The times., 1898-12-05
GENERAL, POLITICAL GOSSIP.


them. InFheir estimation they made him
President and they apparently think that
they have a perpetual claim upon his
| consideration.
| The Chairman of the Sound Money
League is II. III. Hanna. He says that he
is cousinH.of the Senator Hanna. He
halls from Indiana, and has responded to
! the sound of money. 1t is said. in every
campaign since he became twenty-one
years of age. His chief occupation since
Mr.. Mckinley became President has been
to call at the White House and interview
| the President regarding his attitude on
! the money question. He has sought fresh
assurances from time to time that the
! President was still with theni-the
friends of sound money.
| Mr.. Hanna's routine has been to call at
! the Executive Mansion and deelaim some
what after this fashion: MIR. President,
l am about TO take the 1:29 train for the
| great West. What message shall | take
to our people from you on the sound
money issue?"
Mr.. Mckinley is very polite gentle
man. He never believes in giving offense
when it is possible to avoid it. This is
what he said to Hanna the other day
and it is substantially what he has said
to him on ut least dozen similar occa-
sons:
Tell them Cthe people, that | stand
| thoroughly for monetary legislation and
! that l am determined that every pledge
| the Republican party made along this
line shall be kept
The humnr of tho whole thing is that
it would bother Mr.. Hanna nightly to
| find anywhere on record any definite
pledge of the Republican party regarding
reformatory monetary legislation. No
| one knows this better than Mr.. Mckinley.
But the National Sound Money League will
! probably continue to do business at the
same old stand for an indefinite period.
/ There ia no member of the Senate who
wields more influence in quiet, unobtru-
! sive way than William B. Allison of Iowa
/ He has twice refused to leave the Senate
for place in the Cabinet. Gen. Garfield
invited him TO become Secretary of the
| Treasury, and Gen. Harrison subse-
| quently offered him the same position.
Rumor has it that Mr. Allison might have
| been in Mr.. Mckinley's Cabinet either as
| Secretary of State or at the head of the
| Treasury. However, the Iowa statesman
| has preferred to remain in the Senate and
| his own master. 1t is said that he regis
| tered a vow Il number of years ago not
| to resign from the Senate unless he
should be nominated for the Presidency
| Senator Pettigrew, in speaking of Senator
| Allison, said: Il have the most profound
admiration for Allison. He is the only
man in all of my acquaintance who could
| walk across a floor covered with eggs
| with bucket of water on each shoulder
without breaking an egg or spilling a
| drop of water
| Il very much doubt" said Senator ALI
son yesterday whether any important
matters will be acted on at the present
session of Congress outside of hhe regular
routine. 1 presume that the: treaty of
peace will be ratified, but more can be
said about that when we know exactly
what the treaty contains IL can be laid
down as safe rule that If any measure
proposed is antagonized by a determined
minority ii will not pass. There will be
many matters of Importance before Con-
gress this, Winter. such as the Nicaragua
| Canal bill. but no subject which excites
prolonged debate will be likely 10 reach Il
vote at this session. If any measure out
| side of the regular appropriation bills is
passed before the 4th of March | think 1t
will be the Nicaragua Canal bill. That
subject has been so thoroughly discussed
! and threshed over that il ought not to
| arouse much debate at this time partic-
| ularly in view of the urgent necessity for
the canal"
| The anti-expansionists have settled on
Senator Caffery of Louisiana. it is UNDER
stood, to take charge of their interests
and lead the fight against expansion in the
| Senate. Senator Caffery was opposed to
| Hawaiian annexation at the last session.
| He fought against it chiefly because the
| sugar planters of his State advised him
| that the annexation of the Hawaiian ISL
| ands would be the ruin of their particular
| industry. His opposition to expansion to-
| day is probably due to the same cause.
| But in view of the fact that the Louisiana
sugar planters have already been ruined,
| according to their own predictions. by the
| admission of the Hawaiian Islands, II is
difficult to understand the deep interest
| they are taking in the Philippines and
other prospective possessions of the United
| States. 1t is not thought that the anti
| expansonists have been very wise in their
| selection of Senator Caffery for leader.
| The fact that his opposition comes from 4
selfish local interest will weaken whatever
he may have to say upon the subject.
II is quite apparent that the anti-ex-
pansionists have retained some able-bo-
died liars to help advance their cause.
| The other day leading metropolitan pa
per announced that Senator NJ. c. But
Ter of South Carolina was violently op-
l i-;a Is ~ DI,; IN.
pines. The same journal said that Gear
of Iowa, Daniel of Virginia, and Turp e
of Indiana. would vote against the rat
| fication of the treaty of peace. All three
| of the last named are on record as say
| ing that there would be no serious oppo-
| sition to the ratification of the treaty.
| Mr.. Butler of South Carolina has not
been in the Senate for some time. He
now holds a high command, that of ma
| jor general, in the volunteer army. Sem
ator Kyle of South Dakota has also
been classed as a rabid anti-expansionist
An interview was telegraphed from Chi
| cago by the poor old Associated Press
| in which Mr.. Kyle was made to say that
the ratification treaty could never be
! ratified by the present Senate. Senate.
| Kyle upon his arrival in Washingtcn n
| yesterday took occasion to refute this
| untruth. He declares that he has b en-
an expansionist from the beginning. The
sentiment of the West, he says. is over
| whelmingly in favor of our holding on
to the Philippines and everything else in
sight. They want the American flag TO
remain wherever it has been raised.
The gossip about the adjourned meet
ing OF the Democratic House caucus