The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
REPUBS ARE STIRRED UP Over Appointment of Col. Youngblood. THE ALABAMA REFEREES Some Interesting Political Gossip
 From Washington. Judge Taft Has Eye on Two Southern states, Kcntuc,y and Tennessee,
 and Sees some Hope of
 Victory.
BY ABFRED J. STOPPER.

Washington, Sept. 13.-(Special)-- The announcement in The Advertiser that Col William Youngbiood had managed to connect with rather snug place under the Department of Agriculture. appears to have stirred up a number of the Alabama Repubii- cans who are reported to be wonder ing why In these hard times, this favor should have been bestowed upon foungblood while they are kept walt Ing. even though they have been try lag for many moons to get on Uncle Sam's pay roll.
 It Is understood that. quite a num- Der of protests have been received at the department from Alabama Republi- cans against the appointment. and 1t is said that complaint also has been made of the sly way in which the appointment was made. Of course, 1t Is impossible to get hold of any of the correspondence said to have been going on. for 1t Is not customary to give 1t out. whether the positions un- der discussion are big or little ones What some of the curious ones would liko to know. Is how Colonel Young blood managed to slide in under the circus tent" as 1t were. Surely they are said to be saying the Alabama referees could not have asked that he be provided for. If they did. such ac- ton on thelf part, or certainly so far as Collector Joe Thompson Is con- eerned. Is puzsiing. Capt. Charles Scott. who for so long was looked upon as the king bee" of the Alabama Re- publicans when 1t came to scooping in places for his faithful followers, few think he has pull enough up this way how to land any one into q posi- ton. He cut loose from the Roose- velt-Taft combination prior to the as- sembiing of the Chicago Convention. He had undertaken to do up Frank Hitchcock before the present National Chairnansof the Republicans put the 'steahs roller" into working order. Any one So badly fIattened out as Scott was. 1t Is argued. could hardly have secured a favor for Youngbiood who was last winter and spring beat ing the bushes down in Alabama and and others in. the combination known as allies" Surely Joe Thompson could not possibly have recommended YoungbIood The Collector was an avowed Taft man only a short time before the On icago Convention met, and he really did not come out square ly for Taft until he got wind of the the fact that along in December of last year that Scott. his fellow ref cree. was heading that way.
 Leaned Toward Roosevelt.
 Both Scott and Thompson and most of their followers wers supposed to have strong leanings towards the President himself. for there was so much talk that the Republicans were going to nominate him in spite of his declarations that he did not intend to run again. Things began to shift around the time that Barker was ap- pointed Postmaster at Anniston. The postmaster and Scott were in Wash ington when Barker was appointed. Scott backed him. Thompson had rec commended another man for the office. Barker had many months before of- fered resolutions in a local convention in Alabama indorsing Taft for Presi- dent.
 Shortly after Thompson was turned down in the Anniston postoffice con. test. the late Congressman Wiley hap pened to call upon President Roose. welt, Re mentioned the peculiar posi- ton Thompson was in. The President was greatly interested. Colonel Wiley said that he did not think Tn ompson was showing much political sumption. That man Thompson" said the Pres tdsnt, hasn't got a bit of sumption. He Is such political fool that he hasn't even sense enough to see which way the cat is jumping"
 It wasn't long before Thompson was heard shouting loudly for Taft. Then
 
 lows who ran with him thought he was on the Taft bandwagon for keeps. but he hopped of before they knew 1t. People had different ideas up here. and probably down in Alabama. too, as to what impelled hi into change front so suddenly. Some hlnted around in Washington that he had made a fise deal with the ti-adminis .ration com bination and they thought he knew what he was doing. Scott told 1t to many of the Republicans and others that he couldn't bear to see such a novice in politics as Frank Hitchcock swashbuckltnE around in the South. and trying to set up delegations. He had made up his mind to do up" Hitchcock, and the understanding was he would be somethisg of a factor at Chicago in that line of business. It bling If the convention as if 1t might be easy enough.
 Unexpected Happened.
 The national committeeman who had the making up of the temporary roll by at least two majority. Scott was a member of the committee himself. and his flop would make a still furth- CT change, But the unexpected hap pened. Some men who did not care to go squarely on record. because they would como out. conveniently remain ed away. They gave proxies, Hitch COCK nclu proxy asa so ulu Sena- tor Lodge, They would do anything Roosevelt and Taft directed, and how they did 1t will long be remembered by those who got the hot end of the poker
 Every one who keeps the run of the fight now going on to elect the Presi- dect knows that Judge Taft and his close political friends have more than A hope of carrying two of the South ern States. Kentucky and Tennessee are the States they have their eyes fixed upon more than any of the oth- CTS Judge Taft has been told that because he was on the circuit bench of the Federal Court, ard as Tennessee was in his circuit. nearly all the law yers in Tennessee are disposed to slip in a vote for him. Thousands of busi- ness men who are reported to be dis- satisfied with the Denver platform as it relates to the tarin, he has been Informed, will be only too glad of as opportunity to secretly swat Bryan
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