The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP
The Ants Are Uncertain.--At Ind


The Ants Are Cncertain.--At Indi-
annapolis today there are gathered great
er number of professed anti-imperialists
! than have ever been assembled in tbs
! country And they don't know what they
are going to do. This sounds strange TO
| Democrats One faction of the ants in
| sist upon nominating a ticket of their own.
| The reason they assign for this is that the
Democrats are Conducting direct a.
| tack upon the institutions OF our country
| in that they advocate dishonest moaey
and threaten the integrity of the judiciary
| and that the Republican party is Col-
| Quoting an indirect attack upon the insti-
tutions of our country. AT home IL cor
rupts the public morals by selling p-b- C
offices and special privileges to the highest
contributors to party assets; abroad 1t
wages wicked war of conquest in viola
ton of the principles Of the Declaration
OF Independence. And then the ants pro-
coed to summarize thus: No man serves
we'll his country who joins in either OF
these attacks. Party to neither, thereto: e,
but opponents of both. we pledge our hon
est efforts, etc. One of the New York Ge.-
egates describes the quandary OF the ants
thus: If Mckinley, who seems to be train
Is
he will declare that his imperialist policy
has been endorsed. II Bryan, who is at
lacking the Administrations imperialist
policy, is elected, he will declare
silver has been endorsed. Either
would be contrary to our views" On
the whole 1t begins to appear that Mr..
Hanna has captured the ants horse foot
and Dragons. They refuse to accept the
Democratic declaration that Imperialism.
and not free silver is the paramount is
sue of the campaign. On the contrary,
they take up the cry of the Republicans
that 1G to ! is the paramount issue. Ey-
cry mothers son of them who thus far
has raised his raucous voice at Indiana
polls seems TO be a goldbug above all
things else and bent upon the defeat of
Mr.. Bryan. Being goldbugs first, means
that they are Republicans and that they
do not intend for their agitation to take
one vote from Mr.. Mckinley and give ii
to Mr.. Bryan. Still, Carl Schurz and the
other real leaders of the movement have
not made their influence felt at Indiana
polls yet. and when they get there il is
possible that the tone OF the meeting will
be radically changed The spirit of the
Hon. George Frisbie Hoar seems to be
dominating the councils OF the ants
Mr. inGton's Death.-The death
of no other American, broad as the asser-
ton sounds, could be fraught with such ma
tional interest as that of Coils P HuGtin =
ton, which is reported today from his stunt
mer retreat in the Adirondacks Its effects
upon national legislation Will be manifested
, in variety of ways that viii be compra-
] hended only by the initiated No other man
! of his time-perhaps no other man at any
period of the nations history-wieIded
such power at Washington, and thus ram =
fed with his influence the politics and
business interests OF every part of the
country. Mr.. Huntington was not often in
/ Washington. But his giant hand was here
always He was not a corruptioaist III the
] common acceptation OF that term. II is
probable that he used less money TO ac-
| complish results in Congress and in other
departments OF the Government than any
man whose interests demand close atten-
/ tion at Washington. OF course, he MAIN
/ tanned powerful lobby here, but this lob
/ by has never disbursed much coin of the
realm in accomplishing results. Mr..
/ Huntington mastered members of both
houses Of Congress by playing upon their
/ weaknesses in other directions than that
I which leads to open bribery He WAS a
/ giant among pigmies with them He
played with them like pawns. He
I oyerawed them with tho Irui
/ Strength OF his intellect Whether he was
/ Democrat or Republican vas never very
clear. Nor did this doubt ever interfere
. with the development of his purposes He
! bent men of ali parties to his will with
I equal facility Charles Francis Adams,
/ than whom there is no subtIer or more ac-
complished mind in America, is quoted as
/ declaring, after years of close business as
! ISOLATION with him, that Huntington was
/ the greatest man in the United States.
! Scores OF other men of broad acquaintance
and large affairs who knew Mr. Huntington
think that Mr.. Adams estimate is not too
! high. That Mr.. Huntngton's tremendous
! influence was not confined to California or
/ the line of his great railroad system was
/ shown by the opposition which he arrayed
+ IN Congress to isthmian canal legislation
/ With astounding regularity this PROPOSE
/ ton has been held in check for years by
! the votes Of Representatives and Senators
/ bailing from all parts of the country, and
/ that Huntington pulled the strings in ev-
| cry case has never been doubted. Now
! that he has Joined the great majority it is
/ confidently expected that all organized op-
position TO the Nicaragua Canal viii cease
! ami that Congress will move swiftly in the
/ development OF that stupendous national
! enterprise.