The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-07
POLITICAL NOTES and GOSSIP.

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| increasing demand in all parts OF the COM
try fer that great orator to take the stump.
| The inference is that since Mr.. Hanna has
concluded to keep Mr.. Mckinley off of the
| stump in spite of various promises the af-
| fable President has made to make speeches,
/ the situation calls for the boss of the ma
| chine to exhibit himself and his eloquence
| tc the people. Mr. Hanna has not made
many speeches during his marvelcusly sue
| eessful career, but every one he has deliv-
cred has accomplished results. If he
| should never make another speech he
would live in history the NEST forcibie
Republican orator of his day Three efforts
| entitle him TO this distinction. Two of
! them were made IN the senate OF the Fifty
| sixth Congress and the other one was de-
| livered in the last Ohio campaign. In one
! of his Senate speeches he denounced as a
| liar the man who started the report that
| the Porto Rican bill was OXnardized at
| the behest of the Sugar Tobacco, and Rum
| Trusts, and in consideration of certain
| campaign contributions to be turned over
/ to Mr.. Hanna for the reelection of Mr.
| Mckinley. In the other great speech in
! the Senate this modern Demosthenes
/ and NCicero rolled into one tod
| all about the cost Of producing
/ armor plate, and of a trick put up by
| the Illinois Steel Company few years ago
| by which the Government was forced into
accepting the bid OF favored concerns which
contribute to Republican campaign funds.
1iIe other famous speech was delivered at
Ashtabula, near the close of the State cam
| paign in Ohio last year. 1t was reported
| to Mr.. Hanna that the free born American
citizens in that community had become
tainted with the treason of Democracy, and
were threatening to vote against his nomi-
nees for state officers. Away to Ashtabula
msdly dashed Mr.. Hanna. Now, il so hap
pens that Mr.. Hanna employs hundreds Of
the free-bOrn American citizens in that
town, and when he appeared among them
there was much excitement. Through the
medium of printed circulars scattered
broadcast over the town. he ordered the
people to turn out masse that evening
to hear him speak. They were all there
ca time Mr.. Hanna told his enthralled
listeners that they were fools and a few
other things. and that If they voted down
Republican rule in Ohio that year the uni
verse would roll up like a scroll and time
would be no more. The result on election
day was the greatest Republican majority
ever cast in Ashtabula. 1t is the pleasant
duty of the Hon Perry S. Heath to believe
that what Mr.. Hanna accomplished at Ash
tabula Mr. Hanna can accomplish through
out the length and breadth of the land
AS loyal Republican and Secretary of the
National Committee it, therefore, behooves
Mr.. Heath to insist upon Mr. Hanna taxing
MI. Mckinley's place upon the stump.
Addicks TO the Fore-Tna maritime
cious and perpetual Addicks has nominated
a ticket OF his own IN Delaware and will
wage bitter fight all along the line His
nominees for electors, for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor are the same as those
named by the Dupont convention, which
was held some time ahead of his. This
part Of the programme. it is said. was ar
-anged by the National Committee with
the view not only Of helping Mr. Mckinley
in the Blue Hen State. but also OF aiding
the great gas man to preserve harmony in
she party to the end that he may get into
the Senate. But the Dupont people ,5hom
he has nominated are threatening to de
cline his nominations and if they do Ad-
dicks will probably fill their places with
men OF his own choice. In that event of
course, the split will be complete. But
Addieks does not seem TO dread this pros
rect. The Standard Oil Company as was
demonstrated at the Philadelphia Conyen-
ton, is now backing him, and this concern
ought to be powerful enough to run things
as it sees fit in little State like Della
ware At any rate il is known that Mr.
Hanna has pledged his support 10 Addicks |
and this means that the gas man viii have
the privilege of selecting the speakers
sent into the State by the National Com
mittee. Mr.. Mckinley carried Delawa.e /
four years ago by plurality OF $500, ana
with proper management it is confdentIE |
believed the Democrats can swing the State
back into their line in November, thereby |
gaining a Senator as well as vote in the |
House and three in the Electoral College. |
Pullman Son-in-Law.-The vac |
H.
by the transfer of the Hon. Perry s. Heath |
to the secretaryship of the Republican |
National Committee still yawns. Divers |
and sundry patriots have been asked to FIJI |
it and have decIinebr The latest to do so !
is the Hon. Frank a. Lowden, of Chicago, /
q son-in-law of the late Sir George Pull |
man. During his lifetime Sir George was !
rather skimpish in his contributions TO Re- |
publican campaign funds, and for several !
months the party managers have been
striving earnestly to make his heirs Zoos /
en- up The fact that young Mr.. Dowden |
who seems to be q pretty shrewd young |
ster, has declined to accept the WORKOUT |
shoes of Mr.. Heath appears to indicate that /
he is going to husband the Pullman mil
lions quite as carefully as their maker did
There is nothing in the job new that would
warrant a statesman of ambition in desir- |
ing it. AS frequently stated all of the
patronage of the Office was dispensed by
Mr. Heath before he surrendered |
it, and as the salary is small |
and the prestige nil, it is
probable the Administration will have to |
fill the vacancy by promotion in the De-
partment. The Hon. George L. Allen who
was Mr.. Heath's chief clerk and is thor
oughIy familiar with the duties of the of
fee has just returned from Europe and
may make move in his own interest very
shortly Mr.. Allen has the rare good for
tune to be the nephew of the rich and pow
erfuI w. R. Mexican. of Terre Haute, Ind i
Mr.. Mexican has not been treated very we'll
by the Administration. and he lives in a
section of Indiana that is giving the party
managers concern at present. It is not
impossible therefore. that if Mr.. Allen
puts in his application in proper form It
may be considered with great respect by
Mr.. Mckinley. Mr.. Hanna, Mr.. Charles
Emory Smith, whoever is TT in the
Postoffice Department since Mr. Heath was
transferred to other duties. At the same
time. consequential person named Beav-
ers is claiming the place by right CT the
backing he has from Senator Platt of New |
York, and it may be that the willy Mr.
Plat will have more influence with the ap-
pointing power than the rich Mr.. Mexican.
Smoking the Queens Pipe.
From the London Chronicle)
1t Is to be hoped that the Government will no
longer allow red tape to prevent it from grant
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