Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-11
CHAIRMAN MANLN.
BE Succeeds Carter as Head of The
Republican Committee.
TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Permanent Headquarters One Of
the Discussed Questions.
FAVORS REED

MANLEY FAVORS REED.
| Nothing could possibly be more thoroughly
| republican than the atmosphere that per-
| vaded the Arlington Hotel today. The men
| who are recognized as the leaders Of action
| in the party which was represented by Mr..
Harrison in the White House up TO last
March were there; not all Of them, but
enough to make a quorum Of that interest
ing political organization, the executive
committee OF the national republican COM
| mittee, in called session in Washington as
sembled.
The actual meeting of the executive COM
mittee was held in one of the private parlors
Of the hotel shortly after noon. The men,
bers Of the committee who had signified In
| advance their intention of being present at
| the meeting were the chairman. Thomas H.
| Carter Of Montana; James s. Garrison Of
Iowa, Cornelius N. Bliss Of New York. r. F.
Sutherland of Rochester. VIM. ]. Campbell
Of Illinois. Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin.
r. c. Kerns Of Missouri David Martin Of
Pennsylvania, G. A. Hobart Of New Jersey.
samuel Fessenden Of Connecticut, Joseph
H. Manley of Maine and William NJ. Hahn
of Ohio.
During the morning all these war horses
OF the republican party We're present or ac-
counted for, with the exception of Messrs.
Campbell and Payne. The committee is Lot
a large body. but its influence in national
politics may properly be said to be In In
verse ratio to its size.
The majority of the members present ar
rived in this city last evening. among them
Chairman Carter, who at once retired to
parlor % at the Arlington which had been
| reserved for his occupancy. From the time
that he wrote in the register the signature
that was so familiar in official papers when
ne was commissioner of the land office
Mr.. Carter was a very busy man. Members
or Congress and others, who are vitality in
terested In the direction OF the political
wind lost no time in hunting him out and
sending up their cards. He had a minute
! or two for each one and listened to advice
as well as gave directions. For each one.
too, he had q word of comfort and hope.
| Confidence Rampant.
This was the keynote of every CONVERSE
tion-confidehce. There is no gainsaying
the fact that the leaders of the republican
party, as represented in this committee are
making capital out Of the embarrassment
in which the present administration has
placed itself through its interest in the for
tunes Of the dusky queen Of the Sandwich
Islands They are not letting the grass
grow under their feet either, but are al
ready talking of the chances Of republican
victory in 1896. with an assurance that
would hardly be to the taste of the men
who are giving a more or less hearty sup
VIII 1t be Harrison or Reed-or a dark
horse?
1t may seem a little early in the game
to breach such a question, but Just the
same this Is the query that was put to the
committee men more often than any other
not only by inquisitive newspaper men. but
by the members of the republican party as
well. In an interview with newspaper men
this morning, MIR. Carter did not pretend
to unmask his guns to any extent, but
when he was asked the direct question,
whether Mr.. Harrison was really out of the
race, his answer was q guarded one but
1t gave the impression that the ex-President
was. by no means, an impossibilty as q
candidate for the next presidency.
For Reed.
Mr.. Nancy was rather more committal
In his statements On several occasions
he let drop the fact that the people Of his
section Of the country were practically a
unit In favor Of the big man from Maine.
They are for Reed first. last and all the
time, at least until after the nomination"
Mr.. Manley is quoted as having said.
These were only some of the straws that
dropped from the political stack. but when
they were picked up and tossed abbut they
gave very good idea of how the wind
was blowing at the Arlington this morning.
The Committees Meeting.
The meeting Of the executive committee.
however, was not held for the purpose of
discussing the relative merits Of political
timber. They were not here to decide
whether Maine pine is preferable to In
diana sycamores. They were here for work
and there was plenty Of that mapped out
for them in advance Of their gathering.
Their meeting was. as usual. held behind
closed doors. The scarcity of hens teeth
Is proverbial, but they are more numerous
than the facts that leaked out from Mr.,
Bliss private parlor, where the meeting
was held. The meeting was admittedly an
important one. 1t was generally known in
advance that four matters would occupy
most of its attention The first of these
was general one and came under the head
of routine business.
This is matter Of detail in which the
public Is not supposed to have any partic-
u1ar interest. If 1t has any such curiosity
the chances Of its being satisfied are COM
parativeiy slight. Among other things.
however routine business may be said to
have consisted in a settling up of the finan-
| cial affairs of the committee
Permanent Headquarters.
more generally important matter was
the question of the establishment of per-
manent headquarters for the committee.
This was question about which there was
considerable difference Of opinion. Some of
the members thought that 1t would be bet
ter to have such an establishment only
during campaign years and that in other
years IL WOuiu only De q comparatively use
| less and decidedly expensive luxury If IL
were decided to arrange for a permanent
home for the committee ii would still be an
important matter to decide upon the place
Washington and New York both being in
| the race for honors. Some of the western
men at the meeting tried to talk up Chicago
but this proposition failed Of serious con-
| sideration.
The fourth matter was the question of
how far the committee could Cooperate
| with the congressional committees in the
| next campaign, but this question Is under
| stood to have been left over for future
| action.
Prior to the meeting Mr.. Carter said to
Star reporter that some outsiders might
| be given a chance to address the commit
| tee on the question of the place for the
| permanent headquarters. In this event, he
said, the newspaper men would be admitted
| to the meeting, or in default of that re-
| port of that part Of the proceedings would
| be furnished to them in due time.
Mr. Manley Chosen.
1t was 2:3O o'clock when the doors of the
committee room were thrown open and the
| newspaper men were allowed to enter the
sacred precincts. The committee had ad-
| journed for luncheon until o'clock. They
| will hold another session at O'Clock this
evening" when the congressional committee
| will meet with them, in connection with
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