The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-08
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

] sSoHS az Elk stone,
| of Missouri, is TO manage the campaign in
| the East for the Bryan forces. The Times
forecasted this several days ago Offfcial an
nouncement was made of it yesterday. The
| Missourians headquarters will be in New
York city. He will work with the regular
/ party organization in the Empire State.
| Mayor Mcclure, of Syracuse, is at the head
of the New York Committee nominaEy
| charged with responsibility for results in
| that State Governor Stones selection is
significant of two important facts One is
| that Chairman Jones, OF the National Com
! nlittee, nas failed to arrange working
agreement between Hill and Croker, The
other is that the Democrats are going TO
make an energetic campaign in the East
| in spite of all Heterogeneous in the form
Of Indifference on the part of certain
! State leaders. It is conceded that no bet
ter choice could have been made for the
work in hand on this side of the Ale
ghenies than that of Governor Stone. He
| is experienced and extremely practical. In
Missouri he has had the hardest posi-
Bile combination of corporate interests to
fight for years. and in every encounter he
| has come out winner. He can command
/ ample assistance from coterie
! of rich friends whenever organiza-
| ton funds run short On more
! than one occasion he has demon
| strated his capacity as well as his will
] ingness to fight the devil with fire.
While it is understood that he has been
ayerse to identifying himself Intimately
with campaign management, yet his
friends declare that, now that he has gone
into the business, he will show n1anipu-
latoFs Of the Hanna and Piatt stripe that
/ he can meet them on their own ground
/ and even teach them a few valuable les
! sons in politics. People who know him
I well declare that Stone will come nearer
! bringing Hill and Croker up to the chalk
/ line and making them toe it squarely than
i airy man who could have been selected for
! the work. Of course, it will be hard for
! the provincial New Workers to understand
/ that he or anybody else not trained in the
peculiar politics of the Empire State is ca
pable Of doing this. But Il is predicted
that before the campaign gets much older
! the Missourian viii make himself felt in
! New York and all through the East in a
/ way that may raise at first outlaws OF de-
| rision and then bowls of indignation at
! the spectacle of a Westerner daring to
project himself into affairs in this region
| It is believed that if il is possible TO carry
! New York, New Jersey Maryland, Della
ware and West Virginia for Mr.. Bryan
| the angular hard-headed, and extremely
practical 'Bilr' Stone will do it, or will let
! the country know why it was not possible
To .Roosevest', odeIi. Senator
-Platt's chief lobbyist. Mr. Ode1I, has issued
d statement in which he declares positively
that he will not consent to the use of his
! name for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination in New York. Coincidently
with the odeIl statement comes one from
Mr.. Platt. intimating that Odell is to be
taken at his word and viii not be further
I pressed to accept the nomination for Gov
! ernor, Granting, of course that machine
politicians seldom practice the same tricks
/ twice, still there is a widespread suspicion
that the Roosevelt game is to be played
In the case of OdeI. 1t is recalled that
the Terrible Teddy, emuiating a coy lady
/ of t-oetical fame, swore by all the gods
at once that he would ne'er consent, but
at the wind-up consented. Only few days
prior to the Philadelphia Convention the
foxy Mr., Platt avowed whenever ques-
toned upon the subject that the Rough
Rider, aving expressed the earnest wish
not TO re urged for Vice President and de-
| cIaring that he would refuse the nomina-
ton IL 1t were offered 10 him, must be con-
sidered out of the question for Vice Presl-
dent At the same time Mr.. Plat and the
fractions Rough Rider were eneTgetically
planning the wonderful coup which was ex-
eeuted at Philadelphia. \ variation OF this
game will very well suit the purposes OF
the Plat machine in New York in the
presen exigency. For reasons OF their
own neither Plat nor Odeu want Mr. Nc
Kinley reelected. They can hope for abb
soIutely nothing from the Hanna Mckinley
crowd If this Administration is retained.
On the contrary, they realize that If Mr..
Mckinley mas another term all Of the IA
vors OF the Administration, both in the
matter of New York patronage and
the far greater consideration OF
good things" in the insular possessions,
viii be bestowed upon the Root Bliss
Roosevelt element to the Injury, If not the
destruction, of the Platt machine OdelI' 5
nomination for Governor would be the
weakest possible TO be made so far as the
masses are concerned. OF course he would
! poll the full vote of the organization, but
if the Democrats should put forward a man
like Golfer Odell would lose tens OF thou
sands Of votes not controlled by the Repub-
lican machine. When rne voter begins TO
scratch there is no telling where he viii
stop This rule would operate to the dis
advantage of the national ticket and might
result in the overwhelming defeat of Mr..
Mckinley III New York With Mr.. MCkin-
ley out of the White House and the Plat
machine the only organized Republican
force in New York, Pfatts interests would
be enhanced immeasurably, and the cabal
opposed TO him would receive a setback
from which 1t could not soon recover. This
theory of the case is scoffed at merrny by
some gentlemen protesting superior polit1-
cal wisdom but ii is also adhered to te-
naciously by others who think they can
see quite as far into milestone as any
body That there is considerably more in
it than wild speculation is abundantly
demonstrated by the fact that the Hon.
Mark Hanna continues to hug the shores
of New York very closely in this time of
threa tening political squalls.
Mr.. Toyvne'se Withdrawal. The
Towne withdrawal came little earlier
than was generally expected. It was be-
lfeved that his announcement would rot be
made until the projected conferences oil
representatives of the Bryan allies had
| been held at Chicago this week. Why il
was made at this time is not understood
except of course by the campaign man
ayers. The manly, straightforward rea-
sons given by Mr.. Towne for his with
drawal from the ticket. together with his
the allied forces Of reform, viii, it is be
lieved have a salutary effect upon the sit
uation n several localities where trouble
is threatened It is firmly eontended thai
it viii certainly hold in line the silver Re-
publican forces in those States where thai
vote is the determining factor. AS to the