Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-12

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Henry F. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, to be Assistant Secretary
of War; Thomas Nelson Page, Of
| Virginia, TO be ambassador 10
Italy; Justice j. W. Gerard, of
/; New York, to be ambassador to
Spain, when the bill making Ma
drid an embassy instead of a lega-
tion, passed, probably within a
few weeks. Joseph E. Willard,
CT Virginia, to be minister to Bel
GUM; Major E. ]. Hale, of North
Carolina to be minister to Costa
Rica P. A. Stovall, of Georgia, to
be minister to Switzerland; Form
er Governor Benton McMillin, of
Tennessee, to be minister to Peru,
There are numerous departmental
employs from various states of the
South and many others in line for
promotion when the opportunity
presents itself.
1t is perfectly apparent that the
South has ccme to be recognized
as a constituent part of the gov
eminent, since Woodrow Wilson
was elected president. For many
years presidents of the Republican
pursuasion have sought to wean
the South from its moorings by
promises of pie and official stand
ing otherwise. Reviewing expe-
riences of the not distant past, a
Washington correspondent of the
American comments thusly:
"It is only two or three years
since Nh. Taft as President went
through the South urging South
erners to hasten the day when
they again would take an active
and important part in the conduct
Of the Federal government. MI.
Taft was sincere in his desire to
see the South attain the infuen-
tlal place it occupied at the ma
tional capital before the civil war,
but he probably did not anticipate
the fulfllment of his wishes in
just the way it has been brought
about"
"The South and Southern in1u-
ences are more strongly represent
ed In the Government at Washing
ton than at any other time since
the civil war. Political observers
are beginning to realize this more
and more as the lists of appoint
r1ents to the Federal service come
from the White House and the new
committee assignments in Con-
gress are studied"
SIN the first place the Presi-I
dency itself is in the hands of a
man Southern born for the first
in nearly half a.. century.
Woodrow Wilson was bornzin
Virginia, was7graduated from the
University of Virginia, founded by
Thomas Jefferson, and has retain
ed strong Southern sentiments
from his early training and sur
roundings." .a
President Taft was very solicit
tous of the South's interests in his
speeches, but gave it scant con-
Sideration when he came to make
selections for cabinet positions.
However, he was more friendly
disposed towards this section than
any of his Republican predeces-
sors for, at the beginning of his
term, Jacob M. Dickinson, a Ten
nessee Democrat, received the
portfolio of secretary Of War, Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor
Nagal, appointed by Mr.. Taft, was
a native of Texas, but a resident
OF Missouri.
Mr.. Cleveland, the only Demo
crat elected president esince the
civil war, with the exception of
Mr.. Wilson, was only fairly liberal
towards the South in the selection
Ct men to important posts. Dur
ing his first administration, L. @.
G. Lamar, of Mississippi, was Sec
of the Interior. and Aucus-