The National tribune., 1909-08-19
BUSINESS ENCROACHES ON THE PRESIDENT.
Members of the Cabinet and Others Keep Him BusyDstribues
Census and Border States Looked After
The InerorForesry Toubensurgen Leaders Acive-For
4SStar Flag-The Fight Against Eastern Senators.

in some degree under Democratic con-
troll they have virile Republican organ
izations, and the Republicans are to
have the Census patronage in those as
we'll as other Northern States.
| 1t will be otherwise in the South Out
of information gained from months OF
! study of the Southern situation, the
President has concluded that there is a
line of States, beginning with Missouri
and extending thru Kentucky and Ten
nessee to North Carolina, where the
Republicans have good prospects. In
those four States the President has
hopes of winning votes for the Repub-
lcan Party and also some hope of the
Republicans coming into permanent
control there. Accordingly the Repub-
t licans are to control the Census patron
lage in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
and North Carolina 1t is expected that
this privilege will strengthen the Re
publican organizations in those States.
In the rest of the South-in Virginia,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Texas-the Census pa
tronage will be equally divided
between the Republicans and Demo
icrats. This is for the purpose of
Encouraging good WI among the South
lerners. who are very sensitive lest "un-
ldesirables'' shall have to do with the
remuneration of the population. The
President is thought to have hit upon
a happy plan in that regard, but the
politicians in the Southern States, where
1.-THE patronage is to be divided, will want
all the plums, and some of them will
want to carry their protests to the Pres
lident.
Patronage Influence.
1t is something of question how
much influence upon party organiza-
ton the Census patronage can have.
The Supervisors will serve for only
labout 10 or II months, and their COM
pensation will range from $1,500 to
$4,000 a year. The larger salaries will
be paid in the larger and more popu-
ilous districts. The fixed salary is ST.
500, with 81 additional for every 1000
Eof population enumerated above a GER
Itain limit. In most of the States the
TERRITORY of the Supervisors is cock
tensive with the Congressional districts,
and there the Supervisors will receive
hardly more than $500. The work will
not be arduous, but these men will
lhave opportunity to get into touch with
Isentiment, and can perform numerous
little services. In many Northern States
it is difficult to obtain men to serve as
enumerators, SO that high school boys
and girls are sometimes enlisted for
the task. In the South it is different.
F'ull-grown men are glad to have the
places, even tho the tenure is for but
one month, outside of the large cities,
where the tenure will be for but IL
days. Then the Seutherners are very
teager for Federal office, which is re-
! garded as a badge of honor. And for
: that reason the Census patronage of
fers chance to reward some of the
patriots who have borne the heat and
the burden of the day.
: From the standpoint of politics-and
III ~,
Iof his party-there are quite as good
: ireasons why the Republicans should
have control of the Census patronage
lin Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and
North Carolina as in Ohio, Indiana, Ne
braska, Minnesota, Nevada, Montana
and Colorado. The Republicans are
5 trying to get complete control of the
lGovernments in the four Southern
States, just as they are in the sever
Northern States mentioned. There are
Imutterings in the West. Senator Cum
minis and other insurgents have been
lraising the banner of insurgency since
Congress adjourned. If the Republic
cans lose an additional State or two
there next year in the Congressional
and Gubernatorial elections or in the
next Presidential election it would be
a decided consolation should there be a
Southern State or two to flop over int
the Republican column.
: The Close Border States.
Missouri, one of the most populou
States of the Union, is now almost Re
publican. 1t has voted twice for Re-
publican President, but by only yer,
narrow margins. The present Governor
: is Republican, but is elected for four
Years. Next year in Missouri there will
be a battle royal for Congressman an6
: for the election of United States Sen
ator to succeed William Warner, Re
publican. VINO came in on the Roose-
velt landslide of 1904. Ten of the 16
Representative in the House from Mis-
souri, now are Democrats, and the mar
gins are so small in some of the dis
tricts that both parties will make yer,
: determined campaigns next year both
to hold what they have and to make
some gains. Ex-Gov. Joseph w. Folk
Democrat, is already out for the seat oi
; William Warner. So there is every rea
son why the President should help the
Missouri Republicans along with Cen
, sus patronage.
Kentucky has a Republican Cover
nor, because of Democratic dissensions
in that State. OF the delegation of II
Representatives in the House three are
Republicans. Tennessee is the onl,
State of the four mentioned that elects
a Governor next year. Two of its II
I Representatives are Republicans. North
lsentatives out of a delegation of 10. and
while ii may be very improbable tha
{ teither Kentucky or Tennessee or Nortf
. tCarolina will vote for Republican fol
President in 1912, it is not uniikel,
that Missouri will do so, and it is no
= unlikely that these Southern States ma,
come close to having a deciding voic
. as to the complexion of the next Hous
. Iof Representatives. 1t is expected tina
u the Republicans will lose several seat
in the West, and unless they hold al
Z they have in the East they may com
: dangerously near losing control. Blu
sff Missouri sends six Republicans O
a more and North Carolina three an,
l Kentucky three and Tennessee two
e which makes Il seats where only a fe,
years ago the Republicans had bu
four seats from those four States, tn
= Democrats will be handicapped jus
that much.
L Insurgent Activities.
!! u With all the Washington buzzin
I. about Census politics there is even NOR
u about the insurgent activities in tn
: West. Senator Cummins, of Iowa. rap
!. idly becoming the recognized leader @
!. the insurgents, has served notice tha
- the campaign for tariff revision is to b.
renewed, especially for a Tariff Com
y mission. The dispatches Intimate
: that Senator Cummins may be a candi
u date in 1912 for the Presidency, aIth,
y he asserts his loyalty to Taft, who. h