The times., 1898-09-08
IN THE POLITICAL ARENA.

| Col Thomas, of Pennsylvania, who
was contemporaneous with Gov Patti
son at the time the latter was first elect
ed to the governship of that State. had
| good deal to say about politics yester-
day In sum and substance. observed the
| colonel.
when Col Guffey threw down his
most intimate political friends and sup
| porters at the Altoona convention. he
virtually sealed his doom as far as his
leadership of Pennsylvania Democracy in
the future is concerned.
"Af the old time stalwart leaders, in
| cluding Mutchier, of Northampton, and
Kerr. of Clearfield, are quietly laying
their plans to turn Mr.. Guffey down at
the first opportunity. and only refrain
from taking stand against him now be-
cause they are deeply interested i'm the
! party's success In their own counties.
| Both of these gentlemen are rock-ribbed
/ Democrats and graciously subdue their
| feelings until some time when campaign
! is not on tap, and their followers, seeing
the wisdom Of this course. will be only
too glad to sidetrack Mr.. Guffey at the
| proper time.
! Joe Mccain has managed to tie up
the political prospects of Col Albert S.
! Berry, who represents what Is known as
! the Carlisle district in Kentucky. Col.
Berry Is very able man. so very able
| that he did not join Senator Lindsay in
his advocacy of the gold Democrats
/ Some years ago Mr.. Carlisle was sup
! posed to have been defeated in this dis
| trict by a comparatively unknown work
tCla xt-ffh .
| which the speakership always carries
| was seated" in the contest that fol-
| lowed. Now Col. Berry on Carlisle lines
| is having hard time trying to convince
| silver constituency that he is the right
| man at the right time. He is the only
/ Democratic candidate for reelection in
Kentucky not yet renominated.
Former Representative Johnson. of In
diana, will no longer be seen on the floor
| of the House The decided convictions
| he manifested with such ''Tippecanoe and
! Tyler too fervor were apparently not to
the liking of his Hoosier constituency.
/ Objector Johnson declined denomination
! and in his stead will be returned ex-Rep-
| resentsuve James Watson as the dis
| trict is largely Republican.
1t was Mr.. Watson who. in 1891. defeated
| the late William S. Holman. The legis-
! lature of Indiana in 1895 reapporti0ned the
State and which resulted in placing Mr
Johnson and Mr.. Watson in the same
! district. Johnson defeated Watson for
I has retired from Congress. he announces
! that he will practice law in New York
! At the headquarters of the Democratic
! National Congressional Committee. the
statement is made that three districts in
Kentucky may be redeemed to the Dem
| ocracy this year. viz: the Fifth, Eighth
and Ninth.
Walter Evans represents the Fifth dis
trict and is opposed by Oscar Turner.
whose brother-in-law Is William ].
Abrams. secretary of the Democratic
! Sta;e central committee, and the trusted
ally of what is known in the district as
| the Courier-Journal influence. This infiu-
| ence, prompted to some extent by its
own interests. has not been very warm
| in its support of recent Democratic Con-
| gressional nominees. but is understood
to now favor young Turner. Ex-Mayor
| Todd. Republican, whose forces were
| largely instrumental in electing Evans
is now said TO be opposing him
| The Eighth Kentucky District is now
| represented by George NJ. Dawson. a Re
| publican. who is opposed by former State
| Senator George NJ. Gilbert Former Gov
! ernor James b. McCreary and Phil q
| thompson, Jr., have each represented this
| district. which is naturally Democratic
! The Ninth Kentucky District is represent
! ed hy Samuel Pugh. a Republican with
\ strong following. but the Democrats are
! laying odds he will be beaten
|
The Republican National Congressional
/ Committee expects soon to have It's cam
paigp literature ready. The Philadelphia
! printers who have II under way are
being urged along by Assistant Secretary
+, Sehrader, and the latter promises to soon
! catch up with his mail demands
Mr.. Sehrader is now in Philadelphia. su-
perintending the final proofreading OF
! the Republican campaign handbook
special session of the general assem-
/ bly, of Oregon has been called by Gov.
! Lord to convene September 26 for the pur-
! pose of electing a United States Senator
to fill the vacancy now existing by reason
/ of a deadlock
The senatorial trouble in Oregon arose
over the failure of the last legislature of
! that State to pass the regular appropria-
| ton bills to meet the expenses of the
State government because the members
could not agree upon a senatorial choice
| AS foreshadowed in The Times when
Gov. Black paid recent visit to Wash
ington and then went South, giving une-
! quivocal Endorsement 10 the so-called
! splendid condition of the camps of the
army the New York slate was virtually
made up for TERROR Teddy Roosevelt
to receive the Platt Endorsement for gov
ernor. Late facts all indicate that Gov
Black dug a pit and in a traditional sense
Senator Platt pushed him along
Roosevelt. in all probability, will be the
! Republican gubernatorial nominee. and
the interesting question remains. how do
| Messrs. Murphy, Platt and Croker look
down from the persmmon tree on the