The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-01-28
WASHINGTON NEWS
The Old Referee System in the
South TO Be Abolished.
IMPORTANT MEETING
IN WASHINGTON

AN w Va
President Eject Taft May Select q
North Carolinian as Member Of
His Characterization Roosevelt
Praised for His Efforts In Behalf
Of Dependent ChiIdrcn-The East
ern Judgeship-No Charges Against
Mr.. seaweIl and He VIII be Con-
flrmed.
Washington. D. c. Jan. &c. 1909.
Special TO the Caucasian:
There arrived in Washington yes
terday more than two hundred dele
gates to attend the special confer
ence called by President Roosevelt TO
consider the care OF dependent chill
dren. The delegates were received
by the President at the White House
yesterday afternoon. and held their
Arst session in the large ballroom
at the New Willard last night.
Much attention has been given to
the subject matter of this conference
by philanthropists in every part of
the United States during the last ten
years, and societies and organizations
have been formed in nearly every
State in the Union TO consider the
care for the future homeless chill
dren. The prominent workers in all
of these organizations are here. and
besides many other patriotic and phi
lanthropic people who are not active
ly connected with such organizations.
Prominent among those seen at the
New Willard last night were George
w. Wilder, president of the Nation
al Child Rescue League of New York.
and Judge Ben B. Lindsey. who Is
the author of the Juvenile Court at
Denver, Colo; also Miss Jane Ad-
ans. the noted philanthropist.
All OF the delegates were loud in
their praise of President Roosevelt's
valuable service in advancing this
work by calling together this confer
ence calls to mind the many import
ant things that have been inaugur-
ated by President Roosevelt outside
OF his official duties as President.
His action in settling the great
coal strike commanded the attention
of not only this country but of the
whole world.
The appointment of the commits
sToa 20 corHader tie condi ions of
farm life and what could be done
for the general uplift of the rural
population has also attracted notable
attention, and the report of this COM
mission which will soon be ready is
looked forward to with great in
terest
The Conservation Commission.
1t was only the other day that the
commission appointed by the Presi-
dent to consider the conservation of
natural resources made their report.
The appointment of this commission
and the work already done and to be
done by it is probably the most bril-
liant piece of constructive statesman
ship initiated by the President. The
report of that commission has been
sent to Congress and is now under
consideration.
The President, in his message to
Congress transmitting this report,
asked for an appropriation of only
fifty thousand dollars to enable the
commission to continue its most i'm
portant work. Never was so great
work undertaken, that promises
such lasting and beneficial results, at
so little cost.
In no way, as the President says,
will the appropriation of SO small a
sum prove of such benefit as by its
employment in celebrating means
for the development and preservation
of our material resources in mine
and forest, in soil and waterways.
And no act would be more creditable
to this expiring Congress than that
of giving form and permanence to
the policy of national conservation
of those material elements which are
the foundation of national greatness
The Old Referee System to be
Abolished.
The last word that came from
President-eIect Taft before he sailed
| yesterday morning for Panama was
| further assurance that there is tc
be a new order of things in the
| South.
Judge Taft has been diligently and
earnestly seeking for the cause which
has prevented thousands of the besi
people of the South who believe In
Republican principles from afsliat
ing with the Republican party ot
that section. He has discovered ths
cause and he Is now seeking the mos
effective way to apply the remedy.
AS Judge Taft himself announced
the first step was to remove tbs
| cause, and therefore he has boldly
and squarely announced that he vii
abolish the old referee system TO
distributing patronage in the South
He now secs that this false system
has too often placed power in thu
hands of small and selfish men VIII:
have used it not to build up but q
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