The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-15
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upon tne party organization
Sherman for senate secrctary.-It
ia said that Senator Platt. in the exer-
else OF the privilege conferred upon him
by the Senate Republican combine to
name the successor OF Secretary Cox, has
rendered the place to Representative
James Schoolcraft Sherman of the Tween
,y-fnh New York district. 1t Is also
reported that Mr.. Sherman has accepted
the offer and that his name will be
presented TO the caucus Friday afternoon.
when an effort viii be made to complete
ly reorganize the Senate staff strictly
along party lines. The report that Mr..
Sherman has agreed to surrender po-
sltIon of commanding influence in the
House for relatively unimportant Office
In the Senate, where he cannot possibly
have any voice in legislation, is causing
surprise and much comment. Mr Sher-
man was the only candidate for Speaker
General Henderson's friends had cause
to fear last spring. Why he willingly
submits to complete efTacement at the
behest of the Plat machine Is one OF
those mysteries OF Republican politics
with which the party bosses astound the
country every once in a while 1t is
well understood why Mr.. Shermans
Speakership candidacy was so short-lived,
and IL is thought to be possible for the
same quiet influences which defeated him
in that contest to bring disaster TO him
and the Plat machine in their present
enterprise. Mr.. Platt's colleagues re-
jected his selection of Gen. James ;.
Clarkson for reasons that may be urged
against Representative sherman so 1t is
said II the opposition manifested in The
case of Clarkson should assert itself in
the case of Sherman, the caucus next
Friday probably will adjourn without
doing anything. The combine Of which
Senator Plat is a member is pledged to
the decapitation OF both Secretary Cox
and Sergeant -at-Arms Bright. OF course,
il Sherman is defeated the supporters
of Col Dan Ransdell for Bright's place
will consider the occasion inauspt-
cious for their man. This probability
appears TO offer strong hope for a further
lease of official life to Messrs. Cox and
Bright The latter is making such
strong fight to hold on to his place that |
it seems not improbable that he will win |
in the manner indicated.
Bliss In the Wcst.-National Commit |
teeman X. c. Kerens, OF Missouri, who Ii |
was popularity supposed, had been eclipsed |
at the White House by the rude and sud |
den passage across his orbit of Secretary |
Hitchcock. appears still to be in thorough !
accord with the wishes and aims of the |
Administration. Colonel Kerens is the first |
Western member Of the party organization
to take up the movement for Cornelius n. |
Bliss for Mr. Mckinley's running mate.
The Mlssouran. who is now in the East.
declares that Mr.. Bliss is very popular in
the West and Is just the man for second |
place on the ticket this year. Colonel
Kerens' advocacy of Mr.. Bliss is fresh evil
dence Of the truth of the report. first pub
lished by The Times. that Mr. Bliss. by
OF the Plat machine, has been Sc
lected By the Administration as Mr. Nc
Kinleys running mate. Colonel kerens,
since the elimination of Chauncey |. Filley
is the undisputed Republican boss OF Mis-
souri, provided, OF course. that Secretary
Hitchcock does not descend from his ele-
waited perch in the solar walks of politics
and send the colonel to the rear kerens,
also is one OF the controlling factors in the
political machine maintained by the rail-
road interests OF the trans Mississippi re-
glon. This is a guarantee OF the utmost
harmony" for Bliss all down the line In
the States controlled by the political ma
chine OF the railroads. It is, therefore,
safe to predict that within the next month
Or six weeks Mr.. Bliss will be quite as
popular in the West as he now is In the
East. and that the Philadelphia conven-
ion will be merely ratification meeting.