Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-14
.-,oNAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.
fIJarner'S Weekly.)

ear! tand q reunion of his Rough Hid
to att1nu ont he has received so many
er ies, from cities and towns in
lnVi' oontb that months of his time
lhe ~ no consumed should he accept
wou,u oil Unable to accept them all,
lhem ,,nwilling to discriminate against
anv he has decided to stop nowhere
on an his way to and from Texas, Ihere
W =" M doubt that these invitations,
Is ~ Of which would probably not
,ioo been rendered year ago, indi-
n noto growing disposition on the part
cs'o o,,r southern brethren to heed the
VI U that our chief magistrate is
l lois 70 have made through Mr. Thomas
% SaaH page. that the south would sus-
I'D Judgment on him. The request
!" alleged to have been coupled with
.So eypression of a belief that at the
ond of two years the southern peo-
nia would see cause to revise their
ppninion of him. 1t is evident that the
commitment of son OF General
"StonewalI" Jackson to a cadetship at
tbe West Point military academy has
tended to allay the resentment pro-
voked by the persistent nomination OF
tbe negro Crum to be collector of Gus
toms at Charleston. This is not the
only proof which the president has
given of readiness to honor the men,
ory of a great confederate soldier. The
other day he appointed to the post of
United States marshal for the district
of Virginia a son of General Stuart,
the confederate cavalry leader. These
incidents, viewed in connection with
the fact that the president and those
members of the Federal legislature
who are understood to reflect his
views show no sign of an intention to
enforce the Fourteenth Amendment,
afford some basis for the rumor that
during the coming administration
systematic attempt will be made to
break what is left of the SOLID South"
by organizing white mans Republi
can party in several, if not many,
southern states.
The states wherein slavery was
legal before the civil war have long
ceased to constitute solid" political
entity. Delaware has been Republican
since and including 1896. Maryland
twice voted for Mckinley, and this
year gave one of her electoral votes
to Mr.. Roosevelt. West Virginia, like
Delaware, has chosen Republican cleo
tors in the last three contests. Ken
lucky gave twelve of her thirteen
electoral votes to Mckinley in 1896.
virginia and Tennessee each gave Mr..
Bryan plurality Of less than 10000
IN 1916, and Missouri, which twice vot-
ed lor Mr.. Bryan, was carried by Mr..
roosevelt this year. 1t will be remem-
pered That Virginia was for a number
Vi years represented by two Republi-
oans IN the United States senate. To
regain That state, to hold Missouri, and
" capture Kentucky and Tennessee, are
oOJects to attain which Mr.. Roosevelt
S %oI'u De justified in devoting a great
u YEA OF thought and effort. The next
a'ales TO which organized endeavor
N Moula be directed are Arkansas,
''T.'n carolina and Louisiana.
pa may seem premature, when Mr..
m OoseVeits inauguration is some two
foun mtns away, for politicians to be
oons plans with reference to the
nanpaign OF 1908. Nevertheless. some
mSeeiliminary work is being done on
bsvo sues The Bryanites of Indiana
tho o, peen holding a conference with
ocrot, I'm Vi securing control of the DEM
Auona national committee, and of in
f FROM the selection of delegates
natiou .naC state to the next Democratic
no." onai convention. The latter MIR