The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-21
ENEMY'S COUNTRY
NOW IN THE WEST
HITCHCOCK GOING THERE TO
BUILD UP HIS FENCES.
Because Little Attention is Paid to
New York it May Go Democrat
ic just for Spite.

" IN AA"ii'
Frank II. Hitchcock, former first as
sistant postmaster general and by
that token termed "Gcn." Hitch
cock, who subsequently, because of
his marvellous marshaling Of the
imperial e,iard of Rooscvcltian post
masters in the Southern States, be-
came known to the world as "Gener-
al-issimo' Hitchcock, now assigned
to the command of the whole Rcpub-
lican army in the field, or, in other
words, placed in charge of the fixing
of the fences of the G. O. p, has set
ont for the West. AS already an
nounced lie will hold conferences at
Colorado Springs with the fence fin
ers of North and South Dakota, Neb-
raska, Oklahoma. Texas, Montma,
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
idaho, Utah. A,inna, Nevada. Wash.
ington, Oregon. Kansas and Colorado.
This first move shows that the Re-
publican chairman is on TO his job.
for he has gone to the "encmy's S
country.' He tarricd only a brief
spell in the East, spen, several days
with his big fat race horse down at
Hot Springs, then went to New York
to open up All Office and study how
to get in touch with the filters Of the
money bags, came down here to WASH
ington two days ago and left this
morning to see what steps can be
taken to put out the Bryan fire in
the West.
Republicans Non -plussed.
This thing Of the Democrats ig-
noring New York, New Jersey, and
the other doubtful States in the East
to wage the war in the West has sort
o non-plusscd the G. O. P. The Re-
publican leaders don't exactly know
what to think about it. Such thing
has never before been heard Of, and
they are holding up their hands in
front of their solar pleXus lest some
thing hit 'cm there from an unseen
place. This Mr.. Bryan has all Of a
sudden got shrewd, another hitherto
nnheard of and unsupported thing.
He has, moreover, held counsel with
all the astute Democratic leaders,
those who heretofore have been fight
ing him as we'll as his original friends.
If he is really going to neglect New
York. he has something up his sleeve.
So Mr. Hitchcock goes out 10 sec
about it. What is IT? Do not think
Mr.. Hitchcock has not an idea what
it is. lie has sources Of information
from his own men. Information, III
side, secret information, is this aStutc
political generals strong point, in
fact. Long before the Chicago con-
vention and before he left the post
Office department he had his force Of
fcelcrs in the Middle. West o!@an1z-
ed and ut work, anr they have been
telling him things which give him and
the other Republican leaders an idea
of what Mr. Bryan is thinking of.
There is something doing out there,
and if something isn't done, it will
be somebody's undo,ng.
New OK AnSEJ.
And New York is mad! Gee! just
to think of any one prcsumine to run
for president without currying fav",
with the New York politicians. Mr..
BRYAN. il was said at Denver, did
give the New York delegation to I'M
dcrstand that if thcT agreed upon a
man for vice president he would fav-
or him, but nobody has even intimat-
ed that he begged them to put up a
candidate or that he IS 10 any degree
sorry that they did hoi. The Chicago
steam roller engineers decided that
they would have to have a candidate
from New York, and considered it OF
so much Importance that they con-
sentcd to take man Objectionable to
the Roosevelt Republicans OF the
whole country and nauseatmgly OBJ
noXious to the LaFollcttc stalwarts OF
the Middle West. They thought, OF
course, the Democrats would also
name New York man, for to their
I minds. as il has been to nearly all po-
litical minds since -flc beginning or
American politics, no one could hope