The morning times., 1897-01-12

POLITICAL philosophers IN these tunes Wneh
so many statesmen, ex-statesmen anu
would-be statesmen are obtaining honors
for themselves or are failing to obtain
them, that these are great weeks indeed
for the Republican bosseSs To know that
this is true consider for moment the cases
OF the four big bosses of four big states
There are Messrs Platt OF New York, Quay
of PENNSYLVANIA, Foraker of Ohio, and
Tanner of Illinois. and fine times they are
all having just now.
The Union Leaguers of New York city
(who are always a little purcr than any
other body of mem have had committee
OF fifty at work for some time upon the
Senatorial candidacy of Hon. Joseph Fl.
CEoate. They worked very hard upon it,
and it is said that they will muster per-
haps four votes in the legislative caucus.
Meantime Mr.. platt, who was himself a
Senator for a few months some fifteen
years ago, can probably be induced to ac-
ccpt the support OF the remaining $50
members of the legislature, or whatever the
number is. Everything, in short, is going
Mr.. Platts way dead easy, Just dead
easy 9s he chooses TO have it GO, and, of
course, he is a wicked, abandoned boss,
who has been abused by all the New York
papers for many years and has even been
accused by the Evening Post Ofadesiring
the repeal of the Ten Commandments
In the case of the wicked and abandoned
Mr.. Quay of Pennsylvania he has just
gone through another battle of his life,
and, as With all the other battles of his
life, he has won it. They were able in
an unguaFded n.oment To throw down his
candidate for mayor OF Philadelphia, one
Boies Penrose by name, but Mr Quay
bided his time, and now he has elevated
Mr.. Penrose, the same, sir. to sit in the
United States Senate; and he has given
Mr.. Wanamaker one of his old-time upper
cuts into the bargain. Mr.. Quay has been
abused extensively in the past, but he
has seemed to thrive upon it. Although
he may never rise to the dignity of being
Secretary OF the Navy under Major Nc
Kinlcy, he is, nevertheless. d United States
Senator still, and there is no telling when
he may spring upon US anothertariff speech
three feet high. OF course there was
little or nothing in the Wanamaker sena-
torial candidacy, except the opposition of
Dave Martin ard Chris Magee 1 have
often wondered why these persons didn't
try to get into the Quay fold again. Per
haps the 'old man. wouldn't like il any
more than Mr. Platt would be willing TO
take in the good Mr.. C. y. Bliss.
In Ohio. another great State, one Joseph
B. Foraker is the undoub6ed Republican
boss. He was governor once and ran for
re election on enc occasion; but Mr.. Mark
Hanna and the John Sherman-McKinley-
GroSvenor -Butterworth outfit all turned
in and beat him. Mr. Foraker had, all
promised to him, on another occasion, suf-
ficient members of the State legislature
10 make him United States Senator. Again
the HANNAH a-Foster-Shernan outfit threw
him down. Now he is expected to be
nice and ladyllke to the Mckinley admin
istration; and perhaps he will be- The
question is just now, however, whether Mr..
Hanna is going to be able TO Sreak ipto
the Senate. Would Gov Bushnell ap-
point him. And, even if he would, would
the Hon. John Sherman make the requisite
vacancy? 1t may be that nobody knows;
but the Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker, the
despised boss OF buckeye politics, would
come as near To knowing as anybody.
There is a remarkable despised and out
cast boss in the State OF Illinois. He
is the governor, John r. Tanner by name
He is not so old in crime as some or the
others, but he is learning the business
| fairly fast. The question now is, will
! he make Marty Madden United States Sen
| ator from Cook county and other portions
| of the Sucker State or viii Gov. Tanner
| elect somebody else. Mr. Kohlssat'. Of
| the Chicago Times Herald very much de-
| sires that Mr.. Tanner shall bring about
| the defeat of Marty Madden, and as Mr.
| Kohlsaat $ paper bitterly opposed Col. Tan
| ner wien he ran for governor tcalling him
| by the name of murderer and other pIa yfuI
| titIesl, it is to be inferred that the triple
| loaded utterances OF the Times Herald
| will have great weight. Anyhow we shall
| all know about it in a few days. What
| ever the political future OF Mr.. Madden
| may be, he is typical Chicago product;
and all of the Chicago editors dearly love
| the Windy City by the sewerside.
do not know what we may infer from
] the above introspeetive treatment OF u
very difficult subjectl except that the
| boss could not get along so well, and could
| not continue to get along so well, If there
weren't something TO him. What does he
| do, then? And what doesn't he do? For
| one thing, he probably stands by his friends
and works for them, and helps his State
| promises, expressed or implied. He is on
| the square in every kind OF business, and
/ all the time. He may not always be an
orator. and he may not always be as pure
as the judicial ermine of corporation
judge. but unquestionably he gets there.
] and he continues to get there. Unless 1t is
to be argued that the American variety of
government is failure, he deserves what
| he gets, and typifies his people
|
| Death of French Senator.
| NJ Stanislaus Alphonse Cordicr, a life
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