The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-11
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Bryan would rather be right than bt
rich.


coerce his workmen into voting against
their conscience by threatening them with
4 shutdown is traitor.
The Republican platform is silent on
the doctrine of the equality of man. The
Republican party does not believe even
in the equality of dollars.
Santiago Teddy. Bourke Cochran, and A.
P. German have political laryngitis. The
affiiction in the first cases has been
caused by too much speaking.
Mr. Marley. of Maine, would make a
good claim agent.
Roosevelt believes that there is fusion
between Providence and the Hannaites.
The Rochester Herald is of opinion
that as long as Andrew Carnegie is able
to make So, OOO. 900 a year out of Repub-
iican legislation he isn't likely to vote any
ether way
political romancer writes: THE pri-
waite cars occupied by Colonel Bryan and
Colonel Roosevelt came alongside each
other unexpectedly in the railroad yards
at Alton. ILL., Each stepped upon the
platform and recognized the other at
once. Hello. Billy said Roosevelt
thrusting forth his hand. Hello. Teddy,
quoth Bryan. grabbing Roosevelts ex-
tended hand and shaking it vigorously.
How is your voice. Colonel Roosevelt!
It's rough as the Populst platform. How
is yours, Colonel Bryan laughed Roose-
welt. Mine is as broken as Republican
promises. retorted the Nebraskan
laughing. too Then everybody laughed
| and cheered."
Lyman Gage appears TO be in literary
| retirement.
Some SPECTATORS in political futures
have slated Mr.. Bryan for the Senate
should money bar his entrance to the
White House Daniel Webster. who fire.
quently aspired to the Presidency and
who received fourteen electoral votes in
1886. was repeatedly returned to the SEN
ate. Henry Clay, who received forty nine
electoral votes in the election of 1882. was
sent TO the Senate the same year. Twelve
years later he received los votes and was
again reelected Senator. Lewis Cass re-
ceived 121 electoral votes when Zachary
Taylor was elected President. and on his
defeat was returned 10 the Senate. John
c. Calhoun. who wanted to be President
in 1924. but took the Vice Presidency in
stead, accepted a Senatorial seat in 1892.
Charles c. Pinckney. twice Federalist
candidate for President. several years after
his second defeat spent two years in Con-
gress.
1t is suggested by the st. Louis Repub-
lic'' that while Mark Hanna is engaged in
what he calls tearing the mask from the
face of that hypccrite, William ]. Bryan"
he might take a snatch at the mask on
the face of the hypocrite who declares
that there Is not trust in the entire
United States and then holds up the
trusts for s30,o0O,0oo.
Mark Hanna declines to make any pre-
dictions as to what State will vote for Nc
Kinley. He says that General Grcsvenor
is the only official forecaster' Of the Re-
publican party. And Grosvenor is not say
ing a word. Does Santa Claus doubt Ohio
The determined efforts made by Hanna
TO defeat Senator Pettigrew in South Da-
kota. and the bitterness that he exhibits,
tends
By granting an increase in the miners
wages the operators admit that the strike
was justified.
The Boston Globe" says: Carl Schurz
was talking United States when he de-
clared in New York that 'McKinley's policy
is the hugest confidence game ever prac-
ticed upon free people
The death of Gen. John NJ Palmer re-
calls TO mind the fac; that Jerry Simpson
was responsible for his election to the
United States Senate The Illinois Legis-
lature was in deadlock with three Popu-
list members holding the balance OF power
Mr.. Simpson went 10 Springfield and in
duced two of his fellow artsans TO vote
for General Palmer. ard thereby secured
his election. General Palmer afterward
bo!ted the Democratic Presidential ticket
because be claimed the Populists were
running the Democratic party.
The Chicago Times Herald' has turned
upon Representative Lorimer, who is seek
ing reelection, and urges that al! honest
Republicans. democrats, and Independents
in the district vote for the Democratic
candiGa.e and defeat Lorimer. II says his
presence iii Congress casts discredit on
the district.
All reports agree that Henry Tru. lsel
is meeting with great success in his can
vass of the Sixth Minnesota DIS riot. and
the Republican leaders, who thought that
he would prove an easy propositi- n for
Page Morris. have awakened II the fact
that he is going to poll very large vote,
and will give their candidate a hard race
for the Congressional stakes.
The Rev A. ]. Garfield. of Brooklyn.
believes in political activity. He has said
in his pulpit: The time CT pol cal stir
and business agitation when er. at ques-
lions are being discussed in many ways
is better than q time Of apathy. When
no great question is at stake men are cen
tent to go with their party because IL IS
their party. Their political action is in
danger O. being decided By trivial rea-
sons. To follow leader like a flock of
sheep IS unworthy Of self-considering
men,.
Hanna s calls for money suggest tina.
in another American crisis money ap-
peared to be bigger in the eyes of Benz
dict Arnold than the cause Ct the rebel
lious frontiersmen.
A military subscriber writes as follows:
Teddy is no soldier. No true soldier
would parade and exploit himself as he is
doing. The best evidence of good SOL
der is his modesty. Lee and Grant made
no great boasts of what they did; they
did not parade over the country with
turnedup hats and khaki suits TO exploit
themselves. and yet either one did almost
as much as Teddy did in his war with