The times., 1899-12-01
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mr. sherrsan'. yiews.-Represeuta
tive James $. sherman Of New York. Who
was the last Republican aspirant for the
Speskership 70 lower bis Gag and sur
render 10 Generar David BTemuer Her
derson. has arrived IN Washington. Mr..
sherman VIII undoubtedly occupy quite
a prominent position 10 the new Congress,
although some o. his friends have been
afraid that General Henderson might take
it into his head 60 punish him for insist
ing upon remaining ia the field after the
selection OF the Iowa man was practically
assured Dir. sherman Is backed by Sena-
tor Platt and the Republican delegation
from the Empire state. however. and the
chances are that he viii not be over
looked by the new Speaker when he comes
10 make his committee assignments.
i believe" said Mr.. Sherman yesterday,
that the caucus financial bill will be
promptly passed by the House, and that
it viii pass the Senate before the eXpira-
tion Of the present session The Senate,
in Mr. Shermans judgment, would prob
ably make some minor changes in the bill.
but they would not be such as TO endanger
its ultimate passage.
Mr.. Sherman said that he thought there
would be some sort of legislation this
"ihtCl iCAdtiAk 10 tubd, vi " ANi1Os faAb
the Philippines. Porto Rico he thought,
would be given a territorial form OF gov
ernment. and that the legislation with
reference to Cuba would be in the nature
OF step toward carrying out our promise
of ultimate independence, though the time
had not yet come when the full length
could be gone
AS 10 the Philippines, he said il was
uncertain Just what form action would
f~ly l.
be had by Congress during the session.
After Aguinaldo is captured, and it looks
now as If he might be captured in few
days, the rebellion will be at an end, and
the question of what is TO be done will
have to be taken under consideration by
Congress. l do not think there will be
any action as to final disposition OF the
islands nor any declaration by resolution
as to whether we intend to hold the islands
for all time. but there will be need Of
some legislation to enable the President
to proceed with some sort of temporary
government"
The Nicaragua CanaI.-Representa-
tive W. r. Hepburn Of Iowa, who has been
looking after the Nicaragua Canal project
as Chairman Of the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, is con-
fident that bill will be passed before next
spring authorizing the construction of a
canal across the isthmus through Near
aqua, under the supervision and direction
of the United States Government. He said
yesterday that he did not see any Ieason
why Congress should wait for a report by
the Walker Commission before enactng
legislation in the interest of the construc-
tion of the Nicaragua Canal. Mr.. Hep
burn will probably be continued at the
head of his present committee
Quay's Seat in PeriI.-Opponents of
Matthew Stanley Quay intend to make
stubborn fight against the seating
/ )f the Pennsylvania statesman in the
Senate on the certificate of appointment
/ issued TO him by Governor Stone of the
/ Keystone State. They believe that they
/ can keep Mr.. Quay out of the Senate in
definitely, even If they find that they can
not muster enough votes TO secure his
/ rejection.
] II is not an easy matter to induce the
/ Senate to- reverse an established precedent
/ as will have to be the case if Mr.. Quay
/ is awarded his seat The friends of Quay
/ have realized. from the outset that they
/ had a very large contract on their hands
! in trying to land their man.
Both the Quay, and anti-Quay people
/ nave peen acUEelg-dt WOTk Tor some Time
Each side claims to have made poll OF
the Senate which is most satisfactory
from their respective points of view.
The chances are, however that both
sides are drawing on their imaginations il
this matter. II has not been possible, il
is pointed out, for anyone to have made
an accurate poll of the Senate since the
/ adjournment of the Fifty-ffth Congress
on the 4th of last March, owing to the
fact that there will be such a large con-
tingent Of new Senators in the new Con
gress. The new Senators have, as a rule
it is said, positively refused to commit
! themselves, either for or against Quay.
The programme of the anti-Quay meI
was outlined last night by one OF theil
| number
We are confident" this gentleman said
that the Senate will refuse to reverse
itself and seat Quay, but if we ascertain
later on that there Is any danger OF {
favorable verdict for Quay, if the matter
should be brought to vote, we will sim
ply take steps TO prevent vote being
taken Under the rules of the Senate 4
! will be possible to postpone any actor
on the Quay case until the next meeting o
| the Pennsylvania Legislature, which viii
not be until January, 1901. 1t is safe u
say that Mr.. Quay win remain an 'ex
until he can present some better creden
tials 10 a seat in the Senate than those h.
now holds"
Ozark Horses" in the Fieid.-Th
possibility of a deadlock in the Dem
ocratic caucus over the nomination 70
Speaker has brought forward "darl