The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29
Activities of Blond Boss.
/. Felt in Every De-
partment.
WHAT HE SAYS
ALWAYS "GOES"
White House Political Affairs
Practically Turned Over to Him
Despite Taft's Former Dis
like and Opposition-Said
to Be Roosevclt's Per-
sonal Representative.
Especial TO The Times.,,ispatoh.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
/ Washington. d. c., May os.-'I have
! received information on excellent au-
I thority that General Frank Hitchcock
is Colonel Roosevelt's personal rep
rcsentative in the Taft Cabinet" said
Virginia Democrat to me to-day
/ and as long as President Taft and
1 Colonel Roosevelt are on friendly
terms Mr.. Hitchcock will not be asked
| TO resign. 1t is also said by those
who should know what they arc
| talking about that in the event Roose-
| Welt is elected to the presidency again
Mr.. Hitchcock will be the big man in
his Cabinet"
All sorts of rumors concerning the
Blond Boss. who is charged with hold
ing the Republican party of the South
in the heart of his hand, to be de-
livered to whom he sees At at ma
tional conventions. rise and fall with
out as much as bringing smile to
his frigid face. A story to the effect
that Mr. Taft did not want to give
him place in his official family cir
culated here for months. William
Loeb. one OF the closest friends that
Colonel Roosevelt had during his So
journ in the White House. was slated
on on account Of the ambition of Hitch
cock
The claim is made that Hitchcock
was thrust upon Mr.. Taft.
Loeb went to New York as collector
of customs, and seems to be making
good. He does not love General Hitch
| cock.
| 1t is asserted frequently in certain
circles that President Roosevelt left
| Washington in huff because OF the
fall that Loeb got in a. tussle with
Hitchcock.
Influence EVERYWHERE.
| The fine Italian hand OF the Post
| master General is felt in every de-
partment here. He keeps finger on
| the political pulse of the capital. and
the man who tries to throw him down
contracts something out of the ordi-
nary. He knows the game and plays
| 1t hard and we'll.
While serving as First Assistant
| Postmaster-Genera1 during the last
| administration he took charge OF the
| situation in the South and organized
+, the Cortelyou boom. which swept like
| a cyclone until 1t was punctured at
| the instance of Mr.. Roosevelt. thereby
making himself one to be reckoned
! with by Taftites and others Royal
r. Cabell. now Commissioner of In
| ternal Revenue, was one of his leu
| tenants in that Cortelyou campaign.
| Thomas Lee Moore, who failed OF re-
| appointment as district attorney of
| the Western Virginia district. was called
| to Washington to confer with friends
of Mr.. Taft about the Cortelyou
movement District Attorneys Holton
and Skinner. of North Carolina. We're
! here at the same time. All save Hol-
| ton have lost their official heads. and
| Hitchcock men have been promoted
to them. Strange things have come
to pass.
Froy Cortelyou the Blond Boss
went to Roosevelt and boosted MN
third tSa3 but but Rae RaasfHslt bs an st
too took the i.e''i lead for him. doing valiant
service.
AS manager of the Taft campaigns
hitchcock was In the limelight. Some
leaders say that he deserves much
credit for the Republican victory.
while others contend that tho credit
belongs elsewhere.
Crane Responsible.
l have been told that Senator Crane.
of Massachusetts,. is responsible for
Hitchcock's appointment to the Post
Office Department.. President Taft,
the story goes. was bitterly opposed
to giving him the place. but Crane
convinced him that 1t would not do
to disappoint him. The bare mention
Of Hitchcock's name used to make the
hefty President swear, but not so now.
1t is Frank this" and Frank that
Whatever Hitchcock has said has gone
at the White House. Although Mr..
tratton that the referee system in the
sortt would he abandoned tha post.
master- c;encra1 has lsept Il IN
rha pras,dent has literally turned
49,. ,,;s nolitical ,nairs fo crank
I1arris 11,trhcock Democratic sena.
lore haye cnmn1ained that the post
~ astar- -cenora, was using undue Of
fnr,s a. t,,e ranitol 10 nut through
con1rmat,ons rTe had been charged
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