The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-10
Cameron OUT OF THE RACE
The Senator Realizes That His Can
didacy Would BE Hopeless.
MckISLEY'S BOON LAUNCHED
Postal Spies at wOrk-Nnmerous Off
cials Arc Bshcndcd for Talking Too
Much - Postmaster vandlinR
in Town Other Topics.
Tribune Bureau.
No. 515 Fourteenth ST., N. W.,


No. 515 Fourteenth ST., N. W.,
Washington, Dec. ..
Senator Cameron's letter to state
Senator McCarren today declining to he
q candidate for reelection caused quite
breeze among Republican politicians
who are here attending the national
committee meeting, as well as Con-
sressmen from Pennsylvania, and his
colleagues In the senate. 1t has been
known among Senator Cameron's
friends for sometime that he would not
be a candidate for re- election. In fact.
is was whispered among the knowing
ones at the time he took such bold
stand against the repeal Of the Sher-
man silver act during the extra session
of the fifty-third congress over two
years ago that he would not again be
candidate. He discovered then that
his stand for silver finished him po-
litically, but he hoped that In time he
would be able to convince the voters
Of Pennsylvania that they were wrong.
and he was right.
Senator Cameron has at last seen the
handwriting on the wall" He has
had his ear on the ground and heard
the rumblings in favor Of sound money.
During the past year. Senator Cam
eron has been feeling the public pulse.
and he has discovered that public senti-
ment was strongly against him all over
the state. His old time friends have
told his that it meant political suicide
for them. as well as himself, IL he
entered the race again. His letter Of
declination today, while somewhat Of
a surprise to everybody here was not
wholly unexpected by politicians who
knew him best. In an interview this
evening. Senator Cameron said that the
only ambition he ever had had been
fulfilled. His only desire, he said, was
to serve in the United States senate
as long as his father did, twenty years.
and when his present term expires on
March 4, 1897, he will have been MEM
Der of the upper brancn Of congress
just that length of time. Senator Cam
eron has no further political ambition.
He will retire to private life. He will
reside in Washington during the winter
and will spend the summers on his
farm at Donegal. Dauphin county. Sem
ator Cameron is not old man. He is
just as old as Qday-sixty-two years.
The first political office Senator Cam
eron ever held was secretary of war,
under President Grant, from May %.
1875, to March g. 1877. He was chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee 1880. during the Garfield Han
cock campaign. Senator Cameron Is
reputed to be very wealthy. having in
herited most Of 1t from his father, the
late Simon Cameron, and made a good
deal Of money himself by fortunate in
vestment.
Mentioned as Successor.
There is much speculation es to who
will succeed Cameron In the senate.
There is no lack Of timber to select
from. The woods are full of 1t. Among
the names mentioned by Republican
politicians here today from various
parts of the state were ex-Postmaster
General Wanamaker. District Attorney
Graham. State Senator Penrose.
Charles Emory Smith and Thomas Do
Ian, all of Philadelphia; j. Hay Brown,
Of Lancaster; State Senator Walter
Merrick. Of Tioga; Congressman Jack
Robinson and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Watres and William Connell, Of Scran-
ton.
If Philadelphia cannot agree upon a
candidate 1t is more than likely that a
man from the northeast section of the
state will be selected. The western
part of the state will not be considered
in the selection of a senator. A good
many of the politicians here today are
Of the opinion that Philadelphia will get
| into snarl over a candidate, and that
a man from the country will be select
ed as compromise. Northeastern
Pennsylvania has never had United
States senator. and as It is now out of
It's swaddling clothes, 1t would seem
that 1t has the right to demand recog-
milton at the hands Of the Republican
party.
MIR. vaudiing In Town.
Postmaster Vandling Is here. He
wants the department to establish two
branch postoffices in Scranton--Hyae
Park and Providence. he also wants
to get consent OF the treasury depart
ment to allow the state Superior court
to hold sessions In the public building.
Postal Spies at Work.
The postofiice department is evident.
ly determined to break up the habit OF
employees talking too much. Three OF
the Oldest employees Of the department
have been removed for giving informa.
ton concerning their respective bu,
reaus to members of congress, who wert
unable to gain the desired Information
from higher officials. The discharged
employees are charged with "Conspir'
ing to belittle the department" Ont
of them has confessed to giving infor
nation to members of congress. HI
says that A. w. Machem, superinten
dent of the free delivery system, as
sessed and collected an involuntar,
contribution of $40 each from a number
of clerks in his department and which
was devoted to the late Democratic
campaign In Ohio. For this he wa,
| st,,,;euod His po1lca 1tIca were dis