St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-07
A GLANCE AT THE LEADERS.
German. Brce, Smith, HILL Murphy Carlisle Wilson,
and Their Political Futures.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Republican
leaders, especially Republican candi-
dates for president, have come out OF
the tariff fight with varying degrees of
success or failure, although they have
not participated in it. The same can be
have participated in it. There is Cor
man. for example, the leader of the
opposition to the president. In the
senate itself he is more looked up to
than ever, and among the practical poll
tlclanS OF this town also, and doubtless
in his own state OF Maryland. But
among the great plain people who be-
lievs so much in the president, German
has suffered much, and 1t is admitted
even by his friends that all the chance
he ever had for the presidency vanished
when he helped to bring about this
lacti0nal disturbance and especially
was Chiefly instrumental in winning his
hght. German is as smooth and smil-
ing AS ever. He has spent his life in
politics, from page boy" III the senate
up through postmaster. internal reve-
nue. collector, ana then senator. lie is
chiefly famous for saying nothing of
consequence in his private CONVERSE
tons. and he rarely talks i'll the senate.
Some say the Maryland senatyr is al
ready ashamed of himself for having
delivered his poiling-oil philippe
against the president. and surely he did
at one time intend to haue 100 900 copies
OF his speech printed for circulation
chiefly by the conservative senators
who thought it in a way defense of
themselves also, but that project has
been abandoned. and. as we know. the
''sllme and filth" OF the original were
carefully edited out of the speech that
appeared in the Record. Gorman's great
advantage is that he serves till 1899,
and he always has masterful
control of the Maryland machine.
In all probability nobody can
turnhim down. Whether he participates
as extensively as hitherto in the national
politics of the Democratic party is doubt
full. though Democrats have way of
getting together in campaign times, and
especially do they not reject the offices
OF their astutest campaign managers.
MIR. German is very likely to have a
word or two to say in the next national
convention and election.
Brice, of Ohio, and Smith. of New
Jersey. have come out Of the fight with
consi derable fame. Mr.. Brice has
posed as one of the chief promoters uf
this tariff legislation. He has always
Iaf IA I,
without his good offices. and he now has
the nerve to say that this bill, which he
claims particularly as his own, is the
best that was ever passed Brce has
not yet delivered set speech in the SEN
ate and he has hardly ever made any re-
marks at all; but he IS recognized on
both sides Of the chamber as one of the
ablest men in it. or course. all of the
senators. as we'll as the general public
here and elsewhere, believe that he
speculates from his very seat in tie
senate, and they consider him the lead.
ing senator to speculate in sugar stock
recently; but there again comes In the
mans innate astuteness; for | have
heard senator say, who was member
OF the sugar frauds investigating COM
mittee, that there seemed little doubt that
Mr.. Brice must have made great deal
of money in sugar during the recent
fluctuations, and yet nobody could put
his hands upon single discriminating
particle of evidence. MIR. Brice doesn't
consider himself statesman by any
means, but only business man. He
watches his large affairs carefully, has
confidential friends, like Terrell, of the
sugar trust. and Ben -IIefevre, as we'll
as a number of under secretaries, who
are all of great value for his business
as we'll as his political enterprises.
Smith, of Jersey, is something of
Brice sort of man. HIS wealth and
business habits make him purely bus
mess senator, WEIGH is all he claims to
be. His one or two set speeches have
attracted wide attention-though MIR.
Smith came far nearer being implicated
in the sugar scandal than Brice, but ii
is said in eXlenuation OF this conduct
that anybody in the vicinity of New
York, even if he lives somewhere back
in New jersey, speculates in
Wall street, just as no one ever
thinks of going to Saratoga with
out stalking something on the
red-if that is an ineligible roulette
expression. MIR. Smith is OF great i'm
portance by reason of his wealth and
his control of the New Jersey Demo-
cratic machine. and while threats like
those against MIR. German and Mr..
Brice (namely, that they will all be
driven out of the Democratic party, are
frequently heard. yet there is every
good reason, as limited at above. that all
these three wealthy and clever poll
ticians will come in very mandy" in
'96; and by that time, too. great deal
can be forgotten ana forgiven.
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Then there is the New York couple:
Hill and Murphy. How have they come
out of il? Hill has made several set
speeches of real consequence, especially
in antagOnSm to the income tax, andhe |
has proved equal to every occasion |
when he has ventured into the hurry /
burly OF debate. He is not unpopular |
with his fellow senators, either. and one !
finds men like the class OF Lodge COM |
muning with him frequently. Hill has |
been, though somewhat a senate leader |
before the people, IN 10 sense real !
leader among the senators themselves. !
BY reason OF his independent attitude, |
which he has taken pains to emphasize. |
he has not "stOod IN" with the German |
people, who really control the senate. |
But it cannot be denied that Mr.. Hill /
has been consistent in his advocacy of |
free raw materials and his opposition to |
the income tax, aud he has voted as he
has talked-through his hat in neither !
case.
Mr.. Murphy has not talked, but, be- !,
cause he seems more like il regular. be-
cause he is III better control of the New !;
York machine than Mr.. Hill, ana be.
cause he takes more naturally to the |
familiar and atfectionate things in the
affairs of senators. he has participated /
far more in the real Democratic coun-
ellis. And lie has good nerve, too, for
on two or three occasions it is GER