The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-03
70 KE REFORNED,
p.eliGtnt Roosevelt Wants q Re-
spectacle Republican Party
IW THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Republican Candidates to be NOmi-
mated i'm Each Congressional
District and Strong
Fight Made.
Fight Made.

District and a Strong
Fight Made.
The Washington Post says the atti-
tude of the president regarding the
Southern Republicans is not surpris-
ing in Washington. where his views
are well known. Ii. fact, the reviri-
cation OF the Republican party in the
south recently has been largely due to
President Roosevelt, who has paid
personal attention to that section.
1t is now recalled that some time
before. the tragic death of President
Mckinley it had been arranged for Mr..
Roosevelt to make q tour through the
south u acQuaint himself with Re
publican conditions there. He was
earnestly advised to make the tour
hy Booker I. Washington: who is an
ardent advocate of complete reor-
saniza;iOn Of the Republican party in
the south AS be stated in his talk
with Chairman Lyon, of the Texas
Republican State committee, PrcSi-
dent Ry;scvelt is deSirous Of avoid
ing f4::ional disturbances in the
ranks Ct the Southern Republicans,
bat lie is even more interested in
building up in the south a Eepuh!i-
can party that will command the re-
Spect 9: she business and commercial
interests OF that section. He realizes
that fer many years tho Republican
machine il each Southern state has
been a close corporation. 1t has been
the ain OF the Southern Republican
managers to admit into their syndi-
cate Only enough leaders to I'LL the
federal offices in tie state.
In many of the southern states It
has been the program Of these leaders
to discourage, for instaaGe, the nomi-
nation Of any Republican congressman
because, in the event Of the election
of the candidate. lie would control the
postof1ice' and other patronage and
put them out OF business. 1t will be
remembered that in the last session Of
congress, when Republican who had
made the fight upon his own respon-
sibility brought his contest into the
house, Representative Hull read a
severe lecture to the machine OF his
state and charged that he had been
opposed for purely selfish reasons.
Mr.. Hull, being vice chairman Of the
Republican congressional campaign
committee, is we'll acquainted with
conditions in the south, and his re-
marks were based upon actual know
ledge.
The president, it is said, is also dis
appointed because the Virginia Re
publicanS have failed to make nomina-
tions in one or two districts in the
state. Chairman Agnew Of the Re
publican state committee in Virginia.
was not in town Wednesday, but
but when he was here some days ago
he stated that in the TWO districts
which had been omitted it was utter
" useless for the Republicans to at
tempt to contest. In eight Of the ten
districts, however, Republican can
diGate will run. OF late years there
has been an effort on the part Of the
Virginia Republicans to capture one
or more doubtful districts, and their
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 the mana
gers absolutely discouraged the nomi-
nation of Republican state ticket in
order that they might retain their
position as controllers of the federal
patronage. 1t is this condition which
the president desires to remedy.
He wants the Republican party sin
the south, even though it be in a
minority, to be actuated by unseltish
motives aud to proceed upon the same
lines as the organization in the north.
The recent political upheaval in
Louisiana, where men like Wimberly,
who has been the machine leader, was
given notice Of his deposition from
office, is a part of the presidents pro-
gram. He 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-
ests of the Republican party. In Ar
kansas, therefore, there is an entirely
new era, the Republican insurgents,
as they are called, making an effort to
break away from the men who have
hitherto had the reinS well in hand.
In Alabama, also, under the presi-
dents influence, there is to be this
year an effort to make the Republi-
cans d factor in the state. Men Of
recognized standing and ability are
coming to the front and diSplacing
the old-time professional office seekers.
In North Carolina the Republicans
are aggressive, and will, as Senator
Pritchard stated in The Post Wednes-
day, make a campaign with the pro-
tective principle OF their party the
principal issue Of the campaign.
The president believes that the Re-
publican party in the south, Il section
which is fast developing commercial
ly, can be raised into respectability
which it has not hitherto enjoyed. He
has summoned to Oyster Bay during
the summermany of the most promIn-
ent Republicans of the south, and has
impaired his views to them with his