Evening star., 1900-04-11
G0ssIPfR6M GOTHAM
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Admiral Dswey'a Candidacy the Sub
ject Of Much Speculation.
LITTLE CHANCE 10 BEAT BRYAN
Latest Rumor That He Would Ac-
cept Second Place.
TO AID THE DEWEY ARCH
,ecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, April 10, 1900.
Admiral Dewey's statement to the effect
| that he would be willing to accept a presi-
Dental nomination has been the chief topic
Of conversation during the past week. This
is perfectly natural when it is remembered
that New York gave the admiral upon the
occasion of his return from the Philippines,
a welcome greater than was ever accorded
a Roman conquerar, 1t Is not surprising,
when the memory, Of the admiral reverted
to those September .idays when nation
delighted to honor him, that he supposed
| that he could have the presidency for the
| asking. 1t is a debatable question here
whether or not the admiral could really
have had the presidency for the asking
then, though there were millions who SEEM
ed to think that it was within his grasp.
Admiral Dewey's latter-day announcement
to the effect that he is a democrat seems to
Indicate to prominent democrats here that
he would prefer to have his name pesented
to that convention and that it Is Bryan's
place rather than Mckinfey's that the hero
of Manila is seeking. The response which
has come from all sections Of the coun-
try to the announcement Of the can
| didacy Of Admiral Dewey has undoubt-
edly surprised other men besides Dewey.
Men like Hill, Cleveland and Whitney in
this section are said to be astonished to see
how thoroughly the democratic party Is
| welded to Bryanism. The only men who
are fighting Bryan openly within the ranks
of the party organization are Shevlin of
Brooklyn and Willett Of Alabama. But
Shevlin, the ruler of the borough Of Brook
Mclaughlin, was one of the first to say
that Bryan could not be defeated by Dew
ey at Kansas City. And convention demo-
Gratis say that when Sheviin gives up a fight
&L{ t. lit rp~
| Shevlin who caused the Brooklyn congress
sional delegation to vote for the gold stand
ard bill in the House Of Representatives
| only few weeks ago. This leaves Willett
of Alabama with his Commercial Travel
ers' League, as the only man still openly
| fighting Bryan, and Willett says that his
| organization is for Van Wyck. no matter
| whether Dewey is a candidate or not.
Views of Political savant.
| Said careful student Of the political
| situation today:
THE truth of the matter is that the DEM
| ocratic party IT'S welded to its Bryanite
idols. and it might be just as we'll for CON-
servatives to take the hint and let it alone.
| The rank and file of the democrats would
| rather lose the election with Bryan than
| win the election with Dewey. The work.
| ingmen, the Farmers Alliance organizations,
| the populists and the free silver shouters
| who captured the Chicago convention of 1892
| are still In the saddle. To this day they con-
| troll the democratic machine. Though many
| of these men may have cheered Dewey and
| his victory at the time, some from motives
| of patriotism. .5:others because the entire
| American public was applauding the deeds
| of the admiralsryet they care very little for
| brass buttons and an admiraIs uniform.
| Many of these men are constantly afraid
| of the man on horseback, and they see in
| Dewey possibilities of a dictator of the
| Louis Napoleon type in the event Of his
| elevation to the presidency. Others there
/ are who even go to the extrsrne of blaming
| Dewey and the thunder OF his guns at
| Manila for causing the entire Philippine
| Island question, with the involved possibili-
| ties of competition between the ten million
| natives there and the American laborer.
| They say that Dewey is the arch imperial
ist of them all. and nasmuch as the demo-
| cratic party committed to anti-m-
| perialism, 1t Is difficult to. imagine the
| hero of Manila running on a platform de-
| manding that the Philippines be left to float
| like derelict in sea Of nations. Then
! upon the question of free silver he Is on
| record as saying that he IS from Vermont
and that he is democrat of the Cleveland
| school,
| That one fact in itself is enough to damn
| vention, for the Kansas City convention
| will be the Chicago convention over again.
Imagine Dewey running on platform
| which upho,ds the Chicago strikes and de-
| nounces government by injunction. The
very temperament and training Of Dewey
| would cause him to suppress strikes and
disorders wherever they might be found.
| even If he had to call on the men behind
! the guns to do 1t.
Dewey Is a Conservative.
1.-THE truth Of the matter is that Dewey"
| continued the gentleman, 'ts q conservative
| and on the issues is more Of a republican
| than a democrat. The democratic party,
! the great radical party Of the country. could
hardly have been induced to turn down a
| radical like Bryan for even national hero
| like Dewey. and even If the Kansas City
| convention had done this and Bryan had
| remained regular and loyal to the nominee
| of the convention, nevertheless two or three
! million votes would have fallen into the
| popuist and sociaiist-labor organizations.
| Events must determine the real meaning Of
| this latest Dewey incident. The newspa-
| pers here are divided in their opinions to
whether somebody is playing y ltn Siewer Poiities
| mral. Certain 1t is that something has
| been going on far above the heads of ordi-
nary men, far out of sight Of the political
| reporters. Either Dewey in making this
| latest announcement has been a very wise
| man or he has been foolish man. There
| can be no middle ground. And the entire
| subject must be judged in the light Of re-
| suits"
Latest Dewey Rumor.
The latest story afioat in political circles
I here story that has not yet hardened into
fact, a story that still stands without a
| sponsor, is that Dewey and John R. Nc
Lean, who is credited with managing
Dewey's campaign, never expected that
Dewey would be nominated for President.
| The most that they expected was second
place on the ticket The plan is really said
to be to have Dewey placed in nomi-
| nation for President at Kansas City. He
| may get few voteaFin the convention His
| name will thus be kept before the people,
and before the convention. and at the
proper time t6H se1&ire convention will be
| stampeded fo&sBJyaH and Dewey. The re-
| quest ,TnhkER Mclean for rooms for
himself and lend at one Of the leading
Kansas City tells the supposition that the
friend RIsa is s the the proposal to have
| celebration in honor Of the admiral and q