The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-04

udS ldheu COHulLauCe Oh lnlS SITUATION
time and again. in perfectly per
functory way, however, and nothing
ever has been done to bring relief.
AS things stand at present the United
States is obliged to send to foreign
courts men whose only claim to dis
tinction is that they have money.
Men of approved diplomatic ability
who have held minor positions abroad,
in the consular and counselor agent
service, have been and are still de-
barred from seeking advancement to
higher positions simply because they
have no money. 1t is notorious in
many of the countries in Europe that
greater ability than are our ambassa-
DORIS
Cannot Move Congress.
Representative Longworth. who 10 a
sonin.law of former President Roose-
welt. has tried time and again to get
bill through congress appropriating
money for the purchase OF houses for
our ministers and ambassadors in the
capitals Of European nations. II the
ambassadors house rent was paid he
could make shift on his $17.500 per
year to support his position. although
this amount of money would not come
anywhere near paying the expenses OF
our ambassadors to Great Britain.
France. Germany. Italy or Russia.
State Patronage Disputes.
President Taft is having his trou-
bles because OF a lack Of harmony in
the ranks Of the Republicans of the
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 its 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 Mr.. Taft became
president he appointed several judges
in the southern states. and in some In.
stances he selected Democrats be.
cause. as he put 4. 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. 1t was
regarded as tremendous victory for
the party. Representative Morehead.
from the Fifth district. 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
Gratis of the younger generation were
inclined to the Roosevelt progressive
endeavors and that they believed that
Mr.. 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-
milton to the element which had re.
Gently joined the Republican party.
but that 1t 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
Iowa and in some other sections OF
the country, and this trouble is viewed
with considerable alarm by some of
the Republican leaders. The Demo
Gratis look on with complacency and
think that the greater the patronage
difficulties in the opposition party the
better is their. chance for preferment
at the polls next November. 1t is said.
however, that President Taft is Just
now more concerned over the south.
ern situation than any other and that
he feels that he must leave no stone
unturned to keep good his promises
to the people who live south of the
Potomac and Ohio rivers.
GEORGE CLINTON.
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