The times., 1898-11-16
GENERAL poL9TICAL GOSSIP.

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THE war revenue measure must be re-
vised. Under, the old Dingley)
tariff law We are not getting much reve-
nue. because we rare, Exporting instead of
| importing, and something must be done
soon to supply the deficiency in the rev.
| enue The revenue we received from the
Importation of metals has dwindled down
| to almost nothing sTo meet these new
conditions we fhtistohave a new revenue
measure AS far as l am concerned, 1
favor placing duty upon what we can
| not produce in this country, such as cof-
| fee and tea When the people do
not realize that they are paying a tax
there is no complaint. "-Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. supposed spokesman for Pres
ident Mckinley, in recent interview
There will be no tariff revision or
| any revenue legislation of any kind dur
ing the session of Congress this Winter.
There is no reason for any revenue legis-
lation, and you can say definitely that
there will be none. think
that Senator Hanna has been mis-
quoted From an interview with Rep
resentative Dingley, Chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
| leader on the floor, and Speaker Reeds
| confidential friend.
And yet there are some people of al
legged intelligence who assert that the
Administration and Speaker Reed are in
perfect accord; that the President has no
thought of opposing Mr. Reeds re-elec-
| ton as Speaker of the F'ifty-siNth Con-
gress.
Here is another illustration Of the ac-
cord" or harmony which prevails BE-
tween the President and Speaker Reed:
''on March 1t will, in all likelihood, be
| necessary To call an extraordinary sss-
sion of Congress to convene on that day
| and take up these questions which are
before us.''-Senator Hanna.
1T is, of course impossible TO know
| what Will arise between the LIST of De-
cember and the 4th of March next but
so far as the present outlook can form
| a basis for judgment | should say that
no extra session will be necessary or de
sirable unless some new question should
arise. / think that the military
administrations should be continued for
at least a year longer. 1t will give US
| time to determine the wisest legislation"
Chairman Dingley.
| 1t must be apparent to the impartial OBJ
server that .'unless Mr. Hanna has been
misquoted," as kindly suggested by Mr..
| Dingley, that clash between Speaker
| Reed and the Administration is almost in
evltable soon after the reassembling of
Congress next month. II can be set down
as a fact that unless the Autocrat from
Maine yields to the Administration S
wishes and shows a disposition 10 CO.
operate in the carrying out OF the Presi-
dents general policy, both foreign and
| otherwise. that steps viii be taken TO pre-
| vent Mr.. Reed election as Speaker of
the Fifty-sixth Congress.
1t is officially announced that Mr..
Hanna has decided TO establish headquar-
ters of the Republican National Commit
tee in Washington about the time of the
assembling of Congress. Mr.. Hanna in
tends to open the campaign of 1900 at this
time and keep the executive committee
| Ol lHt IdllOldl
| continuous session for the next two
years. IT is understood that Mr.. Hanna
has sufficient funds left over from the
recent campaign to ydefray the current
| expenses of the comittee for some
| time. The object OF opening" the Presi-
| dental campaign of 1909 thus early, it is
understood, is to make sure Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's denomination, and 10 keep any
possible wou!d-be rivals like Col. Roose-
welt off the track. Having the national
committee, or, at least, the executive
part of it, right at his elbow so to speak
| will enable Mr.. Hanna TO invoke its aid
at any time in behalf of any particular
| legislation decided upon by the Admins
tration. The national committee is sup
posed 10 be the official head of the party
and. in fact, the only body that is au-
| thorized to speak for the party when a
national convention Is not in session.
| Therefore, If Mr.. Hanna's committee
adopts a resolution favoring a certain
program any Republican who votes
against it will be in danger of being read
out Of his party.
The experiment Of having a national
| committee in Washington to instruct
Congress what is and what is not "regu-
| lar" has never been tried before Just
how it is going 10 work remains to be
| seen.
Senator Thomas c. Platt and Repre-
sentative Odell, chairman of the Repub-
lican State committee of New York. ar
rived in Washington last evening They
are here, it is understood, to have a con-
ference with the President. Mr. Plat
lodged the intending interviewers sue
cessfully but Mr.. Odeil was not so for
| tunate. 1T was a great fight" he said,
| referring to the New York contest
| probably as hard a fought battle as
was ever waged in our State Was |
| surprised at Col. Roosevelts small plu-
| rality? No. Two weeks before the elec-
| tion / told Col. Roosevelt that he would
be elected by about 1900 plurality. 1 was
| only about five thousand out of the way.
| a half that is pretty close figuring Rain
on election day might have changed the
| result? Perhaps but it didn't rain. No,
l do not think that Van Wyck was the
strongest man that the Democrats could
| have nominated. Some man from the
| interior of the State not identified with
Tammany Hall would have polled more
votes than Won Wyck, in my Judgment
/ think that the Republican party is in
very good shape now for the Presiden-
tial contest of 1900. All 1 care to say al
this time about the New York senator
ship is that l am not a candidate for the
| place myself"
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, and Senator