The evening times., 1900-04-06


to and very promptly accepted by some
politician. It's tenure is two years and
its remuneration is so far above the usual
compensation OF political Office that from
the politicians standpoint il 10 a billet
very much to be desired
wait Till Croker Rcturns.-Tbe
Democratic politicians of New York seem
to have been very much confused in their
ideas and mixed in their intentions by
the announced candidacy OF Admiral Dew
ey. II appears that they are now ready
TO abandon their original purpose OF fol-
lowing the immemoriaI custom OF the New
York Democracy by instruciing their dele
cation 10 the National Convention and in
tend 10 send the s1vcuty-two delegates 20
Kansas City "unhampered." As far as
knowa rome OF the men conspicuous either
by words or acts in the party organization
Of the State has openly declared for Ad-
mir8l Dewey On the ether hand many
OF hem have declared for Mr. Bryan. How
ever. these declarations. OF course. are
always subject TO change. ard iJ is con-
sidered highly probable that the Admiral'l
unlOOkCd-fOr announcement has disturbed
the equilibrium Of some OF them. Judge
f Augustus Van WyCk is supposed to have
"a
4 though comparatively no progress has
( been made by his movement. At the same
/ time the fact that an active propaganda
/ in his favor has been going on for two or
/ three months seems 10 indicate that the
! New Workers have been in that mental
/ condition described by Syuator Depew in
+ bis Porto Ricsu Tariff speech as open
I minded" This condition presumably is
I a good augury for the Dewey movement.
f. Still. Richard Croker set things IN motion
/ for Bryan in the Empire State nearly
: year ago b. declaring himself for the Ne
: brdskan above everybody else, IL is not
/ known definitely when Mr.. Croker will re-
/ turn from Europe. Cn this interesting
/ point even the Hon. William z. SulZer
/ appears TO possess no satisfactory infor-
I nation. At last accounts Cr0ker's broken
/ leg sas doing very we'll. However. as
. fractured femur is liable 10 be very &c
7 centric under the surgeon care, DC is
/ thought TO be not impossible that Mt
/ Croker's broken leg may be getting rap
( idly worse now instead OF better and that
I this luchless Circumstance may make his
I stay In Europe indefinite. lt IS not dOub-
I ed thai If ne should come home within the
next month he could set everything AL
righ: in New York. either for Dewey o.
for Bryan. though OF course. il he dOesn't
return before the convention To elect del
egates 70 Kansas City is held there is no
telling what VIII likely happen. The state
Committee will hold a meeting on The 2Oth
instant for the purpose OF naming the time
and place for the convention. Ii is sup
posed that al this meeting there viii be
! important developments. IL is not at all
probable that Croker viii return 20 New
York before that date. However he is said
to own a cable frank. and he can use this
/ 10 good effect il he wants to do so. Stll.
I that broken leg may nov be OF more con
cern TO him than politics II it is he will
: probably forget TO communicate with his
I braves BY cable when they rally around
the State Committee on the Goth
l. Blackburn Uneasy .-Ii is beIieved
that former Senator Blackburn is begin
ming TO grow uneasy about getting the seat
10 which he was elected by the Legislature
Of Kentucky a short while before his
State was plunged into anarchy by the as
sassination OF CoebeI. The 'erm TO whicf
he was elected begins with the Fifty
seventh Congress. and yesterday Senai0
Jones Of Arkansas introduced in the Sen
ate the unusual credentials held ~ ar
Blackburn, accompanied by a voluminou.
statement OF facts and allegations con-
cerning the unusual character OF the ere
dent3ls Though elected by a large ma
jOrity in the Legislature. Mr.. Blackburn
was unable TO get the de fscto Governor
: Taylor to certify to his election. Since
the assassination Of Goebel he has moi
recognized Taylor's right 30 exercise any
, Of the functions Of Governor, and. there
fore, has not requested him TO sign tht
certificate. II is considered to be not TN
likely that a question of the legality O
his election will be raised when he presents
himself at the bar of the Senate OF tn,
next Congress to be sworn in. Ii may b,
argued that since the Legislature tina
elected him declared that the election L
which IL owed its existence was fun o
fraud and wrongdoing. as evidenced by th'
Legislatures act in declaring Taylor no
entitled to the governorship. the Asseulbl,
, also was an illegal body. In brief. il ma.
suit the purposes Of the Republicans n
, the next Senate. if not in this. to nullif,
2 as far as possible everything done in Ken
tucky under the Goebel law. In that even
Mr.. Blackburn, H. is feared. would have
hard tine Of il getting into the Senat
! on the certificate OF election filed for hin