The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-29
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
The Bifurcated pops-1t is recall.


The Bifurcated Pops.-It is recalled
that the only point OF agreement between
| the regulars and Mid Readers at the meet
/ ing several weeks ago OF the Populist Ma
tional Committee was fhe date for the Ma
tional Conventioh Both elements chose
May as the date. The regulars selected
Sioux Falls, S. D., for their meeting place
and the Mid Robbers named Cincinnati.
And so it will happen that both conven-
tons will be in session on the same day.
All Of the Populist leaders in Washington
concede that in point Of numbers the Gin
cinnai convention will far outshine that
Of Sioux Falls. The Mid Readers have had
agents securing the country for more than
a month in the interest Of their convention.
This important part of the work is in the
hands Of the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, who
when last heard from was way down in
Georgia whooping things up for Admiral
Dewey as the Mid Readers first choice
for President. These travelling agents are
Offering to pay the expenses Of every man
who will attend their convention as a dele
gate showing not only the determination
OF the Mid Readers to do a lively business
this year but also attesting the fact that
they are on the very crest OF the wave OF
prosperity which they secuted four years
ago as the lying invention of their old enc
mics, the plutOcrats. Senators Butler,
Pettigrew, and Allen and other conspicu-
Gus Populists in Washington do not look
for big turnout Of the faithful at Sioux
Falls, but they expect an orderly intelli-
gent. earnest representation of the best
there is in Populism. Their followers,
they say are not the kind of men who
would n aftnnd-
ing a convention. and even IL they would
be willing to have somebody pay their ex-
penses there would be no money for the
purpose. 1t is reported on the other hand
that even the railroads are so vastly in
terested in the Cincinnati end Of the game
that they are going to haul delegates there
free Of cost. Who will pay the hotel bills
is not known. When this subject was
brought to the attention OF Senator Petit
grew yesterday by Times representative
and he was asked what it all meant any
way, the Senator blnked his eyes like an
owl and said as he moved off: Mark Han
na-that's what 1t means-Mark Hannal"
As to WOOdruR's Vests-Tbe Hon.
Timothy L. Woodruff. plump as a par
fridge and joyous as a meadow lark, stood
in the lobby of the Arlington Hotel yes
terday afternoon surrounded by an ad-
miring coterie Of statesmen. His frock
coat was lared wide open, exposing his
rOtundity and also a vest that was made OF
the same material as the coat. 1t was a
modest waistcoat in every particular.
Why has so much Misrepresentation been
spread abroad in the land concerning your
yests2' asked a Times reporter. The can
didate for the Republican nomination for
the Vice Presidency smiled good naturedly
and gave ready answer. For the life Of
me. % said he. Il can't account for it,
Some New York journalist must have been
hard up for something to write about a year
or two ago. and started the story about
my peuchant for loud vests. 1t has been
going its merry rounds ever since, and
nothing | can do or say will stop it. My
clothes are always conventional, and, so
far as I am aware, there Is never anything
multi-coIored or vociferous even about my
neckwear. Still the waistcOat story must
have its run. l suppose, and when you
gentlemen tire Of it It will stop. But not
before. Ny word for that. Not until the
gentlemen who write for the newspapers
tire of this pleasant little romance about !
my vests will it cease finding its way Into !
print and into the minds OF my country |
men," Governor Woodruff refused to dis |
,uss his candidacy for second place on the |
ticket with Mr.. Mckinley. He avows that /
The sole object Of his visit 10 Washington T!
At this time was TO attend a club dinner I
At the Arlington. He came Friday evening /
and put In a busy. day yesterday with .
politicians of high and low degree. Mrs. /
accompanied him. and she is said /
o be quite as skilled a politician as Is her /
rank. outspoken, and ambitious husband. /