New-York tribune., 1896-12-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
Among the leading candidates for United states
Marshal for the Northern District OF tnc o,a'c u
w. B. Jones of jamestown. the original Mchhley
man in the Western part OF the state an uhco'"
promising fighter Of Democracy and of the machine'
men. His father was with General Sckles al .et-
iysburg. The inhcrs all his militant qua.lh qah,
and has the traditional Nemean lions neTye .i,.c
Independent Republican papers ,sucn as as ,,n ne
Olcan Times" declare that he should get the place
There are less than eight hundred exempted places
the disposal of the Prcsident-elect not counting
messengers aborors and places requiring c9inr'ia
tion by the Senate. but over eight Thousand "pri-
cations for these have already been hled from 'he
state Of Ohio alone. according to the published
statement of Chairman Hanna In other worns ;,
end only one state ard from in the matter. What
army of the disappointed there VIII De snGuiu ne
Ohio standard OF application be maintained throls"
out the Union,
The intimation that II General Alger o. Michi-
gan should I've selected for Cabinet place his con
nrmation would lie opposed by Senator Sherman
ewing to the OLD feud between them. Is indignantY
denied by The Toledo Commcrcai Sena.o, , +, Sm~r n
nan according that authority VIII vote 10 con-
firm every Cabinet appointment supn''cd u! 'ne
next President"
Senator Wolcott is criticised by THE Evansville
Courier" for wasting time in discussing that dead
international bimetallism. Everybody III 'n'S
country "The Courier contends is II favor o. @ ,nn'
proposition and therefore. what's the use OF taik'
ing about it,?
The proposition 10 increase the compensation oi
the Nfc-savers meets with general favor. The
Washington Times thinks that rot wore OF OBJ
lection on the part OF any ono would he raised
These men. who would yield up their lives u need
bo TO save others get the munifcent remuneration
Of s;o a month There is not messenger IN one
crfst- plH
mot a ianitor Of orr Of our public buildings or a a
coachman Of u the heads OF Dcpar,mcl,'S l y "
chiefs of bureaus. that does not get as n.''n PaN
ard yomc receive more. Just think OF II. IN the
shpwccks and Other marine rnlIea SaS hy sr fessvng
crews 99 lives were in peril OF death ana an IN,
iSfyEc "sr" T herces but the soldiers storm
battery Of death-daaiinR snS are @ n", and raeing
seas TO bring mperillcd humanity safely 10 lann'
State Treasurer Colvin has taken hand at the
lob of Cabinet making. His latest candidate i
OK Senator Fassett do not judge this man
", his hrilllancy orator ~ MS Won
derfu. ability as party leader" says Mr. Colvin
in his paper. Tho Glcns Falls Times. fiac'
him in the scales which measure ne rea' boin WsSnr
and substance OF q man, re - renuta.on t Stainless
dav splendid example OF a man and gentleman
and a Repnblcan There is better man tnat
President-elect Mckinley could select as anne ,
adviser than J. Soat Fassett. OF New York. ine me
Mr. Fasseit is in the United States Senate
In selecting Chicago as place for rev oaSs
rest and recreation. Mr.. Mckinley. THE Inter
Ocean, of that city declares. made an eXce'lert
choice A particular reason for such recognition IL
finds in the fact that Chicago gave him larger
vote than any other city and in fact. the iarges'
dd2 dn32cy "Wiliiam Mckinley it says. 'is clearly
ayorS SON. maae so by ny 'nS r"e in his
siatesmanshIp and their estimate of his virtues and
graces in private ne
There are 2l5 Republicans in the Pennsylvania
LEGISLATURE Consequently it takes los TO elect a
United States Senator The friends OF Mr. P'nrose'
who is Mr. Quays choice. claim 10 have l|t Mr.
Wanamaker's adherents insist that he is certain of
AT least ll5 votes OF course. these figures must be
Inaccurate but which side is in error II Is %npos- %
sble to determine at present Inc fhi;Suelpiia di,
Press, which is benevolcntiy neutral N I'M ms & mSh,
declares that it is q sharp contest ana ,he @ enu Is
not vet in sight. Senator Quay. II adds. mas a
n0wfrful organization, shfu leadership and large
resources but Mr.. Wanamaker IS making a i grea,
fight with the business men Of the state penind
annnoT, 1 Of his candidacy il remarkable Ii has
prisod the politicians and there may be o'her sur
Iprscs."
State Senator Coggeshall is now fall-hedged
member of the machine in the highest standing
His days OF Independence are over re has been c,
forgiven. and will reap the fruits OF MS return
TO the fold in the form of choice committee PAGES
There are 2,W0 1OpuiiSt papers III the Coiti! an"
their representatives will meet in Memphis on
Washington's birthday. The ostensible object OF
the meeting is to perfect the organization known
as the American Reform Press Association In
comparison with It the ST. Louis Convention that
attached Tom Watson to the Democratic ticket
viii appear lawn party
The kind Of harmony that Mr.. Worth proposes
to Brooklyn Republicans is described by THE
Citizen as a compromise "by absorption" Mr..
Willis" it adds would become united to Mr..
Worth by digestive process He would he har-
monzed with the Worth machine article of
food is harmonized with the stomach which 1t
nourishes. Mr. Willis cannot be seriously blamed
for objecting to political extinction"