Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-22
The AK FOR P[OTIERS
Federal Employees. False to
Roosevelt Policies Being
Quietly Discharged
WEAPON SWINGS EVERYWHERE
Parties Connected With $4,000, 600 Con-
spiraey Getting Their Answer in an
Unexpected Manner-Dixie Republic
cans Hasten to Climb Into tho Band
Wason-southerners in Panic.

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Waaon-Southerners in a Panic.
Washington. April 22.-The s5,ooo,ooo
conspiracy to defeat the Roosevelt poll
tcies in the next republican national
convention is getting its answer from
the White House every day now.
Wherever federal officeholder Is
found tinctured with conspiracy virus
his head is cut off without ceremony
and without mercy. no matter how loud
1.-The squeals,
The president is living strictly up
to his reputation as tighter, and is
giving plenty Of Illustration of what
he meant when he said on the day
the conspiracy was exposed: My
spear shall know no friend"
Within the past week several strong
republicans and big officeholders In
widely scattered portions of the coun-
try have been surprised to find Them
selves supplanted. without other ex-
planation that that to BIZ found in
their own consciences. One of these
was the collector Of internal revenue
for the western, district OF New York,
and with him it is understood there
are to be numerous other vacancies
This collector who Is friend OF former
Congressman Wadsworth. who Is one
4 Of the fiercest enemies of the Roose-
Welt ideas OF government. and who lost
his place in the house by the beef IN.
spection. legislation which he tried to
pass thru the house, was denounced by
the president as in the interest Of the
beef trust. The others who are to be
removed in New York belong to the
same school and are all with Webs
worth.
Another man who felt the az at his
neck when he thought he was safe as
Colonel Arch M. Hughes. postmaster
at Columbia, Tenn. The anti-Roose-
Welt crowd has been active in the
south trying to line up delegatesN Ior
the next republican convention, ana
Hughes. who has served but one year
OF his present term, evidently had no
idea that the president was not hood
winked by his open declarations that
he was for Roosevelt for another term
at least had no idea until he found his
successor had been named.
Colonel Hughes was one Of the I'M
mortal S06 delegates who stood for a
third term for Grant in the republic
can national convention of 1880, ana
he has been declaring himself third
4ermer for Roosevelt as firmly as ne
,was for Grant But he is not showing
by his works that he is without Roose-
welt policies. The man who succeeds
him is without Roosevelt reforms With
out any question
Stin another person who will shortly
BE in the United States in a position
Is aid in downing the conspirators Is
the new governor Of New Mexico. He
ii Captain George Curry, a Rough
Rider. who stands by his late colonel
HI all things In many ways the con-
spirators are finding out what i Is
like to get into a scrap with nghter.
Secretary Cortelyou is in New York,
and when he gets back 1t will be de-
ciaed what shall be done about filing
the places OF the collector for western
New York and such others as may
have to walk the plank in order to
cripple the conspiracy.
IN the south the president IS not
sconfining his activities to the single
case OF the Tennessee postmaster. First
Assistant Postmaster General Hitch
cock is in the south now and appar-
entity is driving the Fairbanks and For
aker men down there into panic.
Telegrams have come from Atlanta,
Macon and Charleston telling the For
aker supporters here in anguished
tones OF the destructiveness Of the on
elaught. The complaint is that Hitch
seek is in constant conference with
the postmasters and other prominent
Republicans in the cities he visits and
that when he goes away all former
combinations seem to be broken.
Evidently the southern republicans
are having a few facts about the con-
epiracy handed them which they did
not know before, and it is making them
sscramb bic into the real Roosevelt band
wagon Instead of the bogus one such
as Colonel Hughes is trying to drive.
1t is the talk of the town here that
The Roosevelt administration has de-
clared open war on its enemies and
that If the next republican national
convention dominates, a reactionary
who will try to kill off the Roosevelt
policies it will not be done with the aid
Of any of the federal office holders
whom the president detects in the bus
lness.
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