The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
HE HAS won his WAY.
Praise For Vice President Ste
venSon.
THE LATEST WAVE OF REFORM.
An Interesting hit of Political Maneuver-
ing-The situation In Ohio-A Great OPP
portunity For the New Secretary of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Finance.


WASHINGTON, Feb S. Especial. Gen
eral Stevenson has shown the national cap
ital that a vice president can be something
after all. Mr. Stevenson has not been OF
any political Importance In the govern
ment A vice president never Is. 1t Is one
of the traditions of our capital that vice
president is a sort of fifth wheel to the
wagon and that he must not try to be ac-
tive or influential. But General Stevenson
has done better than this. He has made
himself in many respects the first gentle
man of the Capital City. 1t is safe TO say
that during the last four years none other
has been as popular as he with all sorts
and conditions of public men, and with
the women too He has been an expo
nent of fine manners and gracious conduct
in this capital. He has given the lie to
the old idea that American public men,
especially western public men, are wont
to be rough and uncouth. Mr.. Stevenson
has won his way into all hearts by his tact
and affability.
Dignity and Graciousness.
Among senator's Mr.. Stevenson is
known as one of the best presiding officers
that body has had in recent years. 1t is
not an easy post to fill. The rules of the
senate are simple enough, but there are so
many traditions which must be observed,
so many unwritten laws which are as val
id as the written ones, so many fine points
of detail and etiquette for which the SEN
ate, as whole, Is great stickler, that the
presiding officer who Is new at the bust
ness never quite knows when he is right
and when he Is wrong. But General Ste
venson took most kindly to the duties of
his office He has had rare dignity, firm
ness and self control He will be long re-
membered as a presiding officer who won
the commentator of every senator, with
out respect to party.
The employees of the senate and house
are certainly In hard luck. Some months
ago the senate shut down upon smoking
In the north wing of the capitol. 1t was
permitted in committee rooms and in the
senator's cloak rooms, of course, but not
in any of the passageways or corridors
The doorkeepers and other employees who
have no committee rooms to retire to used
| to go over to the house end and scrape ac-
quaintance with their colleagues there
while enjoying their after luncheon cigars.
| Now Speaker Reed issues an order cutting
off all smoking at that end of the big state
house, and the poor employees have to step
outdoors or go without their smoke. No
|
were issued. Certainly the amount of
smoking that was INDUCED in never both
cred any one at either end of the capitol.
But when wave of reform gets started it
is like any other epidemic in that there Is
no telling where it is going TO stop.
A Bit of Politics,
Senator Sherman told me the other day
he would not resign his place in the senate
till after his nomination as secretary OF
state had been officially sent in by Presi
dent Mckinley. This means that the sen
ator will send his resignation to the COVER
nor of his state, Mr.. Bushnell, March B
Right here comes in a very interesting hi
of political maneuvering. Although Sen
ator Sherman has informed Governor
Bushnell by letter of his intention to re
sign on that day, Governor Bushnell, TO
reasons of his own, concludes to await de
velopments. He says he does not know
but what Mr.. sherman will change hi
mind meanwhile a. - include to remall
in the senate. Tn, - he, the governor
does not think it ne, asary for him to dis
turb himself very much about filling
yancancy which has not yet been created
and which may never be. OF course al
this fine maneuvering has to do with MI
| Hanna's candidacy for the senate and Gov
ernor Bushnell's unwillingness to appoin
him. Some of the governors friends thin
Mr.. Sherman will, after all, conclude
remain in the senate when he sees tha
Mr.. Hanna is not to be his successor. Blu
the senator himself says he has decided
go into the cabinet, has accepted the seer
: taryship of state, and that he will take
no matter what happens. AS matter
fact. Governor Bushenell and his frient
/. want Mr.. Sherman to go into the cabine
and therefore are keeping very quiet ms
their intentions concerning the vacancy.
As Good, II Not Better.
!. Miss Stahlnaker, who passed civ
service examination for translator in IL
war department and was refused the a.
pointment by the officials because she WI
a woman, has suddenly become q famo'
parsonage. She now gets one of the la
!. gest individual mails received In Washin
;. ton. Thousands of men and women q
y over the country are writing to her g
n pressing their sympathy and their indign
ton as well that a woman who can pa
N an examination in the translation of fo
- or five modern languages should be turn
down by some brute of a man just becau
she is a woman. Miss Stahlnaker Is
D. yited to deliver lectures, to write addres
= es, to send her photograph, to give her n
toeraph, and so on. She Is paying t
o penalty of sudden fame in having so maj
letters to answer that she does not knc
what to do with them. But the incide
). shows how deep is the feeling In this cou
20 try that in these modern times WON
~ is Just as good as a man for anything,
not a little better.
An old senator told me the other d
that Lyman J. Gage, who Is to be Pre-
dent McKinley's secretary of the treasul
had one Of the greatest opportunities
d. win fame for himself a cabinet officer
"a had in many years. ut is notorious to
ne cry one," said this senator, that duri
m the coming four years the finances Of
:" government are to be reorganized.
to must build upon n different basis.
ne must take up the currency, and the bar
nd ing system, and the gold reserve, and
= these things and reorganize them co
81. pletely. Mr.. Gage will be right in
nd thick of all this. He will be the lead
OF man of the drama II he has the right ct
ar in him. And, II he have force and gel
!. Inc ability, he will be able to make sue
'"o reputation In the treasury as that VIII
led was made by Alexander Hamilton, v