The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

support tor scheme by which q
combination OF republicans and
gold democrats in the Kentucky
legislature hope to confirm Taylor's
election to be governor and to re-
elect Senator Lindsay. and that he
succeeded in getting Mr.. Mckinley
to promise to use the whole influ-
ence of the Federal administration
to help along the scheme.
Vice President Hobart was one
Of the rare men who could be a
strong partisan in politics without
forfeiting the personal esteem of
his opponents. That is why demo-
cratic Senators sorrow quite as
deeply over his death as dc their
republican colleagues or the men,
bers of the administration of which
Mr.. Hobart was an important part
"a much more important part than
is generally known-and why
many democrats went with the
large party of officials from Wash
ington to PatersOn, N. j., to attend
the futeral, Saturday. Senator
Frye, of Me-, who was elected pres
ident pro tempOre of the Senate
early in the last Congress will pre-
side over the Senate at the coming
session, the only difference made
by the death of Mr.. Hobart being
that Senator Frye will draw $4,000
ii year more salary and will have
the use of the Vice Presidents room
in the Capitol. 1t will not change
his title, and the Vice Presidency
will remain vacant until after the
next national election, there being
no law providing for filling a va
cancy in that Office.
Mr.. Henderson says he will an
nounce the House committees be-
fore the holiday recess Ifhe does,
and there is no good reason why
he shouldn't, since he has known
for months that he would be Speak
er, and knows all of the old MEM
bers personally, the House should
get down to business much earlier
than it usually does at the opening
of new Congress. There is some
talk among republicans of making
the chairman of the House com
mittee on Banking and Currency
their floor leader, instead of the
Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee.
Ex-Speaker Reeds reference to
the vote in Ohio, in speech made
at the annual banquet of the New
York Chamber of Commerce. has
been much talked about in Wash
ington, and is calculated to make
those republicans who have been
disposed to regard Mr.. McKinley's
reelection as a matter of course, do
some hard thinking. Mr.. Reed
said: "The republican candidate
had but $4,000 plurality McKinley's
majority in the state in '96 was
100000, while, a third candidate had
100000 votes. In the old days
when a majority over all was re-
quired, there would haye been no
election"
Mr.. John r. Mclean, who was
democratic candidate for governor
of Ohio, and who is Admiral
Dewey's brother-in-law, believes
that the fierce criticism of Admiral
Dewey, already shown to have been
without just cause, for deciding the
house recently given him to Mrs.
Dewey in order that she might
share in the pleasure of giving the
house to George Goodwin Dewey,
the Admiral's only child, an act
which she has already performed
was the result of concerted action
on the part of certain republican
politicians, who have determined
to take advantage of every opening
in their effort to break down Ad-
miral Dewey's popularity so as to
remove him from the list of Presi-
dential possibilities. Mr.. Mclean,
who is not given to making as
sertions without having substan-
tial reasons therefor, said in an
authorized interview. "The criti-
cisms against Admiral Dewey have
been inspired by certain persons,
who, for well understood reasons,