Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
! MANN WARNS BROWN.
Southern Republicans win Brook No
MeddIing. He Asserts.

Meddlfng, He Asserts.
Col Horace A. Mann. In q statement
last night warned Administrator Forbes
In general and Postmaster General
Brown In particular that his little
band" of followers below the Mason
Dixon line would stand for no further
outside interference" and henceforth
would conduct Southern political af-
fairs in their own way.
A statement by Mann, explaining the
purposes of last weeks Savannah, Ga,
meeting of his followers, rang with such
phrases as designing political high
jackers'' and 'interioping element of
carpet baggers."
Postmaster General Brown replied to
. the tiltimatum with the statement that
he belonged to no committee with
power to dispense Federal patronage
throughout the South and that his sole
purpose in setting up advisory commit
tees In four Southern States was to
get the best possible postal service, not
subject 20 barter"
He said he handled only post-oflce
appointments, that other cabinet off,
GERS selected men for their departments
eight disgruntled men, would not
make the slightest difference" to him
Mann said the leading Republicans
OF the South would not stand for de-
signing political high jackers" invading
the Southland every four years to rob
her of the. right to legitimate repre-
sentation at Republican national con-
yentions"
This practice has existed in the past
and every worthwhile Southerner has
the answer to it, he said. But new
day has dawned in the general order Of
things, and process of publication has
been brought about, and If any one
doubts the accuracy of this statement
let him attend the next Republican Ma
tional Convention, and get the proof
first hand"
Mann emphasized that Claudius Hus-
ton, the retiring national chairman
'has had nothing to do with this, move
E1ent, which has long been In process
OF development, and has already enlisted
the cooperation of a vast preponder.
ance of the real working forces o.
Southern Republican and" Independent
sentiment"
Leaders Are Surprised.
The statement came as q surprise Il
leaders who have been anxious X
smooth over factional differences owe
retention of Chairman Huston and &c
down TO the long deferred business Of
organizing for the congressional elec
tons.
Tnere Is principle involved, or
which this organization will stand
Mann said, land for which II will fight
of vastly greater importance to tn
Southern Republicans and, in fact, tn.
Southern people as whole, than tn
dispensing Of Federal patronage, tn
bulk of which has been passed out h
an interloping element of carpetbag
gers"
The organization had no challenge Il
make, he insisted, adding:
The long and short OF this story
that henceforth we are going to handle
our own political affairs In our own wa,
and without outside interference from
any source whatsoever have volun
teered my wholehearted service in tl1i
movement and shall give to it the bes
there is in me.
Mann Explains Purpose.
This Southern-wide organization" n
continued, lis but Welding togethe
of that noble band of men and womel
who constituted the personnel of tn
Southern States organizations set u
by me in the 1928 campaign Its pur
pose Is to create q leadership of mel
and women In all congressional district
of each State; to stabilize a part
7 standard of unity: to conduct cam
paign of education which will for a
time put an end to the former practic
of trafficking and trading in delegate
from certain sections OF the South a
Republican national conventions"
He said It's purpose also was to 'serv
notice on all outsiders that the Repuk