The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-15
WASHINGTON TTEss
Ssme News Notes From she Na.
 tfOnal Capital.
From Our Regular Correspondent

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 Some idea of .he panic existing in ad
 mlniatrsiion circles, on account of tii
 prospect of rcpnblican defeat in the con
 gressional campaign, may he had iron
 Boss Hanna's estimate. after going ove
 all tue information in the possession o
 the republican Congressional Committee
 that il would require campaign fnnG
 of SZ 0OO,00O to elect < Iepu' lican nia- lority of the next House. Hanna is
 Chairman of the National Committee
 and under ordinary conditions. would
 have nothing to no with the congress, io.
 nal Campaign. Bnt existing conditions
 are not ordinary. On the contrary, they
 are extraordinary. from Mir. McKin-
 ley's point of view. Chairman Bab-
 cock. of the Congressional Committee,
 told Mir. Mckinley that he considered
 the fight already lost Then Hanna was t@legTaphed for and asked If he could
 not save the Hsuse for his party. He
 decided that it would take $2, ,OO0, ,O00 to ! dO 1t, and made out list of men that
 must put up that amount. They are the
 same men who furnished him the money
 he used 70 lavishly two years ago, and
 already they are being personally waited
 upon and made to came down again.
 some of 'hsm by Hanna himself and
 others by his agents.
 Col w. J Bryan, who has been ccn-
 fined 10 his bed by an attack of malaria
 IS now much better. and expects to re-
 turn lo 'l;8 regiment a-ier e',Ort stay ia the Virginia mountains, None of shs many attentions paid Col. Bryan dur ing his stay in Washington. gave him
 more pleasure than a magnificent basket pf roses tom the Exc utiye lommi.tes If the Mary.aud Democratic ias0riation accompanied by q communication. from which he following. is quoted :"Thp Ex. ecutive Committee oi the Maryland Dem "cratic Association deem it privilege and q pleasure to present this basket of flowers to Coi. Wm. ] Bryan, as a token of their respect, love, and esteem for him who, more than any man living stands as the personification cf the most vital issue affecting the welfare of al: ! the people of our Nation and of ihe world. The intelligent aggr essive and advocacy of the cause oi the plain people that mxr ked your en. trance into public life at once awakened T response in the hearts of ,our cuuur ,rymen, and singled you out as an O Iect of their affection. Yonr sieadf devotion -o principle, your uutiring zr.. n the cause of the people. and the ,r ro. milton by them of your rare talents combined to make you their choen lead | CT in their contest for delive,ance i,uu | th evils that nle threatening the oyt thrown of repu icau institutions a., he establishment oi d riutrra,l to uie l and plunder unde- fo HIS nj law ''
 Gun. Fitz Lee. vino Was ordered |" Washington last week, has gone io Wrs point to visit his son, Who Isa cadet | there, but will return 10 Washington IT. | Il few days Republics Influence is h. ! z hrOught " heAr np"n the adn !. atinn Ia Ca'.-e q, -,,c ue ." d, C. 1,sy su"o d.nate onaa Ii n tue oan Army oi UrrnpatI"n, tnrtead oi Oi the eutIIe army IL wal tu sound him, m order lo find on, how | lar he would allow himself io be push sd into tne background without tender
 ug his resiKnafjou that H= a4s sent ! ar. sen. les's ssdu.rels hvHu tn#t 'i te ! Ia JeLIeird anything less han rummand ! J! ...ai diVi,i' ii oi iiIe army Uf Occupa- l lion that will have Havana for its head. l quarters, he will tender his resignation and leave the army at once If he gets Iess than that. Il very positive promise will be violated, but that happeus fre- 4ueuily m Washington.
 Nvt being admitted to Boss Platt's Icannot vouch for it's cor rectness, but there has been 8 lot of | talk around Washington to the effect | that Teddy" Roosevelt WAS nominated for GOveinO: with the deliberate inten- lion of ending his political career by | getting him badly de; eated, and that he i s to be raded for legislative votes where ever to do so will increase the clianch of | electing republican member ol the leg 1 islsture According to his talk, Mir. and Boss Platt are acting to- gether in this acheme to get rid of "Ted- dv" and at the same time eject legis- iature that will send republican suc- re-11r 70 Sen tor Murphy. Democratic diTl''"~ Inds',,4 very strongly that the democrats viii control the legislature as we'll as elect the entire state 'i'- ct They say they can i.-a; Roosevelt wi'h- out any assistance from Piatt, and HE snif.r..