The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27
sLOSES HIS CHANCE
TO ASSIST P AR T Y
END Of Administrators First
L Year Finds Friends DESERVING
I. President Steam Roller
Methods Of Hitchcock Are
Held Largely Response
ble-Taft Smiles Still.
8rspeeia1to The Times-pispatch. 1

9dent SIatt scanHCG expect InucH ala al
sympathy from North Carolina or an
other Southern State in an hour o
distress or trial" said Tarheel Re
III publican here to-day. Our people d.
not believe that he has given them {
square deal. On account of a most ex-
cellent speech he made at Greensboro
July .. sos. he won the hearts OF thous-
ands OF our substantial citizens. Ills
words then and there fred the hopes
/ of many an independent thinking man.
q lie promised q new day In the South.
Those Democrats who had grown tired
| of their BryaE-ridden party welcomed
,his invitation TO join an improved Re.
publican party. and as result OF
.hat Greensboro speech, believe, he
carried the Western halt of our State
the most prosperous region in the en-
tire Southland three congressional
districts sent Republican representa-
1ives to Washington.
AT the Gate City Mr.. Taft. then Sec
rotary of War. was feeling his way to-
ward the White House His bold. dar.
ing statements created n sensation ana
were published broadcast throughout
The length and breadth OF TINS lano'
The wavcring voters OF the South. es-
pecially that part Of it included III
Piedmont North Carolina. believed that
he was sincere.
Among other things. he said: AS
long as the Republican party IN the
Southern States represents little sayea
factional chase for Federal of1ces, III
which business men ana men OF SUD
stance in the community have no de-
sire to enter, and in tho result OF
which they have no interest, we may
expect the present political conditions
OF the South to continue
Its First birthday.
well. the Taft administration has,
had a birthday-this month--and both
friends and foes. well-wishers and
croakers, ardent admirers and chronic
critics have gathered to see how well
the year-old Soungster walks and
talks and what promise he shows for
future years.
taft was selected by the Mighty
Hunter, his predecessor. and the party
= duly forced to acknowledge his leader
ship and the people by overwhelming
vote ratified the work OF the master
hand.
1T Roosevelt. with the eye of an
artist. had stud iously sought back
ground against which the picture OF
his administration could best be photo
graphed. he could not have chosen
better.
THE picture of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration--called the President of
soSl}OIAo tWlLlOAeateA ~ De
thrown upon tho screen of that noble
man OF Thought without actions
"rhe judicial mind was to be COM
pared with the rash acts of the fear.
less Rough Rider.
from the viewpoint of the average
everyday citizen Taft started the race
badly Handicapped. But he might Nave
IF overcome this but for other heavy
loads. The papers of the country are
agreed to-day that his great burden,
which is heavy enough TO draw angels
down. is Frank Fl, Hitchcock. A good
Cabinet. principally lawyers and men
of exceptienal ability, was chosen. and
ali built afSund lhe politician of the
steam roE9er y lk--one who thinks he
sees his opportunity and makes all
other considerations subordinate to
political expediency.
Others Sec the Light.
Other members or tho Cabinet.
am told. see the light and the right
but candidly confess that they are not!
able to overcome the political feature
and the big roller smooths the way
leaving the flattened cnrpses of those
who resist in Its wake, and tracks Of
some that escaped to the woods to
make guerrilla warfare upon the pow
ers that be-
Was Hitchcock a Taft man to begin
with"' I asked
-,
Remembers that he might have nomi-
mated Cortelyou had he not heard the
command of Roosevelt There Is no
roosevelt now to say, 7 have SO or
dered II. and thou shall not The
memory still fingers Of how 10000
postmasters might have cried. as with
one voice, Thou art the man. Could
not this universal cry turn to Hitch
cock himself If no one discovered III
nntl! the time and man We're both on
hand SlS -
was not there report to the ef-
icy mat Hitchcock sentiment was
being fostered in the mountains of
North Carolina and Virginia?
Yes, Sometimes friends are In
tniscreetly jealous. and rumor still has
Il " tbat When the Asheyille admirers
removed the lid and the cat hopped
out, the very foundations Of the post
once building trembled under the
made about fool friends.
but 10 turn, to the administration.
- mas spoken wisely and acted aueerly,
perhaps hnwtsely. It has given sage
aavles and followed not the plain wavS
mas hafmonized our hearts and In
hu,.ea cur intelligence. II has placed
politics npona high plane OF sounding
words and sunk it in the DEPTHS Of
81 disappointing acts a
es, put you must give President
TAFT tiDs 10 prove his metal,
It is true that three years VET re.
main to rsgain the peoples conidenee.
but e will REQUIRE new set OF polit.
4cal advisers. This country has Grown
so large that Its presiding ottleer must
not only be a Just ruler but o daring
aleader.
II # Leads Nothing but Dance.
4 $50 far Taft has led nothing but
dance or two. and then he was dane
s1ng to the tune OF some one clse's mu-
sic. and the country wants to know
what Will have to be paid 10 the i'd
der"
There is no end TO the talk about
NJ President Taft. Friend after friend
"a desert him ,He smiles and laughs and
smiles and laughs again, but the peo-
II Ipls tire OF that pleasant look. One
,,Well -knoWn Sol thern r republican lead
u ar a national aonnaltt een1an, is sal6
al TO have ca lied him q jelly,fish. The
Il MS,Y York World i. Wllich had been tak-
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