The age-herald., 1898-11-15
DISCUSSION OF QUESTION
Mill be Conducted in StriCteSt Secrecy
 and Time is Precious.
REPUBLICANS SEE THE FuTILlTY
General Grosvenor Says It is a Fore gone Conclusion That the Business
 Will Not be Completed at
 the December Session.
BY ARCHIBALD BUTT

BY ARCHIBALD ". BUTT
 Washington, November H-(Special.)-It is now practically certain that the treaty of peace, if it contains a clause relative to holding the Philippine islands, will not be ratified at the coming session. In the first place the treaty will hardly be laid before the senate before the first of January and possibly fifteen or twenty days later. That would give only a month and a half for discussion of the question. The discussion of a treaty usually takes place in executive session. In this instance It most certainly would. There will be so much business to be transacted in open session that the sem ate could scarcely give more than an hour or two every day to the treaty.
 Then there are the Fridays and Satur- days to be extracted. The senate does not allow anything to interfere with its an- cient custom of adjourning over from Thursday or Friday to Monday. It would be an extravagant guess to say that the senate could give more than a hundred hours to the treaty this session.
 The republican leaders see the futility of trying to force the settlement of peace at this session. General Grosvenor, who is here, says that is a foregone conclusion that an extra session of the senate will have to be called. He Is opposed to an ex- tra session of congress, however, believing that d discussion of other vital questions concerning the territory taken in this war can be postponed until the regular Decem- Der session.
 Personnel of Senate
 Considerable interest attaches to the personnel of the senate of the Fifty-sixth congress. The greatest curiosity is eyinced over the election of a successor of Senator Murphy. 1t is said here that Chauncey Depew is ambitious to come to the senate, but he will not declare himself until he is Assured of the assistance of Senator Platt. The latter will largely dictate the success sor to his present colleague. It is thought here, however, that Senator Platt prefers a dummy, not caring to have another ora torical Conkling as confere.
 California elects successor to Senator White, and there are as many candidates out there as there are orange trees. Every ybody who has figured in public life at all in that state '"as opes." M. H. De Young editor of the Chronicle, has for long time coveted this prize and will figure in the contest. Colonel Georgqe H. Knight, a San Francisco lawyer, is candidate; ". H. Barnes, who is known as the Chaun- cey Depew, of California, is also hopeful of election.
 There are many candidates to succeed Senator Mitchell in Wisconsin. Represen- tative Babcock, chairman of the congress sional campaign committee, has an- nounced himself, likewise have four other leading republicans from that state. Mir. Babcock has made himself very strong there by the position of prominence he has taken in congress, and It would not be sur prising if he won.
 State of yVashinPtOn
 The state of Washington also elects a senator The legislature Is largely repub- lican, and it seems that Senator Wilson will succeed himself. This was the prize covet- ed by the Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis, the con- gressional "exquisite." He has not only was defeated for reelection to the house of representatives. He will be sadly miss ed, not much for his leadership as for his picturesque appearance on the floor. This was a bad year for dudes all round. They went down before the popular will like wheat before the wind
 Wallace Foote, pointed out by all the women in the galleries as the handsomest man in the house." was defeated up there in a district in the Adirondacks. John Murray Mitchell, of New York, another descendant of the famous Brummel in the world of fashion, failed to be reelected, having been defeated by plainly dressed old democrat Then. too, there is Lemuel Quigg otherwise known as the"chrysanthe- mum of the house." and the Hon. Rowland Blannerhassett Mahany must not be over- looked among the beaus of the house who met their Waterloo.
 The defeat of these is somewhat balanced by the defeat of Jerry Simpson, who is enormously supposed not to wear socks. In fact he attributes his defeat to the report that got current last year that he had de- veloped ino a dude and wore golf stock ings. There is no doubt that after the ad- vent of Lewis the Hon. Jerry did take to informing his person in clothes costing at least $20 and in comparison to the old days he was dude.
 Still Has Bailey
 But the house still has Bailey the pure the serene though trife fat, still beau tfful. As long as he is there the house will not lack in picturesqueness Bailey did not like Lewis and so there is some corfort in the iatters defeat.
 s Nebraska elects successor to Senator Allen, and there seems little doubt that he will be a republican. Senator Allen will be loss, but not a greater one than Sena- tor Stewart The senate may be able to transact much more business with Senator Stewart out of the way, but there will not be an individual in that body who will not witness his defeat with regret. He has been in the senate for almost twenty-four years, and while an averaging Nemisis the subject of the currency, is a useful member on all matters appertaining to the public welfare. It Is not certain whether his enemies will be able to encompass his defeat, but the reports from there make 1t appear more than likely.
 Out in North Dakota a successor will be elected to Senator Roach. It will be re- membered that the republicans tried to un- seat Senator Roach several years ago be- cause of some financial 1ndiscretion of his youth. But there, happened to be several republican senator's tarred with the same stick At that time in the senate, and Roach