The evening times., 1895-12-02

Gen. Henderson has gone to his residence
| In Illinois and Col. Tiptou Ia hts home In
| Tennessee, and the aspirauts for subordi-
| nate positions who pinned ihcir faith tU the
| successful candidacy or these gentlemen
have begun scattering 10 the four winds
| OF heaven. realizing the necessity for econ
omiziDg in their board bills.
| The contest over The elective offices of
! The House. after week OF excitement and
disquietudc, has ended. Different circum-
| stances and management might bayc made
| possible another termination. TIE fight
| wat chiefly one OF cold, everyday. practi-
cal politics as against personal friendship
and sentiment.
| IL was the vast army of new members.
| sceli.Bg to scrurc something with a salary
attachment icr their constituents opposed
TO the few old-iiac politicians who siIIl ad-
| here to the belief that there is something in
public life behind q scramble for tue loaves
| and fishes.
HE HAD A CHANCE.
| Up to any periad within tweuty-four
hours OF the time fixed for tlls. caucus
| ing Of the Inliana and Ohio delegations
| there was a possibility for Gen. Henierson's
winning. lie and his managers had the
same opportunity for contracting alliances
and perIectins combinations as dId the
hackers oI Maj. McDoweH. But the gold
en- moment was neglected and the day was
lost.
from the very outset 1t was announced
that the Indiana delegation wUuid adopt
the unit rule, and at least seven OF the thir-
teen meinDers nad pronruacci themselves
favorable tu Gen. Henderson, because their
sympathjes We're with the West as against
the East.
They waited until the last moment for
some nyertures tu he made, but none came.
and they simply arrived at tie conciIfsnIn
that, in TINS instance at least, practical
politics was preferable to sentiment
An Indiana IDemDer, In couyer.ing with
The Times reporter nn Tuesday, said the
delegation was leaning strongly toward
Gen. Henderson, and would doubtless IaIl
into line at the proper time. When the
caucus was held, less than rorty-eigh ht hours
later, twelve out of thirteen votes were
pledged to Mcdowell.
After the actuairesults Of Saturtia nights
ballots had become apparent, one or the
Iowa members said:
Gen. HENDERSON might as well have
Mcdowell. We were naturally In
clined 70 go with the Western candidate, and
all OF US ikel Gen. Henderson. We would
have been glad to vote for him for Clerk
but his managers were not practical poll
ticians.
When we talked with them, and asked
what share OF patronage would come TO
US, they said they couldn't say, but that
We ought 10 stand together ana break the
combine There was nothing III sentiment
for US. We are not here Tor sentiment
We are here for ourselves and FOR our people.
When we talked 10 the VI cDowell men.
they talked business. They SAID tuat Me
DoNsii NpHu 10 Tue Idlr thluE by us, ami
when We Indicated what We wanted, they
gave it consideration. OF course, all delega-
tons could not get what they wanted; uut
we got falr uDuersta ndiHg or the situation:
what was available, and what our share
would lie. II was simply a matter of politics
aud business combined, and that is what
We are here for all the time.
The Olio and Indiana men were not seek
ing patronage as a primary matter, but we
wanted to know where We stood and what
would result from our action. We had
tsrFlf rrtr
We could ascertain nothing from the Hender-
sou men. They seemed to think that every
thinS was gong their way anyhow, and
that 1t would he uudignified for them TO do
any dickcring.
There appeared to he nothing in the Hen
derson camp for Ohio and Indiana. We
are bound TO assume that soInebody was
to get something, and 1nasmUch as moth
lug was coming our way from the Hcnder-
son people. anu when We saw that the Nc
Dowell Inen were willing to do business
We went with Them