Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-17
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Daily Routine at Republican National
Headquarters.
SENATOR HANNA A BUSY MAN
Reports Indicate That w. j.
Byan's Letter Fell Flat.
CITY FULL OF YERS

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
NEW YORK. August 10. 1900
A day at republican national headquar-
tiers is like all days. The work OF the
campaign is conducted on business prlnci-
Piles. and national headquarters remind
one of nothing as much as a large and
well-conducted commercial institution. With
the exception of the chairman the commit
teemen are usually at their desks as early
as $3.50 o'clock each morning. Senator Han
ma generally sees a few politicians by APP
pointment at his hotel before he starts for
headquarters. Principally at 10 o'clock
however, he is at his desk. One can tell
when he is coming by the air of hustle and
activity about the place. The attendants
whisper to enc another. Here's the sena-
tor" and presently Mr.. Hanna can be seen
stamping along the hall He suffers from
rheumatism, and walking is painful to him.
He uses uninterrupted cane. and the
humping Of the stick on the marble floor
can be heard before the senator is seen.
The senator makes fun OF his Illness. Once.
when he was asked whether he was going
on the stump this year. he re-
piled, Why. I'm on the stump
now; don't you hear me7" and he
stumped along to his office. As he walks
from the elevator to his private Office he
sometimes calls on the other committeeman
and talks over the situation with them.
This does not happen often. however. Usu-
ally he is met by his private secretary. who
will tell him that there is a big mall. Then
the senator will go straight to his office,
taking on his coat he goes
Omces of the Committeeman.
The offices of the committeeman occupy
the entire eastern wing: opposite them
across the corridor are the press rooms q
large room set aside for the newspaper
exception Of Senator Hanna's office all the
rooms open upon the corridor. AT each door
a colored man is stationed. whose duty II is
to ascertain the business Of callers before
they are allowed to enter. Senator Hanna's
office is guarded by two OF these sentries.
After passing them caller must go
through an anteroom and pass the scrutiny
of Mr.. Dover. Senator Hanna's private sec
rotary, before he is admitted to the chair
mans Office. All the rooms have communal
cations with one another. and occa sionally,
If Mr.. Manley leaves his door open and
the door of the anteroom is open also. Sem
ator Hanna can be seen at work at his
desk. Senator Hanna at first made use OF
the connecting rooms, and had q visitor
who did not wish to be interviewed con-
Quoted through them all. This plan worked
for while, but one day the reporters were
waiting for Governor Roosevelt. whom they
had seen enter Senator Hanna's room. One
Of them saw him leaving Senator Scott's
room, and the secret was out. Now a caller
who wishes to remain incognito must pass
completely around the building Even then
he will probably be discovered. Senator
Hanna has given strict orders that only
very important callers shall be taken into
his office. The number Of men who call to
see him is large, but the number who see
him is small, proportionately. Occasionally
some one who is not wanted gets by.
Bryan's Letter DfsappointfnR
The machinery OF most Of the routine work
of the campaign has been put in motion.
1a+ta nS 20
Kinley and Gov. Roosevelt are all that is
needed now in order to complete the cam
paign text book. which is always regarded
important publication. The two let
tiers are to be included in the book AZ
soon as the republican campaign managers
had read Bryan's speech at India napolis
they sent scores Of kilograms to repub-
lican leaders in all parts of the west in
structing them to note carefully the ef-
feet OF the speech on the rank and file Of
the voters and report results to headquar-
tiers by wire. Up to that time all the re-
ports from the west were to the effect that
there had been little ne public interest
in the democratic issue OF "anu-imperial-
ISM Senator Hanna and his associates
were anxious to know IL Bryan's speech
devoted to the one issue had changed the
situation. The reports called for are now
coming in. and they indicate that Bryan's
speech was the biggest kind Of a dIsap-
pointment all through the west, and that
II he speaks on that line from now until
election day he cannot make imperialism
a paramount issue. The republican leaders
find that the business interests of the west
and most of the intelligent men who have
studied the question for themselves are IN
favor of expansion. while the voters who
are not well informed the issue take
little or no interest in it-in fact most of
them care nothing about IT. 1t has been
found that the opposition to alleged impe-
rialfsm in the west is confined to a few
agitators in the cities and to the democratic
and populist politicians. who are trying to
tional platform. There are no clubs or 20
cieties anywhere of anti-imperialsts and no
general interest in the subject.
Gov. RooseveIt's Plans
1t is understood at republican national
headquarters that Governor Roosevelt will
attend the republican state convention IN
Saratoga on September 4. The governor.
1t is said. is anxious to participate in the I
nomination of the republican state ticket.
He will be in Chicago on September to
make an address at the Labor day cele-
bration in that city. He will hurry home
as soon as he has finished his speech. and
will arrive in Saratoga on September 4.
He will go west again on September and
begin his campaign tour, which will last
until the middle OF October.
Outside Buyers in New York.
Wholesale merchants say that there are
more buyers in New York city at present
than at this time in any previous year
Their number is estimated at not less than
1000 and the fall rush has only just begun.
From now until September L they Will con-
tnue to come in The merchants come
principally from Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and
southern and southwestern states. Re
duced rates from these points now in
effect, and the trains and coast-line steam
ers are bringing them in at the rate of 300
a day. The number Of buyers from foreign
countries is larger than during any pre-
vious year. Goods of American manufac-
ture are becoming more and more popular
abroad, and instances are reported where
1t has been impossible to meet the demand
for them.
Mr.. Hanna's Health Poor.
Senator Hanna at his office in New York