The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-06
BRYAN AND BUTLER
That is Col. Harry SINNERS
Ticket For 1900.
HANNA AND THE CABINET
He Will Run the Administra-
tion From Within or Without.
a FAMOUS WHITE HOUSE DINNER

The Kentucky Political Situation
The Talk About Mrs. Cleveland
What is Grover Worth.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 5.-(Speclap
"This is what l think will happen IN
1900 unless the gold standard brings pros
perity that bids fair to be permanent
said Congressman Harry skinner, OF
North Carolina, at the Ebbitt to a POST
reporter.
"The Populists will hold their National
convention early, sooner than any OF the
other parties; as early, perhaps, as the
2od ef February They Wi1 proceed 70
nominate. with practicable unanimity, W.
I BRYAN for President and Marion but-
Ter for Vice President, and the leading
plank III the platform will be an un-
enniyocal declaration for free silver com
aqe 1T the ratio of is to l. independent or
the other governments of the world.
Now. If the Democrats who supported
BRYAN this time were sincere, how can
they avoid giving him their assistance
four years from now? They will simply
have to take him up. and | doubt not they
will do so cheerfully.
"I recognize fully that conditions may
he so changed in 1900 that the leading
issue Of the campaign just ended may
not come to the front. 1t would be Meth
or patriotic nor wise in Democrats or
Populists to endeavor to thwart the in
coming President in any of his policies
that tend to bring back prosperity. In
= ha frx ~ lend
him a helping hand, and to cooperate in
every measure that makes for improve
ment. And | am satisfied that-if Presi-
dent McKinIey's administration is marked
by a restoration of prosperity, that he
viii be renominated and reelected.
There has been much comment here on
the statement given out for publication by
General Grosvenor in New York. L do
not know of an Ohio man who is a candi-
date for a Cabinet place. OF course,
everybody is talking about Mr.. Hanna as
Secretary of the Treasury, but | believe
that he has no intention OF yielding to the
demands for him. / have not seen Mr..
Hanna since the St. Louis convention,
and he is man who never writes a
letter unless he has to. So my conclu-
sions are merely guess work, but | know
that he went into the Mckinley fight
for a higher purpose in view than max
ing a place for himself in the Cabinet
and / do not think he can be sWeryed
from his early determination not to take
Office under the new administration. lie
is bigger man as Mark Hanna than
as q Cabinet officer. Understand now
that / am merely rejecting my own analy-
sis of Nr. Hanna's attitude toward this
Cabinet talk. / have no facts on which
TO base the prophesy that he viii not be
in the Cabinet, but / feel just as certain
about it as | did about my figures last
winter Of McKinley's strength at vt.
Louis"
The impression here is that the only
reason for Hanna's delay about accept
ing the Secretary Of the Treasury is that
he and Mckinley both think Sherman
ought to be offered Secretary of State.
Hanna is going to make the offer in such
a way as to get Sherman to decline IL
possible Then Hanna viii 90 into the
Cabinet and run the administration from
the inside. III Sherman accepts, he viii
run it from the outside. When Garfield
was elected President he offended the big
Ohio politicians by refusing to put an
Ohio man into the Cabinet He said
that the State that had the Presidency
had enough representation in the Cabinet,
and ought not to expect a Cabinet place.
1t is hardly probable that Mckinley will
take the same view. Ohio cast 100000
votes this year, 100000 of which were inn
ported for the business. IT viii not do to
fail to recognize such enterprise and de-
votion.
Nothing is known here of the attitude
Mr. Cleveland win take on the Cuban
question. There is surprise that Senator
Frye, of Maine, and Representative Hit,
of Illinois, should predict that decisive
action will be taken within a month, and
that the president has given Spain an
ultimatum to conquer by the first of Janu-
ary or leave the field Those who are
close to the President say they know
nothing Of the position he viii take in
his forthcoming message. 1t is strange
that two Republicans know so much. 1t
is well to make allowance for their con-
fdent predictions.
"On fair and square vote, Kentucky
would have gone for Bryan by at least
% 900 majority" said Congressman A. S.
Berry, of that State, at the Riggs House
to Post man. "But money was used
without stint, and it is one of the most
potent factors in modern politics. There
is always purchasable element, and
when money is as plentiful as it was
in Kentucky this year there is no trouble
in getting mercenary recruits. But the
Democrats elected seven out of eleven
Congressman in spite of the corrupt
methods of the opposition, and two years
hence the Democratic ticket viii sweep
the State"
There wasn't word Of truth in the
story sent broadcast that Mrs. Cleve-
land was refused credit in a dry goods
store in Washington. 1T sounded like a
fake to those here at the first, but it
was widely circulated and believed by
many. The firm said to have refused
credit on the ground that. having adop-
ted a strictly cash system, it would make
no exception in the case even of the