The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-26
TAWNEY, EDDY and MORRIS
THEIR LONG-WINDED EFFORTS TO
NIGHTED CONSTITUENTS
VIEWED AS COLOSSAL NERVE
Senator and Mrs. Davis Win Praise
for Their Entertainments for
Charitable SOcieties-Wnsh-
inEtOn 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
long-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 cons ituents up TO their
plane of craftsmanship" If they keep 81
lent in future, and rot endeavor to con-
vince the voters in their districts that
they We're not qualified to thoroughly un-
derstand the situation their opportunities
for denomination will be much patter than
those of their associates in the delegation
who have arisen to explain" and failed
to convince that their Judgment was so
If the reports which come from the Sew
enth Minnesota district can be relied upoa,
Eddy Will be defeated at the Republican
congressional convention for renomina-
tion. 1t is also asserted that Judge MOI
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.
Kinney, but it will not be ]. Adam Bedy
--.. PRAISE FOR THE DAVISFS
Senator and Mrs. Davis are just at this
time attracting more attention regarding
lavish entertainments given at their new
Is street mansion, than any other mem
bers of high official life at present in this
city. The Davis residence, however, is
not always given up purely to society
functions Within the past two weeks
Mrs. Davis has turned her residence over
TO various charitable societies, and Tie
result is that considerable money has been
made for needy people in the capital ty.
On account of this fact, Serator 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 IIEATWOLE.
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 betieve IN
Impossible things The information comes
to Washington from the Third district
that Heatwole will be mighty lucky If
he is Tenominatcd. Even if he Is, 1t is not
SO certain that he will be reelected The
appointment of his partner as postmaster
at Mortified is probably causing him
lOI6 ltOQu!G lildIl lie GApCClSU, HOIWlIn-
standing the fact that he was wise enough
to foreshadow that i'll feeling would re-
suit because of this appointment
Quite q controversy has arisen between
1Spublican and Democratic politicians in
Washington regarding the platforms to be
adopted at the Philadelphia and Kansas
City national conventions. The Republi-
cans considered prominent in various
states of the Union do not seem to be sat
isiied with the alleged intentions of Presi-
dent Mckinley either to write or dictate
the various pIanks 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
will 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 leading 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
rlous 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-
tiOn Col. Bryan recently acceded to in the
adoption OF the platform of the Nebraska
Democrats and Populists a few DAYS ago.
IT is 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
ronsenting to have the referendum plank
adopted in the late state convention in
Nebraska.
That Col Bryan will meet fierce cpposi-
ton 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 II
1t is believed to be certain by s0me of
the Wlsest Democrats in the three sec
uons of the country named above. There
Is -a-possibility that Col. Bryan nav soon
discover, If he has not already done 50.
that 1t will be more polite for him to
CUT OUT THIS CLAUSE.
and follow, so far as possible, the issues
outlined by the Chicago convention in 1886
u is stated mere, on the best of an hnr-
ity, that the plank in the Nebraska plat
form pushing silver to the front as a
leading Issue will meet with favorabl, ac-
tion by the delegates at the national Dem
ocratic convention at Kansas City. All
that Col, Bryan will have to do, therefore
rs! TO cut out the so-called PopuIist refer
endpmf clause.
So far as the Republican end IF the plat
form controversy is concerned, il is not
deemed wise by the conservative Repub-
lican politicians of the country to permif
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. he
committee on resolutions at the Philadel
phia convention will consider the promo
sitions advanced by the president and
Senator Hanna, but will not be controlled
by the advice of either When the con-
mittee on resolutions decides upon the is
sues that should be put forward as the
views of the delegates Of the forty-fou
states in tho UntSn, certain uues-