The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-12
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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40 Begin Thursdny.-Much valuabl
space. of course. will be wasted ant
heavy telegraph tolls will be paid by this
newspapers today and tomorrow. telling
what this statesman and that statesman
are doing at Philadelphia, and also what
they think they think. But business will
not be begun there until Thursday morn
ing. The great and only Mark Hanna
VIII not leave Washington until 10 O'Clock
| Wednesday morning for the Quaker City
to set the mill to grinding He has
called meeting of his National Commit
tee at the Hotel Walnut for Wednesday
afternoon. 1t is true but 1t suits his
pleasure not to get to Philadelphia before
l:3O that afternoon, and Of course. 1t
will suit the pleasure of his committee
not to meet and not to pretend to want
to meet until he gives the word. 1t is
figured out to a nicely that Mr.. Hanna
VIII arrive at the Broad Street station
about 1:30 p. IN. tomorrow. Then it will
take him half hour to get to his rooms
at the Walton. At 2 o'clock he will want
to eat something. 1t may be that his
| appetite will demand contesting dele
gate or two, but nevertheless he will
| want to eat. Satisfying this want will
| occupy fully an hour. Then it will be 3
| o'clock. 1t Is thought that about 4
| o'clock he will permit the committeeman
TO get together in a room he has had set
| apart Tor them. But no business will be
transacted further than the calling to
order OF the committee and probably re-
ceiving the credentials which the various
pfynf frny o1n tnfn
VIII cesire to present. 1t is believed
that Mr.. Hanna will be up betmes Thurs
day morning and ready for business. That
DAY. Friday. Saturday, Sunday. and Mon
Gay he Will devote to contests and he
VIII have the temporary roll call of the
convention prepared by Tuesday morning.
1t is expected that his examination of
the contests will be no perfunctory
ahair. Mr.. Hanna is tired of fooling with
the quarrelsome Southerners. and he is
going to set precedent at the Philadel-
phia Convention for their treatment in
future. Incidentally, he will throw
down hard" the Hon. H. Clay Evans to
satisfy the demands of the G. A r. COM
rades. But this is another story
Threc-Cornered Texas Fight.-one
of the most bitterly contested disputes
which Mr.. Hanna will be called upon to
settle at Philadelphia will come from
Texas. 1t is three-cornered affair. AT
one corner is the Hon. Eddie" Green, the |
opulent but frugal Mistress Hetties am |
bilious young son. AT another corner is |
the Hon. p. B. Hawley. who is dis;in- |
guished mainly because he is a Republican |
member of Congress from Texas At the !
& no I'm
marshal of the Northern District Of Texas
and present member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. Hawley and Green have
elected separate sets of delegates and upon
the settlement of this interesting contest
Will depend the succession to the National
Committee. Grants interest lies in Haw-
ley and Green becoming so embroiled that
Mr.. Hanna will say "a plague on both
your houses" and thus permit Grant to
remain on the committee. Dr. Grant ar
rived in Washington yesterday and will
leave this evening for the convention city
At the last Republican National Conven-
ton he was written up by all of the fe-
male journalists-to whom, may their
tribe decrease at this one-as the hand
soonest man who ever sat in a convention
DR.. Grant has lost none of his beauty in
The four years that have elapsed since he
first made his appearance upon the ma
-ional stage. While Mr.. Hawley is one of
he best looking members OF Congress. age
lot barred, still DR.. Grant would beat him
lastly in a beauty show. And Mistress
Hetty Green's bright boy is not to be
'neezed at as prize beauty. So on this
core the contestants are very well match !
ID. considering that their judges are to be I
men. Young air. Green though, owns | ,
abroad and a few other things in Texas. :.
md could draw on his mother II he got in
pinch. So it is considered possible that
lie will be able to show Mr. Hanna a clear
tile to his right to seat in the conven- q
ion and also convince the big boss that
lie would make a valuable member OF the q
republican National Committee. {
MissOuri's, Goxernor.-The name of '
he Governor of Missouri is Lawrence Vest
stephens. The middle part of his name
vas given him by ibis father who was a
zig man in Missouri in his day, in honor v
f the Missouri Senator who has reflected I
o much renown, upon the State. Gov :.
rnor Stephens owes his election to the \
oot will of the late Richard Parks Bland | "
those candidacy for the Presidential nomi- h
alton Mr. Stephens espoused with a great