The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-25
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

4 large aggregation Of vaudeville at
fractions. sketch artists. comedy singers.
and other talsnt IS now on the .oad 10
MoEtan1 to enliven the Democratic cam
paisn. Senator W. A. Clark. following
plan inaugnraied by Representative Lori
mer. in Chicago. TO win over Republican
votes. has embarked on a larger scale 10
capture voters for his wing of the Mon
tana Democracy. According TO the Chi
csgo papers. cake-walks. coon songs.
vocsiis,s, equilibrists. all OF good ability.
have been put under fancy salaries and
directed 10 report 10 the Senator's son AZ
Butte. Speech-making will be sandwich
ed In between these specialties. but the
entire arrangement will be narshaled
both against the Dalyites and the Re-
pablicans.
The Republican machine I'm Erie County
has turned down ex-Representarve Row
land Blennerhassett Mahany for nomina-
iion for Congress. and thus purctured his
boast that he could be the standarS-bear
er for either party. If he desired. in the
Thirty-sec0nd Congressional District Mr.
Mahany was a member of the Fifty
hfth Congress. and while he was
Republican, he did not always bend
the knee eomplisntly for the leaders. He
was defeated at the polls two years ago.
The executive committee of Erie County
met late last week and announced John
Lundrigan, "Of ward A. as the name 10
so on the slate for the Republican eau
Gus Ii is not impos ssible that Mr.. Ma
many may blossom out as the Democratic
candidate. in which event he would al
most certainly win.
The same executive committee meet
ing decided that Representative ID. s.
Alexander. also of Buffalo. should be the
machine candidate at this weeks caucuses,
this being the outcome of a long and Bit
ter fight. Notwithstanding. Col. Alex
ander's faithful work in Congress the
fact that he is supported by the machine
in Buffalo and Erie County has aroused
the enmity of numerous Republicans, in
cluding the editors of the Buffalo Ex-
press, and nothing has been left undone
10 prevent his denomination. As that
seems assured now. these same Repub-
licans declare that they will try TO de-
feat him at the polls. He has normal
majority of over 500 in the district. and
ii is doubtful If his Republican enemies
can accomplish his defeat. Col. Alexan-
der resided in Washington for a number
VI Nlit VI
President Harrison. the latter being his
close personal friend.
Ex-Representative n. B. Mccormick. OF
PhiIlipsburg. Kans, who was a Populist
member of the Fifty-fifth Congress, still
desires Office, but has nevertheless been
crowded out of chance. He secured a
fusion nomination for the Kansas senate,
-, Ar.t
in Congressional district where both a
Populist and a Democrat were running
fer the National House. and when he
went to one county il was demanded that
he should show his hand in favor of the
Democratic nominee, and when he visit
ed still another county it was demanded
that he should come out for the Populist
nominee. The strain was more than be
could bear, as fusion voters on both sides
thresteaed to desert If he didn't declare
himself. So he quit in disgust, and has
resigned from the State senatorial ticket.
Senator Burrows. of Michigan, has of
late been stumping In Kansas, where he
told the Republicans a hopeful story OF
the Presidential outlook and discussed in
interviews the story of Webster Davis
escapade in Kansas City that resulted in
bullet hole through his hat. Mr.. Davis.
IL appears, has recently been compelled to
abandon some Of his speaking dates in
Michigan, and these have been filed in
part by Rev. S. W. Sample, a Congrega-
tional minister. who was born in Michi-
gan, but now halls from Minneapolis.
The rejoicing over Republican 'fiops" In
Kansas has been renewed Of late by the
announcement that William Cross, grand
commander of the Select Knights of the
United States, with national headquarters
at Kansas City, Kans., has come out for
Bryan and the State ticket, and that one
Mr.. Davis, proprietor of the Manhattan
Mercury, has "hoisted the ticket from
President TO coroner" over the editorial
page of his paper. This reacceptance of
the Democratic faith by the Mercury is
declared to end all factional troubles in
the Democratic party or Kansas.
The Republican newspapers are telling
story on Gov. Beckhana, of Kentucky,
which, If entirely true, is a remarkable
slip of the tongue for a stump speaker to
make. When he addressed a political
audience at Bowling Green the other day
he is said to have proceeded as follows:
''Fellow-citiZens and Fellow Democrats: /
want you TO come out In force this year,
so as to overcome the Republican ma
jority OF last year. The anti-GOebel
Democrats and Republicans In the audi
ence are reported as having greeted the
statement with Wild applause.
There has been talk of late that Harry
Payne Whitney, son OF ex-Secretary of
the Navy Whitney. would be Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Thirteenth
district, now represented by Jefferson NJ
Levy. The young mans father emphati-
cally denies that his son has any such as
pirations.
1t Is reported that prominent New York
business men will urge Mr. Croker to see
TO il that there are some Gold Democrats
among the nominees for Congress from
the metropolis. The Gold Democratic or.
ganization is dead and will, therefore.
have no candidates for Congress from
New York City this year.
Gov. Roosevelt is not 10 make anv ex-
tended tour in Washington State. al
though the original programme was for
him TO deliver several speeches there, Fx-
Representative Binger Hermann. Commits
sioner OF the Land Office in this city. has
been billed 10 make several speeches I'm
tnat state after the 1st OF next month
REDUCED VOTE IN OHIO.