The times., 1898-10-02
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.

the HOttu WHO ldS ODl~iA-Acd q
great deal OF notoriety through his efforts
to reform the citizens of New York, has
just returned from Europe. and is in
something of a quandary over the politi-
cal outlook in the Empire State. DR..
Parkhurst has been one of Col. Roose-
velts greatest admirers. but he hates
Mr.. Platt worse than Mr.. Croker, and
the report that Col. Roosevelt called upon
Mr.. Platt before he was nominated for
governor shocked DR.. Parkhurst severely.
81 shall not believe it, DIR. Parkhurst
is quoted as saying, until / hear it from
Col Roosevelt's own lips. If it should
prove to be true that Col. Roosevelt has
Inundated himself to Platt, then he has
forfeited his manhood. and is not the
kind of a man who ought to be governor"
1t is not likely. however, that DIR. Park
hurst will take the stump against Roose-
Welt. He will probably write a letter
scoring all OF the candidates and advis-
ing all good citizens to refrain from vot-
ing at all this year.
The late Gen. Ulysses S, Grants young
est son, known as Buck" has blossomed
out as a candidate for the United States
Senate out in California. He would like
TO succeed the Hon. Stephen NJ. White.
whose term will expire on the 18th of
March next. The shrinking modesty of
the Grant family is too well known TO
need any comment. In 1896 Buck" Grant
was a delegate to the Republican Nation
al Convention at st. Louis Being inter-
viewed by an enterprising reporter, he
said: Il think that Col. Fred Grant is
the man the convention should nominate
for Vice President McKinley's election
will be assured If Col. Grant is named
on the ticket with him" The majority
of the Republican statesmen at the con-
yention were only surprised when they
read the interview. that Buck" had not
named his brother for the first place on
the ticket. They declared that Buck"
Grant had evidently been misquoted by
! the reporter.
| After Mckinley became President, it
will be recalled that he rendered the posi-
| ton of Assistant Secretary of War to Col
| Fred. Grant. The latter declined the
| place in an open letter to the President
| Col. Grant told the President in his letter
that while he had supported the Republi-
! can ticket in the late campaign and had
| thought TO be able 10 serve its Admin
| istration In an official capacity he could
not take what was offered. The plain
inference of the letter was that Col.
! Grant did not think that the office OF
| Assistant Secretary of War was up 10
| his measure, a sufficient recognition
of the valuable services he had rendered
in bringing about the election Of McKin-
/ ley and Hobart.
NJ H. DeYoung, the editor Of the San
Francisco Chronicle, is also an aspirant
for Senator Whites seat. Mr.. DeYoung
has been ambitious to come to the Senate
for a number of years. He has spent a
| great deal of money. it is said. to crafty
| his desire, but he has never come any
nearer TO the goal than an honorable
mention. Californians say that neither
Grant nor DeYoung will win the prize,
even in the event of the Republicans cap
turing the legislature of the State.
Senator White may possibly succeed
| himself if the California legislature
should be Democratic. Though not all
ways in accord with the manifest policy
of the party, he is regarded as q very
able man, and is a ready and rapid de-
batter. He is a terror to the official stem
ographers of the Senate, as he generally
talks at the rate of over 200 words min
ute.
Senator White is chairman of the Dem
ocratic Congressional Campaign Commit
tee. He IS expected here in few Gays
TO take charge of the work of making the
Fifty-sixth Congress Democratic. He is
reported TO be quite confident that his
| party will secure control of the house,
| but he admits that the chances are rather
against his being returned TO the Senate.
I'VE have an uphill fight on our hands
in California" he is quoted as saying
but we have by no means abandoned
hope. The conditions are more favorable
TO us today than they were few months
ago, and 1 am confident that they viii
continue 10 improve"
Col Ike Hill, who is known to every
man who has served in Congress during
the past twenty-five or thirty years, be-
lieves that the Democrats have practical
" a sure thing on capturing the mex
House of Representatives. III one VII
stop and think a minute" he said, "ht
will see for himself that the odds are de-
cidedly in favor of the Democrats. There
are at present only eight Democratic rep
resentativeS in the eastern section OF the
/ country-that is, north and east of Pitts
burg We are entitled to four or nV'
: times that number under ordinary condi
tions, and ordinary conditions prevail
this year. The Republicans have twenty
seven representatives from the South
They cannot hope to elect over one-hal
that number this year. We are certain L
gain two, and perhaps five, representa-
, tives in Ohio ! regard the Ninth ant
Tenth Districts of Ohio as sure TO g
Democratic in November. Then we hav
a good fighting chance in the Fifteenth
Eighteenth and the Mansfield Districts
: l shall Je very much surprised If We d
not maxi gains throughout the West ant
n | Northwest The plain truth is that tn
0 | Republicans only capture Congress ol
0 ! tidal wave years, when there is grea
0 upheaval and change of public sentiment
0 on off wears and when the conditions ar
y normal it is safe to bet that the Demo
- Gratis will elect a majority of the Hous
of Representatives.
IS senator Hanna knows this and tha
/ is what is the matter with Hanna now
( Senator William L. Mason of Illinois
Il East for the purpose of participating
!, the ceremony connected with the launcl
: ing of the battleship Illinois. which "
take place at Newport this week. Sen
= tor Mason has been one of the sharpe
e ! critics of the War Department but
does not blame individuals so much.
saws. as he does the system which pr
= walls throughout the Government serviC
). '.The name of the man l am gunniI
for" said Senator Mason, SIS not Alge
IS but Red Tape. If the investigating cor
/ mission could only get that fellow befo
l. it and then examine him carefully,
y think that we would have a solution
. all the trouble Col. Red Tape is T
m sponsible for more deaths in connecti,
.t,. .