The evening times., 1899-03-30
GENERAL WASHINGTON
4 NEWS AND GOSSIP.

David p hin and Croker.-There
| are signs that David B. Hill intends to
| make an effort to get back into the politi-
| cal arena. 1t appears that he declined Mr..
Belmont's invitation to attend Mr.. Croker's
Jefersonian banquet even more promptly
than Mr.. Bryan and before there was any
! controversy over the affair. The relations
| between Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Croker have
| Deen strained, to put it mildly, for some
| tlme past, particularly ever since Croker
/ bowied Mr.. Hill over at the Democratic
State convention in New York last fall and
nominated Justice Augustus Van Wyck
! ior governor against Hills protest and ad-
| vice. Mr.. Hill has been quietly at work
| In the rural districts of New York, where
| ne has always been especially strong, and
| Wnen the convention is held to elect dele
| gates from the Empire State TO the Demo-
| cratic National Convention, Mr.. Hill will
| try to go at the head of the delegation. 1t
is said that Hills friends have been max
! ing overtures to the Bryan leaders with
| view OF forming an alliance with the Gro
| ker-Belmont wing OF the Democratic party
| Mr.. Bryan's friends however are a trifle
shy or David B. Hill, and they will be very
slow to take him into their confidence The
| Bryanites are disposed to let Hill and
| Croker fight it out without any interfer-
ence on their part one way or the other
Perry BeImOnt's AmbitiOn.-Perry
Belmont has been a standing candidate for
| the Office of Governor of the Empire State
in his mind, for, 10. these many years. 1t is
practically the dream of his life The talk
| in New York is that Mr. Belmont has made
deal with Mr.. Croker TO receive the sup
| port of Tammany for the governorship next
q tHf hoo ~
| OF Tammany, however, to capture the State
convention. One of the principal objects OF
the Belmont Croker dinner was 20 launch
a Belmont gubernatorial boom and it was
really very unfeeling. il is pointed out. on
the part OF Mr.. Bryan to decline TO assist
in that laudable enterprise. Had he been
acquainted with all the inside facts he
probably would have acted differently.
William Sulzer.-Representativ Will
liam Sulzer of New York, who has been in
Washington for several days, left for his
| home this morning. This row over the
Jefferson dinner, in New York" he said,
lis simply tempest in a teapot Since l
have been in Congress l have never
| thought it advisable to try to make politi-
cal capital out of dinner invitations Poll
tics ought not to be introduced into such
affairs. Personally, | have never thought
II necessary to enquire into the politics OF
gentleman who did me the honor to in
yite me to dine with him. | have dined
with good many Republicans and do not
think that l compromised my political
principles by so doing. In fact l would ae-
cept an invitation TO dine with political
opponent il he were personally unobjec-
tionable as quickly as would
from member of my own
party. l think that the little teapot
tempest in New York will blow over soon
and that no serious damage will have been
done" Mr.. Sulzer admitted that he was
candidate 10 succeed Mr.. Bailey of Tex
as as the leader of the minority on the
floor of the House. He has also permitted
the intelligence to leak out that he will
not refuse to accept the second place on
the Presidential ticket next year with Mr.
Bryan, or whoever happens to be placed
al the head OF the Democratic ticket.
GrOsvenOr CompIimcnting For
aker.-Ohio politicians are considerably
aroused over Representative Grosvenor's
rather labored effort 10 throw bouquets at
Senator Joseph B. Foraker. His motive
is altogether TOO transparent to deceive the
merest novice in politics. Senator Foraker
10 W idi tOO OIu a lclu 10 De Caught DS any
such chaff. General Grosyenor, who has
always trained with the an;i-Foraker Re
publicanS in the past, has recently develou-
ed an ambition 10 be Governor of Ohio
He realizes that he cannot be elected or
even nominated without the support of the
Foraker people; hence his sudden zeal 10
get on friendly terms with Senator For
aker. II is safe 10 say. however that # the
Foraker crowd control the coming Ohio
Republican State Convention. as there is
every indication that they will General
Grosvenor will not be their choice for
governor.
Quay Going to Observation-Disclosures
tor Quay has sufficiently recovered his
health" to leave Florida and start North
He is expected 10 reach Washington to-
morrow, and it is said that he will appear
upon the scene at Harrisburg on Monday
next and take charge of his Senatorial
contest in person. The effect OF Ouay's
presence at Harrisburg will probably be
to hold his followers together. and prevent
any break TO a new man in the closing
days of the struggle. Mr.. Quay's friends
in Washington say that the combining of
the anti-Quay Republicans in the Legisla-
ture on Representative John DalzeH. of
Pittsburg, is without any particular sig
nificance. Quay has not lost a single one
of his original supporters. The chances
are that the deadlock will continue to the
end of the session
AIger and the Michigan Election
Michigan will hold a spring election next
month. A justice of the supreme court and
two regents of the State University are to
be chosen. Mr.. Alger has conceived the
idea, it is said, to make the result of this
election test of the popularity of his con-
duct of the War Department If the Re-
publicans carry Michigan by their usual
majority Mr.. Alger will place the returns
before Mr.. Mckinley and say: There. Mr..
President, is my vindication. You see how
stand in my home State. This is an an
swer to the Boston Kisses Now, do YOU
still insist that must get out of the Cabi-
net" Just what response Mr.. Mckinley
would be likely to make to a speech of the
above kind from Mr.. Alger is, of course.
purely conjectural
A light vote is generally cast at the
spring elections in Michigan chiefly for
the reason that in four ffths OF the State
the roads are well-nigh impossible during
the month of April.
Cuba and Cubans
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