The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-30
BLISS FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
HANNA SEEMS TO FAVOR HIM FOR
SECOND PLACE.

tSAtNe
merous Retired Army and Navy
ofheers-Why the Protest Was
Made in the Housc-Pay OF ORcers
and How II increases.
Washington, March 90 29.--Notwithstand-
ing the disposition on the part of the Re-
publican leaders to have it appear that
the question of selecting a running mate
for President Mckinley in che next cam
plign, is drifting down the political
stream unnohced the subject is receiv-
ing serious consideration daily by senator
Hanna and those who have his confi-
dence
While the Porto Rican matte seems, on
the surface. to be monopolizing the time
and the attention of the Republicans
throughout the country, some industrious
work is going on within the Republican
camp. looking to the selection of an avail
able Vice Presidential nominee. An in
terestlng and significant consultation ON
this subject took place at the Capitol
Monday, in which Senator Hanna, Senator
Kean Former Senator "Gil'' Pierce, onca
of North Dakota, but now of Minnesota,
Joe Manley, national committeeman from
cans, took part.
| 1t appears that Mr.. Pierce is in WASH
ington to sound the administration chiefs
as 90 the deslrability OF placing a man
| from the far West on the ticket with
Mckinley. Mr.. Pierce is tenderly nurs-
ing boom in the interest of Former Sem
ator Washburn of Minneapolis, MINI. He
was frankly told that the name of Wash-
burn does not excite the slightest en-
| thusiasm, and under existing conditions,
the Minnesota man is not regarded as
available.
II Looks Like bliss.
Senator Hanna expressed the belief that
at the proper time and place the name OF
Mr.. Bliss of New York will probably be
presented in such a way that Mr. Bliss,
as much as he dlslkes official life in WASH
ington, will not decline the honor Mr..
Manley who is doing duty as scout for
the Republican National Committee, has
been busily engaged for some time past
in sounding Republican leaders from var
ious parts of the country, reports that he
finds the Bliss sentiment prevailing in
every direction to a very gratifying ex-
| tent. The popularity of Mr.. Bliss in the
| West, Mr.. Manley stated, is general, ow-
ing largely to the admirable and thor
oughly buslnesslike manner In which he
| administered the affairs of the interior
department, while he presided over that
| office.
Mr.. Pierce was informed that 1t is the
desire of the President that an Eastern
man shall have second place on the ticket
and that Mr. Bliss will in all probability
be the vice presidential nominee at Phil
adelpha. In behalf of the probability
that Mr.. Bliss will not decline the nomi-
nation. II has been pointed out to him that
as Vice President, he would not be re-
fntirad n raaf1a in WaehfT1o-
ton nor would the duties of that Office
be as conhning as were the duties of a..
cabinet officer. These considerations,
when last presented to Mr.. Bliss, are said
to have impressed him not unfavorably.
Senator Hanna's Secretary.
Senator Hanna has a remarkable pri-
vate secretary. The young man is notable
| for two reasons. The chief is that when
he had his head turned in one direction he
! looks like the Little Corporal, and when
| he presents profitable view of his counte-
nance the resemblance to President Me-
| Kinley is very striking The secretary'a
| name is Elmer Dover.
Before he became the chief of the 1un-
| Tor Ohio senator's personal staff Dover
was a newspaper man in Southern Ohio.
| The remarkable facial resemblance to the
| Corsican genius was discovered by a news
paper man the other day while Dover was
| sitting in the front row of the private gall
| lery in the Senate chamber which Is re-
served for the President. He called the
| attention of several senator's to 1t, and In
| a few minutes the grave and dignified
| senator's were ''rubberng" worse than q
| lot OF school boys. No one has yet told
| Dover that he looks like Napoleon and
Mckinley rolled into one. and so he has
not yet acquired an appreciable amount
of vanity.
Many Retired Omcers.
| During the discussion of the army ap-
| preparation bill which took place early
this week, there was an unusually large
number of references to the fact that
many coonels of the army have been
promoted to be brigader generals and re-
tired within very short time Con-
gressman who never knew anything about
the army except in a most general way
express great establishment that this
should be so. Most persons feel a good
deal like these congressman when they
come to look over the army and navy
register and discover that a very large
percentage of officers in various branches
of the military service are drawing SAL
aries, and good ones at that without
rendering active service.
Although 1t Is thirty-five years since
the close Of the Civil War and the In
dian campaigns since then have not been
very severe in disabling officers, IL is a.
remarkable fact that eighty-three pages
of the army register are filed with the
and nine pages are required 10 give the
names and records Of those who are on
the active list. There are forty-seven
brigadier generals on the retired list and
only six on the active list not counting
the adjutant generals, quartermaster gen.
erals and the other heads of staff depart-
ments who have the rank of brgad!er
generals. There Is one lieutenant gener-
al and seven major generals in retire.
ment and only three in active service.
These figures, of course. pertain only to
the regular establishment. There Is 10
retired list for volunteer officers. When
"A volunteer officer retires he retires and
lives upon what money he can earn.
sailors Are Longer Lived.
Sailors appear to be more long-lived
than soldiers. 1t takes eighty-sx pages
I'm the register to give the names of all
the officers on the active list In the navy
and fifty-one to state those who have