Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-27
ROOSEVELT CONTROLS
PARTY IN The SOUTH
The Anti-administPatI0n Boomers
Fall in Their Efforts to Stir
Up Opposition.
CAN SWING ALL The DELEGATES
There is a Leaning In Kentucky To-
ward Fairbanks, But Roosevelt VIII
Win in the End-Thc sIemps in
Virginia Are Expected to Stand by
the President.


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WASHINGTON ID. 9. June %
All efforts to put the solid South
INTO the anti-tooscvelt column In the
hcpuDlicah National Convention next
year appear to nave utterly failed.
ana 1t now looks ms ii every single
Soi'horn state VIII scnd Roosevelt
dcicRaticn tn the next convention.
made up OF delegates WHO will abso-
i'iteiy be at the bidding of the Pres
idcht or ms managers
by slIillful work. Frank IL.
Hitchcock. assistant postmastcr.gcn.
crnl. aud the man who dishes out
postofficc patronage to the hungry
southern Republicans has succeeded
In patching up nearly all the weak
snots mat threatened the President.
Ills last work in that direction was
when he showed the President that
an injustice had been done John G.
Capers, OF South Carolina, when he
was no, permitted to hold his posi-
.ion as united States attorney In that
state. Thc President personally in
VestiEaicd inc case OF Mr.. CaperS.
frankly admitted That an error had
Deen made III ms case last ycar, aud
oiiereu nm Il good position abroad.
On declining this. Mr.. Capcrs was.
made commissioner of internal rove
nue. until Pearl Wight of New Or
leans, comes here in December newt
to assume the duties of that office.
IL is oven probable that Wight will
never take the position and that Mr.
Capers VIII remain where he is Mr..
Gapers naturally appreciates the
square treatment lie received from
inc President, and there is title doubt
that he VIII not only have charge OF
MS own State delegation next year.
nut 90 much work toward securing
ana hoiu,hg INC delegations from 9th
er southern States.
Kentucky Favors Fairbanks,
Kentucky is about the only one of
the Southern States that is at all
doubtful now. Tho controlling shirts
i'll the State--Statc Chairman Ernst
and John W. Yorhcs-are inclined to-
ward vice-Presidcnt Fairbanks and If
they have their way delegation for
Fairbanks will 20 to the convention
The Roosevelt people, however, cx-
pcct TO control the delegation through
Secretary Taft, who has strong back.
ing John w. Ycrkcs was, until May
/, commissioners of internal revenue
and got out OF office to practice law:
likewise to he FREQ TO work for who.
ever he desired for the Republican
presidential nomination.
In Tennessee the organization is en-
tirely at tho disposal of The President
Newell Sanders. state chairman was
one of the first TO come out for
third term for the President. H.
Clay Evans, the most populad Rcpnb.
lican In the State. is working with
Sanders. Representative Brownlow.
VINO was thought to be arrayed Will.
the opposition, has hcen swattcd so
haru III patronage matters, that he is
DAILY crushed. Sanders and Evans
VIII control every delegate from the
STATE. with the assistance of Repre-.
sentative Hale, of Knoxville, who is
one oil mo element now in control.
o'emps For Roosevelt.
Representative Slemp OF Virginia,
the only Republican In the house
ION INA, o'a,': ana ms son. Bascom
ole'ip' hepupiicar state chairman
nre exnected TO be In line for the
l, ~, people. ihey are getting
~ 'hcN ask ". patronage Represen
n'.ve 9'e,np ma nave a SOFT spot for
fN-o'.'re''rN Snaw' but he is said to
see the way things are drifting. and
n,S SUI wlii nc nsNei 10 Keep the old
nlnn II, n'l"n wnile me real work is
De nv "o,,r LOT solnr.puy else
nc No',h carolina machinery is
ueela'vu 20 De peFIectlv oiled and
Gu ctaay 10 .u.nr ON hooseveit ncierates
,3'''e N.,,''.'i',s,,l Au"!.s ana H. =
D.n'"n' nepupilean nat,onai commit
~ -, ", ,, W, PATRONAGE nave
~ ~ 49, IN ."u'r ramos, ana are WIN