The National tribune., 1898-11-24
CHAT oFeTHE CORRIDORS.

The President is strangely leisurely
| about appointing an ambassador to Lon
don, to succeed ColsJohn 3. Hay. There
have been persistent rumors that he has
| offered the place to fSenator Mcmillan, in
order to make place in the Senate for
Secretary Alger, who could be appointed
by Gov. Pingree. IL is now believed that
this will not be dones probably on account
of the indisposition of Gov. Pingree to
play the part assigned him. Senator Nc
MILAN now says that he proposes to- stay
in the Senate until the end of his term
March 4, 1901, and then retire.
The itinerary of the Presidents South
ern trip is being arranged. He will leave
Washington Dec. 10, arrive at Atlanta at
noon on the 18th, and remain there until
the evening of the 18th, when he will go to
the Tuskegee Normal Institute, and spend
the whole of the 10th there. Ii the Sew
enth Corps has not left Savannah he
will then visit it.
So few of the left-at-home Representa-
tives were Chairmen of Committees that
Speaker Reed will only have 13 Chair
manships to parcel out in the next House,
and but few of these are of Importance.
The most important is that of the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, now
held by Jos. H. Walker, of MasSachu-
sets. The next Republican on the Com
mittee is Marriott Brosius, of Pennsyl-
vania, who will probably succeed to the
Chairmanship. The next most important
Craftsmanship is that of Coinage, Weights
| and Measures, which VIM. A. Stone
held. He has been elected Governor OF
| Pennsylvania. The next Republican on
| the Committee is j. III. Southland, of Ohio.
Warren b. Hooker, of New York, is Chair
man of the Rivers and Harbors Commit
tee. He has been elected to the Supreme
Bench of New York The next Republi-
| can on the Committee is Henry A. Cooper,
| Of Wisconsin. J. ID. Hicks, of Pennsyl-
vania, is the Chairman of the Committee
on Patents, and Chas. N. Brumm, of
Pennsylvania, of that on Claims. These
| Chairmanships, as well as those OF two
Election Committees, the Alcoholic Liquor
Traffic, Irrigation of Arid Lands, Expendi-
lures in the State and Interior Depart
ments, Expenditures on Public Buildings,
and Accounts will have to be filled.
| Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, comes
up for his third reelection as Senator
| he having been first elected in 1881, and it
| comes in the nature Of a surprise that he
| is likely to have a sharp fight. His
opponents claim to have 1870 of the 200
| Republican votes in the Connecticut
Legislature, and it will take 101 to elect.
| His leading opponents are ex-Gov. Bulk
10y PAT Gil g
and Samuel Fessenden, of the Republic
| can National Committee The Senators
| friends confidently predict his reelection,
however. II
The Democrats will miss four strong
figures in the next House: Benton Nc
Millin, JOS. ID. Sayers, A. NJ. Dockery,
and Jas. G. Mcguire. McMillin has been
in Congress 20 years, and was an UNI
successful aspirant1 for the Democratic
leadership of the House, against Bailey
of Texas. He has been elected Governor
OF Tennessee. Jos. ID. Sayers served four
years in the rebel army, and has been IA
years in Congress-. lie has been electe d
Governor of Texas. Dockery has been IS
years in Congress, and distinguished him
self by the "Dogkery Bill" recognizing
and cutting down the Department service.
He leaves Congress to get in shape to run
for Governor of Missouri in 1900 Jas. G.
Mcguire is young Irish-American, born
in Boston, but taken to California when
year old, and began life as a blacksmith
Later he studied law, and became sue
cessful practitioner. He was elected to
Congress six years ago, and became a
favorite at once. He distinguished him
self as an earnest and insistent advocate
of the Single Tax idea, and this was
made a strong feature of his canvass for
Governor OF California, in which he was
defeated.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury F.
4. Vanderiip sailed for Porto Rico last
week to study the financial conditions of
the island.