The times., 1898-10-07
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.

point an ambassador To London until
after his return from his Western trip.
| He feels that there Is no, particular haste
In filing the vacancy as the embassy is
In the very competent n, hands of Mr..
Henry White, its iyst secretary. White
has been connected, with the diplomatic
service OF this Government in London for
the past thirty years. He was removed
| by Mr.. Cleveland during the latter's sec
| ond term and was Succeeded by James a.
Roosevelt, cousin of the Republican
nominee for governor of the Empire
| State. Mr.. Mckinley reapponted White
| soon after he took the oath of office as
| President. There is a rather curious
| story IN circulation as to the cause which
| led to Whites removal from office by
| Cleveland. White, 1t is stated, did not
| show due Difference 10 party who pre-
| sented letter from Cleveland. He was
unable, 1t seems, to procure cards of in
| yitation to one of the Queens. Drawing
Rooms. 1T was not his fault, as all the
| cards allowed to the embassy for that
| occasion had been given and 1t was i'm
possible TO obtain any more. But Mr..
| White was charged up with the matter
| as an intentional slight, and, of course,
when the great man in the White House
| heard of it he very promptly gave orders
| for Whites removal This was the only
dignity for Her Majesty's refusal to re-
| ceive his friends.
The delay In the appointment of sue
I! cessor to Col. Hay is open to different
construction. Some think that 1T means
| that the President has decided TO hunt
| around for new man-some one whose
| name has not been mentioned in connec-
| tion with the place heretofore. Others
| believe that the President has decided
| upon man but for reasons of state he
| does not wish to make his choice known
| to the public until after the elections
| If the latter be true, the Mcmillan
| Alger combination is likely TO come out
| on top. The McMillan-Alger arrangement
| contemplates the appointment of Senator
James Mcmillan. of Michigan. to Lon
don, and the appointment by Gov. Pin
gree, of Michigan, of Alger to McMil-
! lan's place in the Senate. IL this deal
should be consummated before election
| day II is feared by the President and his
| friends that ii would have an unfortunate
| effect on the election returns, as the
motive behind IT, TO place Alger beyond
! the reach of investigation, would be too
/ apparent to deceive even the most simple
| minded. However, there Is also an ele-
ment of danger in postponing this matter
until after election. Gov. Pingree is not
very enthusiastic follower of Alser.
| He has assailed him stump and In
! private and the ties which bind them to-
| gether today are not based upon any
] thing more substantial than mutual in
| terest If Pingree should happen to be
defeated in his ambition to be reelected
! governor of Michigan the chances are
! about one thousand 10 one that he would
refuse to carry out his compact 10 ap-
point Alger TO the Senate. The situation
/ -, a .ffNta rot l.4Fl
| from almost any point of view.
| A determined effort is being made out
in Illinois to retire the Hon. Shelby NJ
| Cullom from the United States Senate at
| the expiration of his term of office, on
| March next. Gov: Tanner Is understood
! to be at the head of the conspiracy. Since
| his elevation to the gubernatorial chair
in 1886 Gov Tanner has devoted his en-
ergies 10 building up a Tanner political
| machine. and from present indications he
| has met with more or less success At
| all events, his ambition clashes with that
! of CuIFom and the latter viii not come
| back TO the Senatei agaip IL Gov. Tanner
| can prevent it. Tanner believes that he
is just about the kind Of a man that
ought to fill Senator Cuilop1ss seat.
The retirement of Mr.. Cullom from the
Senate will be regarded as a public ca
lamity by Mr.. CuIlom. A great many
| years ago--there is no one al hand who
| can state how many-some friend of the
! Illinois senator. in an sunthinking mo-
ment. told Mr.. Culiom that he (Cullom)
| bore a strong resemblance to the martyr
| President, Abraham Lincoln. From that
| moment down TO the present day Mr..
! Cullom has endeavored TO the best OF
| his ability to cultivate the resemblance
| 1t is said that Mr. Cullom is the best
| posted man on Lincoln human documents
| in the United States. He has made them
| the study of his later-day existence. He
| has copied Lincolns dress, whiskers. and
| almost every detail of the great Presi-
dents general appearance. But he could
not simulate the individuality and force
| of Lincoln, and, hence. he never in reality
has achieved anything more than a carl
| cature of his famous model. The re-
semblance to greatness. however has been
| sufficient to keep Mr. Cullom in the Sen
| ate for eighteen years, and has also OBJ
tanned for him the 4fonor of being men,
| toned among the somewhat lengthy list
| of Presidential possibilities. But to have
| his career ended now by a man of the
name of Tanner seems cruel indeed. Sena-
| tor Cullom's friends say that he does not
| intend TO die without a struggle. He has
not abandoned all hope of securing a re-
| election. However, the impression pre-
| walls quite generally that Cullom's sun
| has set, and that for the remainder of his
days he will have to content himself with
| the contemplation of mis- imaginary re-
| semblance to grand historic character
The position Senator Quay finds himself
| in is attracting the attention of the poll
ticians of both parties. That a United
States senator should actually be ar
rested upon a criminal charge. whether
| true or false, is most certainly an un-
usual event. Coming upon the eve of a
political election, it is calculated to give
an impartial observer the impression of
cheap political trick of his opponents
and the evidence that has been produced
in the case against Quay is hardly of a
nature to alter this impression The
| senator is accused of having had a guilty
| knowledge of the use of the State funds
| on deposit in the Peoples Bank in Phila-
delphia for speculative purposes. 1t is
| alleged that he was a beneficiary in the
transaction. The Peoples Bank went into
liquidation in March last, and the CASH
| ier, Mr.. Hopkins, complicated the situa-
tion by committing suicide. Most of the
| evidence in use against Quay was OBJ
tanned from letters and documents left
by Hopkins In his desk. Quay's own let
ters to Hopkins, that have been pub
lished, do not directly implicate the
senator in any dishonest transactions,
but they de reveal a very close relation
existing between Quay: and the cashier
of the bank. tC
Probably the most significant and i'm
portant bit of evidence that has been
produced in court against Quay in this