The evening times., 1899-02-01
GENERAL WA WASFfIiNGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Another Senatorial Deadlock
BrOken.-The Senatorial deadlock in the
State OF Washington has apparently been
broken. A. ]. Foster, former resident OF
Massachusetts, has been made the caucus
nominee by the Republicans, and he will
probably be the successor of Senator John
l.. Wilson. 1t is not known whether MT
Foster comes up to the millionaire mark,
but he is said to be wealthy. He is past
sixty years of age, and is described as
typical hard headed New England business
man. In the Senate he will probably be
assigned to thinking part. The selec-
tion of Mr.. Foster is a partial victory Tor
Senator John l.. Wilson. The latter's prin-
cipal opponent was former Mayor Aukeny,
of Tacoma, and the election of Aukeny
would have snuffed out Wilson as a factor
in the future politics of his State. AS 1t
is, Wilson has now a chance to keep on
the surface and go in for Senator George
Turner'S seat, when the latter's term eX-
pres in 1908. Wilson is a young man and
can afford to wait He will probably APP
ply himself after March to looking after
mining investments and trying TO accumu-
late a fortune. In conversation with a
party of friends in December before he left
to take charge of his Senatorial canvass
Senator Wilson said that he thought that
he must have been born under lucky
star / have never gone into mining
speculation, for instance" he added, that
did not pan out. / have yet to lose my
first dollar in mining investment, whicn
| think is quite remarkable"
You ought to be very rich man." re-
marked a member of the party.
Senator Wilson smiled. NO, am not,
he said. Il suppose it is because ! neg
iapf cd nv nnnnrtmpitiaG | had chancp
to make a fortune few years ago but l
let it slip through my fingers. | was Of
| fered a block of stock in a mining COM
| pany for $1,000. l fully intended to take
it, but some other matters came up and
| forgot all about it until it was too late.
| Had | taken that stock | should now have
an income of over $4,000 a year. There
! is great deal of money to be made out OF
mining yet. The State of Washington. in
| my judgment. is richer gold field than
the Yukon region in Alaska"
Sampson and His Prize Money
/ The friends of Admiral Sampson are not
| altogether pleased over the prospect of
having a fight for his share of the prize
money from the battle of Santiago before
| the Court of Claims. They seem TO think
! that the Navy Department has somehow
| left him in the lurch by referring the mat
| ter to the Court of Claims. In order to
establish his claim to any share of the
| prize money for the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet Sampson will have to prove
| that he was in the battle. or at least with
! in supporting and signaling distance AS
| all the accounts of the great naval battle
| agree that Cerveras fleet had been de-
| stroyed when Sampson arrived, it will
| probably bother Admiral Sampson a great
| deal TO convince the members of the Court
! of Claims that he was in it. SIMPSONS
friends, it is said, think that Secretary
| Lorg@should have ordered the money paid
| TO Sampson. which would have compelled
! Admiral Schley to go TO the Court of
Claims for redress. As it is the burden of
| proof is on Sampson. To have his nomi-
| nation TO be rear admiral held up in the
| Senate and to lose his prize money be-
| sides, the Sampsonians think is pretty
| tough. They are criticising Secretary
Long sharply for running to cover
is General Miles IL Presidential
Candidate! THE talk of General Miles
as Il Presidential possibility is being re-
! vived, and it is causing some uneasiness
| IN Administration circles The friends of