Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-05
ITO SPLIT THE SOUTH MRS. HAMS PEN|TENT|
President in Sympathy With Thornton Tells of Her Grief
Mr.. Taft's Efforts. Over Her Disgrace.
MAY NOMINATE DEMOCRAT PLEADED TO BE KILLED.
Judge Appointed Defendant Declares She Was Under
North Carolina influence Of Liquor.
VACANCIES TO BE KEPT OPEN QUESTIONS CONFUSE HIM
Case. Objects to Nasging.
President in Sympathy With
Mr.. Taft'S Efforts.
MAY NOMINATE DEMOCRAT
Judge to Be Appointed for Eastern
North Carolina.
VACANCIES TO BE KEPT OPEN
Successor to Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Cooley-Bonaparte to Push
Standard Oil Case.

President Roosevelt may shortly take a
decided step in aiding the Taft plan OF
republicanizing the south.
If he does so it will be in nominating a
Taft democrat as judge of the eastern
district of North Carolina, to fill the va
cancy caused by the recent death OF
Judge Purnell.
President Roosevelt is known to be con-
sidertng the question sof pushing along
the growth Of republicanism in the south
in connection with this judgeship, and
there has been put before him the name
of w. w. Clark, a lawyer of Newborn.
N c. Mr.. Clark is known to have voted
for Taft in the last election His father
before him was democrat and he re-
NAMED a democrat for years until 1896,
"nen he went over to the gold democrats,
being made Palmer and Buckner elector
in North Carolina
he never could stand for Bryan, but In
ly4 he went back to the democrats
voting and working for Parker Bryan's
nominations again drove him back TO the
republicans, where he expects to remain
Cooperating With Taft.
One OF Mr. Taft's great hopes is te
change the political complexion of the
south, or part Of it at least, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt is willing to cooperate
with him as far as possible. But the
President is making as few nominations
as possible, being contented to leave to
ms successor every office that does NOT
have to be filled at once
In the North Carolina judgeship a
prompt nomination is necessary because
or the delayed work of the federal court
ictp
Ill a long time before he died. and the
work or his court had to be carrie don
oy Judge Boyd of the western district
aided by Judge Waddill of Virginia
Two prominent republicans have been
presented to President Roosevelt for Sc
lection. One is ex-Representative Harry
Skinner United States attorney of the
eastern district, the logical successor to
me dead Jurist. The other is ex-Juds e
spencer b. Adams, who is backed by the
republican organization of the state in
Guiding Judge Pritchard.
Judge Adams. however. is a resident OF
the western district of the state, and the
lawyers of the eastern district today
hled with the White House a remonstrance
against gong out of the district for 9
Gandidate They do not make a fight on
Judge Adams, who is we'll spoken Of but
say that the district contains MANY able
lawyers, both republicans and democrats
Harry Skinner Is said to be the equal
OF Judge Adams as lawyer. and Mr.
Clark, whose name is before the Presi.
dent, is said to have no superior in the
STATE in the brillfancy of his attachments
and knowledge of the law
To Split the South.
President Roosevelt has been for lone
time in sympathy with the contention that
an element of the south was ripe for a
political change. and he has catered in
many instances to that element
Mr.. Roosevelt is said to feel that the
kindly disposition of the south to repub.
lican leaders and policies at this time is
due to a large extent to the friendly sen.
timent created by the President himself
in his attitude to the south. Mr. TAT,
kept alive the sentiment by friendly words
and actions. obtaining surprisingly large
vote in many southern states. He is eX-
pected to make many appointments OF
democrats in the south during his admin.
istration and test the belief that politica
seed thus will be sown.
Old-line republicans in the south are
feeling gIum over the outlook They de-
clare that they have borne the brunt of
the fight in that section for years. and
that their efforts should be recognized by
what patronage there is. On the other
hand 1t is claimed that these old-liners
have done nothing else for years but d-
vide the patronage among them, and that
it is time to create a party in the south
that looks higher than the pie counter.
New Assistant Attorney General.
A. w. Cooley resigned as assistant at
torney general of the Department OF
Justice five or six months ago, and ever
since there has been talk of filing the
vacancy, but nothing has been done. AT
one time the position was offered to John
H. Wilkerson. one of the special attor-
neys of the department in the Standard
Oil cases. Mr.. Wilkerson declined the
position.
For some reason or other no action has
since been taken. and it is now UNDER
stood to be probabl that the vacancy
will go over until the Taft administra-
ton. The duties of the office are being
attended to by assistant attorneys. and
by the delay in appointment 1t is rec
ognized that Mr.. Taft will have many
obligations to pay when he gets into
office, and President Roosevelt is con-
siderately leaving him as much patrons
age as he can for cancellation purposes.
To Push Standard Oil Cases.
Attorney General Bonaparte could Il vt
spend much time at the cabinet meet
ing this morning, his presence being
needed at the United States Supreme
Court. but he was with the President
long enough to give assurance that the
government will push with energys the
retrial of the rebate cases against the
Standard Oil Company. The Supreme
Court decision against the government
in these cases, handed down yesterday
will cause the administration to re-
double it's efforts to again convict the
Standard Oil of violating the law in
giving rebates to railroads.
The absence of Mr.. Bonaparte from the
cabinet meeting prevented consideration
of the dispute over the boundary line of
Colorado. New Mexico and Oklahoma.
brought before the President several times
by Representative Cook of Colorado. The
President vetoed Mr.. Cooks BILL passed
by Congress. fixing the boundary as the
thirty-seventh parallel of latitude. and
Mr.. Cook is trying hard to have the veto
recalled. 1t is not likely that the Presi-
dent will recall the veto. legal officers
of the administration contending that the
question Of the boundary line of the states
is one for the courts. and not for congress
sional action.
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