The evening times., 1900-10-11
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Secretary Gage will make no further re-
ply to Carl scAurz. The Secretary says
the discussion between them has now
reached the purely controversial stage, and
he does not believe the public takes any
interest in it,
Mr.. Gage says he does not think il neces-
sary to reply to Mr.. Schurz's quotation of
one of his {the Secretary's) earlier inter
views against his later statement. In July
last the Secretary in defending the new
gold standard law. praised it as a strong
act which threw many safeguards about
the system,
John W. Ella. Democratic Civil Service
Commissioner OF Illinois, and one of the
trainers of the State law favors all inves-
tigation of the political assess ments
which it is charged are now being levied
upon offcials OF the police department.
formal declaration to this effect was
made yesterday. No evidence has been
forthcoming that the work of collection
has been started. Mayor Harrison ridi-
euieS the charges and charaeteriZes them
as mere rubbish.
The State law covering the points in
volved fol1ows: mo officer or employe
of such a city shall solicit. orally or by
letter, or receive or pay, or be in any
or paying. any assessment. subscription.
or contributor for any party or political
purpose wfa.ever.'
The penalty3 prescribed is fine of not
less than $50 and not more than 81 900. or
Imprisonment in the county Jail for
term of six months or both fine and i'm
prisonment, to he determined in the dis
cretion of the court.
ENoar rfa ayI-c nF Ind IN
diana is for Mckinley It is not likely
that he would care to say otherwise. He
is reported to have said: Indiana is Ger
tain for Mckinley The State is already
won We are ready to vote now. What
changes may occur hereafter will be in
our favor, l never spoke 80 such crowds
as l have addressed the last week. Mr..
Bryan has been making the NEST reckless
and absurd statements in his speeches IN
Indiana. He declared that our treaty with
the Sultan OF Sulu countenanced slavery.
The President ran his pencil through that
clause Of the treaty and that is a matter
of record not to be denied"
Gen. John c. Black, United States Dis
trict Attorney for Northern Illinois uE-
der President Cleveland, has declared for
Mckinley and Roosevelt The Republi-
can State Committee of Illinois is now
making speaking engagements for him.
General Black was a Gold Democrat in
1896 and was urged 20 take the Gold
Democratic nomination for Governor. His
attitude in this campaign was in doubt
until he sent word to Republican State
headquarters that he was ready to go on
the stump for the Republican ticket.
Colonel Quay is now prefacing his
speeches with the statement: You see
before you the next United States Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania"
1t is given out at the headquarters OF
the Republican State Central Committee Of
Wisconsin that Republican leaders in the
State are ''cnirking up considerably of
late, which, it is said. is quite reversal
OF feeling from that shown three weeks
ago, Then the apathy everywhere was
uRaccountable, and with no one willing
TO talk politics or have anything to do
with political work there was no way OF
getting a line on the popular feeling. and
leaders became very suspicious and nery-
Gus Now, it is said, the Republicans are
cheerfully predicting all sorts of plurali-
ties for the national and State tickets in
the State.
Now, then, we are asked to give up our
material prosperity. Why are We asked to
give it up? For the sake OF turning over
the Philippines to an unspeakably cruel
and an unspeakably corrupt syndicate of
Chinese half breeds. IT. Roosevelt, at
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Il wish to God We were off the Philip
pines and had them off our hands, and
many other Republicans are thinking the
same. IT. Roosevelt, April 3. 1899.
The cold wave came as preface to Mr.
Harrison's letter. TIE letter sounds as
though it had been written with an ice pick
while the author was in cold storage,
Ex-senator David B. Hill Will speak at
Cleveland, Ohio, October 20.