Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-15
iOSSIP ABOUT GORMAN
Need of the Services of Such Man in New
York.
Why He Will Probably Not Accept
the Direction Of Affairs I'm
That State.

The abundant gossip about Mr.. German
testifies to his prominence in the silver
councils. He is regarded, indeed, as the
ablest man of the lot. Aggressive but dis
Greet; good listener, but very uncomnuni-
cative for publications.; hard worker and
good organizer, he is valuable hand for
committee work in all the details of a po-
litical campaign.
Need of His Services.
Just now there is pressing need for the
services Of such a man in New York. and
MI German is being urged to go over and
take the helm. 1t is understood that if he
VIII undertake the task every assistance
possible will be rendered him. The pros
pect of his accepting. however, is not re-
garded as bright. One thing, at least, is
considered certain. and that is that he will
not risk anything. He is not the man to do
that. he watches over his personal pres
uge like mother does over the health of
her child. Until last year he had never
suffered political defeat on field where
he was commanding in person. and since
then he has increased his stock of caution.
No Cordial Relations With Hill.
Another reason advanced is that the per-
sonal relations existing between Mr.. Cor
man and Mr.. Hill are not particularly cor
dial, and the latter might resent the intru-
sion. The two men have never been on
terms of intimacy since the passage of the
Wilson tariff bill. When that measure was
brought into the Senate Mr.. Hill promptly
tackled the features that he thought were
undemocratic, and thought for time that
ne had Mr.. German for coadjutor They
united in particularly energetic protest
against the income tax. But, after a while
Mr.. German fell away from his New York
friend, agreed to swallow the income tax,
ard did swallow it, while Mr.. Hill remained
out In the open and fought the tax TO the
end, and finally voted against the bill be-
CO use 1t contained that popuiistic provision.
mat circumstance, ii has ever since been
common report. shook Mr. Hills faith in
the Maryland Senator.
Will Again BE I'm the Ring,
In some quarters the remark is made
that Mr. Hill is now a dead duck; that lie
has spread his wings and uttered his cry TO
the New York flock for the last time. But
some people regard this as a very hasty
judgment. They expect to see Mr. Hill
on the wing again, and at the head of the
sailing procession. They admit tha. he
Is crippled now, but TO no greater extent
than the party itself is. AS they recall
his warning words in the Senate the party
is just where he predicted it would be when
it first, against not only his warning but
MS most earnest pleading, took the popu-
, .suc pain. he said then that, sooner or
later, 1T would land in the popuist camp,
and there, as he and his friends believe
it is today.
Murphy Not a Leader
The idea advanced that Mr.. Murphy will
take Mr.. Hills place as leader only amuses
Mr. Hills friends. The two men are utterly
unlike in equipment. Mr.. Murphy is a
dumb orator, without professional training
or parliamentary taste OF practice. He has
level head about matters of business, and
makes good chairman of committee But
Mr.. Hill, as his friends point out, is at
once an excellent lawyer, strong speaker
ready ard most effective debater and so
possesses in an eminent degree all the gifts
ard qualities that are demanded of a New
York leader h3 wing to do with national
affairs. AID to emphasize their point, they
ask, where would New York have been IN
the Senate these past few years but for Mr..
Hill? Who has known alone from his part
in the proceedings that Mr.. Murphy was
even member of the body? A man like
that, Mr.. Hills friends assert, can never
take Mr.. H!lls place.