The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-21
TARTRUMPUSTO
HELP ROOSEVELT
MIx-UP LIKE FORAkER-TAFT AF-
FAIR is HATcHED IN
NEW YORK.
WAOSWORTH Is RAPED
BY Big Stick Patronage" But Comes
Back With Harsh Terms and Be-
IIttling Phrases-Huehes Is
the Next Trump?

Washington, April 20.-Havins
started in Ohio what he is pleased t
call an anti. eact.onary contest, thC
president has now gone to his owr
state to tllrD. few political tricks
Over in New York there are wo fac
lions in tae Republican party, jus
as there are in the Buckeye state
Governor Hughes, aided and sup
ported by the president, represents
one, and such men as former Cover
nor Odell and former Rep esentative
Wadsworth represent the other The
latter Is distinctly anti-Roosevelt in
IS composition, and lately has been
fomentir5 discord and dissatisfaction
with the existing order of things. and
gradually but surely alternating men
from the Roosevelt Hughes camp. The
president finally concluded it was
time fer him to step in ald stop fur
iher desertons and is now using the
power Of fede al patronage to achieve
tae desired result.
In order to break down former Rep
resentative Wadsworth. who was
chairman Of the house committee on
agriculture IN the last and many
previous congresses, he demanded
the resignation few days ago Of
Aichie Sanders, the collector of In
tcrnal Revenue al Roctestee. He also
turned out the postmastcrs at Dan
vile, Attica ana i-ockpogt, all in
Wadsworths district the Thirty
fourth
Wadsworth's Lesc Msjeste.
Mr.. Wadsworh, who is one Of the
land barons of tie Empire state, own
ing nearly the entire county of Gene
sec, yesterday let out lusty howl
ard called the president 'fakif and
humbug,' and declared that the peo
i,t5 wese ilnsiiy awakening 70 the
character Of the bloody here of Ket-
tie Hill" He asserted that Collector
Sanders and the three postmasters
had proved themselves excellent Off
cials, and were entitled to retain
their off ',es but they had been re-
moved 10 enable the president to
punish him because he refused to
recognize Mr. Roosevelt as the arbi-
ter of the destinies of the nation.
Today the president Ietaliated by
announcing that hereafter he would
distribute all federal patronage in
New York with the end in view Of
aiding Governor Hughes in carrying
ont his legislative and administrative
policies. II was admitted at the
White House moreover that Col
loctor Sanders resignation was called
for for this very reason. Governor
Hughes has been having trouble with
tle legislature at Albany. He has
II commended some drastic legislation
which meets with the presidents ap-
pruval but the state solons have
been reluctant to enact it. The men
whom the president styles re action
aries have been responsible largely
fsr the dsinclinaton of the legisla
ure TO work in harmony with the
governor, and the president resolved
10 come 10 his assistance by threat
cning every federal official who is
affiliated with tae other side with dis
missal
Makes Patronage Weapon.
While most of the men h lding
office in New York have been APP
pointed by the president personally, |
there are some who are indebted TO |
such men as Senator Plat, former |
Governor Odell and others who are |
not especially fond of the president |
for their positions. The president |
means 10 warn these men that they |
must get into the Roosevelt Hughes /
camp imme lately or be punished by |
scpa! alton from tic government ser I
vice. II is expected that some Of
these men will lose their Jobs even |
though they avow their allegiance to
the controlling powers in the Repub-
IiCan party. That the president /
should thus openly employ his power
of patronage is unusual. and has
created a tremendous stir in political
ciicles But in these days he is using
c"arv weap7n at his command In or
der TO attain his ends, and he seems
to be Indifferent to tIe criticism of
his opponents.
Il has been rule with him. as soon
as he discovers signs of opposition.
To assume an offensive attitude in
stead - defensive one The latest
c1ample Of this trait was when he
fred a broadside at the diab0lical 4
rliqu who organized the alleged rich
mans conspiracy@ and pledged a
: = 00o. .0o,. campaign fund in order -
the Republican party. A. has
been stated before many rational
politicians doubt the formation Of
aay such cabal and have been hoping
that the president would furnish some
tangible evidence Of its existence.
Rut he has declined to do so thus far.
ronienting himself with his original