The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Opposed by the Speaker.-Frfeuds
of the St Louis Worlds Fair bill have
about despaired of getting that measure
stated by them, if the bill is not passed
at this session the whole enterprise will be
abandoned. 1t is learned upon indisputable
authority that the unyieiding and vigilant
opposition Of Speaker Henderson is directly
responsible for the present apparently
hopeless situation of the bill The SPEAK
er appointed a special committee to con-
slider the proposition, and his selection
were made with the distinct view Of kaY-
ing the bill killed in committee The pro-
moters OF the enterprise. however, brought
such influence TO bear upon the stocked
committee that il was evident the bill
would be faYOrably reported When
Speaker Henderson learned this, it is said
that he was exceedingly wToth. He ca | ID
chairman Tawney and other members of
the special committee into his room and
read the riot act to them. As a conce-
quence. it is considered more than prob
able that at the meeting of the committee
today or tomorrow the bill will he 80
amended as to be Objectionable to the St
Louis people, and they will accordingly
abandon the project for the cen
tennial celebration in 1903 OF the acQu-
sitior of the Louisiana Purchase. That
the speakers opposition is based on pO-
HtlcaI grounds there is no question. That
Is TO say, his opposition is political in the
meaning of politics as defined in the Sen
ale recently by the Hon Chauneey NJ. De
pew Politics is business and business is
politics." declared this great apostle OF
Republicanism- Speaker Henderson lives
IN that part Of the country which owes its
rapid progress largely TO the favor OF the
Government through the Pacific land
grants. which made the building Of trans
continental railroads practicable and di-
reeted the currents of emigration to the
Northwest The proposed exposition at
St Louis would bring into juxtapositiOn
the resources and productiveness of the
Northwest and Southwest in such a way
as 10 make the contrast sharply In favor
OF the Southwest. II would be shown that
the hours Of labor in that part Of the Lou
isiana Purchase south of the Iowa line are
on an average twice as great as they are
north OF tina: line When this realization
daWns upon the migrating world there will
be necessarily be a considerable diversion
OF the currents of emigration from the
Northwest TO the Southwest. This diver
sion soon would be followed by an appre-
cable decline in the value of all OF the
securities of Northwestern railroads. AMI
that would mean dislocatioa Of business
which Republicanism is pledged to avert
In this view Of the case Speaker Hender-
sons opposition TO the St. Louis Worlds
Fair proposition can be accounted for.
Chicago Productfon.-It seems
that the Hon. Carter H. Harrison. Chicago's
young mayor. ocnceives himself to be the
genuine article in the line OF sons OF des-
tiny. He has a Presidential autoboom rag
ing over the tr2ckIess pTairies OF Cook
county. and is preparing 70 stampede the
Kansas City Convention to himself OF
course the Chicagoese are dragging the
name OF Admiral Dewey into the Harrison
business. According to a story that comes
from the Windy City. Mayor Harrison had
many serious political conferences with
Admiral Dewey Then the latter was re-
Gently in Chicago. and the conclusion the
Admiral and the mayor reached was that
they would pool their issues AZ the Kan
sas City Convention. II is said that both
Chicago's mayor and the Admiral Of the
Navy decided that an eruption might be
stirred up IN the National Convention with
the assistance OF National Committeeman
Mclean, OF Ohio; National Committeeman
/ Gahan. of Illinois. with the Cook county
delegation, and Judge Van Wyck. Of New
York, with the Tammany delegation. all Of
whom. according 20 this Chicago romance
are known to be bitterly opposed to Bry-
an, while posing as his friends" The Har-
risen Dew 4 Mclean GGhan--rammanT
combination, il IS stated. was talked Of
freely by the Admiral and the mayor. who
agreed 10 work together and with the as
sisJance CT the anti-Bryan men in the
South they are alleged 10 have pictured
visions Of a political scrap heap for Mr..
Bryan ApropOs Of nothing in particular
It may be stated that this story is laughed
at by the Democratic managers in Wash
ington, and il is not believed that il is
costing Mr.. Bryan any sleep. Admiral
Dewey. it is said. refuses to dignity it by
discussion.