have failed to make nomina.
tions in one Or two districts in tho
state. Chairman Agnew Of the Re.
| publican state committee in Virginia
was not In town "Wednesday, hut
| but when he was hero some days age
he stated that in tho two districts
which had been omitted 1t was utter.
| ly useless for the Republicans topt,
tempt to contest. In eight Of tile fol
districts, however, n Republican can.
diGatc will run. or late years there
has been an effort on the part OF tho
| Virginia Republicans to capture one
or more doubtful districts, and thcil
efforts have not been altogether un.
successful In times past, however
the conditions which prevail farther
south were noticeable in Virginia, and
one year Is recalled where thc mana.
gers absolutely discouraged tho nomi,
nation OF Republican State ticket In
order that they might retain thcil
position as controllers of the fedora
patronage. 1T is this condition which
the president desires to remedy
lie wants the Republican party .ir
the south, cvon though it be in a
minority, TO ho actuated by unscltisl
motives aud to proceed upon the Same
lines as The organization in the north
The recent political uphcaval ir
Louisiana, where men like Wimbcrly
who has been the machine leader, was
given notice Of his deposition from
Office, is part OF the presidents pro
gram. lie believes that in Louisiana
as In other southern states, there has
been entirely too much attention
given to selecting delegates and ap.
portiOning the offices and two little
time devoted to furthering the inter.
csts of the Republican party. In Ar.
kansas, therefore,, there is an cntircl,
new cra the Republican insurgents
as they are called, making an effort t(
break away from the men who lnyc
hitherto had the rcins well in hand
In Alabama also, under the prcsi.
dents influence, there Is to be this
year an effort to make the Ilcpubli.
cans a factor in the state. Men OF
recognized standing and ability arc
coming to the front and displacing
the old-timc professional Office seekers
In North Carolina the Republicans
arc aggressive, and will, as Senator
Prltchard stated in The Post Wcdncs.
day, make q campaign with the pro.
tcctiye principle of their party tho
principal Issue Of the campaign.
The president believes that tho Re.
publican party in the south, a section
which is fast developing commercial.
ly, can be raised into a responsibility
which IL has not hitherto enjoyed. lie
has summoned to Oyster Bay during
the summcrmany Of the most promin.
ent Republicans of the south, and has
impaired his views to them with his
| usual emphasis. rrhc result Is q lrnad Y