The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-22
BOSS EMERITUS IN ARKANSAS
GIN. RON I'm CIti rON THE
NtN. SiI> GIORGE TITLES.
sAy> arkansas and south GeneraID NiiI
HaNe Va Political change tnIII rrrSl-
d-nt TatI Iirr,iS secretary raftS
Given Advice Ia Grrrn>boro, '. a.

N~NA laNN ~FaFFfNN NAIt
Given Advice la Grrrn>boro, y. a.
'lu"rr wi- q go,i dosl IN Tar SUN's
re"slt rc'"rrn",' To Mr. Fats speech at
Urr"n,norp. y & an July v. 1919 which -
particularly tppHvaul" To- conditions IN
Nrhaus,s SAID George titles. manager
fpr NrttnS,, ni ON. of tn" uIE insurance
o"mu,ur~ and Republican candidate for
,ungr->, .u.Ir years ago
-On JuIt occasion Mr Taft. then
Secretary ui Mar. sad n" thought It
wouli u" better 20 hdN" IN" Federal
ofic-, 90 tu, south nll"d 10y Democrats
than by R-pbriIvau- taken from close
and compact Org rIIatirn devoted wholly
to thu rr,rrutu 'ut Of delegates to unmi-
mating conventions Il only President
Iatt would follow the rNcrll"rt suggestion
mai by ~..,r-tary Ian what great
thing % would he tor the Republican party
IA the south.
Il have been "A active business IN
Arkan-i- FOR IN" last thirty five years
and probably nav" as large an acqualnt-
anCc as any man living there and am
familiar with conditions, and know that
a. long as Federal patronage 10 the price
Of the Southern vote IA the national con-
ventiou ~ long will tn" South fail To he
represented on the Republican side ia
the halls Of Congress
In my opinion the electoral vut" of
Arkansas mlgnt nave been gwen To I
Roosevelt IA lyrt AMI possibly 10 Tart |
IN lyns tat this would have carried with !
It the ,i"ytton at one or more 'ongIrs--
mon ard with Republican members from 4
that State the OCCUPATION Of the stat"
machine would nave been gun"
The party IN Arkansas : ~ IN" ALSO /
lutte control uf a machine WHICH has had !
the same head tor forty years aud which /
mas been fortunate m being on III" right /
SIDE al every national convention and has /
never failed ut absolute control oi the
Federal patron <" m tn" stat" during all I
thess years only one" during ali this
tim. has u he..n turned down. AMI that
was zen NrkInley wished to appoint
an old school friend TO a minor place.
and N order 10 rlaCst" the machine he
mad - gl,. - candidate a job equally
Rooi
WHOM Itit- Greensboro speech was
pubhsuuu las nam" VA, wiped uh the
state IA Arkansas a. a Pr s!denial posi-
bIlity so IA ~ the Republican machine
Was concerned, ON the theory OF no PIE.
no vote Two years later word went
out that ia. delegation lrpm Arkansas
should go to Chicago unIn-tructrd. and
inter-, l-ws 10 that .He:t were printed IN
the ~ Lous papers that circulate IN
Arksn.as Then a hurry call s-nt from
Washington. was responded to by thre..
al the leaders AID as a result upon their
return a shout went up for Taft
Now It j. fact that the eighteen dele
gates sent rom ArAarSa, 20 III" Chicago
convention, With only three ~ four eN-
ceutIul.s vers a'l Federal eholier~
tour o. them having their once, "a the
same buldmr Most OF tie delegates Who
were rot - that time ofinrholrl-rs have
since heel gpunrrtai 10 FEDERAL iul,s the
most lucratISeIu he STATE
1 -pel' COT - .erahle time AM money
four yr.rs r 20 o. my csril'H'v and hal
occgs Ior TO lear how thoroughly the ma
chirs Ir Arkansas controls pOlI'Ice. There
l. a loss emeritus GrU. Powell CLAYTON.
who pulls the Wire- AMI slthoTgh not
Chairman Of the Sia's committee he
usual NIS,ts IItiis Rock. where the con
ventiou- are hel /. tNo 81 thr.." DAYS before
the meeting This year through -utnc
calis- he we, t"lgy-i and dGI not gct
Their" urtil the 'av i"fore n" city Wa
throp gel with lslega's- Who Ea been
waiting for pointers - 10 tigk"i aud
everyl1lv W, uu NTH" ar When th..
b's emeritus srfI,"i 'Ner" wS- q COZ
suit. in. A''l 'er M u'''r IH'"r ih' name
Ut The IN, Who 49, ip l"a the ticket WsS
being WINS arsi about. AVID t"" cot ven
ton the I'N' lev simply r'-"'yct ITSELF
7 ,tp , Ratification meeting
The oharrma" oi d." Republican STATE
GET 'nmmitt".' no. Arkarsg~ - " l.
Ranmel. Who hollis ~. ofic" - Urr"i
Sts'"- ma, -hsl IN" -."r"'arv = I =
Breton. VIII .. r',..'mH-t.'r ~ l.I'tl" E""k
Will" q "i""hol t"r- a." rot ~ w." majority