New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-06
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

ANTI-GoEBEL FUSION FOR CoNGREss.-An
interesting and hopeful fight will be made by the
anti-Goebel law forces IN Kentucky to capture the
seat in Congress now held by John S. Rhea. Mr..
Rheas district the Hid carried in 1894 by DR..
w. Godfrey Hunter. afterward United States Minis
ter to Guatemala, but was lost again by the Repub
lcans in 1896 and 1898 At the last election Mr..
Rhoa, who obtained an Endorsement from the Popu-
list District Convention, had a plurality of 1923.
This year, owing to tho hostility of the Populists
to the Goebe Election law there will be no fusion,
and the normal Democratic plurality to be over
will be scarcely more than 1900 or 1900. The
Republicans and anti-Goebel Democrats have
agreed support a fusion candidate. Mckenzie
Moss. one Of the active leaders in the John Young
Brown movement a year ago Mr. Moss is
nephew of James Mckenzie who put forward
20 nominate Mr.. Cleveland at the Democratic Ma
of the few felcitous incidents Of that cut and
E. stevenson. the Democratic nominee for Vice
President On last years vote for Governor the
ROUGH RIDER CLUBS IN Notwithstanding
a writer in The Washington Post" the craze
for Rough Rider campaign clubs Is in full blast
throughout the Western States, and khaki is the
predominating uniform. Minnesota is claiming the
original Rough Rider club regiment, many
members of which live in ST. Paul In Chicago
the Republican County Committee is organizing all
sorts of regiments. grouping the voters by nation
alities. Regiments of Germans, Swedes, Greeks,
Bohemians Poles, Italians, Llthuanians and SO on
r9Igh long f be o. src bv Henry
Sherman Boutell and peopled by the silk stock
Rider regiment Of Americans.
WHY DISTURB A BUSY MAN?-"The Phila-
dephia Inquirer protests with some energy and
feeling against the "badgering" to which X
Speaker Thomas B. Reed has been subjected in GER
tain quarters because of his supposed indisposi-
ton to engage in campaign work this year. 1t
says:
Ths point zs m anal Is that
taking the stump in support of his old colleague,
cline to So and ought not on that account to be
made The sp bf Of % ta snb Wny
he be expected to do so? He made the discovery
a aeR Ra t"aS r RoPhng It he is
now busily engaged in making up for lost time in
a chance to make all the money he can; and don't
ask a to Taste hiS time IN he SO @
ting along in years, and his harvest time can
Mckinley and Roosevelt can be elected, even with
out Mr. Reeds assistance.
SOP TO EX-GOVERNOR MCREARY.-Ex-
Governor James B. McCreary who is at present
guest of one of the Atlantic City hotels, seems to
be than gratifed at his election by the
Goebel State Committee in Kentucky to manage
the Democratic campaign. Since the Governors
retirement from Congress in 1896 just in time to
escape defeat for reelection. few political honors
of sort have come his way. Though active
Gold Democrat and ally OF Carlisle, Lindsay,
Buckner and Watterson in the fight which pre-
ceded P. Watt Hardn's nomination in 1895, Mr.. Nc
Creary glided imperceptbly into the Bryan camp
in 1886 and thence into the GoebelBackburn coali-
ton, which has controlled Kentucky politics for
the lasrfTour years. In 1899, when Goebel nom
mated the oily Richmond statesman was hopeful
Of being struck by a chance bolt of lightning and
did all he could to precipitate and proong the
deadlock in the mob ridden Louisville convention.
Lasts month at Lexington he again candidate
for Governor against the boy incumbent, Beck
ham, Goebels fellow beneficiary in the crime
mitted by the Democratic Legislature at Frankfort
last winter and his natural egatee. After two
ceSsiVe disa ppOintmentS any sign OF promotion is
highly welcome to the Ex-Governor, who hopes
now perhaps by achieving success this year
party manager to put himself in line for election
to the Senate on the expiration of Senator De-
boe's term in 1903. Mr. McCreary is expert
enced and agreeable stump speaker, but his talents
a political strategist are still untrted.
sPoILs AND LoGIC.-says THE Washington
Star:
1t is stated that Candidate Stevenson is being
bitterly opposed by a lot of Nebraska fusionists
who formerly Republicans, and who bear a
grudge against the Vice-Presidential asprant be-
he Assistant Postmaster-General, decap-
tated them postmasters In 1885, when he
swinging the Administration Thus do the
embarrassments Of fusion become apparent These
individuals propose to subscribe now to the Demo-
Popocratic doctrines in supporting the Democratic
candidates. Among these doctrines, by 'reafFirma-
tion,' is that of free spos of office Yet they are
objecting to the candidacy of the man who stands
pre-eminently for spoils whose very acts a
cording to the Chicago platform theory of govern
ment, why should not these Nebraska Republican
postmasters have been removed by Mr.. Stevenson?
He is clearly entitled now to their ardent slpnort
TOT ia If hiG fhaYr,