Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-26
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Men Who Are Willing to Be Bryan's
Running Mate.
REPORT Regarding CURRENCY BILL
Gov Roosevelt to Engage in a
Wrestling Bout
TO AID BRITISH WIDOWS
Regarding CURRENCY BILL
TO AID BRITISH WIDOWS
Iecial c"rrespo lience Of Tic Evening Star.

| Special C"rrespc lience 81 Tie Evening Star
| NEW YORK. January %. 1900
FROM the hour he reached the Hoffman
| House until he departed for Connection, TO-
| day there was scarcely 4 cessation I'm tho
inquiries put to the democratic presidential
candidate for 1896 and the prospective cam
didate for 1900 As to the vice presidency.
Col. Bryan has not committed himself TO A
single soul, though he had with him for pro-
| i'nsed interviews o. III. p. Belmont for
whom Chairman Frank Campbell of The
| democratic state committee has practically
| declared; George Fred Williams of Massa-
chusetts, who has the backing of his and
| other New England states and Elliot Dam
forth, whose emissaries are already hard &C
| work here, as well as in the south and
| west. j. F. Carroll is said to have delivered
to Bryan message he had received from
| Richard Croker, rciterating what he had
| declared on at least three occasions-thal
Bryan was the choice of the rank and file
of Tammany Hall, and that the organiza-
tlon would support him upon any platform
| adopted by the national convention Col
| br!ah was pleased to receive such pledges.
| In View of the open kick over the Kellar
| dinner at the Democratic Club some peopl,.
are asking, Can Croker deliver the good 80
| The dinner at Belmont's house is said 10
| nave peen the chosen medium of socially
| introducing Col Bryan 10 the leading spirits
| of Tammany Hall Col BRYAN is said To-
| have made a long speech. in the course Of
| Vh1ch he took occasion to point out mis-
| takes that the democracy of New York
| made In the campaign of 1876. Speakers
Tor the Tammany organization and the
| state organization are said TO have frankly
| admitted the truth Of Col Bryans state
| ments, and promised action more judcious
| IN the campaign just opening.
| The Currency Bill.
| A private letter from a member Of the
| Senate to the vice president of one of the
| largest banks in this city predicts the pas
sage of the Senate currency bill early in
| Febr1 airy. The refunding feature of the
| bill will undoubtedly have some influence
| upon the supply of currency. BANKERS here
| saw that no new deposits of bonds for the
| purpose of taking out circulation can be-
/ expected because the price OF government
| bonds Is too high to render this profitable
| lhere are, however. over S2D0.Gl.oJ0 #
! bonds now on deposit against circulation
and the new law will permit the issue of
| circulation to the par value of these bonds
| instead Of 30 per cent, as is now permitted.
| Therefore the immediate effect of the law
| would probably be to increase the currency
| of the country by S2laOo.eo0. This is not a
large amount, but Ii will have some in
| fuence upon the market and will tend in a
measure to offset the heavier requirements
| of business this spring The deposit of in
| ternal revenue receipts with the banks is
| expected to be discontinued in the near
| future. The question has arisen. How *
| Withdraw
| when II shall need il without distur!;anc..
/ to the money market? Already these do
| poSitS exceed S109.0 0D.u10. and they are eN-
| pected to reach S13e. 100000 Bankers say
| that that sum is as much as can safely Ia.
| committed to the government depositorieS
| in view of the care that must be exercised
in making Withdrawals.
Gov. Roosevelt as "a Wrestler.
According to report, f all goes well the
members of the New York Athletic Club
| Will witness next week one Of the pretticsi
wrestling bouts that ever took place on
| the canvased arena of their splendid GYM
| nasium. The participants are to be no less
| personages than Theodore Roosevelt gov
| ernor of the state of New York and Cha>
| Turner, corporal in Company F. It'll Regi-
| ment. and veteran of the Spanish war Can
| tain Henry B. Turner. h : father, who useI
| 10 command Company T. and served with il
| in the civil war, is authority for this
| Everybody knows that Governor Roosc-
| Welt recently took wrestling lessons from
| professional in Albany. As d young man
| at college he was no mean opponent. ami
| his life on the plains after his graduation
| from Harvard only served 10 harden his
| muscles Every amateur In New York
| knows Charlie Turner He is chunky
| little fellow. every inch Of him bone and
| sinew. He holds the amateur champion
| ship for wrestling at light weight. Like
| his father and his brothers. he enlisted in
/ Company F, 9TH Regiment as soon as he
| came of age When war came Charles
| Turner went cut with the naval reserves.
| He was assigned to the Elfr.da- which
on scouting duty outside Sandy Hook.
! Every effort is being made to keep the
| date of the bout secret. but the club house
will be full the night that it is pulled of.
| Fund for British Soldiers widows.
| New Workers of British birth or descent
| here have formed a committee and decided
| to start fund for the benefit of the widows
and orphans of soldiers killed in The war
| with South Africa. The fund is to supple
| ment that started by the lord mayor OF
| London. England, which now amounts 10
s2,500,oo0. There will be another meeting
of the committee on Monday next, when that
| body Will be increased 10 fifty members.
| 1.-THE lord mayors fund" says a commit
! teeman, lis in aid of the widows and or
| phans, the sick and wounded under treat
| ment, the disabled soldiers and sailors, the
| wives and families of the men serving in
| the war and all others In sickness or dis
| tress account of the war. The commit
| tee will first seek contributions for these
| worthy objects in this city. If there is a
| field in other places for prosecuting the
| charitable work we Will extend our opera
| lions. The relief of the suffering and des-
| titution so inseparablc from the effects OF
war is surely commendable one
Union Labor's Appeal to the President
| When President Mckinley Joined the Chi
| cago Bricklayers Union he probably did
| not reckon the ramifcations of the brother
hood of labor. A letter has been sent TO
| him by Secretary Bohm Of the New York
| Central Federated Union which will sug-
| gest that he put in practice the principles
of trades unionism which constructively he
protested when accepting his brfcklayer's
card of membership. The delegate of the
| Pipe Caulkers and Tappers' Union has re-
ported that cheap non-unson men are lay
| ing water pipes on Governors and Bedloe's
| islands for the United States government.
and that one Major Jones, when appealed
| to on behalf of President Mckinley's fell
| low unionists, replied that the government
could not afford to pay the prevailing rate
| of living wages" that New Workers ex-
pect So the grand chief brfcklayer at
washington is requested to correct this adj
ministrative anomaly.
Proposed Department Of Commerce.
| The question of establishing a depart
| ment of the government to be known as
! the department of commerce, with a cab
| met officer at its head. was discussed at
considerable length by the Senate commit
l tee on commerce yesterday. The discussion