The evening times., 1900-03-16
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


Unusual Extra RyaGance. Senator
Platt of Connecticut has introduced a reso-
luton to have printed and bound in sep
crate volume the eulcgies delivered in the
House and Senate on The late Vice Presi-
dent Hobart. The lowest estimate OF the
work places the cost at sl2.GOo on the basis
Of Only few thousand copies. The royalty
of Europe. il is said, seldom ever draws
from the public funds a like amount foE
such a purpose. Every eulogy passed upon
Mr. Hobart has been printed in the Con-
gressionai Record and distributed broad
cast over the country. Therefore it is held
that Senator Platt's resolution cannot be in
response 10 any public demand. On the
contrary, the fact that his resolution linz
its the number of the volumes TO be printed
TO q few thousand shows that the Senator
has no thought or desire to give this vol
ume de luxe general distribution. The in
ference is that il is intended solely for
select circle of the dead mans friends II
is argued that in view of the fact that Mr..
Hobart left fortune of many millions, IL
cannot be that his widow has asked the
Government to bear the expense OF pre-
serving in appropriate form the hne aho
heartfelt things said about the vice ffesi-
dent by the members OF Congress. III sne
were poor it is said there would be not the
slightest objection to the Platt resolution.
But the plain truth seems to be that all OF
the intimate friends Of the late Vice Presl-
dent are rich people. who could well afford
ha If Z he
is directing the Government to do without
providing that even any considerable part
of the public shall share in the benefit be
seeks TO bestow upon the few people who
viii receive the proposed volume.
Bailey Departs.-The Hon. Joseph
Weldon Bailey has fed from Washington
just at a time. il is pointed out, when his
services in the House could be OF most
value 10 his party Mr.. Bailey has gone
back to Texas to formally open his cam
paign against Senator Chiffon. The Sena-
tor will not leave here for fully a month
yet, thereby giving proof of the difference
in the views of the two men toward thoii
public and party duty. II is said that all
of the noisy clements in the Texas Democ-
racy are solidly arrayed on the side of Nj
Bailey naturally causing him TO believe
that he ALREADY has Senator Chiffon beat
en-. The conservative thoughtful men oi
the State are said to be a unit for Mr
Chiffon, whose record in the Senate shows
him to be one OF the clearest- headed ana
safest legislators in Washington. The Sen
ator also is said to be a power on the
stump. and when he gets after Mr. Bailey
in Texas within the next six weeks one oI
the most exciting campaigns in-the country
can he looked for. II Mr.. Bailey is de-
feated for the Senate he viii drop oct OF
public life. as he has promised various
gentlemen in his Congressional district not
to again ask for election 10 the House
John Allen Sot TuRny.-When "Pri-
vate'' John Allen rose in the House yes
terday 10 make speech against the tri-
! fling matter OF inrrcaSing g--rtc~ salary OF 4
! Washington Public School teacher from
! 81 500 TO s. 600 year most of the member;
stopped talking aud many Of them crowd
! ed around his desk expecting TO hear fun
| ny speech But the Missssippian sadly
| disappointed them. He tried 10 be funny
! but failed Not during this entire session
! has he made a humorous speech. or told
A new story Obviously he is making des-
| perate efforts tc be taken seriously by
/ Congress and the country. But the critic:
say that Private John in the role OF &
| serious statesman is a failure. Aside from
/ his reputation being against it, il is held
! that neither his attainments nor habits o
| thought fit him to pose in the new role
/ However. il is feared that his overwhelm-
/ ing d..eat for the Senate has so soured his
I nature that he cannot again wear the cal
/ and bells for the ediiication OF his col
! leagues and the nation. II he cannot dc
/ this IL ia believed his constituents soor
will conclude to choose another Represen
| tative-cne who can be entertaining either
| as humoTSt or a legislator. Therefore
| il is beginning TO be thought that Private
| John Allen will not much longer be &
member of Congress.
Can't Cure Fit>.-A guileless citiZef
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