The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
HARD WORK AHEAD OF HANNA.
DANGER OF A BIG ROW AMONG THE
REPUBLICANS.

Senator'S Who Are without the Inner
Circle Resent the Omcious Way In
Which Thurst0n and Proctor Ave
Running Things With the Ross.
ThurstOn Anxious to Have the Re-
publican Free silver Senators Ex-
cIuded From the Party Caucuses.
Sound Money Democrats Prefer Not
to Have "a Seat in the Cabinet.
Washington, Dec 7.-Mark Hanna dis
covered to-day that there is a well-devel-
oped anti-McKinley faction in the Senate,
and consequently there is trouble in the
republican household. Mr.. Hanna arose
this morning feeling that he was at peace
with all the world, and especially with the
leading republicans in congress. Before
the day closed he was informed that a
certain New England senator, while dis
cussing his (Hanna's) presence in Washing
ton, remarked sarcastically, "After Han
ma, and Senators Thurston and Proctor
get through fixing up their programme, it
viii be time enough for the rest of us to
be consulted
II Olu NOl AdhO iOh6 AOA 00NAA q PSA--N~N
utterance to get into circulation, and, upon
investigation, 1t was discovered that there
is pretty strong sentiment among repub-
licans against the alleged officiousness OF
Senators Thurston and Proctor, who ap-
pear to have Mr.. Hanna in custody during
his stay in this city. 1t is said that these
two senators have not permitted Mr..
Hanna to get out of their sight, except at
bed time, since his arrival here.
Bright and early this morning Senator
Proctor was at the Arlington hotel to see
Mr. Hanna, accompanied by Ben Butter
worth and W. W. Dudley. The quartette
took a long drive out in the country Dur
ing the evening a number of senators and
representatives called upon Mr.. Hanna
and chatted with him in a general way
He was apparently unconscious of the
tempest in the senatorial teapot, for 1t
was not alluded to in his apartments.
1t appears that there is a feeling OF
jealousy on the part of certain gentlemen
who feel that Senators Thurston and
Proctor are monopoIizing too much of Mr..
Hanna's attention. Besides, Senator
| Thurston has declared that the free silver
| senators must be excluded from future re-
nnblican caucuses in the Senate. He says
| he was chairman Of the convention from
which the silver senators bolteo, ana uil-
! der the circumstances he Is opposed 10 az
| lowing them to participate In the councHs
/ of the republican party.
It is understood that there Is move
mant on foot to hold a conference of The
republican senators while Mr. Hanna is IN
| washington with a view to testing the
/ sentiment of the Senate concerning the
| Dingley bill, and other matters OF party
/ nolicv. Some of the conservative repuo-
! lieans claim that the free silver republi-
| can senators have a right to participate
| in the proposed conference, for Senators
/ Teller Dubose Cannon, Jones and the
rest of them are protectionists, and thelT
votes may be needed to put through sueh
a tariff measure as may be fully agreed
upon. The threat of Senator Thurston TO
| exclude them from the party caucus was
generally condemned as officious and cali
/ culated to disturb the harmony that Will
! he necessary to accomplish the desired re-
suits.
MIR. Hanna also learned to-day that some
| of the sound money democrats who voted
for Mckinley, or contributed to his sue
cess indirectly by voting for Palmer and
| Buckner object to any recognition by Mr.,
Mckinley in the selection of his cabinet
A distinguished sound money demo-
crat said he voiced the senti-
ments of many of those who
broke away from the Bryan movement
in the last campaign, on purely patriotic
motives, in declaring that 1t would be in
judicious for Mr. Mckinley to place q
! democrat in his cabinet. 1t was said thai
those democrats who refused to vote the
free silver ticket had no thought Of be
ing rewarded for their action, and they
do not wish to be placed in a position
similar TO that which the late Secretary
Gresham occupied under the present aG
ministration. 1t is probable that the sen
timents here expressed win meet the views
of a large number Of democrats all ovel
| the country, who have no intention o.
severing all connection with the demo
cratic party In the future. On the othe
hand, ii is well known that some Of thu
men who bolted the free silver ticket ar'
not averse to being asked to assist in tn,
administration of the government unde
President Mckinley. President Hayes
took his Postmaster General from tn,
southern democratic ranks, and he never
regretted it.
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