The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-25
OLD DOMINION
 STILL IN FOLD Virginia VIII Not ~Desert
 Democratc Ranks. KENT MAKING HARD FIGHT Believe Dissatisfaction VIII Sph
 Forces sf 0ppesiiisn. President Taft Aids Re,.sllea.s sy Appointment of Caben as Csnnis-. ]. .ien-r Of IsterssI Reve.ues-- |.
 spslIs Eject By sei.stiea of : f RacAnond Poss.aster. ss2
KENT MAKING HARD FIGHT
rr-.Iae.t T.ft A,s. R.,.sllea.. ,,
BY ALFRED .. sTOFER i.

=. .tl Washington. Oct. 34--fSpccIaL)-- = President Taft and. the leading men connected with his administration hope to do more damage to the Democratic party in Virginia than in any State in which elections are to | bs held next month. Indeed. they confidently cunt upon heavily. reducing the Democratic majority. and not few of the optimis- tic Repubiicans have been actually candidate for Governor. will be elected bysa small margin ..ssess ,s x. Z x .ss .- They base ,thelr ,calcpIauon on the l fact that large percentage of the | Democrats sn the state are dissatiafied with the methods under which their party primary was conducted and the nomination of William III Mann forced upon them by Senator. Martin and the other men Identified with what is com. monly called, the machine :. '-t '.t. s There is undoubtedly a great deal of soreness among the Virginia Demo. crats. They come to Washington in considerable numbers owing td It's proximity, and the talk Is pretty live. | ly. If, the Democratic vote is nate- rialiy reduced. it will be chiefly by the stay-at-homes. and this is the threat now heard on all sides. sxs.. f .s..s : President Taft and the active poll 1 ticians of his administration are count ing on accomplishing more in Virginia this fall than inx any Of the o<her States, for the reason that in the old Dominion full State ticket Is to be voted for. and the Legislature is also to be chosen.
 Dfssatfsfs ctioa in State. -. Some months ago . good deal was heard in Virginia of men who claimed to be National Repu blicans." and word was sent out that this element was getting ready to flop in State politics also, and that If the Democrats nom hated Judge Mann for Governor, they would so over pretty solidiy to the Republican party for this contest at any. rate, The President in order to encourage the movement. named Roy all E.. Cabell of Richmond for Com missioner of Internal Revenue. and he recently took hold of that important office here. The place pays $6.00o 6 year, and the Commissioner has large force of men under him. and wields lot of influence. MT. Cabeil at the time of his appointment to this office was postmaster at Richmond. His selection was popular. and 1t was thought that it would help the Re- publican ticket wonderfully in vir- sinia. for young cabeli is clean and efiicient man. ana is hishiyt connected socially. He. however. is not one of the National Republican" bread. He went over squareiy to the Republicans some years ago. and Is not masquerad- ing like some oS the fellows down in Alabama and other Southern States, who hope to climb into Federal posi- tions.
 But as soon as Caben was made Commissioner. the administration dis A1x& -N, q mond by naming Edgar Allan, Jr. as postmaster, of the Virginia City. This man Allan is,the son of deceased Republican who. was more repugnant to the white people of Virginia than almost any one in5 the Republican Par ty. He was krpwn as Yankee Allan% He claimed to have seen active rnili- tary service. whereas 1t IS alleged that he was nothing but sutier during the war and yet he was in some way squeezed into the Grand Army.
 Allan Causes Trouble. ,-,,
 At any rate. he was a stirrer up of trouble constantly between the whites and blacks, and gave the negroes much bad advice. That. fellows son has been appointed postmaster at Richmond to succeed CaLelI. and most of the men around there who thought of voting the Republican. ticket be- cause they are sour over Man0'S nom ination and the machine" tactics of Senator Martin and his followers. have about concluded they wifi either stay away from the polls or support the Democratic ticket '- 70 -'
 The greatest danger to Judge Mann Is his position on the liquor question. Although he ostensibly IS the candi- date of the Anti-Saloon League forces. 1t is a well known fact that the H.
 aR hA kn Ah-N ~Hx the influence of the Martin machine" supported almost solidly Mann for Governor in preference to Ex-Con- Eressman Tucker, Mann is accused Of carrying water on both shoulders so far as the liquor question IS concerned:7
 Strong efforts are be:ng made to keep Democratic kickers in line bv leaders who supported Tucker at the primaries. They are appealed to to vote straight even if they do not like the dose. and advised to bide their time and go at the machine four years hence. when they are assured the day of reckoning will surely come for Sem ator Martin and those other Democrat. tc Congressmen who are alleged to have set Up the pins for the nomins- ton of William H. Mann.
 Democrats StIiI safe. '' F
 While 1t is now thouKat the Demo.
  duced, it is not believed for one mo. ment that the Republicans have any show In Virginia. even though they are getting lot of help from the Taft administration. in other words. the protesting Democrats are urged to be men and to toe the mark. instead of playing the baby act because they did not win at the August primary.
 AS the administration people have also dipped into the Maryland cam paiRn. much interest Is also felt here in the fight over the suffrage amend ment in that State. IL looks as if enough votes will be secured this year to insure its adoption. and if that nroves to be the case the illiterate and vicious negroes will in future be de- prived of the right to vote. Much will depend upon the general attitude of the foreign born citizens of the citS of Baltimore. +-1 ~~
 Democrats who have been here with in >the last two weeks nearly all talk as if they do not care how the fight goes in the big city of New York. That alleged deal between Tsmniany Con gressmen and the Republican bosses of the House Of Representatives has dis- gusted most Democrat. TAmmanv has been false and crooked they say In s" many instances when 1t comes to na- tlonal politics that If the organization gets a wailoping next month it VIII serve the leaders right. 1t is strong iy contended here that If 1t had not been for the assistance rendered by Democrats under -Tammany innuence Speaker Cannon would have been tleu bard and Font at-the beginning of the