Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26

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that President Taft will respect the
wishes of senators in the distribution or
| federal patronage. Indeed, it is said that
whenever it is practicable the president
will consult the Democratic senator's
though, of course, 1t is not expected that
| he will always accept their advice. The
state chairman and national committee
men i'm Democratic states will, as has
| been indicated by Postmaster Hitchcock,
be given preference. Mr.. Taft, however,
ants to harmonic all factions certain
W. and all parties If possible, and ne
| wants to do nothing that will invite the
hostility of the Democratic senators.
Naturally enough the Republican sena-
| tors. who for seven years have been
lodging the Big Stick" taking what
they could get and getting little from
Colonel Roosevelt, are in high spirits
| over the announcement, and even the
Democrats are not displeased that their
/ advice is to be respected, if not always
needed in the matter of appointments.
! GPieP Sees Hitchcock
Clark Grier, former chairman of the
| Taft clubs of Georgia, was in Washing
! ton last week on " little business lie
| had a long conference with Postmaster
General Hitchcock which he says was
entirely satisfactory Among other things
/ he urged the appointment of Henry Blum
Jr of Savannah, to be third assistant
postmaster general and received kind
| " smile i'm return. He is quite sure that
| Mr. Hitchcock thinks a whole lot of Mr..
| Blum"
Mr.. Grier stated that he didn't know
that he wanted any place under the pres
| ent administration, although he is q
died-in-the-woo Republican and great
admirer of President Taft. He may re-
| main in the back ground and do what
he can to promote the welfare OF the
party in Georgia by disseminating Its
great economic truths
1T was at the instance of Mr.. John
I, Hayes Hammond that the Taft clubs OF
Georgia were reorganized and rechrls-
| tened" said Mr.. Grier when his retire
ment from the Craftsmanship of the or
| ganization was mentioned. You see
| there are two wings of the Republican
party in Georgia. and the continuation
of the Taft clubs might nave caused two
! Republican parties in the state. l enter
! tanned no such fears, but others did, and
for the sake of harmony l got out.
THE old organization men had an i'm
preston that the Taft clubs were infring-
ing upon their preserves. and they were
| kicking up a fuss about ii. Mr.. Ham
mond told me and others that the clubs
were not in conflict with the organization
and were TO have no voice in the distri-
button of patronage. He thought that
more good could be accomplished in this
| way and | agreed with him heartily.
Mr.. Hammond suggested that the
name of the organization be changed 10
the Republican club of Georgia, L believe,
and it was done. We elected Mr.. JaclN
son to be president because he is a
strong, able and popular man, and L am
sure will give entire satisfaction to the
| membership"
Fitzgerald Ducks"
Representative Fitzgerald, the Brooklyn
Democrat Cd, whose rule resolution was
so much to the liking OF the machine
Republicans that they, with the help Of
Fitzgerald and % other Democrats, adopt
ed it, was not seen in the house of rep
resentativCs last week after drawing his
seat on the Tuesday following the fight
i'm the house on Monday. Fitzgerald, be
II remembered. is the same Democrat ID
whose name was Kissed when the speaker
announced his appointment to the rules
committee, which his vote helped to per-
petuate.
The regular Democrats are sore with
Fitzgerald-mighty sore with him-and he
has an unpleasant two years before him
in the house, in so far as treatment from
his Democratic colleagues is concerned.
1t may be stated reliably that. although
a member Of the rules committee, he
will get no time to defend or oppose the
action of the committee, IL he expects to
get it from the minority side. He will
have to depend upon the generosity OF
Speaker Cannon and his Republican allies
If he voices his views in the house
An instance of the attitude of other
Democrats toward Fitzgerald was given
on the Tuesday following hts spectacular
coup. All members of the house were
grouped in punches behind the rail. while
the drawing for seats was in progress.
Fitzgerald was in the crowd He placed
his hand upon the shoulder of a Kentucky
congressman. who turned and saw him.
Take your hand off my shoulder, or
I'll knock you down." was the command
of the Kentuckian.
The Brookynite took his hand away.
and smilingly remarked that he might
| become contaminated.
mo you won't become contaminated
and if you speak to me again I'll punch
your face" retorted the southerner.
Fitzgerald made no reply but edged
away from the belIigerent KentuclSian.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March A.-T
they are wise. the Republican leaders
in charge of the tariff bill will heed the
feminine shrieks of anguish caused by
their proposal to tax finery at higher
rate than prevails now The women, be
it remembered. beat the Republican party
! aIlef II pdSSeu lIle hCniliCy bAiA A@N"i'
Mr.. Mckinley, who later became presi-
dent of the United States, went down In
defeat before the avalanche of hostile
votes fos which the wrath of the women
was responsible.
The tariff on tin plate figured promi-
nently in the campaign that followed the
passage of the Mckinley bill. The Demo
cratic campaign committee i'm the Nc
Kinley district of Ohio sent peddlers
through the country districts to do moth
ing but offer ordinary tin cups at ten
cents each, Just twice as much as they
had cost before the passage of the Nc
Kinley bill
The women of the district wanted to
know of the peddlers why the price OF
tin cups had doubled so suddenly, and
the peddlers explained to each of them
that Mr.. Mckinley was to blame.
Mckinley had been a strong favorite
with the farmers, but the tin cups
changed the tide The farmers wives
would not hear their husbands voting
for the man who doubled the price of tin
cups.
A Bill of AbominatiOn
The Payne bill is certainly one OF
denominations to the women folk. IL
taxes stockings to such an extent that
these now selling for fifteen cents pair
will have to be sold for at least seven