The times., 1898-11-14
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP

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Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah
row extendathe privileges of the ballot
box to women, and South Dakota will
make the seventh State to join in the
procession. THE change has taken place
| within the past few years and at the
present rate 1t is only question of time,
and perhaps. a very short time at that,
! when women will be accorded the right
to vote in every State in the Union. The
| sentiment in favor of giving the ballot
! to the fair sex is unquestionabIy very
| strong in the West. 1t has never made
| much headway in the East: neither has
ii found favor in the South, chiefly for the
reason that the women of that section
nave apparently taken no interest in
| the matter
| If any of the States where universal
suffrage obtains should elect women TO
either branch of Congress the chances
are that they would not be permitted TO
take their seats. Each House has sole
Jurisdiction over the qualifications and
| eligibility of IT'S own members, and until
| a woman suffrage amendment is engraft-
| ed on the Constitution of the United
| States the legal luminaries at the Capitol
VIII hold that women are not eligible to
| occupy seats in the national legislature.
! But the female vote is already a factor
IN national politics. In the six States
named women vote for members of
I, Congress, Presidential electors and sena-
| Tors exactly the same the men. In
| the past the rule has been to nominate
| this or that man for office because he
was strong with the Irish, the Germans,
| or some other nationality. In the future
candidates may be selected because of
| their alleged ability to capture the wo-
men vote. However, no man has ever
had any permanent success in politics
! who has antagonZed the better half of
| creation
1t is regarded as extremely probable
i that there will be women delegates to
the national conventions of the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties in 1900 If
| they are elected by their constituents
/ they will doubtless be seated as neither
party would feel like taking the respon-
sibility of turning them down. The pres
| ence of ladies among the delegates 10 a
| national political convention would prob
| ably put an end to secret combinations
and things of that kind-that is il the old
saying that a woman can never keep a
/ secret has any foundation in fact Time
will tell.
Richard Croker has gone off to me
quiet corner, without leaving his ad-
dress. for weeks rest. He is said To
be contemplating inl the near future
journey to London. If MIR Croker will
subscribe 10 some enterpi Using press clip
ping bureau he VIII discover that there
is almost uRltersal sentiment through
out the country in favor of his taking up
his permanent Residence on the ether sid
of the water. Before the election last
week Mr.. Croker announced dramatically
! that he expected TO remain at the head
| of TammauyE Hail as long as he livt d.
/ There is anfimpfession abroad now. how
ever, that lie;is likely 10 change his min l,
or have it ehanged for him. The move
ment for Il REORGANIZATION OF the Demo-
cratic party in the Empire State is al
ready assuming formidable propor,i MS.
''The defeat & Sthe-e Hon James Hami
ton Lewis. sf Washington. will not rob
the next Congress, 1883. of a picturesque
member in sthe lower branch" said
Chicago man yesterday.
Let me introduce the Hon. E. II. MOI
nan, of the Fifth Congressional dist:ict
in our city which is bounded by few
miles of the north branch Of the Chicago
River, Goose Island. Sunnyslde and the
brick yards, and a region of the city
along the Lake Shore drive
Mr.. Noonan. or Ed Noonan, vas state
| senator in one of the recent sessions of
an Illinois Legislature. The women OF
Springfield filled the galleries and the
stairways and the grounds of the capitol
whenever Ed Noonan was known to be
down for speech. And when he strude
with the stride of Hamlet along the thor
oughfare leading to and from the hotel.
the window shades along the route flew
up, and mothers elevated their young AMI
pointed to Ed, while the bellies of the city
looked longingly at the tailor-made suits
and patent feathers of the Chicago Bean
Brummel senator. His styles then, as
now. were pronounced. although l would
not have you think Ed is a fop. Brum-
mel wasn't. But Eds clothes were right
up to the latest fashion plate He is or
sH arthy complexion. and his eyes are sew
eral inches farther back than those of
most men. His brows are shaggy. ami
his hair, straight and long and black.
hangs over his collar. His neckwear and
stock of gloves would wear. and tear any
|
pose he will have one when he comes
to Washington.
.'To see Ed standing in the crowded
lobby of a hotel, his chin in one hand. in
the attitude of thought. puts quietus
on the hum of human voices and causes
the inquiry, Who is't?' or What is't?
You ought to see Ed at an Italian opera,
or any other kind, at the Auditorium.
No matter whether he is in box or
| standing in the foyer, the honoIs are
split in two when he shows up. half to
the star and half to Ed. His port is al
ways such as to indicate mood to chide
the thunder if at him it roared.'
..If the Goose Island region in Eds dis
trict had rallied against him, he would
have been lost in the shuttle this time.
as he was two years ago, but the Geese
must have had a day off or the Lake
shore salt of the earth must have in
creased its vote. You wait for the day
when Ed Noonan strides up Pennsyivani
Avenue. for he is great strider, and
YOU will forget that such person as
James Hamilton Lewis ever lived
The Republican leaders are said to be
contemplating the unseating of the entire
Congressional delegation from North
Carolina in the next House. The idea
&c TO let the State go without any repre-
sentation in the popular branch OF Con-
eress for the next two years as punish
ment for permitting the alleged intimida-
tion of the colored voters in that COM
I>monwealth in the late election. There are
a good many hot headed Republican
| .,ataruan who are advising the taking