The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17
WANT TO GET INTO CABINET.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS HAVE A
GOOD SCHEME.

Are Urging Upon the President That
the south Has No Representative
in the Cabinet and That Recogni-
ton of This Sort Would Help 10
Build Up the Party in the south.
Incidentally There Are Several
Prominent Republicans Who VIII
Soon BE In Need of Good Jobs.
Washington, April 16.--President
Roosevelt is being urged by Southern
Republicans to show his regard for
that section of the country by invit-
ing a man from south of Mason and
Dixons line to take seat in the cab
met. The principal promoters of the
scheme are Republicans who are now
in public offices, but who will shortly
be relegated TO private life. The sub
ject was started before President Nc
Kinley died and President Roosevelt's
life and hope into the project. The
matter was laid before the President
this morning by Senator Pritchard and
Representatives Blackburn and Moody
of some length on the subject, point
ing out to the President the fact that
one-third of the country in point of
population is ignored in the cabinet
representation, the probable i'm
possibility of making Roadway with
republican policies and principles in
the South unless there is some evil
dence of this kind of the willingness
of the administration to aid in building
up the growing sentiment in the South
phere.
Senator Pritchard and Thomas E.
Witham acted as the representatives of
the Republicans of the South in their
call. Representatives Brownlow and
Gibson of Tennessee and other South
ern Republicans are behind the move
ment. They authorized Senator Pritch-
ard to act in the matter.
Some of the cabinet material Of
fered the President includes H. Clay
Evans of Tennessee, Senator McLaurin
of South Carolina. Maj. Hanson of
Georgia, Senator Pritchard, Capt.
Charles Price of Salisbury or Judge
Bynum of Greensboro, N. c.
Capt. Price is a division counsel of
the Southern Railway, is an eloquent
and able lawyer, and, 1t is said, would
have been Attorney Geenral had Blaine
been elected president. He was a per-
sonal friend of the late James 6.
Blaine.
Ex-Gov. Bradley of Kentucky or Sen
ator Deboe of the same state are also
slated as possibilities.
Senator Pritchard said that in urg-
ing the matter upon the President, he
presented all the Southern Republi-
cans not only in public but in private
life. While he had friends whom he
might urge for such position, 1t is
said that he did not speak in the inter-
est of any candidate. In this connec-
ton it has developed that Senator
| Pritchard himself was offered three
| times a place in the Mckinley cabinet,
| but he has told his friends that he
would not under any circumstances
take such a place. He still hopes for
a turn in the political tide in North
Carolina, which will return him to the
| Senate. He believes, however, that the
appointment of Southern man to the
cabinet would increase his own
chances. Senator Pritchard said after
| his conference with the President that
! it was impossible to say whether any
thing will be done on the lines he had
urged.
Some of the political gossips are
cruel enough to suggest that Senators
Pritchard, McLaurin, Evans and De-
Doe are bidding for substantial recog-
milton by the President after their re-
snective terms expire.