The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-07
Dewey,s bride to BE

Dewey's Bride to BE
The lady whom Admiral Dewey is going
to marry is on of the most sensible and
agreeable women in that swinging circle
known as Washington society. There Is an
immense amount of pretense and affecta-
ton in Washington society. 1t is a pecu-
liarly costructed organization that makes
UP this society. 1t is much like an omelet
made I'm a thrd-rate eating mouse, into
which eggs of all ages and conditions are
poured in together on the basis of the
purchase price of so much per dozen. An
tiquity is not always an evidence of worth
Therefore, to say that a woman Is promi-
uent and popular in Washington society
does not signify much.
Mrs. Hazen is not particularly prominent,
if conspicuousness is taken as the measure
of prominence. AS the wife of general in
the army Size figured actively in all society
affairs. AS widow sae has been rather
retired. AT all times She has been recog-
nzed as a sweet hammered, amiable nos
tess and a woman whose conversation on
all occasions was bright and intelligent Ii
She were vain woman she might have bit
ter complaints to make of the portraits of
her that have been published since her
engagement with Admiral Dewey was an
nounced. She has not a simpering, silly
face, nor has she any affectation of pose.
She has handsome face, an attractive
bearing and manner which is at once sig
nified as amiable. The first impression she
makes is that she Is a sensible woman.
Her attractiveness of person, which is by
no means to be disregarded, is a second
consideration. She has a great deal of
force of character and probably a will of
her own. There Is something of determine
ton in her face, but there is no expression
of weak vanity. When, during the life of
General Hazen, she was most active in So
clety, she was conspicuous for her tender
ness and devotion towards her children.
The affection shown between her and her
boys was a matter of remark among wo-
men of less domestic attachment. Alto
getner, besides being very pretty woman,
she Is womanly, domestic and sensible and
Admiral Dewey has lived up to his reputa-
ton for good judgment.
Hanna Men Scared
Whether or not there is any warrant for
1t there is sort of blue funk on among the
adherents of Hanna in Washington. First
of all they are apprehensive that Ohio is
going to be lost; but whether or not it is
lost, they fear that the prestige of Hanna
Is in jeopardy and that even If Nash is
elected governor the extent of the dissatis-
faction expressed towards Hanna will be
such as to destroy the Ohio senator's infiu-
ence in the party and render it necessary
for the president to be less intimately as
soclated with him in order to hold the sup
port of prominent republicans elsewhere.
1t is realized that occasion will be taken
to point out to Mckinley that the opposi-
ton he has to encounter Is directly attribu-
table to a revolt against Hannism, and that
1t will not do to let the impression go abroad
that the administration is subject to boss
ism. 1t is an open secret that Mckinley has
no real strength among the republican lead
ers in any part of the country and that
their support of him is principally mat
ter of expediency. All many of them await
is the bare opportunity to turn from him to
some other man with whom they can have
more influence and who will not have a
Hanna to conduct censorship over them.
The party resources were severely taxed
to secure to Hanna the vindication of an
election to the senate. Party prestige is
conceived to be now jeopardised to sus-
tain Hannaism in Ohio and tremendous
effort is made necessary, where otherwise
there would hardly be a struggle. Should
the republicans by any mischance go down
in Ohio Tuesday it is believed that McKin-
ley will be carried with them and that the
party will be looking for another presiden-
tial candidate between this and the time of
the next national convention. But at all
events, the fact that such a desperate
struggle was necessary to save as solidly
a republican state as Ohio-all on account
of Hanna-will be held up as warning to
Mckinley that the party cannot be expect
ed to carry the burden of Hannaism into
the presidential campaign 1t is well I'M
derstood that about half the opposition to
every progressive policy of the administra-
ton has been based upon the suspicion that
some selfish, personal interests of Hanna
were to be served by the administrators
acts. The most effective insinuation in op-
position to the Cuban, the Porto Rican or
the Philippine policy is that the policy is
being shaped to serve some speculative in
terest of Hanna and his friends. 1t makes
little difference whether this is true, sus-
picion is always ready to sieze upon the
suggestion. The idea of a boss is associated
with mercenary considerations.
1t is expected to be made clear to Nc
Kinley that if he is to remain at the head
of the party and succeed in carrying out
the policies in which the majority of the
people are interested he will have to get
out from under the shadow of the Hannas,
the Quays and the Platts.