Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-01
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Colonel A. NJ. Tucker, whose death at
Flint, Mich. was reported a few days ago.
while accredited of the best-known
railroad men in the country, was also
politician of no mean ability. He was for
merly of Schuyler Cofax's old district in
northern Indiana. and was at one time
candidate for Congress. That was before
he entered railroad life. He served as
postmaster of Elkhart, and was i'm
portant factor in bringing out number of
men who have since represented the dis
trict He was a prominent G. A. r. man
and had many friends in Washington,
where ne frequent visitor. Ill health
caused him to resign In 1897 as general
manager of the Erie railroad
The attention that Representative Sibley
is now receiving because of his reputation
of free silver and the announcement over
his own signature of his desire to run for
Congress this fall on the republican ticket.
brings To mind the unpleasant relations
that existed between himself and Mr..
Cleveland the result of a rampant free
silver speech made during his first term in
Congress.
Sibiey had Endorsed Charlie Stowe, Bar
NUNS old press agent. for consulship
somewhere in the orient. Stowe in the
first place applied directly to the PreSi-
dent. They were young men together and
studied law at the same time and under
the same preceptor. Mr.. Cleveland assured
his old friend that he should have the
place asked for. A few months later Stowe
| received a friendly letter from the Presi-
dent saying that he could not. for some
good reason. give him the place. and sub
hitting a list of ten consulships from
| which he was asked to choose.
| Stowe picked out place which he
| thought would be more nearly to his taste
| and he also sent Sibleys Endorsement.
Stoves home was in Girard. Pa, the old
home of Dan Rice, and in whose employ
/ Stowe began his circus career. and which
| is also in Sibley's district. Within a few
| days Sibley made his great free silver eff
| fort, in which he attacked severely the
| policy Of the administration. The Presi-
dent was sore and Stowe always MAIN
| tanned that he was made to suffer thereby.
| Anyway. Mr.. Cleveland never appointed
| Stowe; and IL Will be remembered In this
connection that Stowe gave an open let
| ter over his own signature to the press.
| In It he scored his old friend unmerci-
fully. and the array Of adjcctives used in
| describing the President must have en-
| croached not lightly on the vocabulary of
| even the press agent of a circus.
| Stowe Is still connected with the Bar
! num- Bailey interests. and has an office in
2:d street. New York. while Mr.. Cleveland
| baSkS among the Presbyterian influences of
! Princeton. And now Sibley would be re-
turned to Congress as a republican. Veri-
~ time has wrought many changes.
| The republican convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress in the ninth Indiana
district will he held on Washington's birth
day. and Representative Lands is assured
| that he will have no opposition. This is
Mr.. Landis' second term in Congress. He
| is newspaper man and still has a weekly
| sheet at his home in Delphi. His populari
| ty in the profession was attested by his
election twice president of the Hoosier
State Editorial Association. 1t seems
| strange To see republican representing a
district that was the home of the late Sen.
atOr Voorhees,. But Lands is confident OF
| a reelection. He has been prominently
| talked of in connection with the republican
nomination for governor of Indiana and
| has repeatedly declined the honor prefer
| ring to retain his seat in the House.
| ard w. Young Of Salt Lake. a grandson OF
| Brigham Young, may be the successor OF
| Mormon Roberts. or. to be explicit, the
next representative from that state, mas
| much Roberts was found not to have
| the necessary requisites of congressman
] Young Is graduate of West Point, and a
newspaper man. having been manager Of the
Salt Lake Herald when Roberts was editor
| he Is Mormon. but not polygamist, be.
| longing To the progressive element of the
church. He is also a democrat.
| 1t is gratifying not only to his colleagues
| but to the scores of friends in Washington
where he was for years a newspaper cor
respondent. TO learn that the republicans Of
the fourth Pennsylvania district propose tC
return Representative James Rankin Young
A few months ago II said that ex-Rep
reSentattve Reyburn was itching for fur
Their congressional honors and would enter
the race against Young. But the news