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RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1909.
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS
To adjourn or not
That's the question.
to adjourn.
Remember, we are pulling for 10,
000 subscribers. Won't you pull with
us?
In Wilmington the morally stunted
are doing reasonably well with Ja
maica ginger as a substitute.
Union County comes forward with
a yellow rabbit. It is now up to Chat
ham County to save her reputation.
The Democratic members of the
Legislature do not seem to be in any
hurry about introducing a bill for
guaranty of bank deposits.
Wonder what Mr. Locke Craig
would consider as Just punishment
for the present shell fish commission
er for trading with himself?
When they begin talking of ad
journing early, some of the Legisla
tors reason, If we are so soon done
with what were we elected for?
Speaking of "spilt" fish, the News
and Observer might now give its
opinion of the way in which the of
fice of (he shell fish commissioner is
conducted.
Mr. Bryan says that if the election
.were to come off now his plurality
would equal Mr. Taffs. Mr. Bryan
evidently discovered another new idea
when he went to Mexico.
Mr. John W. Kern charged the
Democrats of Indiana with treachery
because they did not elect him to the
United States Senate. Wonder wht
he thinks of the Democrats all over
the country who would not vote for
him for Vice President.
The telephone trust, and its em
ployes in Kentucky, seems to be badly
in need of regulating. The property
of a rural company in that State was
destroyed Monday because it bad re
fused the dictates of a larger com
pany to go out of business..
In the lower house of the Legisla
ture Monday the resolution of sym
pathy to Italy came up and passed
after striking out the appropriation
of $5,000.
While the earthquake sufferers
are not to get any of our money, we
hope the vote of sympathy will reach
Italy in time to do untold good.
The legislative committee that ex
amined the State offices have been
criticised from certain sources for
staying in session after the first of
the year. The only argument that
could be used in behalf of the kick
ers is the fact that the committee
might not have found anything wrong
if they had rushed through with the
work and adjourned first of the year.
Who is liable for that thirty dol
lars a month Illegally paid our Gov
ernors for servant hire the Audi
tors who Issued the warrants, the
Treasurers who cashed them or the
Governors who took the money?
Wilmington Star.
The present Legislature hasn't de
cided that question, but we are In
formed that Governor Glenn insist
ed that the amount be paid him
even after attention had been called
to the matter.
Saturday was receiving day at our
office. Many of our subscribers called
in to pay their respects and their
dollars, too. Of course that made us
feel good, but it made us feel almost
as good to hear every one of them say
without a single exception, that we
are getting out an excellent paper,
One of our callers, and by the way, a
man of very good judgment, told us
that we are getting out the best paper
in the State. If our friends all con
tinue to make similar statements we
may soon De iorcea to acknowi'- e
the fact ourselves.
Mr. Bryan thinks he has seen
new light. He says that if the elec-
tion were to come off now his plural
ity would be equal to Mr. Taft's. He
must be training for another run for
the Presidency. The Chattanooga
Times, commenting on Mr. Bryan's
new discovery, says:
"Mr. Bryan is one of the most re
markable men of the day. Here he
is declaring, after observing the trend
of events, that if the election were to
come off now his plurality would
equal that of Mr. Taft. Fact is if the
election were to come off now Mr.
Bryan couldn't carry Georgia and he
would stand easily to lose North Car
olina and Tennessee."
SHARP CRITICISMS
Legislative Investigation Om
mittee Makes Report.
FISH COMMISSIONER RAPPED
The CI mm it tee Appointed by the
Last Legislature to Examine the
State Offices Made Their Report
Saturday Severe Criticism of the
Insurance Commissioner's Office.
Criticism of Other Offices Insti
tutions Di Not Report to Treas
urer. The legislative committee of the
1907 General Assembly, which had
been engaged for over a month in
investigation of the record and gen
eral office conditions in the State
Treasury, the Auditor's office and
the office of the State Commissioner
of Insurance, transmitted its final
report to the General Assembly Sat
urday, and it includes a number of
fcharp criticisms, especially of the
Department of Insurance, as well as
of the Auditor's office for auditing
claims not clearly grounded on the
statutes cited as authority. This
last is possibly a criticism of the
Council of State rather than the Au
ditor in several respects, as the gen
eral condition and management of
the Auditor's Department as well as
that of the State Treasury are highly
commended.
The Insurance Department.
After detailing the insurance car
ried on State property by the de
partment, the aggregate being $2,-
191,900, the report continues:
"Upon the examination of the
books and accounts in the office of
the Insurance Commissioner, your
eommitte was unable to make any
examination which would be satis
factory to them and just to your
honorable body, to whom we , were
required to report the result of our
investigation. We, therefore, secur
ed the services of an expert ac
countant to assist us in making the
examination, which we felt it our
duty to make. We transmit to your
honorable body the letter to us by
the gentlemen who made this exam
ination:
'To the Honorable Board of Com
missioners Appointed to Investi
gate the North Carolina State Of
fices, Raleigh, N. C. ,
" 'Gentlemen: Agreeable with
your request, we have examined the
books of James R. Young State In
surance commissioner, during tne
period of twenty-five months from
December 1, 1906, and ending Janu
ary 1, 1909, and beg leave to sub
mit the following remarks:
Rooks Not Properly Kept.
" 'We find that the hooks have
not been properly kept and balanced
and that no cash book has been kept
showing the accurate receipts and
disbursements of the funds handled
during the period of our investiga
tion. Neither could we find at any
time before or since the period of
our investigation began where any
balance sheet had been rendered,
showing the balance on hand, if
any; therefore, we have been unable
to determine what balance, If any,
the State Insurance Commissioner
should have had on hand or due the
State on December 1, 1906. How
ever, we find that his bank pass
books show a balance in bank on
December 1, 1906, of $12,152.96, in
which should have been $3,248.40
belonging to the investigation of the
fire fund according to the commis
sioner's record, leaving a balance of
$8,904.29. Owing to the condition
and manner in which the books have
been kept, we are unable to deter
mine where it belongs, except that
the commissioner claims it has been
his custom to always keep some $5,
000 or $6,000 of his personal funds
in this State depository bank to
meet all balances that may be. due
to the State and not included in his
remittances to the State Treasurer
We are also unable (without con
suming more time and going further
into the records than the committee
felt it was their authority) to de
termine the accurate ledger balance
on December 1, 1906, for the reason
that we found in some instances
where business handled during the
period of our investigation, which
began on December 1, 1906, had
been entered on the ledger prior to
that date, but we did not go back
enough to determine all charges
against the commissioner for busi
ness so entered that belonged to the
eriod of our investigation.
'In view of the manner in which
a
books have been kept and the
ice of a proper cash book of re-
ct and disbursements, the best
we e able to do, with the period
you ish investigated, was to estab
lish all charges and collections of
State funds according to the records
found and allow credits for dis
bursements according to bank
vouchers, which we have done, and
herewith enclose statement of same
showing a balance over in bank
amounting to $4,985.09, and which
settlement you will note does not
include the commissioner's fees, ap
prisals, cash and coupons, which the
commissioner claims were items, not
due to the State and were handled
as a personal matter and enters In
his ledger account.
No Disposition to Conceal.
" 'The commissioner gave an all
the assistance we could ask for in
making the investigation and show
ed no disposition to conceal any of
his records, and while our investiga
tion did not disclose any evidence of
dishonesty on the part of any one
handling the funds, we think the
system of book-keeping is very un
satisfactory and does not properly
represent all accounts and items
pertaining to the office of Commis
sioner of Insurance as they should
do, and we recommend that there be
Immediately installed a double entry
set of books to show at all times the
accurate condition of all affairs per
taining to the office, which should
include fees, expenses, advance costs
and all balances on hand in the
shape of cash and uncollected ledger
accounts. We do not present the
statement attached to be absolutely
correct because we do not think that
an absolutely correct one could be
made without going back and check
ing up the entire business of the of
fice since the beginning, which we
were advised was not desirable 'at
this time; therefore, the statement
presented is the best we have been
able to make for the period given us
to Investigate and the time allowed
to do it in.
" 'Yours very truly,
" SOUTHERN AUDIT COMPANY,
" 'By C. L. Smith, V. P.'
"We feel that the above letter
fully explains the situation and
needs no comment from us.
Law Not Complied With.
"We find that under Section 480,
Revisal, companies depositing secur
ities with the Insurance Commis
sioner are required to legally trans
fer same to him as Insurance Com
missioner and hisi successors in of
fice for the common benefit of all
the holders of their registered capi
tal policies. In a great many cases
this statute has1 not been at all com
plied with, and the fact that a great
many of the securities deposited
here are in the nature of sitocks and
bonds payable to bearer shows the
importance of this law being com
plied with.
"We further find that under Sec.
784, Revisal of North Carolina, the
nsurance Commissioner is required
to keep a careful record of the se
curities deposited by each company.
We regret to say that this section of
the law has not been followed at ail.
We find that there is on deposit in
the office of the Insurance Commis
sioner securities aggregating $1.-
000,000 and the only record (if it
can be termed a record) which the
Insurance Commissioner has of them
a small book which he carries in
his breast pocket, and upon which
some of the securities) appear, all of
which are written in lead pencil.
Your committee desires to call
special attention to this and recom
mends to your honorable body that
this law be fully complied with at
once.
"We find that Sec. 4683, Revisal
of North Carolina, requires that the
nsurance Commissioner should
keep in permanent form a record of
his proceedings, including a concise
statement of the result of all official
examinations of companies. Thi3
aw is not kept and we hare been
unable to find where the Insurance
Commissioner has any record of this
matter.
"Under Sec. 4823, the Insurance
Commissioner is required to collect
a tax of. one-fifth of one per cent on
all the gross premium receipts of
the fire companies to defray the ex
pense of investigating suspicious
fires, and keep a separate account ct
all monies received and disbursed
under said chapter and include same
in his annual report. This has not
been done and your committee is
unable to find any record which is
satisfactory to them of the amount
of receipts or disbursements under
this section, and same is not includ
ed in the annual report filed by the
commissioner except in a lump sum,
which in our opinion does not meet
the statute.
"We find that See. 4783, Which
requires that the securities deposit
ed by the life insurance companies
to protect their policies be register
ed, is not complied with, as we find
these securities are mingled with
other securities' placed by the com
panies for the protection of their
guaranteed capital. We also find
that the Insurance Commissioner
makes his fiscal year end on March
31st, and recommend ,that it be so
changed as to end on November 30,
as does every other State Institution.
"We find a complete and accurate
record of the investigation of fires
such as he is required to keep.
Disbursement of Funds.
"Some of the State institutions
are not required to disburse their
funds through the State Treasury,
and the Auditor, and the committee
recommends that this be required of
them all whether supported wholly
or In part by the State, thus giving
the State an insight and supervision
of their management.
"That all securities deposited un
der Sec. 4780, Revisal, be submitted
to the attorney general, who shal
with the Insurance Commissioner
approve the same, especially for the
reason that the bond of the Insur
ance Commissioner is only $25,000
and securities in his possession ag
gregate $1,000,000, and the State
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WITH THES0L0NS
No Session in Senate Saturday
for Leek of Quorum.
BILL FOR EARLY ADJ0UNMENT
Mr. Harshaw Introduce Bill to Ad
journ February 20th; Dill Meets
Much Opposition Report of Leg
lalative Investigating Committee
sent to Legislature and Referred
to Committee Raleigh Wants a
New Charter Solicitor's Salary
Bill Introduced In the Senate
Mr. Motto Introduce Bill to Ex
empt New Hanover From Prohi
bition Bill.
The liquor question has been
opened up in the Legislature. Mr.
Morton, of New Hanover, has Intro
duced a bill to exempt his county
from provisions of the State prohibi
tion bill which was passed last May.
The purpose of this bill is to again
permit saloons to be operated In
Wilmington. Mr. Koonce sent in a
petition from citizens of White Oak
township, Onslow County, to allow
farmers to sell wine in as small
quantities as one quart. The mini
mum amount that can be sold uuder
the present law is 21 gallons. It
would not be much of a surprise If
some of the western counties should
now ask for the privilege of con
verting their apples into brandy.
Senate Tuesday.
New bills were introduced as fol
lows:
S. B. 204, Senator Manning: An
act relating to more efficient munlc-
pal government. This is the bill
prepared by the Good Government
Association of Raleigh. It was re
ferred to the Committee on Judici
ary, but on the request of Senator
W. B. Jones, of Wake, the bill was
referred to the Committee on Coun
ties, Cities- and Towns.
S. B. 208, Senator Bassett: An
act to protect the earnings of rail
way employes and give them the
benefit of the homestead and per
sonal property exemption laws.
Committee on Railroads.
S. B. 209, Senator Jones; An act
to establish a special school tax dis
trict in Wake County, to be known
as School District. No. 4. Committee
on Education.
S. B. 211, Senator Long: An act
relative to the Issuance of franks
by telephone and telegraph com
panies.
Committee on Corpora-
i
ions.
Bills Out f Order.
Unanimous consent was asked for
the introduction of the following
bills: f
S. B. 232, Senator Barringer: An
act to create a nef Judicial district
embracing the counties of Guilford
and Alamance. Cjtmimittee 6n Ju
dicial Districts. i
S. B. 213, Senator Ormond, byre-
quest: An act o organize the
county of Moseleyfout of parts of
the counties of Greene, Wayne and
enolr. Committee on ' Counties,
Cities and Towns. 1
Passed Final Reading:.
Bills came up for their final fead-
ng and were dul j passed, as fol
ows: ?
S. B. 105, relating to the drain
age of Whiteoak Swamp, in Bladen
County. r
S. B. 171; An act to prohibit the
sale of quail, pheasants and grouse
n North Carolina for two years.
A division was (ailed for. Con
sideration was finally postponed
until next Tuesday.
S. B. 118: An act relative to non
residents hunting In this State, al
owing non-residents to hunt on
anda in this State, provided such
non-residents are guests of land
owners and hunt "with sueh- land
owners. 1'
On motion the, consideration of
S. B. 2: An ttct to allow the
State University to be embraced
within the provislda of the Carnegie
Foundation Fund.
S. B. 32: An tt to increase the
powers and duties- of the attorney
general. This is Senatof Manning's bill,
and was reported' unfavorably. A
minority report was filed and will
be called up later."
S. B. 14, relative td hunting
wild fowl la Currituck County.
S. B. 4" 4: To protect squirrels in
Sampson County. I
In the House.
Bills were repotted from commit-
tees, as follows: I . " -- .
To enable menvrtft "'-"collect stnal
debts, unfavorable to prevent live
stock runnine at large' in Ashe
County, favorably! to provide al bet
ter road system ia Cherokee, favor
ably; to make bet ter roads in "Macon
County, favorablyftorcontrol speed
of autos in NewLHanorer County,
unfavorably; to change I bridge taw
In Wayne, favorably-' ;" 5
Bills Introduced.
By Hayes: Tql jBx time of expl
ration of agricultural: leases.
By Gordon: 1b-give laundries a
lien on wearing apparel. ;
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BILKIN'S ABROAD.
Still la Washington Spend Part of
Hi Time at tbe White Ifou.
Bob Va Hard to Get Awar from
the "liberty Stable- President
and Bilkiai Talk Initio and
North Carolina.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise. Washington. D. C. Jan. 25. 109.
When I writ you last I wut jlst
fresh frum the White House an I
had so much ter write erbout that I
didn't git hit awl told.
As I sed before. President Roose
velt jumped on me with both feet
bekase I didn't let him know that I
wuz in i Washington sooner so he
could hev looked after me. Nothin'
would do but I must quit my board
in' house an' take Bob an' put up at
the White House. Mr. Roosevelt
offered ter send fer Bob an make
me stay anyhow. But I soon con
vinced him that hit would take at
least a regiment ov U. S. soldiers
ter git Bob ter the White House,
fer he wuz havin too gude a time
at the liberty stables, not that he
wuz gittin so much ter eat, but he
wuz puttin In hiz time tryin' ter
find out what them city horses lived
on. I awlso told Mr. Roosevelt that
I wuz a mlty plain sort ov a man
an' that I wuz afraid that I couldn't
go the pace they go at the White
House. The President sed that wuz
awl nonsense an' ter go an' square
up at my boardin' house an git Bob
an' come rite over, fer, sez he: "I
am tired an' I'll git rested while you
stay. Them diplomats. Senators an'
things keep me in trouble, 'on the
jump,' awl the time, an' If I hev
company I'll hev a gude excuse ter
dodge 'em. Go rite erway an' git
your mule an come back inside ov
an hour."
So I left the White House an
sauntered up ter my boardin' house
an' paid up. I didn't tell them that
I wuz goin ter the White House,
though, fer I wuz afraid they would
try ter set the police after me. Then
went ter the liberty stable an'
tole 'em ter rub Bob down an put
the saddle on him. Then I mount
ed Bob an' rode up ter Pennsylvania
avenue, an' rite strait up hit to the
White House. Bob tried ter git
scared at so many street cars an' or-
termobiles, but I helt him down.
'Bob," sez I "you air goin' strait ter
the White House an you must be
more dignified an' not be tryin' ter
dump me here in the street." I
rode erround in rear ov the White
House an' the President's horse man
met me, fer he wuz on the lookout
srnv. -He-r-rHWrtltod bt hejbad
never seed a mule at the WThJte
House before. "Guess you air some
ov the President's kin folks?" sed
he. "No, I am nothin' but an' old
friend," sez I. After gittin' into the
White House barnyard. Bob begun
ter git sorter nervous, but I patted
him on the neck an' he soon got
quiet. After we got Bob tucked er
way the stable man showed me how
ter git into the White House an the
President took me Into hiz private
offis that he calls hiz "study" or
somethin like that. After we got
seated he offered me a cigar an
we wuz soon talkin' like old friends.
But he wuz doin' most ov the talk-
n fer I couldn't help feelin' sorter
shaky erbout the knees.
"How is things down In North
Carolina?" axed the President.
'How iz Major Grant an' Claude
Dockery an' awl the other people in
Raleigh?" sez he "An' how iz Joe
Pogue an' them fellers that run the
State Fair? An' how iz Ashley
Horne? I beleeve he lz President
ov the Fair Association, or was, fer
time. He iz a mity gude man,
too," sed Mr. Roosevelt. I wish the
country wuz full ov such men."
"Yes," sez I, "the country could
stand a million men like Ashley
Horne five million wouldn't hurt."
'An' Elwood Cox made a gude
run fer Governor, but he failed ter
and the votes necessary," sez Mr.
Roosevelt.
'That wuz the main trouble," sez
"But he made big gains," sez I.
"The Dymakrat party can't be beat
in North Carolina when hit iz scared
half ter death az hit wuz durin the
last campane."
"That iz so," sez Mr. Roosevelt.
"But hit iz now on tits last legs.
Nationally hit iz dead. But hit still
hez a strong followin in most ov
the Southern an' some ov the Middle
States. Hit iz a party exlstln' on
prejudice an' sectionallzum, an' hit
hez lasted beyond the natural life
ov parties built that way. What
little vitality hit hez now comes
from the men who helped form hit,
an' from those who, were in It years
ergo. The younger set ov voters
now actin with the party care very
little about hit. and they may begin
ter break erway from hit at any
time; In fact, they are breakin er
way every day."
"Yes, Mr. President," sez I "hit lz
the most bitter pill I have ever taken
ter hev ter stand an' watch the party
that Tom Jefferson toiled an sweat
ter build up gittin kicked erbout
like a football. Like thousands ov
others I hev stood with hit through
thick an thin, from Horace Greely
ter William J. Bryan three times.
"Billy Bryan iz a wonder," sed
Mr. Roosevelt. "He kin run like a
Montana steer an he kin Jump 12-
foot fences any minit in the day an
light on hiz feet a-runnin' But the
trouble with Bill iz that hq awlways
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WASHINGTON NEWS
Toe Old Referee System in the
South to Be Abolished.
IMPORTANT MEETING
IN WASHINGTON
Ireident-Klect Taft May Nrlert a
North Carolinian Member of
Ills Cabinet lmldmt IUerlt
Prmiswd for II I Efforts in Behalf
of Dependent Children The Kat
rn Judgeship Xo Charge Again
Mr. Keawrll and He Will be Con
firmed. Washington, D. C. Jan. 26. 1909.
Special to the Caucasian:
There arrived In Washington yea
terday more than two hundred dele
gates to attend the siclal confer
ence called by President Roosevelt to
consider the care of dependent chil
dren. The delegates were received
by the President at the White House
jesterday afternoon, and held their
urst session in the large ball-room
at the New Willard last night.
Much attention has been given to
the subject matter of this conference
by philanthropists In every part of
the United States during the last ten
years, and societies and organizations
have been formed in nearly every
State In the Union to consider the
care for the future honieless chil
dren. The prominent workers in alt
of these organizations are here, and
besides many other patriotic and phi
lanthropic people who are not active
ly connected with such organizations.
Prominent among those seen at the
New Willard last night were George
W. Wilder, president of the Nation
al Child Rescue League of New York,
and Judge Ben B. Lindsey, who Is
the author of the Juvenile Court at
Denver, Colo.; also Miss Jane Ad
ams, the noted philanthropist.
All of the delegates were loud In
their praise of President Roosevelt's
valuable service in advancing this
work by calling together this confer
ence. The presence of this confer
ence calls to mind the many import
ant things that have been inaugur
ated by President Roosevelt outside
of his official duties as President.
His action in settling the great
coal strike commanded the attention
of not only this country but of the
whole world.
The appointment of the commls
siutf to corffder tie conditions of
f?.rm life at J what could be done
for the general uplift of the rural
population has also attracted notable
attention, and the report of this com
mission which will soon be ready is
looked forward to with great in
terest. The Conservation Commission. j
It was only the other day that the
commission appointed by the Presi
dent to consider the conservation of
natural resources made their report.
The appointment of this commission
and the work already done and to be
done by it is probably the most bril
liant piece of constructive statesman
ship initiated by the President. The
report of that commission has been
sent to Congress and is now under
consideration.
The President, in his message to
Congress transmitting this report,
asked for an appropriation of only
fifty thousand dollars to enable the
commission to continue its most im
portant work. Never was so great
a work undertaken, that promises
such lasting and beneficial results, at
so little cost. '
In no way, as the President says,
will the appropriation of so small a
sum prove of such benefit as by its
employment in elaborating means
for the development and preservation
of our material resources In mine
and forest, in soil and waterways.
And no act would be more creditable
to this expiring Congress than that
of giving form and permanence to
the policy of national conservation
of those material elements which are
the foundation of national greatness
The Old Referee System to be
Abolished.
The last word that came from
President-elect Taft before he sailed
yesterday morning for Panama was
a further assurance that there Is to
be a new order of things in the
South.
Judge Taft has been diligently and
earnestly seeking for the cause which
has prevented thousands of the best
people of the South who believe In
Republican principles from affiliat
ing with the Republican party of
that section. He has discovered the
cause and he is now seeking the most
effective way to apply the remedy.
As Judge Taft himself announced,
the first step was to remove the
cause, and therefore he haa boldly
and squarely announced that he will
abolish the old referee system for
distributing patronage in the South
He now Bees that this false system
has too often placed power in the
hands of small and selfish men who
have used it not to build up but to
prevent Republican growth. He sees
that this has resulted in building up
a small class of professional office
holders and a close corporation
known as a patronage machine,
whose Interest It was to keep the
party small, and that the only inter-
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REFEREE SYSTEM
JSJMOHED
New Deal Certain ia Apportion
ing Federal Jobs in the Sooth.
CIVIL SERVICE
PLAN MAY RULE
o lrfetnal roltUrUn to ttm
Appointed The Patronage Ma
chiae and Tbrtr "por Barrel" o
CoTo Build I p a party of Char
acter and ITojitc The M
Hark Pap-Hacker Will I Lata m
Howl, Bat Their Iay Are Xam
ttered Taft Mre interested a
(Jetting illertnra! Vote Thaa la
Convention Itetegate.
By Jame Hay, Jr.
SYSTKM OF UKKKUKF:
Augusta, (ia.. Jan. 21. Prest-dent-vl-vt
Taft ban decided to
t-ontinue in hi administration the
referee g)stem of distributing fed
eral patronage In the South.
This step. In his efforts to upread
Republicanism in the South, haa
been presaged by his speeche lure
he came to Augu4a, and luiw the
men who have talked to him on the
subject nay his mind U fully made
up.
The referee system has been con
sidered the root and cause of all the
rottenness and objectionable feat
ures In the Southern Republican
party. Under Its working two or
three men In each State have con
stituted themselres a committee to
decide who should get the Federal
appointment In their State,
Owing to the political remotene
of the South, the government at
Washington has been accustomed to
take these men's recommendation
as conclusive and to make the ap
pointments according to their re
commendations. Favor-itUm Shown.
Under this regime the Federal of
fices In the South have been manip
ulated In a manner which has not
helped the Republican parly In any
of the States. Favoritism crept In.
and the belf-cotislltuted committee
dealt out the "pork" as they saw fit.
Their only guide, it is charged.
wg 'hei? nvn woet will. In .nu
merous yises, objectionable persons
have been put into office, and In the
grrai majority of cases personal
friends or supporters of the commit
tees have gotten all the jobs.
The result was that the Republi
can party waa considered a cioae
corporation for the exploitation of a
small ring of men who were thought
to be concerned only in serving their
own purposes.
Many Republicans refused to take
an active interest in politics, because
of their belief that they could not
elevate the standing of the party
while the "pork combine" was as
cendant. Democrats could not think
of going over to Republicanism as
the system in vogue had discredited
the Republicans. These referees
were usually the Republican State
chairman and one or two of his lieu-
enants, and until very recently the
only function of Southern Republi
canism was to draw government
money.
What agency Mr. Taft will use to
take the place of the referee can
not be stated at this time. It has
been suggested that the Civil Ser
vice organization be used as an in
vestigator of the standing and abll-
tles of men put forward for Federal
office. Another suggestion is that
the independent clubs which are to
be organized in this section of the
country by John Hays Hammond
be uBed to pick good men.
Appoint Bet Men.
The President-elect ia determined
to do everything in his power to ap
point the best men possible to office
in the South. He has made this
promise in several speeches In the
South, and after each of them. Re
publicans and Independent Demo
crats have come to him with the
statement:
"There is only one way to find
tbe best men. That is to abolish the
referee system that haa been In
vogue here since the civil war."
Of the soundness of this proposi
tion anyone familiar with conditions
in the South can hare not the slight
est doubt. The system Is condemn
ed by the showing the rarty now
makes in the South. Mr. Taft came
here with the realization that some
thing was radically wrong, and from
all sides has come the declaration
that the root of tbe evil is In the
referee system.
It seems now that the Civil Ser
vice will be the agency which will
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