The evening times., 1895-09-05
Sent from Washington.

The baseless and sc useless rumor that
Senator Allison IL an active candidate for
the Presidency, has been revived by local
paper, with thefurther false statement that
Senator Elkins, who wants to be Vice Presi-
dent, is putt ng up big blocks OF cash to be
handled by James 8. Garrison, In the in
/ terest of the ticket-Allison and Elkins.
The publication is only worthy OF notice for
the sake of making positive der OF it,
In Or,ier that none may be deceived Sena-
tor Allison has several times very earnestly
and sincerely informed The Times corre-
| spondcnt, who has been one of his personal
friends for twenty years. that he is not a
candidate, and will not authorize the use OF
his name, nd. moreover. that he Will not
| seek the Presidency. He abondoned that
| quest after the effort of 1888, and has not
since that time given any thought to the
subject, nor ny pla y to his former ambition.
Smith d. Fry, in Philadelphia Times.
Labor Day in Washington was noticeable
| for the way in which 1t was taken up by
| the ne wspapers. There has for somemOnths
| been a quarrel bet ween the Star and the
| Times as to W hich vas the better friend Of
| organized labor. The Times scored one to-
day by having its entire force, from editor
| in-chisf to copy boy, march in the process
sion. c. 9. Conn, the millionaire proprie-
| tor Of The Times, headed the line OF the pa
per's employees. The Star and the Post W ere
| also represented as far rs the mechanical
| part of the papers were concerned, but
they did not try 10 emulate Mr.. Conn's edi-
torial pagcant.-Clifton Sparks, in Chi
cago Chronicle.
1t can be set down as a certainty that
New York will have the choice OF the
successor to the late Justice Jackson on
the bench OF the United States Supreme
Court. Whether exp Postmaster General
Bissell will knock the persimmon. how
ever. is another question, although friends
of the administration say he will not
They base their opinion upon statements
made by Mr.. BisseIl when he was a
member of the Cabinet that lie did not care
TO live at the National Capital, and no
urging on the part of the President could
induce hinto change his mind
Secretary Lamont has not been idle about
sounding New Yorkers on this subject, and
they are unanimous the Empire State should
have the Judgeship, but no names have been
mentioned for the vacancy.
When Mr.. Bissell gave up his position at
Washington 1t was understood family rea-
SONS induced him to come TO this conclusion.
He has always been a close friend of the
President, and repeatedly said he would
gladly serve him In any manner that would
not compel him to live at the seat OF gov
ernment Salary or the Judgeship would
be no fnducenent for he can make several
times is much in a year from his private law
business.-R. W. Patterson in Chicago
Tribune
After having been ingloriously whipped
by Japan. because she was not prepared
for the war that Ahe ought to have known
was inevitable, China is preparing TO take
steps which wail|enable her To reassume
her position in the East. The Chinese Of
ficiais are obtaining list nf United States
shipbuilders and info-:aation in regard
To the capacity Of their WORKS, the class
and character of the ships they build, as
well as all kno wIedge possible in regard
to the factories that make ordnance and
guns for the United States. This does not
of course. include the Government factories.
The questions that Chinese officials here
are asking are. so comprehensive and so
full of details that there can hardly be
any doubt that the Chinese are acquir-
ing such Information as will be valuable
To them in the near future. The fact that
Ii Hung Chang has again been restored to
favor with the Emperor is considered as
significant. because he has been foremost
among the Chinese in the demand that the
government should become equipped with
modern arms and its soldiers should be
drilled according TO modern tactics, as
well as that the navy should be comprised
OF the best vessels of the cruiser and bat
ticship types possible.
Ii Hung Chang was res ponsible for
whatever preparation China had made
for the late war, and had it not been
for his efforts to moderDize his country
the Chinese would have been much worse
defeated than they were. This restora-
tioD of Chinese activity Will probably
result in giving work to many American
laborers and causing American shipyards
to hum with activity. The strange sight
may be observed of the same shipyards
and the same gun factories and the same
armor plate factories making ships, guns
and armor plate for both the Chinese and
the Japanese.-Albert Halstead in Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
When Attorney General Harmon returns
Secretary Carlisle will lay before him the
recent decision of Judge Seaman, of the
Federal court at Chicago, attacking the
constitu tionality of the Chinese eXclu
sion law, and il the Attorney General
finds that there is the slightest ground for
hope that the higher court will reverse
Judge Seaman's opinion, briefs in an ap-
peal will be taken to the United States cir
cult court OF Federal court of appeals. and
the case may go even to the Supreme
Court.
There was much surprise and disappoint-
ment at the Treasury Department over
Judge seaman's decision, although moth
ing is known OF the legal questions involved
except the meager information contained
i'll brief press dispatch. A full official
report from Collector Russell or District
Attorney Black is awaited, which will
be at once referred to the Attorney General.
j. A. Matthews, in Chicago Daily News.