The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Opposed by the speaker.-If the st.
Louis Worlds Fair bill is not reported at
this session the st. Louisans will abandon
their enterprise II the bill is not reported
it will be directly due to the oppo, tion OF
Speaker Henderson. Stripped of all fat
tering speculation and surmise, the stu
alton is reduced to the condition indicated
by the foregoing statements. General
Henderson is antagonistic TO the bill not
because n Is oppo sed to the fair, but be-
cause he considers it his party duty to
keep appropriations down to the bare
necessities Of the Government on the eve
Of national campaign. The st. Louis bill
10 toto carries only six and a half million
dollars-a mere bagatelle II is pointed out,
In comparison with the aggregate of ap-
preparations of seven hundred millions,
which will have to be made at this session.
but il is stated that the Speaker. weeks ago
drew the line at the seven hundred million
mark. aud he subbornly refuses to permit
a cent beyond that vast sum to be taken
from the Treasury In view OF the fact
that General Henderson lives in the
Of the leading States Of the Louisiana PuT-
chase, whose centennial il is desired to
celebrate at St. Louis in 1903. the friends
Of the Worlds Fair bill declare that the
Speakers fatal opposition will return 20
plague him in his future political career. n
the Republicans should carry the next
House il is stated that General Henderson
would find his path to the Speakership re-
election strewn with a variety OF obstacles.
Chandler BIHckIisted.-It IS said that
the name Of the Hon. William Eaton
Chandler nux adOrns in big red letters the
yoluminous blacklist kept by the Hanna
machine. Senator Chandler has opposed
nearly every pet measure Of the Admins
tration that has come before this Con
gress and Lis vote with the Democrats
| yesterday against the Gold Currency bill
| is supposed 10 have completely alienated
/ him from the party organization His
1 strenuous opposition to the Administra-
/ tons sell-out 10 Great Britain on the
/ Nicaragua Canal enterprise was sufficient
! to cause him TO be persona non grata al
/ the White House. and his vote against
/ the solid party strength in the Senate on
I the Sold bill is thought to have put the
4 finishing touches on his apOstaCy. Senator
4 Chandler has a hard fight on his hands al
/ best for reelection at the hands OF the
! Legislators To be chosen in New Hamp-
, shire this year. and il is argued that II hs
triumphs over the combined opposition O
his enemies at home and the national ma
. chine IL will be an indication that New
I Hampshire is rapidly getting away from
3 Republication. The Senator's delightful
. personality, OF course. is a big element IN
his favor. and should he be victorious hi.
triumph viii be distinct evidence that a
least in one part OF the country individual
. ity vet is stronger than political organiza
tion. His defeat would be genuinely re-
GREETED by the newspaper corps al Wash
ingtOu- Not only by his keen satire an,
brilliant wit on the floor OF the Senate Il
Mr. Chandler an almost daily source o
Joy to the press gallery, but by his uni
form courtesy and kindness TO newspape
men he has won the esteem OF the mem
berS OF the fourth estate in Washington
To is the universal opinion Of the pres
. men that the Senate viii De- a dun bod
indeed when all the Chambers have bee
. removed