The evening times., 1900-01-04
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Democratic National Chairmnnship.

Democratic National Chairmanship.
The Cuberson boom for Chairman OF tae
Democratic National Committee continues
to rumble through the land. When spoken
to by newspaper writer's Senator Culberson
treats the subject indifferently, in a sense.
His one remark to them all is that there
is nothing in it," At the same time most
of the members OF the Texas delegation are
actively working for him. Some of them
have sent kilograms to friends in other
States asking that the matter be industri-
ouSly agitated The persistence OF the
Texans is regarded in some quarters as sig
nifying a growing disposition on their part
TO ignore some of the wishes of Colonel
Bryan. 1t has never been denied that
Colonel Bryan has expressed preference
for Senator Jones as chairman of the COM
mittee. The unbroken rule is for the party
nominee to choose the campaign MANAGE.
1t follows. therefore. that opposition TO
the election OF Senator Jones Is opposition
20 Coione, Bryan. The inference is being
drawn that IL the Nebraskan were not los
ing strength in Texas Texans at Wash
ington would not act counter to his de-
sires. Another construction being put on
the case is that the lively boom started for
Senator Culberson is really meant to dis
count whatever prestige former Governor
Hogg may acquire by reason OF the fact
that he is the chosen companion OF Colonel
Bryan on the approaching invasion OF tine
enemy's country" and may, therefore. be
the Nebraskan's second choice for Chair
man OF the National Committee. This, in
turn, is said to have purely Texas bear
ing. There is a warm contest in Texas
over the Senatorship between Senator Chii-
ton aid the Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey.
HOsg is known TO be Senator Chilton's
strongest and most resourcefu supporter.
Hence. IL Hogg should be sprung by Col
onei Bryan as Chairman Jones successor.
the Senatorial stock of Mr.. Chiffon would
go up as that of young Mr.. Bailey went
down.
Kansas Row.-Between Represen-
tatiyes Willis J. Bailey and Charles Curtis
of Kansas there is said to exist a widening
gulf that threatens TO involve the whole
Republican contingent of the Kansas dele
cation in lively row. The two states
men live in the same district, the First.
Mr.. Bailey is a Representative at large.
As the story goes, he agreed with Mr..
Curtis in the last campaign to accept the
nomination for the whole State only on
condition that in the next election Mr.
Curtis take the at-large nomination and
permit Mr.. Bailey TO be the party's stan
dard bearer in the district. The reason for
this was twofold on the part Of Mr. Bal
ley. The most important was that ii costs
several times as much money and hard
work to make a canvass of the whole state
as to contine ones efforts to n single dis
trict. The other reason was that the at
large candidate is in much more danger OF
defeat than the First district candidate. II
is claimed that the compact was solemnly
entered into by the two statesmen in 1898
and that Mr. Curtis now boldly repudiates
it. The affair is said TO have set the en-
tire party in Kansas by the ears, and the
dispute ii has engendered is raging with
characteristic Kansas fury. a short while
ago the venerable and yenerated Judge
Horton was agreed upon as arbitrator of
the dispute. Judge Horton, it is said. en-
tered exhaustively into the question, lis
tening patiently TO a mass OF testimony
on both sides, and finally declared that Mr..
Curtis was obligated by the terms of the
agreement TO step aside in the district for
Mr. Bailey and take his chances for cleo
ton in the State at large. This it is said
Mr. Curtis positively refuses to do and de-
clarcs il his intention TO bitterly contest
the district nomination. 1t is stated that
Mr. Bailey is equally as firm in his deter
mination TO make the race in the First
district and this clash threatens the Re
publicans not alone with the loss OF one
but of two Representatives in the next
Congress. The Democrats and Populists,
of course. are vastly pleased by the pros
pect