The Carlisle independent., 1910-02-17

year to support his position, although this amount of money would not come anywhere near paying the expenses of l our ambassadors to Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy or Russia.
 State Patronage Disputes.
 President Taft is having his trou- bies because of a lack of harmony in the ranks of the Republicans of tho many states. He has been appealed to from the north and south and the west by men who have managed party affairs in the different districts in the past and by men who would like to manage them at the present time. The chief cause of the trouble Is de- sire to control patronage, and as the president has some very distinct views on patronage matters it may be that his decisions will not be to the liking of either faction in any of the places where discord has been mani fest.
 Some of the sharpest troubles that are besetting the administration in the patronage way have their seat in the south. When President Taft went to Augusta, Ga, last winter prior to his inauguration, he made several speeches in which he said that he hoped to win the south. not necessari- ly to Republicanism, but to loyalty to his administration as one that would try to do it's best by the whole coun- try. The president made specific promises that he would appoint only fit men to office, and that he would take into consideration the wishes of the people of the south no matter to what party they belonged.
 Not long after MT. Taft became president he appointed several judges in the southern states, and in some in- stances he selected Democrats be cause, as he put it. the Republican candidates did not measure up to the required standard of ability. The president said he not only intended to appoint fit jurists to the bench. but that he intended to make appoint ments to minor offices that would meet with the approval of the people living in the appointees' districts. It is over these minor offices that the president is now having trouble.
 Problem in North Carolina.
 The state of North Carolina at the last election sent three Republican representatives to congress. It was regarded as tremendous victory for the party. Representative Morehead. from the Fifth district, a Republican, overcame a Democratic majority of nearly 5000 votes, and the claim was made that his victory was wholly due to the fact that great many Demo crats of the younger generation were inclined to the Roosevelt progressive endeavors and that they believed that MT. Taft would lend his aid to the furtherance of the same advanced policies.
 While the president was in the south he was told that the only way that this independent contingent. which formerly had been loyal to the Democracy. could be held was by means of proper appointments to of fee. He was told that he did not need to appoint Democrats and that he did not have to give recog hilton to the element which had re- gently joined the Republican party. but that it was best to ignore the old Republican organizations in the south. which had been formed for office-hold- ing purposes only, and to appoint men who would do the work of their office and would not attempt to play poll tics, especially just before national convention times.
 There is trouble in New York and there is trouble in Wisconsin and in