The Worcester spy., 1899-07-03
HANNA AND DEPEW.
The Two Senators
Are Enjoying, Life
in London.
TALK ABOUT POLITICS.
King Maker Says Demo-
Gratis Are at Sea With
out an Issue.
TALK ABOUT POLITICS.

London, July 2.-Senator Hanna corr
pieted the first ten days of his stay in
England at Windsor, where he wit
messed military review this afternoon
and caught his first glimpse of the
queen. He has enjoyed London i'm
mensely, and his health has been SO
greatly benefited that he has postponed
his visitto Paris and Aix-les- -Bains for
another week. The Ohio senator has
had plenty of good company, including
Senators Lodge, Hoar and Spooner,
Samuel L. Clemans C'Mark Twain")
and Senator-elect Chauncey M. Depew,
and it is expected Richard Croker will
give him an outing on the turf during
the coming week
Il am delighted with outdoor life in
England" Mr.. Hanna said to a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, to-
day, land with the wise methods, born
of experience, which teaches the lead
ers in politics and business to limit
their working hours and take every op-
portunity for rest and recreation. /
have felt like an American who has
only week to see the world S fair, and
have regretted every minute l have had
to devote to rest. The immense crowds
everywhere, the splendid gatherings at
the polo matches and horse shows, and
the proceedings in parliament have in
terested me Immensely.
Il have not talked American politics
with English newspaper men, but l am
free to say l believe the old ticket will
be renominated by the republicans next
year, and that it will be reelected /
anticipate little opposition to the first
part of this proposition, and have no
doubt the American people will decide
the latter part as they did in 1896.
My reason for this belief is based
on the fact that the United States is
now entering on a renewed era of
prosperity. Every promise of the re-
publican party has been kept Every
prediction has been fulfilled There is
not a man in the United States today
out of work who wants work This is
the normal condition. Commercial
prosperity is based on confidence. and
the only thing which can destroy the
confidence now prevailing is a change
of administration"
Are there persons who manifest a
spirit of dissatisfaction with the course
of events in the Philippines?" the SEN
ator was asked.
He replied ITO my mind, the condi-
tions there are largely of our own max
ing, in delaying the annexation bill.
80 far as the democratic party is
concerned, 1 believe it was never so
much at sea as at present The south
is tenacious to its free silver ccnvic-
tlons, as are many of the TRANSMITS
souri, states. These are still under the
sway of Bryan's personal influence and
will do all possible to r-nominate hius
and the free silver platform of 1895.
The power and wealth of the democrat
ic party is centered in New York. Mr..
Whitney, Mr.. Croker and the rest felt
they were invincible. They entered tie
Chicago convention over-confident and
undisciplined for the battle. To my
mind these conditions have now
changed. The democratic chairman,
Senator Jones, is i'll in Europe. Bryan's
only weapon is free silver, and the
strength and weakness of that waa-
pom is now fully realized. Senator Cor
man has seen the error of his ways, !
think, and the eastern democrats will
make a great effort to secure a NV
issue. and, if possible, a new man
THE trouble about the antitrust
campaign is that they cannot make
trusts political issue. So far as amass-
ing wea1Ih in manner to inture the
public is concerned the republican
party is just as opposed to ii as the
democrats.
THE democrats would like to use the
dhNl-cA pdHSlOl lued anu, pOSSlDlyts Au-
miral Dewey, but the combination
would not do, and Admiral Dewey is
so big that he would not permit his
reputation as one Of the great admirals
of his time to be used for any political
purposes. Assuredly, the democrats are
at sea.
Personally, / would like to fight the
old fight against free silver: but, how
ever, the lines of battle are drawn. You
will see the American people deter
mined to follow the course the presi-
dent has laid down"
just before he left London today, a
representative Of the Associated Press
had an interview with Senator-elect
Depew on the business outlook in AM
erica. He said:
Everything Is most hopeful, from
the American point of view. The lat
est advices from the West show good,
average crops and prospects OF heavy