The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-26
Capital Chat.
Washington Gossip, Political and
Otherwise, for the Readers
Of the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Is. (speciaE) :

WASHINGTON, Feb g. = Especially =
The talk for the vice presidency on the
ticket with Mr.. Bryan has resurrected an
interesting fact concerning the marvellous
organization of Tammany. Among the
men mentioned for this place has been
Towne. of Minnesota. should 1t fall on the
Middle West; James HI. Lewis, of Wash
ington, should 1t go to the Pacific coast,
and William Sulzer and Amos Cummings
of New York, should 1t go to the Atlantic
coast. Towne has the disadvantage Of
being Silver Republican. Lewis has the
disadvantage. however well known he
may be personally, Of coming from so
small state that there will be little to
gain If her electoral votes were won by
his nomination. SulZer Is being put for
ward upon the theory that he is a Ger
man, and that the Germans should have
representation. But the Germans say
Sulzer is an Irishman. because his mother
is and that his father WAS only part
German. Amos Cummings has friends
among the newspaper men. Being
member of the Typographical union, he
has many friends among labor organiza-
tions, but unless Tammany is for Cum
mingS he stands not the ghost of a show.
Tammany is for what Croker wants.
Croker is in public life for business. Amos
Cummings has no chance for the
nomination for vice president for
the reason that Croker is in pol
tics for business. He clings to friend,
and never forgets an enemy, nor neglects
q revenge. Cummings did him an Of
fense so he thinks. Whether this is true
or rot it is sufficient to settle Amos fate.
In the congress Of 1884 the Pacific
funding bill, so-called, for funding the
debt of the Central and Southern Pacific
railroads was before the house. Mcguire,
of California, led the fight against it.
Hepburn, of Iowa, and Powers. OF YER
mont, were strongly for the bin. while
the Democratic side was generally against
it. Two votes upon that bill settled the
vice presidential possibility of two disttn-
guished gentlemen in the nation. Sibiey,
of Pennsylvania, voted for the bill, and
for this reason he was beaten for the
vice presidential nomination on the ticket
with Bryan in 1896. The California dele
cation fought him, claiming that the
state would be lost, which, without Sib-
ley. was safe. Sibley has never forgot
ten this slight upon him, and from that
time he has taken little interest In the
Democratic party, and his present attl-
tude Of a complete change against the
Democracy is not SO much conversion
of his views as his feeling that Bryan
prevented his nomination for the vice
presidency when he could have been, ana
the Democracy, for which he claimed he
| had suffered ostracism for supporting Mr.
Cleveland, deserted him. Amos Cummings
was the only one of the New York delega-
ton who voted against the funding bill
He did this in spite Of Crokers instruc-
lions to vote for it. Croker was friend
OF Huntington and Of Huntington new
York interests. But for the fact that
Cummings was q friend OF the HeWspa-
per men he would have been beaten for
his nomination for congress. AS 1t was,
he barely slipped through. Since then he
has been given his nomination most
grudgfngly Now that he is seeking the
vice presidency Croker will see that he IS
defeated in revenge for Cummings de-
fiance of Croker by voting against hunt
ington Thus 1t is plain how two votes
on the bill have to great extent anected
the aspirations of two gentlemen fof nom
nation for the vice presidency,
The speech of Senator Wolcott in the
senate a few days ago, seeking to JUSTIFY
his position as one Of the commissioners
sent by President Mckinley to procure
bimetallism, and wherein he PAID such
glowing compliment to the president ana
indicated that he would vote for the goit
standard bill, Is understood here TO DC ii
pursuance of policy previously outnneo:
and In which Welcott Is 10 Dc lafoie0
with a cabinet job.
senator Wolcott wanted to be minister
tn England when 1t was understood that
Chaate was to resign. Choate has always
insisted that Chauncey Depew should
have been sent to England, and reIers TO
him as '.Old Lady" Depew, and that ne
(Choate) should have been sent to the
senate, for which place he feels MS apa-
tiles fitted him. Wolcott realizes that ne
is beat whether the legislature Is Dem,
ocratic or otherwise. He has no hope or
corn,np back to the senate, so he has
come out strongly against every positioh
that he has previously occupied, ana ne
makes a strong speech for the admins
tratiou in behalf of bill the Prov
sious Of which, in 1893, Wolcett condemn,
ed as the most outrageous ever cohceiFeu
by the ingenuity of man. Inns Spoeo
was against President Clevelands at
to,,,,,+ 70 reneal the Sherman law. How
ever Attorney General Griggs Is tireo OF
his lob. He has begun to enaIe anu
so,,irm a bit under the assaults maoe
nv the public against him OF granting
official favers to trusts ana monopoiice'
and he claims that he can mahe hio.o
money-and he needs it-by at once .I
turning to private practice. he mas iiiS
eve on SewaH's seat, and ne thi I, ne
oan come to the senate, an arnpstion ne
has 1one had. This administration VIII
taI, him The Central Railroad OF New
Tersev elected Sewall, and is more Irleno-
Nv IN Griegs. Should the latter resign
b;s nosition In the cabinet, Woicett WIN
ha named for the place. WoicolI h'.s
FONT hedges with the president ne 10
snpnased to lead off and bring TO tne
s,,nnort of the bill the silver men OIL tie
Wsst He has kept his part OF the asree
.nent Whether the gold standard De rfsHe
M -,.ono MANY men in public life are
.,snarinp ON the corners that SO wise
| wan as Wolcott should have pronteo
-, Tho fact that D. w. Voorhees,, VINO Is
strons man in the Democratic party,
a,,d had been a strong silver man all ms
1fs hecame the spokesman Oh the du-
r.inistration in the senate. ana Went 10
his death In political obscurity. nc
men in the Democratic party ald nos -
snect him, and the silver forces Ioua 80,
mon him as selling himself for oiiciai
favor.
| Mi. now move in the cabinet Is not
,,itbout interest in other difectlohs.
| ITrar ref,ectfan. 1t will be observed th@e
~ r,rasent cabinet is the first one since
1eeo T., which there is not one Soutneih
| .~,an The South has been without repre-
| .antat;on in the cabinet since GARY re-
| ,;g,ed the postmaster generalship- -
yySoIcott should go in the cabinet III p nee
| ~ C.rires the only other open place WIN
10 +hat of Long The president cannot
ford TO have Gage leave at present.
60 mill ask to retire IL the president
i. -a.aiected but the position will be Hi
- ~, New Yorker. The position OF SEQ
ws+ary of the navy would be given TO the
ro,,th If man can be found sausIac-