West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-30
Our washington Letter.
PARTY IN GOOD
CONDITION FOR THE NEXT
CAMPAIGN.
Vice President HObarts Death n
Matter OF Regret TO Both Parties.
Correspondence Tor the Argus.


Senator Jones, Ct Ark, Chairman
OF the Democratic National Com
mittee, has returned to Washing
ton for the session OF Congress.
lie has entirely recovered his
health; says he never felt better,
and that, like the Democratic
party, he is full Of fight. lie be.
lieves, and with good reasons for
his belief, that the Democratic
party is to-day IN better condition
for the Presidential campaign than
the Republican party Is. aud that
its condition is more likely to i'm
prove between now and the open
ing than is that of the Republican
party; and he says further that his
belief is fully shared by every man
who attended tie recent Demo.
cratic conference at Chicago. He
looks confidently for Democratic
assistance from the Legislation of
this Congress Republican In both
branches; the Shylocks Of the last
Presidential campaign are already
demanding their pound of flesh,
with no shrewd Portia i'm sight to
show Mr.. Mckinley how to meet
the demand in such a way that
will be made to follow the example
of Shakespeare's Shylock. 1t
looks now as though they would
get the pound of flesh and with it
the life of the Republican party.
TIT
There is reason to believe that
Senator Deboe, of KY, was in
Washington this week for the pur-
pose of enlisting administration
support for scheme by which
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.. Nc
klnley to promise TO use the whole
influence of the Federal admins
tration to help along the scheme.
Vice President Hobart was one
Of the rare men who could be
strong partisan in politics without
FORGETTING the personal esteem of
his opponents. That is why
Democratic Senators sorrow quite
as deeply over his death rs do their
Republican colleagues or the mem.
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 will go with the
large party of officials from Wash.
lngton to Paterson. n. j., to at.
tend the funeral, Saturday. Sena-
tor Frye, OF Me-, who was elected
president pro tenn of the Senate
o"rly in the last Congress will pre-
side over the Senate at the coming
session, the only difference made
10y the death of Mr.. Hobart being
that Senator Frye Will draw 5000
a 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 cleo
ton, their being no law providing
for filling vacancy in that office.
III
Mr. Henderson says he will am.
nouncc the House committees be-
fore the holiday recess If he
does, and there is no good reason
why he shouldn't, since be has
known for months that he would
be Speaker, and knows an of the
old members personally. the House
should get down To- business much
earIier than 1T usually does 40 the
opening II new Congress. There
is some talk among Republicans Of
making the chairman OF lhc House
Committee on Banking and Cur
rcncy their floor leader nstcll of
the Chairman Of rhc Ways and
Means Committee.
til
Ex Speaker Bc,ds reference 10
the vote in OHIO BOO .p.cch m dc
at the annual b.uuupt Of ha Erw