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Mr.. Taft Ioag ago recognized tsat
one great handicap % the saeeess ef
his party In the South wan shs odloas
referee system. b. shteh somn pol
ltieiAns was gisea the privileges %
dispensing the Federal patronage
without regard 90 the wishes % The
community Ia which Federal omeers
we're 10 serve. This has resulted IN
building up State political machines
composed aimos. entirely OF oEaee-
holders whose sole object vas 20 80
cure and retain once. No strong. vI-
rile party can be eaiit ap on any
such baSis. and 80 Mr. Taft. then Sec
rotary Of War. stated in his notable
speech made At Greensboro. n. c.
several years ago. The change in
the party management IN North Car
olina. brought about apparently with
the support of Mr.. Taft. Is the frst
active step toward the elimination
OF the referees and . change In the
party system. Congressman John n.
Morehead In his campaign for chair
man first thoroughly organized the
voters. and then he made IL plain
that he had the support OF President
+ Taft. the office-holderx. most OF whom
owed their appointments to his OPP
I ponent. Committeeman Carl Duncan
+ trooped into the Aorehead camp.
Mr.. Morehead had the active support
/ Of former United Staes Senator Ma
rion Butler. who organized the cam
/ paigns OF 1894 and 1895. when the
Republicans and Populists carried
the State. Though elected Senator
as Popullst. Mr.. Butler long ago
became n Republican. and is now
high In the party councils. Mr.. More
head is a man OF wealth and close
TO the manufacturing interests.
which, though nominalfy Democrats,
lean toward the Republican party on
/
Ter Is still a power among the farm
ers and is expected to bring the old
Populist element Into line. Under
the educational test thousands OF ne
/ groes are now eligible TO the ballot,
and these will be urged 10 register
and vote. The new managers hope
to unite these elements with the OLD
line Republican vote. and IL they sue
eeed will present a formidable oppo-
sition TO the Democrats. for the frst
time in decade.
THE serious split I'm the Demo-
cratic party In Tennessee. where the
bitterest campaign ever waged there
has just been followed by the over
whelming defeat of Governor Patter-
son and his faction by the indepen-
dents, gives Mr.. Taft fresh hope In
that State. The home Of former Sec
retary OF War Luke Wright and Of
the present Secretary Of War Dickin-
son, Mr.. Taft has strong hopes OF
success in Tennessee.
I'm North Carolina and Tennessee
Mr.. Taft hopes TO insert the wedge
that will break the solid South. The
Democrats are firmly intrenched, they
have held the fort for a generation,
and the assault upon their position
will require a greater force and bet
I ter generalship than the Republicans
have ever before exhibited in the
South. But It Is apparent that the
Taft administration is determined 10
make the attempt and IL setting
about the task In a way that prom
+ ises trouble for the Democrats.'