The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-26
BUT THEIR JUDGMENT is BAD IN
THE EYES OF OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON
TAWNEY, EDDY and NORRIS
THEIR LONG-WINDED EFFORTS TO
EDUCATE THEIR room BE-
NIGHTED CONSTITUENTS
VIEWED AS COLOSSAL NERVE
senator and Mrs. Davis Win Praise
for Their Entertainments for
Charitable SOcIeties-Wash-
inGtOn Gossip.

WASHINGTt N, D. c., March 25-(Spe-
cial)-Wise men here entertain the opin-
ION that Tawney, Eddy and Norris have
displayed very poor Judgment in making
lIong-winded explanations regarding their
Votes on the Puerto Rican tariff bill
Messrs Stevens and McCleary, while they
voted for the bill, have not yet attempted
TO educate their constituents up 10 their
plane of craftsmanship" If they keep si-
lent in future, and rot endeavor 10 con-
vince the voters in their districts that
they were not qualified to thoroughly un-
derstand the situation, their opportunities
for denomination will be much better than
those OF their associates in the delegation
who have arisen to explain" and failed
to convince that their judgment was so d
If the reports which come from the Sew
enth Minnesota district can be reli d urol,
Eddy will be defeated at the Republican
congressional convention for renomlna-
tlon. 1t IS also asserted that Judge Mo-
ris will fail of denomination in the Sixth
district. The man to be decided upon for
congressional honors In that district can
not now be safely forecasted. 1t may be
William Window and it may be D. NJ
y.
PRAISE FOR THE DAVISFs.
Senator and Mrs. Davis are just at this
time attracting more attention regarding
aVish entertainments, given at their new
K street mansion, than any other mem
bers of high official life at present in this
city. The Davis residence, however, is
mot always given up purely to society
functions. Within the past two weeks
i Tlax h~-
TO various charitable societies. and The
result IS that considerable money has been
made for needy people in the capital city.
On account of this fact, Senator and Mrs.
Davis are given a great deal of praise
for the generosity displayed by them dur
ing the past winter.
Former Gov and Mrs. w. r. Merriam
attended one of the charity entertain
ments at the Davis residence last week.
JOKING HEATWOLE.
1t is altogether unlikely that the talk
about running joel p. Heatwole for the
vice presidency has been taken seriously
by any one, unless some one has made
the Third district congressman believe IN
Impossible things. The information comes
to Washington from the Third district
that Heatwole will be mighty lucky If
he is renominated Even If he is, it is not
so certain that he will be reelected. The
at Mortified is probably causing him
more trouble than he expected, notwith-
standing the fact that he was wise enough
to foreshadow that i'll feeling would re-
suit because of this appointment.
Quite a controversy has arisen between
10 pIblican and Democratic politicians in
Washington regarding the platforms to be
adopted at the Philadelphia and Kansas
City national conventions. The Republ-
cans considered prominent in various
states Of the Union do not seem to be sat
isfied with the alleged intentions Of Presi-
dent Mckinley either to write or dictate
the various pfanks Of the platform which
will be considered by the delegates to the
national Republican convention of 1900.
Democrats OF prominence are also
wrought up over the possibility that Col.
Bryan, who, In all probability, will be Sc
leCted to head the national Democratic
ticket again this year, proposes to go
farther than even Maj. Mckinley, and
viii write the platform to be discussed
at Kansas City, and further will insist
that it be adopted. There is an adverse
opinion not only among the Republican
leaders, but also among prominent Demo
Gratis as to the adVisability of the present
president of the United States saying
what the reading issues of this coming
campaign will be, or whether Col. Bryan,
not yet selected to head the Democratic
ticket, shall in advance of the meeting of
the Kansas City convention, write the va
riOus planks III the Democratic national
platform.
A great deal of this trouble has been
brought about by the course that Chair
man Hanna, of the Republican national
committee, has recently pursued, and also
on the Democratic side as to the posi-
tior Col. Bryan recently acceded to in the
adoption Of the platform of the Nebraska
Democrats and Populists a few days ago.
1t is a certainty that the Eastern and
Western Democrats cannot agree upon
the resolutions adopted by the Nebraskan
FuSionist convention. The referendum
clause in the Nebraska platform is by no
means satisfactory to Northern, Eastern
and Southern Democrats. The assertion
Is made that Col. Bryan went too far in
consenting to have the referendum plank
adopted in the late state convention in
Nebraska.
That Col. Bryan will meet fierce opposi-
Iion upon the part of the leading Demo
Gratis in the North, East and South as to
this proposition is a fact, and that the
Kansas City convention will not agree to
1t is believed to be certain by some of
the wisest Democrats in the three sec
tions of the country named above There
is a possibility that Col. Bryan NAV soon
discover, if he has not already done so.
that 1t will be more polite for him to
CUT OUT THIS CLAUSE.
and follow, so far as possible, the isxues
outlined by the Chicago convention in 1896
1t is stated here, on the best cf author
fly, that the plank in the Nebraska plat
form pushing silver to the front as q
leading issue will meet with favorahIa ac-
tion by the delegates at the national Dem
ocratic convention at Kansas CITY. All
that Col. Bryan will have to do, therefore
is 10 cut out the so-calIed Populi:t refer
endum clause.
So far as the Rcpubl' can end IF the plat
form controversy is concerned, il is not
deemed wise by the conservative Repub.
lican politicians of the country to permit
either President Mckinley or Senator
Hanna to write and insist on having
adopted at Philadelphia their views re-
garding the leading issues in this cam
paign. On account of this situation. the
committee on resolutions at the Philadel-
phia convention will consider the propo-
sitions advanced by the president ana!
Senator Hanna, but will not be controlled
by the advice Of either. When the con-
nittee on resolutions decides upon the is
sues that should be put forward as the
Views of the delegates Of the forty-fou
states in the Untsn, certain uues-