The times., 1899-12-17
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

ManIey Of Maine.-The Hon. Joseph
/ H Mauiey OF Maine. atttacted quite as
much attention and aroused quite as much
comment as did any Of the scores Of Re
/ publieans of national repute who attended
! the meeting of the Republican National
Committee. And for rather odd reason.
/ Importance attached to Mr.. Manley not so
much for what he has achieved for himself
or his party as for the company of political
giants to which he used TO belong and
which he formerly represented. His name
was one time linked with the names and
/ the fame Of James Gillespie Blaine. Thomas
/ Bracket Reed, and Nelson Dingley. No
State in the Union could boast a stronger
quartette of statesmen than these less than
/ dozen years ago. Maine stood high on
/ the list when the three distinguished sons
/ now gone from her--tWo Of them TO the
[ great beyond and the other still in the
/ flesh, but now u plain lawyer in Mex York
were bringing the great weight of their
/ influence to bear upon the party policies,
with Mauley as a sort of advance agent for
each of the trio in turn. Nobody who OBJ
/ served Mr.. Manley moving around unob-
! trusiyely in the jostling crowds at the Ar
/ lingtOn was unkind enough to say a harsh
word about him, not even suggesting that
probably he had shone effuIgently for so
many years in the reflected glory Of the
/ great trio mentioned.
Not Completely Harmonious.-It is
known by these who take pains to inform
| themselves on such topics that there is
not that beautiful harmony in the RepubH-
can National Committee which the boasts Of
the party leaders, big and little, would
/ have the public believe. There is no love
| lest between Chairman Hanna and Vice
/ Chairman Payne The Wisconsin man
J bore without bOthering people with his
! woes what he felt was an indgnity heaped
upon him by Hanna and the White House
clique in defeating his pet scheme for
the reduction in national conventions OF
/ the representation from the Southern
States. Mr.. Payne, it is stated on excel
/ lent authority had the best of reasons for
I believing that his proposition had received
! favorable consideration at the White House
/ before he came 10 Washington to push it
! through the committee. He made no secret
of the claim that he had for it the back
/ ing of Hanna, Dick, and others who are
considered the Presidents personal repre-
| sentatives. If he had not secured assur-
ances to this effect 1t is said that he would
| not have proposed and advocated the
| scheme with all the ardOr of his nature
He did not give up until he realized that
q struggle pTecipltated by his contention
! in the committee would lead to scandal
and serious schisms. He bowed to the in
eyitable with outward grace but inwardly
it is reported, he has a feeling of resent
ment against Mr.. Hanna and Mr. Mckinley
for making him hold the bag" that will
probably express itself either in a fight on
I Mr.. Hanna from now on or his own retire
ment from the committee and the party
councils in the next campaign. The Hon.
/ Cyrus Leland, of Kansas, is said to fully
share in Mr. Paynes feeling. The Kan
sas member was a pronounced advocate of
the Payne scheme from its inception, and
did all he could to carry it through, max
ing not a few enemies for himself among
( his large colored constituency in the sun
/ flower State Former Governor Hubbard.
/ the Minnesota member and Col. " T..
Durbin, Indiana's representative on the
committee, also have cause TO feel aggriev-
/ ed since they, too, were friendly TO the
{ Payne proposition at the risk of arousing
opposition at home. With men like these
going back to their homes filed with re-
sentiment it does not require the gift Of
prophecy to foresee considerably more
trouble ahead of Mr. Hanna than he has
/ heretofore encountered in the management
of the party organization