The evening times., 1898-12-29
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.

GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.
/ Governor Roosevelt nnd 0thers.-
Theodore Roosevelt will become governor
of the Empire State at II O'Clock or Sun
day but the inaugural ceremonies viii! not
/ take place until the following day. He
has already announced some of his coming
appointments, chief among them being that
OF Avery d. Andrews to be adjutant gem
eral. Mr.. Andrews was associated with
I Mr. Roosevelt on the police board OF New
! York city under the administration OF
/, Mayor Strong. He is a graduate OF West
Point and was appointed by Mayor Strong
as a Democrat Andrews, however, took
+ the stump for Roosevelt last fall. When
Mr. Roosevelt several weeks ago intimated
! that he wished to appoint Andrews adju-
! tant general, a howl went up from the Re-
publican machine, The leaders tried TO
reason with Roosevelt, and pointed out
! that the appointment of Andrews would be
! bad politics" Finding that they could
I not move Roosevelt they surrendered with
as good grace as possible. Senator Platt,
/ it is said, does not care to have an open
! rupture with Roosevelt at this stage of
! the game. For the present, at least, the
|
| there must be harmony on the surface.
| What may come later on when Mr.. Platt's
! legislature gets down 10 work remains to
/ be seen.
| Il am perhaps the boss harmonizer in
! the country, remarked Senator Piatt in
| New York yesterday. He referred to
1 dinner which he had attended the night
! before, as the guest of his oldtime enc
| my, Elihu Root. Seated around the table
were practically all of Mr.. Platt's former
opponents, with the exception of Whiteiaw
1 Reid. Up to date Mr. Patts harmony p-o-
! gram has not taken in the gifted editor OF
| the newspaper founded by Horace Greeley.
/ In Pennsylvania Gov. Daniel H. East ngs
viii give way to Gov. William A. Stone.
| Gov. Hastings entered his Office four years
ago as a Quay man. He leaves it, how
/ ever, member of the anti-Quay fac
| ton. Some people are wondering whether
| Quay will have any better luck in manag-
! ing Stone than he had in managing Hast
| ings. Senator Quay would probably be
! glad to have some one answer this queS-
| tion satisfactorily as it is conceded now
| that Quay cannot be reelected to the SEN
ate without the active support of the gov
/ ernor.
Three members OF the House, Stone Of
| Pennsylvania, Sayre of Texas, and Nc
| Milin of Tennessee will relinguish their
seats to become the governors of their
| spectiye States McMillin, however, may
return to Washington shortly as mem
| ber OF the Senate.
DaizcIfs Senate candidacy.-The
| formal announcement by Representative
! John Dalzell OF Pittspurg that he would
| like to succeed Mr. Quay in the Senate
after March 4 lessons the Beaver states
mans chances of securing a Te-e ectioa,
| in the judgment of impartial oaiookers
| The opposition to Quay has been handi-
| capped by not having a strong man on
! whom TO concentrate their efforts. Mr..
Dalzell fills the bill in many respects. Hc
| has been a prominent member OF tue
| House for good many years. He is SEC
! ond on the Ways and Means Committee
! and is also member of Mr. Reeds Com
mittee on Rules He is on very friendly
| terms with Mr.. Mckinley. and Will, 1t is
| stated. have AT least the good wishes Cf
the Administration in his contest. II Mr..
| DalZel receives the support of Christo-
| pher L. Magee of Pittsburg his candidacy
| will be no joke-to Quay. II is reported
! that Quay and Magee have made 4 iral.
| but this is denied by people who ought 10
| know.
| VIII Merriam Go TO Russia :-It is
reported on what appears 10 be good au-
| thority that former Governor Merriam, OF
| Minnesota, is being seriously considered
by President Mckinley in connection with
! the Russian ambassadership, made vacant
by the. appointment of Mr.. Hitchcock. our
present representative at st. Petersburg
| to the Cabinet. II will. be recalled that
| Mir Merriam's name was on Mr.. Mckfn-
| ley's original Cabinet Slate and it was
stricken off owingdo the earnest protest of
Senator Cuahman X. Davis. The latter's
opposition to. Merriam grew out of social
fight between Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Merriam.
| Davis influence was sufficient to keep
| Merriam out of the Cabinet and it, also. is
| understood prevented his being sent as
ambassador TO Berlin, or any other Euro
pean court. However, times have chang
| ed since then. Senator Davis is now
| candidate for reelection and il is admit
| ted by his friends that he has a hard
! fight ahead of him. No doubt he would
be willing to- let UP on Merriam, provided
the latter will give him boost in his SEN
| atorial contest. Merriam was one of the
original Mckinley men and it is said that
he Clipped into Mark Hanna's pool along
! with Col Hay, II. II. kohlsaat, of Chica-
| go, and others, which was used to bring
about the nomination of Mckinley at St
| Louis. II Merriam receives the appoint
ment it will be another disappointment to
Editor Whitelaw Reid
The Vermont Scnatorsi,ip.-Tbo
cancy in the Senate caused by the death
of Senator Morrill, will probably be filled
| by appointment unless Gov. Smith OF Yer
! mont, sees ft to call the legislature togeth-
er in extra session. The Vermont legis-
/ lature will not meet in regular session for
| two years The talk of former Senator Ed
munds as Mr.. Morrill's possible successor
! is attracting some attention. Mr. Ed
munds,' said one OF his close friends today,
Fam convinced will not consent to return
to the Senate under any circumstances
| While the ostensble reason for his with
| drawal from the Senate number of years
ago was i'll health there was another cause
which has not been mentioned This was
that the younger element particularly from
the new States Of the West was gradually
| getting the upper hand and changing the
| whole character OF the Senate. The old
| fellows were being showed aside with scant
ceremony; ancient and venerable tradi-
| tions of the Senate were ruthlessIy demol-
ished and Judge Edmunds found the etmos-
phere Of the place no longer congenial to
him. He foresaw that things would get
| worse instead of better and he accordingly
made up his mind to quit while he could
do so with dignity. The chances are that
Representative Grout will step into Nor
rills shoes"