The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
ABBOTS POLITICAL GOSSIP.
CLEANED FROM WIDELY DIFFER
ENT SOURCES.

One Phase of the Philippine War,
The "kansas City EnglIshman."
! Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE attitude assumed
| by Congressman Sibiey toward his party
| associates in the House of Representa-
| tives has caused a good deal of discussion
among active Democrats, Mr.. Sibley pro-
| fesses himself Democrat, but he now
stands as an opponent of free silver and
| the friend of the gold standard. He has
announced himself in thorough sympa-
thy with the administration in it's Philip
pine policy. He is avowedly protection
| list and he is warm defender of Secre-
| tary Gage in his relations to the Stand
| ard Oil Bank of New York. These facts
| have led Democrats to wonder what po-
| litcal affiliations Mr. Sibley desires.
About this there is a story worth telling.
The record begins with the Sc conven-
ton. Mr.. Sbley was in Chicago an active
and earnest candidate for the nomination
for the presidency. He spent an hour or
more with Gov. AltgeId, who at that time
controlled the Illinois delegation The
| Governor gave him no satisfaction what
soever, although he thought we'll of him.
Indeed, Gov. Altgeld thought so we'll of
him that after the presidential nomination
was made, Mr.. Sibley meanwhile having
! renewed his opportunities for recognition
of some sort, the Illinois delegation de-
cared its purpose of voting for him for
Vice President. At this point delegates
| from the Pacific coast-notably, from
| Acknowledgement, and made a hard
| fight on the floor of the convention
| against Sibley on the ground that he was
inexorably allied with the Pacific Rail
| road gang at the period of it's greatest
| outawry, and that his nomination would
mean the absolute sacrifice of the state
| of California. For this reason Mr.. Sibley
was not nominated and returned home
very sore.
Now it so happens that when Sibley was
| nominated for Congress last time the Re-
| publicans nominated an anti-Quay can
| didate against him. Senator Quay sized
| up Sibley pretty well and evidently came
to an understanding with him, for all the
| Quay Republicans in Sbley's district vot-
ed for the alleged Democrat. Apparently
| Sibeys course in Congress- now is cal
| culated to repay this debt Nor is it only
credit for past services that actuates him.
| He has a lively sense of favors yet to
| come, for it is announced and upon the
! very best authority that he has fixed up
deal with Senator Quay by which his
| next appearance before the people of his
district will be as the Republican candi-
|
| gratifying to know that within week
| Mr.. Sibley has manifested enough recog-
milton of the eternal fitness of things to
confess publicly in the House of Repre-
sentatives that his seat ought to be on
| the Republican side.
The meeting held in Chicago this week
| of the Antitrust Associa ton has had
many characteristics which make it in
teresting to the observer of public affairs.
| 1t was not like the former trust conference
| that was held under the auspices of the
| Civic Federation, a meeting for mere ex-
| change of views between men who held OPP
| posing opinions on the trust question but
| it was organized with the purpose of bring
ing together only the people who believe
that trusts are absolutely hurtful and
, who deny at the very outset any propO-
| sitions which would seem to support The
| trust idea. One of the letters received by
those who have been managing this con-
| vention has certain interest because ii
| touches on the phase of "trustism that
has seldom been referred TO. II comes
from DR.. Julia Holmes Smith perhaps the
most eminent woman physician in Chicago.
| She sent her contribution to the fund of
| the management with this letter; 81 am
| sending my little mite and an earnest god
speed to your movement against the trust
! octopus which threatens the best good of
the nation. 1 wish very much my help
| could be greater. Please bear in mind that
| the masculine ballot trust is the most gi-
gantic and the most Ubiquitous of ALL the
! disfranchisng of a nation"
| This protest on the part of DR.. Smith
against the single standard of political ca
pacity was echoed in the convention, and
l think has found its supporters and
friends among many of the men who have
conducted the affairs of the many.
There may have been some time in the
history of political journalism a more Ut
| terly imbecile and idiotic story sent out
than that which this week announced
! Richard Oney as candidate for the pres
| idential nomination against Mr. Bryan. If
| there ever has been anything of this sort
| it has not been my good or bad fortune
TO see it. Mr.. Olney is man of unques-
| toned intellectual capacity, and who made
] for himself very many strong friends in
the Democratic party by his editing of
| President CleVelands letter on the Vene-
I-zuelan situation, but his association with
a canvass based on the antitrust idea
(among others )would be nothing less than
/ absurd. The fact is. he is one of the lead
ing trust lawyers of New England, and all
his business affiliations are with the class
of persons against whom the popular cam
| paign must be waged this fall if the peO-
| Dle are to realize the success which is
| hoped for by the Democratic party 1t is
perhaps "'nuff sed," as our friend Arte-
| mus Ward used 10 say, that Mr.. Olney
| was known IN washington as tne Ll' ne
| Cleveland"
The mention Of Mr.. Olney's name recalls
n sto~y-a true story--of his meeting with
| the "Grover Cleveland of the Orient"
Prince Ii Hung Chang, whose tour
through the United States is still remem-
bered with mingled emotions by various
Americans Mr.. Olney met the distin>
guished Chinese in New York as the rep
resentative of the Cleveland adminstrl
| ton and underwent the usual catechizing
| How much is your salary?" Ii asked.
| Eight thousand dollars" answered the
cabinet officer. blushing becomingly.
ANY perquisites?'
| mot cent"
Ii did not speak any English, but he
winked the other eye and croaked some,
thing to his Chinese attendant. which
being translated to English, would doubt
less have been something like II am some
! thing of a liar myself"
| IJowever Mr. III treated evervhodv tina