The times., 1898-10-14

Omaha that Is pleasing the old Confed-
crate soldiers nightly. 1t is his coupling
Of the names Of Lee, Jackson, and Long
street with those of Grant. Sherman and
Sheridan and others as heroes whose
memory should be revered and honored.
1.-THE heroes" said President Mckinley,
"of Manila and Santiago and Porto Rico
have made immortal history. They are
worthy successors and descendants of
Washington and Greene. of Paul Jones.
Decatur, and Hull. and Of Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan. and Logan, OF Farragut.
Porter. and Gushing, and of Lee, Jack
son, and Longstreet.
Former Secretary of the Navy Herbert,
who was a colonel In the Confederate
army, was most enthusiastic in his praise
of Mr.. McKinley's address. 1t was the
finest thing he had ever read, he declared.
and showed that President Mckinley was
a truly great man. 1t almost made him
love the Republican party. However Mr..
McKinley's manly tribute to the heroes
OF the Confederacy may be received in
the South. it is by no means certain that
1t will meet with approval in many sec
tions of the North. 1t may lose his party
votes among a narrow and bigoted class
who are still cherishing and keeping alive
the rancor and bitterness of the
civil strife under the defuded idea that
It is patriotism; but all the same the
majority of the people of the country
will applaud the Presidents act and give
him due credit for 1t.
There is red-hot fight on out in the
Louisville. Kentucky. district. Walter
Evans. the present Republican represent
ative from the district. is having hard
time and the chances are more than even
that he will be defeated. An independent
Republican is running, and he will prob
ably draw enough Republican votes away
from Evans to insure the election of Os-
car Turner, jr., the Democratic candidate.
Mr. Turner. by the way. is son of the
late Representative Turner, who Is well
remembered in Washington. The son is
said TO have inherited the ability and
popularity of his father.
Nothing but death. they say out In Ken
lucky. can prevent Joe Blackburn coming
back to the United States Senate at the
expiration of the term of Senator Lind
say. The return of Mr.. Blackburn to the
Senate is regarded as one of the certain
ties of politics and the former senator's
friends in Washington are. of course, de-
lighted to hear IL. Joe Blackburn has
been greatly missed from the Senate,
more so probably than any other man
who has left that body for 4 good many
years. His ready wit and fund of good
stories made him a most agreeable COM
panion In the cloakrooms, and in the
ugh-and-tumble of debate on the floor
of the Senate there were very few better
equipped men than Blackburn.
II would give a years senatorial sal
ary," said Blackburn recently. for the
privilege of having the floor in the Sem
ate for a few hours after Congress meets
in December. | think that l could make
a number of remarks concerning the
handling of our war with Spain that
would be pertinent and likely to attract
some attention. However. the whole
truth Is bound to come out sooner or
later"
As previously stated, Senator j. H
Kyle, of South Dakota, has announced
his intention of hereafter voting with the
Republicans. which will give the Repub-
licans straight majority in the Senate
with the aid of the vote of the Vice Pres
ident. With Kyle voting with them, the
Republicans tie the vote of the Demo-
Gratis, Silver Republicans. and Populists
and in case of a tie the Vice President
under the Constitution has the right to
vote to break it.
The-conversion of Kyle to straightout
Repubicanism is credited to Senator
Hanna and Henry C. Payne, the Repub-
lican national committeeman from Wis
consin. Hanna and Payne engineered the
movement which led up to the delivery
OF the Republican vote In the South Da-
| kota legislature TO Kyle and resulted in
| his election. In his autobiography. pub
| lished in the Congressional Directory. Mr.
| Kyle describes himself as an 'independ-
ent." Since his reelection, however.
| Kyle has been carefully nursed by the
/ Administration. His recommendations
| regarding the distribution of the Feder-
| al patronage In his State have nearly all
been honored, and it is not strange under
| the circumstances that he has discovered
| II TO be his duty I'm the interest of the
| public veal to hereafter vote with the
Republican party" There probably never
| was palmer case of a mans sellin,
himself for the loaves and fishes of poli-
ties than the one furnished by Mr.. KYLE
| His term will expire in 1903.
One hears very little In Washington
about the campaign that is going on dowr
in Tennessee. Hon. Benton McMiIlin wa,
| nominated by the Democrats for GOV.
ernor some time last June and has beer
making a more or less active canvass TO,
the past two months Although it is con.
| ceded that McMillin has practically q
sure thing, he has spoken in almost every
| county in the State. 1t is said that he has
| a double purpose in view. one being tC
make his majority the largest given to &
| Democratic gubernatoriaI candidate ir
| tennessee In years and the other is tc
| obtain such strong following through.
| out the State as TO insure his election tc
the United States Senate a few years
hence.
| Perhaps the most significant feature ap.
| parent at this distance in the New York
campaign is the fact that the Democrat.
| have set the pace from the start ant
have forced the Republicans to follow
them. For instance Mr. Platt and his as
sociates decided that it would not be wis,
| to turn Col Roosevelt loose on the stumr
| up in the State. They also declared thai
| the campaign must be made on nationa
| issues alone. In his letter of acceptanc,
Justice Van Wyck touched up State is
| sues in such a way as to make Col
| Roosevelt's teeth rattle. Van Wyck an
nounced his intention of going on til,
| stump and discussing these State issues
| The result is that Col. Roosevelt's man
| ayers have been compelled TO order hin
| out on the hustings and have given hin
permission to take up State issues in hi
| speeches; from this time on the Re
| publicans will have to conduct their figh
on defensive lines. Explanations excuse: