The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13
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In the New York situation. how.
ever. there is still Representative VIII.
liam NJ. Calder, who. like the Con.
eressmen defeated this week. stands
close to the President politically. sn
that the change. II one is made. will
not be so apparent there as else
where.
In many sections of the country,
however, the case is different. For
instance. In Indiana. where only ona
it will be necessary for the President
to@get line on the new regime, un .
less he prefers to follow the old-tims
precedent and still rely on those who
ton exists In the West and other
sections Of the country.
President Taft, while on his present
trip. will 1t is believed. decide upol,
line of polic~ to be pursued. 50 thar
when he gets back he Will not be II,
the dark.
situation In the South.
What will be the situation in North
Carolina and elsewhere in the South
where so many Republicans went down
fight?
Beginning with North Carolina.
President Taft recently expressed a
desire to place patronage matters in
Morehead, in preference to placing
such matters in the hands of E. q.
Duncan and Judge Spencer B. Adams.
Now that Morehead has been beaten,
what will happen. II the President
tiers to him it will bring out "a yell
from other North Carolina Republi.
cans who will claim that since More
head has been beaten he is a dead
one" and ought not to be recognized.
That is probably what the Adams.
Duncan people will do. Cowles, too.
who got a little patronage In the Tar
heel State. was defeated, and he, like
horehead, must step out OF the lime
same State. was never considered Sc
rtously In pa tronagei matters
VIRGINIA Retains Slemn.
IN virginia congressman Slelnp. tho
Eress from the Old Dominion. manag ed
by the hardest OF fighting to souseze
through. SO there will be no change sd
far as wrgtn1a g Is, g E appointments
from that delegation the sttua ZION
would have been the same as that now
existing In North Carolina, where the
Gratis in the next Congress.
Changes In Mcrylnnd, Too.
An entire new alienmei,t mi must be
made IN NAL all pro PrebaSs eal In MARYLAND
almost of the G. Q. p. outfit. viii
President Taft continue to call mon
the men who We're defeated or will be
adopt new policy?
Kentucky and Caleb Powers.
Unless President Taft decides to give
all patronage matters In Kentucky to
Senator Bradley and this Is not likely.
he will he forced to call unon Caleb
Powers. the nan twice convicted for
the assassination of Governor Goebel,
and the man who stayed In iall seven
years. Powers will he the 'None RE-
publican congressman from tho Blue
grass state In the Sixty-second Con-
gress.
Austin aud Sell. In Tennessee.
There will be two Republicans In
the House from Tennese ee--Aistin ana
sells--the latter succeeding Congress a
man Rrownlow., who for many years
was the recogni-ed political BOSS Of
the Volunteer State. From present
Indications Congressman Austin viii
probably have considerable Is do with
Tenne ssee amendments in the future.
West Virginia Chanp-s Also,
h With onlv one Renu5lican in tho
House from West sYlrginia la, where the~e
are now five. PATRONAGE matters. when
tho SiXty-sec ond Congress opens, will
have tn BIO left In the hands az Sena-
tor Elklns, his colleague, Senator Scott,
being scheduled to go Il own to defeat
before Democratic sgislatnre this
winter. Else where IN the South there
are no q. o. r. members st Congress.
hence there Will be no changes in
has been &c, s,ng z that the pres.
the referee system. III, Mcei. III