San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-22
Washington GOSSIP
Political News From The
National Capital.
PRESIDENT M'KlNLEY KNOWN
TO FAVOR GEN. TRACY FOR
NEW YORK'SMAY0R.
Hon. John A. HaSSOn's Excellent
Record-Judgde Field Wanted
A Republican Successor.
Senator Germans
Big Bluff.


THAT President Mckinley is in favor
of Gen. Tracy, the only regular Repub-
|lican candidate for mayor of New
York City, is now known to all the
world, as it was to your correspondent
when he told your readers that such
was the case. Secretary Bliss had the
support of President Mckinley when
he wrote that strong letter endorsing
Gen. Tracy and asking every Republic
can to vote for him, as he has the sup
port of the president in going to New
York for the purpose of registering and
of ascertaining in what manner he can
best help Gen, Tracy and the regular
Republican ticket, and he will have
that support in whatever he may do IN
the campaign. President Mckinley
does not intend to write a personal
letter for use in New York, any more
than one for use in Ohio, not because
of any lack of sympathy with the Re-
publicans engaged in the campaign In
both places, but because he doesn't
| think that the president of the United
States should personally engage in
political campaign, but he is going to
Ohio to cast his vote for the Republic
an ticket, and it is no secret that he
will think more Of every Republican
voter in any state who follows his ex-
ample. There is nothing surprising in
all this; it would have been surprising
to those who know the man, and Pres
nj ind int
of acting otherwise.
Nothing but commentator has been
heard of President McKinleys selection
of Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa, to
be special commissioner of the United
States, with plenary powers to nego-
tiate reciprocity treaties with other
governments, in accordance with the
provisions of the Dingley tariff act.
Mr.. Kason served in Congress for many
years, where, as member of the
House ways and means committee, he
acquired valuable experience, and his
diplomatic career has been brilliant
and enviable. He was first minister to
Austria, then Minister to Germany, and
later United States commissioner to
the Berlin conference, which arranged
the present government of Samoa.
The country may be assured that Mr..
Kasson will see that its interests are
properly taken care of in any reciproc-
ity treaty he negotiates. Negotiations
with France have been under way some
time, and that country is likely to
have the honor of the first reciprocity
treaty under the Dingley law. Aus
tria and Germany have given notice
of their intentions to open negotiations
for a similar treaty.
There was no surprise at the pub
LEGATION of the tender of Judge
Fields resignation from the United
States Supreme court, and of President
McKinley's acceptance thereof, to take
effect December /, 1897. The fact is
generally known that Justice Field
would have retired during the last adj
ministration-he has been eligible for
retirement under the age limit nearly
eleven years-but for this dislike to
give Mr.. Cleveland an opportunity to
appoint his successor, and he announc-
ed last year to his friends his inten-
ton to retire early in the present ad-
ministration. His health is quite fee
BILE at this time. There seems to be
little doubt that Attorney General
McKenna will be named for the vacan-
cy as soon as Congress meets.
Senator Germans latest bluff, offer-
ing to withdraw as a candidate for re-
election and to give up the leadership
of the Maryland Democrats, If the pub
Usher of the Baltimore Sun would
agree to take the leadership and stop
fighting the German machine, is SO
transparent that 1t has furnished moth |
ing but amusement for the Republi- |
cans. German knows that the next |
Maryland Legislature Is almost bound |
to be Republican, and he is anxious to |
unload the responsibility for defeat on
somebody, and he preferred Mr.. Abel. |
of the Sun, who has for years been
his most influential enemy inside the |
Democratic party, to anybody else
Mr.. Abel has been fighting Gormanism