The evening times., 1900-04-14
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| Woodruff TaIlies Again.-While Mr.
Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley are engaged in
the fruitless task of seeking Vice Presi-
| Dental candidate the Hon. Timothy l..
| Woodruff continues to capture instructed
delegations for that place. The two dele
| gates elected to the Philadelphia Conven-
tion yesterday by Representative Brown
lows admiring constituents in Tennessee,
were Instructed for Woodruff The Florida
delegation was instructed as a whole for
the New York Lieutenant Governor several
| weeks ago. half dozen or more district
| delegations in various parts of the country
have been pledged to him. 1t is understood
that both of the contesting delegations
that will go to Philadelphia from Texas
are favorable to him. Neither Mr.. Hanna
nor Mr.. Platt can take away from him the
Kings county delegates already assured
him. Evidently Mr.. Woodruff will enter
the Philadelphia Convention with an in
structed strength that will have to be
reckoned with. Unless the machine bosses
hurry up and settle on somebody for the
Vice Presidential nomination and then get
instructions for him. Mr. Woodruff will
show up at Philadelphia with larger fol-
lowing than anybody else can claim of
course the HannaiteS could defeat him
even then. but that it would give them
considerably more trouble than would be
good for Mr.. Mckinley goes without say
ing. The action of the Brownlow people
is directed not so much in the interest of
Woodruff as against the Hon. ii. Clay
Evans. The fight between the Congress
man and the Pension Commissioner for the
bcsship of the party in Tennessee has re-
suited in a wide open split and the elec-
tion of two sets of delegates TO the Ma
tional Convention. Mr. Brownlow has good
reason to fear that the Administration will
be partial TO the Evans delegates at Phila-
delphia unless he can do something to con-
vince Mr.. Hanna that it will pay to favor
the Brownlow people By instructing his
district delegates for Woodruff Mr. Brown
low has served notice on Mr.. Hanna of an
intention TO create discord at Philadelphia
unless II. Clay Evans is turned down. 1t
will be a very easy matter for Brownlow
to Shunt his delegates off from Woodruff IL
Mr.. Hanna acts right If he doesn't
"sct right" then there will be scores Of
leather-lunged Tennesseeans at Philadel-
phia to fill the air with noise for Woodruff
shout fer WOIcOtt.-A mighty ex-
poneEt OF national thought yclept the Col
orado Springs Gazette" is filling the can
yons of the Rocky Mountains with shouts
for the Hon. Edward Oliver WelcOtt for
Vice President. 1t declares that the dis
tineuished Senator is the most consistent
bimetallist in the United States and that
he is the one man in the Republican party
who could hold steadily in line for Mr.. Nc
Kinley this year the bimetallists More /
than that. the country is assured that Sen !
ator Wolcott could carry Colorado for Mr.. |
and that nobody else can do |
this Wherefore the logic OF the situation |
points 10 Mr.. Wolcott the proper run
ming mate Al the same time this editor |
does not put forward the claim that Mr.. |
Wolcott can hold on to the Senatorial seat |
to which he now has title until next /
March Doubtless. though. the editor has |
in mind the probability that If right live |
" Vice Presidential boom can be started /
for Mr. Wolcott he at least will be able 10 |
get the nomination OF his party in the next /
Legislature for the Senate. 1t is under
stood that there is no likelihood that there |
will be more than corporals guard OF Re /
publicans in the next Legislature at Den
yer, but il seems that the distinguished |
Senator will have trouble to control his
party at home even with this prospective
~ small number OF men TO deal with. The
Vice Presidential BOOM however. may re
suit in some practical benefit to Mr.. VOL
colt. IL may lead TO his election as del
egate to the Philadelphia Convention.