The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
WILL SWEEP THEM OUT
The Roosevelt Forces Will All
Have TO Go on March 4th.
ONLY TAFT MEN ON GUARD

Come From Victory.
WASHINGTON.-It has become
certain that William H. Taft when
he assumes the presidency will make
almost as many changes in the per
sonnet of the federal ofice-hoIders
as William j. Bryan might have been
expected to make had he been sue
cessful in the last campaign. It is
true that some Roosevelt office-hold-
ers will remain. but they are few
and far between. For instance.
while Secretary Loeb will not have
his ambition gratified to go into the
cabinet he will be given the post of
collector of the Port of New York
the best thing in this country out
side of the cabinet" Postmaster
General George Won L. Meyer is to
be transferred to the navy depart
ment. and perhaps James Wilson
will remain as secretary of agricul-
mre. But beyond that the new presi-
dent has no plans for taking care of
those who owe their allegiance to
President Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt has come
around to agree that the new presi-
dent, if he is to stand on his own
feet and command respect for his au-
thority must pick his own force of
ofice-hOlders. In addition to this
Mr.. Taft has finally become con-
vinced that he must stand by his
friends. He has many of them in
all parts of the country. They were
the men who made the fight for his
nomination under the leadership of
Mr.. Hitchcock. Of course many of
the Roosevelt office-hoIders worked
for him, but they did it more for
Roosevelt than for Taft.
Old Friends in the Saddle.
The original Taft men, those who
went out and fought the "allies' in
New England and in New York, in
New Jersey, in the east and in the
west. these men are to be put in the
saddle in offices in Washington and
in their home states. In other
words, the Taft machine" that Mr..
Hitchcock and the then secretary of
war built up when the fight was on
and no rewards were in sight is to
be tightly welded together by the
rewards that come from a great vic
tory at the polls.
In no other way, by no other
means, it is argued, can the new
president bind his followers to him.
In no other way can he insure his
own denomination four gears hence
Ii he permitted the Roosevelt men
to remain in office the men who did
the real fighting for him would re-
gard him as lacking in gratitude and
in practical appreciation of the duty
of leader of his party to his fol-
lowers.
The patronage that the new presi-
dent under this rule will have at his
disposal is very extensive. First
come the foreign ambassadors. The
United States now has ambassadors
to Great Britain, Germany, Austria,
Italy Russia, France, Turkey, Japan
Brazil and Mexico. 1t is assumed
that changes will be made in most
of these desirable posts. Some of
the ambassadors are moving the very
earth to remain, and perhaps some
the impression gathered here is that
most Of them might as we'll prepare
to return to private life and give 9TH
ers a chance.
Host in Washington.
Coming to Washington there is a
perfect army of assistant secretaries,
heads of bureaus, chief clerks and
private secretaries who will have to
90. Here and there one will be kept.
But glance will serve to show the
amount of patronage at the disposal
OF the new president. In the state
department are three assistant Sec
retaries. The first post has already
been pre-emptied by Beekman Win
throp, who is an assistant secretary
OF the treasury now, and will be
transferred because he is more of a
friend of Mr.. Taft and Senator Knox
than of the president. Then there
are the solicitors in the state de-
partment a chief clerk and eight
heads of bureaus.
In the treasury department there
IS an enormous amount of patronage,
There are three assistant secreta-
ries a chief clerk and eight heads
Of bureaus.
Not great many changes are eX-
pected in the war and navy depart
ments, because many of the divisions
there are headed by army and naval
officers.
Coming to the department of JUS
uce there is likely to be a great
slaughter. The attorney general, in
addition to having increased ms
force, has a sum of 100000 each
year voted to him for smashing the
trusts. He has under him an army
OF special employees, special attor-
neys, special agents, most of whom
VIII be replaced Mr.. Hitchcock WILL
OF course, handle the postoffice de-
partment as trained administrator
and a practical politician, and by the
time all the changes there occur
many of the debts of the last cam
paign will have been paid. Although
President Roosevelt placed six thou,
sand postoffice places under the civil