The times., 1899-11-28
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


elect from Nebraska. in Washington are
becoming seriously alarmed over the re-
ports that are coming from his bedside
According to private adyices received yes
terday, there is little likelihood that Judge
| Hayward will ever be able to take his seat
in the Senate. His chances for recovery
! are believed to be very slight. He was
elected by the Nebraska Legislature last
March, a few days after the adjournment
OF the Fifty-hfth Congress. and has never
taken the oath of Office The Nebraska Leg
| stature. which is Republican on joint bal
lot, has adjourned sine die and cannot meet
| again unless called together by the Gov
ernor in extra session. A new Legislature
( will be elected next fall, which will meet
/ in January, 1901. Governor POynter. of Ne
braska. is a Democrat -Populist. The Re-
publican leaders have no idea that he would
! convene an extra session of the State Leg
| Islature 10 choose q successor TO Judge Hay
ward, in the event OF the latteT's death.
They believe that he would appoint a Sen
ator TO serve until the Legislature meets
again in regular session. Former Senator
William Y. Allen, il is thought. would be
likely TO receive the appointment, although
the suggestion has been made in some
quarters that ii would be a good political
move on the part of Governor Poynter to
name Mr.. Bryan for the vacancy, should
( it occur. Governor Poyrter is q close per-
sonal friend and admirer of Mr. Bryan. and
he would undoubtedly be governed by his
wishes in the matter. Whether it would be
wise or Mr. Bryan 10 come to the Senate at
{ iH.s time, even if he has the opportunity to
! do so IS an open question. As a member OF
/ the Senate. Mr.. Bryan would be in posi-
/ ton TO actively participate in current
! events and Keep himself in evidence, but il
IS pointed out that the Nebraska statesman
has experienced no difficulty in doing that
during the past three years, when merely
private citizen. A great many people re-
gard the United States Senate as a grave
/ yard for gentlemen with Presidential as
/ pirations. No man has ever been nominated
! for the Presidency from the Senate. al
/ though good many Senators have strug-
/ gled hard to reach the White House. Gar
/ field came near to breaking the spell. He
/ was a Senator-elect when he was nomi-
mated by the Chicago convention in 1880
! Committee on CoIenies.-At least one
new committee, it is believed viii come
into existence with the incoming Congress.
! Just how it VIII be designated, however.
/ is yet to be determined. The new commit
/ tee in the House VIII have charge of mat
! ters relating to our recently acquired sos
/ sessions in the Philippines and elsewhere
and may be known as the Committee on
/ Colonial Affairs. A similar committee
VIII probably be created i'll the Senate
Objection is being raised by certain timid
/ Republicans to the use of the word col
/ onies, or colonial in giving name to
! the proposed new committee. They are
| afraid that the Atkinsons, Hoars, and 9th
( ers Of that ilk will use it as a clnChing
: ha ba Adj mi iG+p ic boT
/ oughly committed to imperialism" There
/ is little doubt however that the new COM
/ mittee will be created, and il is understood
I that Mr.. Henderson is not afraid to give it
! the title Of Committee on Colonies or Col
! onial Affairs
] Gen. Charles II. GrOsYenor of Ohio is
/ said 10 be cunning for the chairmanshp
/ OF the new colonial committee Grosvenor
! has been famous mathematician in his
/ day and there was time when he was re-
garded as a sort of spokesman for the Ad-
/ ministratiOn both in and out Of Congress.
/ but, sad to relate. General GrOsvenOr is
not as thoroughly zen rapporte" (ss the
+ Hon. Tim Campbell would put itl at the
White House as he once was. GrOsvenOT
lost both his voice and his lead pencil dur
( ing the recent campaign i'll Ohio and Mr..
/ Mckinley and his friends have not forgot
/ ten it, In time it is said that General
! Grosvenor will be able to win himself back
I into favor at the White House but just at
/ present his friends say that he is indus
/ triously engaged in saving wood. II his
saw holds cut he will probably be able TO
land the craftsmanship that he is after.
| Senator Vests HeaIth.-It was report
! ed recently that Senator George Graham
| Vest of Missouri was in a precarious cOndi-
/ tion, and that he might never again be
| able to appear on the floor OF the Senate
/ Chamber. The report however, appears
/ to have been exaggerated. Senator Vest
I has been in poor health for the past two
I years, but a good, long rest last summer
and careful treatment have brought back
( much of his strength and oid-time yigor.
/ He expects 10 be on hand at the opening
/ of Congress next Monday and while he
may not be able to participate quite as ac-
/ lively in the proceedings as formerly, he
! will at least. it is predicted, convince his
Republican friends before the end of the
/ winter that he is very much alive. The
! Missouri Senator antagOniZed the ratifca-
( tion of the Paris Peace Treaty last winter
to the extent of his ability, but the day
I the treaty was ratified he threw up his
/ hands and exclaimed that the fight against
expansion was over; that we had expanded
( and that was all there was to il. The his
tory Of the Anglo-Saxon race, he added
/ did not disclose single instance where il
! ever relinquished its grip on foot of ter
ritory 1t once got its hands on except by
force. 1t would have been better if GER
tain other eminent Democrats had taken
| Senator Vests view Of the situation last
! winter.
The Gold Former Sena-
tor John NJ Palmer. who headed the So
called gold Democratic Presidential ticket
in 1886. and thus in a measure contributed
to Mr. Bryan's defeat, was a caller at the
/ White House yesterday. The President re-
| ceived him cordially and chatted with him
for some time. General Palmer expressed
the opinion that there would be no inde-
pendent Democratic ticket nominated next
year Mr.. Bryan" he added will prob
ably be nominated, and the gold Democrats
| simply will not support him. In time I
. think that the Democratic party Will come
around all right again"
Private Dnizell.-Private Dalzell has
come to life again. He is a candidate for
the post of Assistant Sergeant-at- Arms of
the House, and is said to have secured some
influential soldier backing,
A Kansas yr.-Representattye J.
d. Bowersock of Kansas arrived here yes
teray. In discussing the Congressional
outlook, he said he expected a lively ses-
sion. and the enactment of important leg
isation He was in favor of the speedy
enactment of a law fixing the currency
| system taking the option out of the power
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