The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-01
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
when Rathbonc Come. uome-Tb

When Rathbonc Comes Homc.-The
Hon. Estes G. Rathbo3e, who was appoint
ed Director General Ii the Cuban pos al
service by the Hon. Mark Hanna, and dis
charged from thae responsible pcs ton by
the Hon. Joseph Z. bristow, OF Kansas,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, who
is now in Cuba trying TO find what is lett
OF the postal revenues after sundry enter
prising statesmen of Muncie, Ind, have
had whack at them, will arrive in Wash
inSton early next week. This statement is
made upon the authority OF an Ohi.a1,
who usually knows in advance what The
people close to the Administration are 60
ing to do. This Ohioan is also responsible
for the prediction that Rathbone very
promptly and thoroughly will clear his
skirts of all Of the fifth which is sup
posed TO have been spattered thereon by
the too rash endeavo,s of the greedy Nicely
to make hay while the sun shcne upon II I'm
Rathbone handled an important part OF Tn :
work which resulted in the election OF MI.
Hanna to the Senate at the hands OF
Legislature that was distinctly htsti e to
Mr.. Mckinley's political mentor and man
ager. Rathbone's official organ at Havana,
La Lucha." has intimated very broadly
be at Washington to turn their lacks upon
him when he arrives here. What is meant
by this ominous threat, of course, is not
known. 1t is surmised however, that its
significance appeals with especial force to
some OF the members OF the Senate, par
ticularly those grave apd reverend segnors
VINO have recently been awakened to a
sense of their responsibility to the coun-
try in the matter of preserving the imree-
cability of the Senatorial toga. 1t is fatty
stated that Rathbone will talk out in meet
ing when he gets here if the atmo sphere OF
the Senate wing of the Capitol is sur
charged with accusations against his probi-
ty, patriotism, or prescience. For nearly
twenty years Colonel Rathbone has been
intimately identified with Republican cam
paign management, not to speak of the i'm
portant part he played in the great victory
achieved by Mr.. Hanna in hostile Legisla-
ture at Columbus. Not the least of Rath-
bones performances was his snatching OF
victory from the jaws of defeat in the Gar
field campaign in Indiana, when the Hen.
Blocbs-of-Five Dudley held the reins of
power that now rest in the mighty IaptoIial
claws of the Hon. Mark Hanna. Where
fore, who is there that will dare bite his
thumbs at Rathbone?
The New York COnventiOn.-News
from the metropolis is to the effect that
the Democratic politicians at the Hoffman
House and at Tammany Hall yesterday
made statements which indicate that the
State convention. next Tuesday may turn
out to be the biggest kind of political sur
prise party. Friends of former Senator
Hill who talked with him yesterday say
there will be no fight in. the convention If
q clp = hut tha ir,na
they say that a resolution instructing the
delegates to the National Convention TO
vote for Mr. Bryan eahnct be adopted. Mr..
Hill has received a3poSitive promise from
the Kings Countysf (Rrooklyn) leaders, SO
ii is stated, that Gfty-seven of the sixty
three delegates from. that county will vote
with him against Instructions. 1t is said
that he will also have The support of for
mer Senator Edward Murphy and all of
the followers of the latter if there is
fgh. on the question of instructions. The
Tammany leaders are reported to have said
yesterday that the, Democrats of New York
favored the nomination of Mr.. Bryan, and
that the State convention would instruct
the delegates to Kansas City to vote for
him. They said that Mr.. Hill wanted
peace and harmony in the convention next
Tuesday, because he was afraid of the
Bryan sentiment and dared not risk los
luS Oh tHerl StAst AZ
curding to the talk reported from Tam
many Hall yesterday. Mr.. Hill would
rather get complete control of the State
committee than prevent instructions for
Mr.. Bryan The Tammany leaders say that
Hill knows the sentiment of the party is
for Bryan. and that no matter how many
delegates he has pledged in advance he
cannot hold them in line against a resolu-
tion of instructions. These Tammany lead
ers evidently have not forgotten how they
tried to prevent any mention of Bryan at
their Fourth of July celebration last year,
and how the Brobdingnaglan Hogg, of
Texas, upset their plans and turned the
celebration into wild demonstration for
Bryan and the Chicago platform. Mr.. Hill
and his friends also are familiar with that
incident. and are afraid that something or
the kind may happen in the State Conven-
ton next Tuesday. According to the state
ments which reached Washington yester-
day. the Tammany leaders are determined
to move a resolution to instruct the ma
tional delegates for Mr. Bryan. They say
it will pass. The question all Democrats
in Washington are asking is: VIII Hill
dare make fight against such a resolu-
ton?