Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
WashingtonLe

by so doing he hurt or helped
Hanna is as yet a matter of doubt.
There was no quarrel between Mr..
Mckinley and Senator Foraker,
but there was plain talk on both
sides. Mr.. Mckinley said that he
knew Foraker could stop the fight
on Hanna that some of his person.
al followers were showing dis
position to make, if not actually
making, it he desired to do so.
Mr.. Foraker did not deny his
power to do so, but retorted by
saying that Hanna had brought 1t
all on himself by his treatment Of
the Foraker and Bushnell republi-
cans, and intimating that he
thought it would serve him good
and right if he failed to get elected
to the senate. Mckinley did not
defend Hanna's methods in deal
ing with Foraker's friend, but he
made it very plain that the whole
power of the administration would
be used to secure Hanna's election
and that it would be useless for
any republican who took any part
in an attempt to prevent his cleo
ton to expect the slightest favor
from him in the way of patronage.
Notwithstanding all this the most
that Mckinley could get out of
Foraker was promise that he
would not personally do anything
against the election of Hanna.
Foraker is still in Washington and
Mr.. Mckinley has not abandoned
hope of being able to bring suti-
cient pressure to bear upon him
to get him to agree to call his
followers off and to allow Hanna
to be elected.
Secretary Gage now openly
admits that he is in sympathy with
the gold-bug, self.appointed none
tary conference which assumes the
right to perform the duties pro-
perly belonging to Congress in
with financial legisla-
ton, and to emphasize that SYM
pathy he gave dinner this week
only by the members of
the so-called conference and Mr..
II. b. Hanna, of Indianapolis,
who is generally regarded as the
creator Of the indianapolis conven-
ton and of this conference. At
this dinner the work of the confer
ence. as far as it has gone, and the
financial recommendations in the
annual report of Secretary Gage
were discussed. If these men
have time to waste they have as
much right to waste it in this way as
II any other. The only good pur-
pose that will be served either By
the recommendations OF Secretary
Gage or of this conference. COM
posed Of his side-partners, viii be
the increase in the silver
sentiment of the country. Senator
Chandler has not always been wise
il his predictions, but he hits the
nsil square on the head in his
lsses;, made public this week-ssif
the republican party permanently
aequiesces in the existing gold
it will be defeated in the
congressional elections Of 1898 and
in the presential election Of 1900"
Senator Wsllsco., arrived in
Washington this week and had
q conference with Mr.. Mckinley
about the f1le trip of himself and
colleagues to Europe in search Of
that lstter-day Holy Grail
known SIS international binetaII
ism. The senator used to be al
most always willing to talk to the
newspaper men. but he now
declines all invitations 10 discuss
the failure in which BE PLAYED
such q CONSPICUOUS part.
Lemuel Eli Quigg, who was
Boss Plsts's nouthpiece in the
recent New York municipal cam.
pslgn and who is abou. the most
iiscra3i:a3 rsol;,;nei 1ro,so. -