The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


The Republican Platform.-There is
no Disgusting the fact that the mass Of
adelphia platform. OF course none OF
them Will consent to be quoted on the
subject, except in fulsome praise Of the
deliverance. But it is significant that few
of them are inclined to abuse the Hon
Charles II. Grosvelor for attacking 1t
fiercely. The question naturally arises as
to who is responsible for the platform
Argue and contend as much as they please
the Republicans cannot escape the cmbar-
RAISING conclusion that the amiable MI
Mckinley and the determined and hard
headed Mr.. Hanna guided the hand that
wrote the platform. Therefore, Mr.. Hanna
and Mr.. Mckinley must stand sponsors for
the document. 1t is expected, OF course
that in his formal acceptance OF the noml-
nation Mr. Mckinley will supply whatever
strength of declaration the masses OF MS
party may in the mean time bring him TO
see is lacking in the Philadelphia deiiv-
erance II he does this the party mana
gers can make the party following under
stand that Mr.. Mckinley and not the IN
strument adopted at Philadelphia is the
platform. Already the organs of the hd-
ministration are saying this. In this con-
nection 1t is worth while to call attention
to the interesting fact that Senator Fair
banks. who was chairman of the Resolu-
ions Committee at Philadelphia, was Sc
lected by Mr.. Hanna and Mr. Mckinley
over the insistent claims of Senator Fora
ker. They also 20. KID the platform
which Senator Fairbanks read at the last
dinner given by Mr.. Hanna in Washing
ton Immediately after the adjournment OF
Congress. This productions it can be stated
on reliable authority, was substantially the
platform which was adopted at Philadel-
phia. Its cardinal provisions were so well
known by the leaders of the State dele
cations at the Convention that virtually
NO attention was given to Senator Fair
banks while he was reading the platform
as the chairman OF the Committee on
Resolutions. Indeed, it can be stated Win
truth in a general way that nobody except
the few people on the stage heard WORD
pronounced by Mr.. Fairbanks while he was
reporting the platform, and the Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge was SO shocked by
the inattention of the Convention 10 SO
important procedure that several times
he vigorously welded the gavel OF au-
thority and severely rebuked the delegates
for their apparent lack of interest.
"Vas Ist Los Nit GrOsvenOr:"-The
Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor appears 10 De
in a mighty fret He declares that the
Philadelphia platform is "driver and that
a ..driveler from New York''-meaning the
Hon. Lemuel Ely Quigg-is wholly resPon-
sible for 1t. Mr.. Quigg was Secretary OF
the Platform Committee. He is an ex-
perienced journalist, wielder OF clear ana
lucid English. and statesman made TO
hand by the Hon. Thomas Collier Piatt
That Mr.. Quigg knows his business is
not doubted by anybody who properly can
claim a speaking acquaintance with prac-
tical politics. In other words, Mr.. Qulgg
as Secretary rof the Platform Committee
did exactly what was expected OF him.
This statement can be relied upon@as an
accurate diagnosis of conditions, even
though Mr.. Hanna himself may feel called
upon after while 10 observe with General
Grosvenor that the platform is "drivel.'
If Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley had not
wanted Mr.. Quigg for secretary Mr.. Quigg
would not have been secretary. This is so
evident that 1t is scarcely worth stating.
But the threatening conditions in Ohio de-
mand that the Hon. Charles II. Grosvenor,
as the Administrator energetic and meg
aphonic mouthpiece, speak wrathfully of
throw down. The Hon. Joseph Benson
Foraker was nthrown down" by Mr.. Hanna
and Mr.. Mckinley and there is good deal
of talk in Ohio about it Wherefore 1t
becomes the duty of Grosvenor to "holler-
Grosvenor cares no more for Foraker than
either the President or Mr.. Hanna does.
But Foraker still has numerous friends in
the Buckeye State. and many Of these are
ready to resent the bumiliations to which
he has been subjected for year or more
from Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Hanna. AS the
case stands, all the onus of legislative re-
sponsibility for the Generalization Of the
Porto Rican bill rests upon Senator For
aker. His Buckeye admirers are not will
ing for all of this load to be placed upon
him. They want to re-elect him to the
Senate, and unless-by official declaration
the Porto Rican bill is accepted as a party
and an Administration measure Senator
Foraker may be made to suffer in the ap-
preaching campaign for reelection. If
Grosvenor can make it appear that 1t was
Hanna to specifically endorse in the plat
form the bold and courageous course of
Senator Foraker in Porto Rican legislation
and that they were unable to do this at
Philadelphia 1t is thought that Senator
Foraker's big personal following in Ohio
will continue to Loyalty whoop it up for
Mr. Mckinley. Upon this theory General
Grosvenor's fierce attack on the platform
is being accounted for.
Bryan VIII Not Be There.-Upon the |
b;gbact authority II can no stated TIM. Mr. |