The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-16
MUST WORK
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President Roosevelt Issues This
Ulti1nattiin to Southern Re-
publicals Again.
DID NOT HOLD GOOD BEFORE
Congressman Slenp Made a
Highland Won, But Agnew
Had Most Of Patronage.

E1aQ II 4S1O OF 81 alI OllaB
(From Our Regular Corresnondent.)
y WASHINGTON, d. @, August H.
President Roosevelt is after Republican
officc-ho,ders Of the South, and after
them in way that he is determined
shall be productive OF results. however
nulcl, In doubt may be men more ia
smillar with conditions in that section or
tile Union than lie is Mr.. Roosevelt
has recently renewed his statement first
made two years ago that the Federal
offices in Southern States are to be
:given$8to the Republicans who get out
and hustle for the party. Several RE-
publican leaders from Southern States
$hnvo celled 9at the White House recent
sly, and ,.pon each Of them have been im-t
pressed 4 he fact that they need not ex-5
poet to have recpgnit tpn at the hands Of
the President when the time for the dis
stributlon of patrona sc comes around ur-t
less they have sonnet thing to show that
they have made a real fight for the llu.
itionala ticket.
There Is nothing new in this. for I Mr..
Roosevelt has said At all before, with
1t did not have much effect.
For 1t is well known that the pa tronasc:
OF tho administration In the Southern
Suites has been distributed upon the
Of men who represent,
the Of ice-holders and the old organizn-S
ton, which does not represent the fig Is
ing element of the party n S5S} H 5s
Mr.. Slernp. S Experience.
Representative sle1hp was looked upon
as the dispenser Of the patronage in Yir-s
5ginia because of the promise of the Pres
3ident that he would allow the pie to Re
handed out by the men who did the fight
ing. It looked for a time as though he
swn,,lt allow the man who had ma de a
real fight in Virginia and carried his
congressional district. to name the men
to he given places under the administra-$5
ton, but the Agnew organizat ion event.
.unlly secured recognition, though It had
nothing to- show that II was entitled to
4 t. Tho Presiden said mphaticnlly that
he would not recognize such nom fighters
as the Republican organizat ton In ir- I
glnia $iiea d ed by MI. "A gnew. hu t It DID
not take Mr.. Semp long to find out that
MIR. Agnew, the State chalrma n,t$ wa 81
the real dispenser Of patronag e In Vl 1ta
.gir,ia ana that while he had himself sue
tceedel Sin defeating Mr.. Rhea for Con-
ieress,s tic was. allowed only a small voice
III saying who should receive The rewai d
Mr. Slemp made a tremendous effort To-
overthrow Mr.. "a grew and gain control
.oG the State organizat lion, bu T " ne los x
out5inSthe State Convention last spring
al Norfolk. One chief end tosbe gained
tby5 the Republicans In the fight they
tre making carry the Ninth District;
iii addition to electing g re presen g az
Congress. as the ntiol aof the state Or
E;anizatlor. If they should succeed IN
carrying the district they are confident 1t
.tl,oy5 vii re eives the recognition Of Mr.
Roosevelt hen the patronage is dis DIS
,tributed. III gES SSSilss} 3E
Tile I i esident says , llc wants to- build
rp 81, ong Republican party at the
South and sproposes to do SO by making
tho men VIII D. work for tho par y the men
who viii receive the appointnle He
has done nothing to add to the strength;
ofBthe party IN the South by kecping tho
negro IN the background, but has cons
SANITY lorced him to the front. lie Will
proDaely learn In time that the Repup';-f
.llcan PARTY can never be ma de popular
III tho South tho Presi-
dents cease ;ppoinlt = g groes w. o1l'ceS
where they are thrown in constant cons
tact with Whites.5 espe ctally white W 't'-
men. @ IS 4 III I'll y
sstg OIL - dhEg0O 44oSo.8s 3s fg
Virginia Democrat, who Isl a hard
rarity worker. but who .5d oes not wish
TO be quoted III connection with he mai;
tor Of winch ID speak, thinks there may
ibo some surprises in The State text ia Il
by {re.soli Of the failure o f$voters to pay
their 2caritation taxes. which Is q pre-
requisite to voting, ~ Ss3S sls
III have not found a single r epu blican,
White or black, who has failed to G3ray
Ills pill tax he said. u am morally
certain that there has been money sent
into tie State TO be used for this pur-S
nose. ] have the best Of reason fol So "
ing >i,d,f several hundred dollars have
sfce,, spent In my county by Republican
lenders In the payment of t9 capital Ion
taxes * 4 know. one precinct in that coun--
3ty T;icle the Democrats had a majorlty
az eighteen, possibly twenty, Every sim
Gle Republican registered there has paid
his pUii tax. While wenty-;t vo ID emo,
Gratis failed to do so. They were amply
able to pay 1t. but overlooked their duty.
of four brothers who vote the Demo-
cratic ,icket at that precinct, only ono
remembered to pay his $capttat ton taa,
tanlshis attention happened to he directed
to the matter lateo the last day Of
the period in which lla could pay y
81 aili afraid that the Democrats are
SClllE 10 DE Sul uIiScu nv WV omar & w
which will be polled at many precincts. Z
Chairman Cowherd, of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, is In New York
to-day. While there he Will decide wheth-
or the Headquarters of the committee VIII
lie transferred to tina t city from WASH
ingtOn. 1t is believed that the transfer
will he made. An ~
The Democratic handbook for the CAM
3pnign or 1904 will be out he latter part
ofa the d, esent week or early next week,
There have been many requests for It
6ronl nearly every State In the Union, TIE
book is largely the work of Soma tor C,il,
bprson u oil Texas, and Senator carmnck,
az Tennessee. at Will have fmuci, vail ia
bic material for the use of the campaign
orators II. *
Young Car Robbers Sent On.
"a especial Ia The Times Dspatch,)
s CHATHAM, VA August Is. ID esse Fer
rell * I'D. Il Jackson, Claiborne, gFiarnery