The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
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nv iopuhstt ia me-From the inner
circle-the sanctum saDctorum-of the
| fopulist National Committee there comes
story of the finely laid scheme OF Senators
Butler, Allen, and others of the big man
ayers OF the party to steal a march on
the extremists who are congratulating
themselves that they have put the Demo
Gratis in the hole by setting the National
convention at Sioux Falls at date too
early for the Democrats TO get around.
when the conservative leaders realized
that opposition TO snap convention meant
serious party trouble and an early split
they ceased their efforts to fix the ,conven-
| tlon date TO suit the convenience Of the
| democrats and permitted the extremists
| TO select May as the time and the re-
! mote South Dakota town as the place. 1t
was realized then and is now that this
Date would give the whip hand to Senators
Butler and Allen over the Democrats in
their respective States. Each OF these
candidates is a candidate for reelection
TINS year, and it so happens that in the
| state OF each there is dangerous Demo-
cratic disaffection on the fusion question
| as affecting them. But II the Sioux Falls
convention dominates Bryan as the Popu-
| llst candidate for President ahead of the
| Democrats this action will add immeas-
| urable strength to both Butler and Allen
among the Democrats of their respective
States. II will particularly aid Senator
Butler in North Carolina, to whose De-
| mocracy he can appeal for support on the
ground that he largely was instrumental,
as Chairman of the Populist National Com
mittee. in holding the Populists firmly in
line for Bryan. Unquestionsbly this would
prove effective for Senator Buffers pur-
poses. But IT, by some unforeseen acct
dent, the Sioux Falls convention, follow
ing the lead of the irreconcilable Populists
! in Nebraska who now appear to be set
against Bryan, should fail to nominate
him both Senators would be in an even
| better position to demand terms Of the
Democrats in their States on the pledge
either of getting the Sioux Falls ticket
Withdrawn or Of throwing that ticket in
favor OF Bryan. The prospects, however,
are all in favor OF Bryan's nomination at
SIOUX Falls, with the second place on the
ticket being left vacant for the Democrats
to fill at their Kansas City convention.
This would exactly reverse the order of
things as they were arranged in 1886. and
would be of some value in that il would
very greatly tickle the vanity of the Popu-
lists. gentleman high in the authority
OF the Populist national organization told
Times representative yesterday that this
latter surmise was an accurate forecast
OF the principal feature OF his party's pro-
gramme. You see" said he, I'VE can
nominate Bryan in May though we can SO
arrange it as to save him from embarrass-
ment by postponing the formal notification
to him until after the Democrats have
nominated him in July. Bryan could then
accept our nomination and we could accept
the running mate selected for him at Kan
sas City. Then, you see, fusion would be
ind ling al
than it was in the last campaign. At the
same time Senator's Butler and Allen
would hold hewhfp hands over their
Democratic oppo1ents, With even only the
barest authority. Of this game in mind,
who can deny that Senators Butler and
Allen know something about politics 81
The Wheeler observation-disclosures
istration influence as was expected, has
been used to kill Representative Charles
X Wheeler's resolution calling for the Of
fetal correspondence between former Con-
sui Macrum and the State Department dur
ing his service at Pretoria Word has been
received by the Republican House leaders
that the resolution must be smothered
This word came from the White House 1t.
Of course, follows that the Administration
is afraid Of what the correspondence might
that his resolution is lost but he is still
making efforts TO have II brought up. Said
he yesterday. 81 am aware that my resolu-
tion will be smothered 1t is row on the
Speakers desk. / have repeatedly asked
Speaker Henderson 10 take some action
and he has promised to do SO. He has
done nothing with 1t yet. and | do not
longer hope for anything to be done. 1t is
an effort 10 prevent the investigation called
Will
The Gold DemOcrats.-Out at In
dianapolis the other day several gentle
men Of responsibility and faded glory woke
up from long nap and proclaimed them
selves members of the Gold Democratic
National Committee, which organization
has not yet attained a place in current
political history as distinct entity. These
respectable gentlemen made announcement
TO the general effect that their party is
going TO hold a National Convention this
year and nominate a ticket-presumably
meaning 10 name their candidates for
President and Vice President 1t is vaguely
recalled by people who have not been busy
of late that few years ago these gentle
men did the same thing they are now talk
ing about doing. But at that time they
had what the newly cultured Mr.. Sibley
of Pennsylvania would call some raison
d'etre. II they have that now few persons
appear TO be aware of IT, in view of the
fact that the Republicans have adopted the
financial principles for which the gold |
Democrats we're supposed TO be fighting in
1896 However since the Hon. William D.
Bynum has been nominated by President
Mckinley for a life position In the Federal
service as a gold Democrat, It is sug-
gested that around him his party will rally
and point with pride to him as their plat
form and candidate combined. 1t lie sus-
pected that by this means the Democracy
could be sufficiently weakened in Indiana
as to assure that State again for the Re
publicans.
A Bunch of Tulips-Almost sinful |
taneously with President fMcKinley's off |
cial approval yesterday of the Single Gold |
Standard bill a gaily bedecked messenger
burst, effulgent, into the room OF the |
Hon. II. II. Hanna, OF indianapolis, at the |
Arlington, with a huge bunch of yellow
tulips In the centre of which there nes-
tied white rose. Accompanying the flow
ers was note briefly reciting that the |
flowers we're sent in payment of
bet made four years ago, when ap-
parently this country was as far
away from the perpetuation Of the |