The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-25
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<Washington, d. CT. April 20.--Now
that the attempte Subjugation or Re.
publican opponents In Ohio and In New
FY6rk, is we'll on the way, the Presi.
dent appears to have turned his attep.
tton to certain Southern States, where
mutteringsEof rebel1i ion aga inst, .ilis al.
tieged aut0cratic domination are being
heard, The politicians had not fully
recovered from the thrill over the
| latest developments in New York,
| where the President has started to
when they read in the afternoon news
papers a0dispatch from Atlanta to the
effect that First Assistant Postmaster
General Hitchcock was in Georgia on
an important political mission. The
dispatch stated that he had held long
conference with the Postrnasters of
AT tlantaS and Macon and also With mem
bers Of the late Republican State Com
mittee, and afterward went to Charles
ton, s. O., on a similar errand. Mi.
Hitchcock has, been away from Wash.
| 1ngton most Of the week and will not
return until the middle Of next week.
II the news, contained in the press dis:
| patch is correct his trip. strikes the
| pu11ttcfans aS possessing more than OF:
d1nar y significance.f especially when
considered in connection with the re.
cent reports hof anti-RooseYelt move,
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ern States, : ); g$r.> % !, =, :, ,,.4, + +
In Georgia particularly there is an
| element that Is distinctly hostile TO
the President; 1t Is, headed bv ;Jud,
son w. Lyons, the National COMMITTEES
| man. who recently, after nearly nine
years Of continuous service, was super,
seded as Register OF the Treasury by
william T. Vernon, Of Kansas. :. "a
| &$3 Z CoIored Men In Arms.
| s.. HDth Lyons and Vernon are coloFe6
men. Lyons believes he was not treat.
ed fairly by the President, and is now
endeaVoring to line up his followers
| against any Administration candidate
: for President III 1908 Being a man of
considerable influences with men of his
trace, 1t is, not surprising that reports
received here announce that he is max
4 ing palpable headway. . Incidentally ii
is under stood that. Lyons and his
] frtsadA ars5 con iuring With the naIne
and 5S a5aii Il,
4 now lappeafa Sas though at least q pafi
Of the Georgia delegation may g6 to
the convention prepared to vote fof
the Ohio man. ," -. IT, = -. =
l. It%hRs been known for some time
| that the President is perturbed over
certain omens that have appeared in
the South, and that, friasmuch as 1t is
MS purpose to dictate the next Repub
tlican nomination for President, If DOS
sibie, 1t 3ts but natural to- expect that
he VIII endeaVor to keep the Southern
delegations In line for his candidate
whoever he eventually, may be. The
selection Of Pearl Wright, the Nation,
al Committeeman from Louisiana, ais
Commissioners OF Internal Revenue. to
succeed John W.. Yerkes, was doubtless
! With View to placating Southern hos
t1ltty, but, inasmuch as Captain
Wright, exerts no influence in any 9th
er state than his own, the President
very likely regards 1t as important to
40 little missionary work elsewhere.
/ Hitchc0ck's Heavy job. -, r,
! II Mr.. Hitchcock actually has beef,
comforting with Republican politicians
or Georgia and South Carolina, he
ought to be able to make an accurate
report OF conditions there to the Presi.
cent: There Is no man connected with
the Administration better qualified to
aanalyze political situation, neither
Is there one more familiar with polit.
1cal affairs In the South. Moreover,
| Mfis hitchcock Is personally acquainted
with more state, district and county
leaders In that section than any other
Federal official in Washington. Since
ne became First Assistant Postmaster.
General. two years ago he has had q
great deal to do with the postmasters
OF scores and even hundreds of post.
oInces IN Southern states, and has
settleh q large number of spirited con.
CeSts. IN this way he came In touch
| with chatrmen Of state, congressional
lcounty and city committees, and has
fprobably% conferred with more than
l,000 influential party men. ~ 0-L,T
I Being a skillful and sagacious poli.
ttetan, Mr.. Hitchcock, working in con.
Junction with Mr.. Cortelyou, late Post.
master General, considered the effect
Oh most OF the appointments upon the
PrastdentiaE situation in 1903. He
could do this even while enforcing the
rule by which efficient Posfmasters
were given O. third term. Thus there
ts> an almost endless chain Of postmas
ters in the South who are obligated to
Mr.. Hitchcock and his former chief
Mr.. Cortelyou and through them to the
PRESIDENT, and it is but natural for the
Administration to expect them to he
loyal In the present emergency
Should evidences of. disloyalty mani.
lest themselves the handy ak of the
president may be broughtinto use and
decapitations follow, just as they did
IN New York State, when the President
started IN to eliminate former Repre-
sentative James w. Wadsworth On a
/ political factor In The n,ntnnt,r eo...aL