The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-25
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The Hon. John Wanamaker has his polit-
| ical harness girded about him and is max
ing the fight of his life against Quayism IN
Pennsylvania. Friends of the ex-senator
aver that the work of Mr.. Wanamaker Will
not accomplish an overwhelming amount OF
| good. They feel reasonably certain that
| Mr.. Quay viii be returned to the United
States Senate In the keystone State ma
tionaI issues are in the background. The
fight there is as to which of the TWO Re
publican factions shall win their cause.
| AT Huntingdon last night Mr. Wanamak-
| er said
The time has gone by when the ma
| chine which has disgraced the name of the
Republican party in Pennsylvania can die
| tate to any self-respecting man what is or
| what is not regular The machines claim
| to the possession of the right to do this IS
| as loudly made now as it ever was, but 1t
| is met with both indignation and ridicaie
where not so long ago it was listened to
| with fear The machine in Pennsylvania,
| though it flies the Republican flag, is no
| more Republican than JEFF Davis was
| Many people wonder how it is that SO
1nuch money at heavy odds is being wag-
| cred on the Mckinley election. They do
| not consider that a great part OF it is
cash disbursed by the Republican Cam
raign Committee and put down on the
profit AMI loss column of the committees
| books Referring to this the Harrisburg
| Patriot remarks:
| 1T will be recalled how, in the Rarri-
! son campaign, Quay was alleged to have
used the campaign committees money for
| betting purposes to bluff the people into
| believing that Harrison could not lose.
| The reckless odds offered on Mckinley
inspires the thought that perhaps Hanna
i is taking a lesson from the book Of the
! Pennsylvania boss
One reason, political observers of events
in Ohio say, why Mr.. Mckinley will lose
! many votes in his own State is because
of the fact that there have not been
enough offices to go round and the Buck
eye region is full of people who in addi-
ton to having been greatly disappointed
| are keenly resentful because of their mis-
| fortune in this respect Many or these
| care not a snap of a finger about MI Han
| ma receiving a new lease of power know
! ing as they do that he will have it, il Mr..
/ Mckinney is reelected These malcon-
| tents if they do not sulk in their tents
and refuse TO vote at all will. as pre- ent
! Indications point, cast their ballots for
Mr. Bryan.
Rottenness in the Republican city ad-
ministrations OF Cleveland and Columbus,
Ohio, overwhelming proof of which has
been brought to light the past two days,
! is causing alarm al Republican headquar-
tiers in that State The disclosures Of Of
fetal incompetency and corruption are OF
such a startling nature as to lead the Re
publican managers TO believe that both
CuyahOga and Franklin counties Will roll
Up Democratic majOTities-
| 1t is announced that the council will con-
slider impeachment proceedings against
! Mayor Swartz of Columbus, at next Mon
day nights meeting, for alleged Irregular
ties in Office.
In Cleveland. the City Council is inves-
tigating members of that body, who. ii Is
alleged, accepted brides. President Steuer,
OF the council, has been remanded 10 jail
for refusing to answer questions
Mr. Bryan has been asked to become
godfather to twins born to the wife Of
J. Schwartz, at SIS East Third Street,
New York Mr. Schwartz is 50 anxious
about this that he sent this note to
Tammany Hall yesterday:
To His ExcelIency, William Jennings
Byran, next President of United
States. Tammany Hall. Fourteenth
Street. New York:
Can a poor man. living IN the rear CT
31S East Third Street. whose wife has
| Just given birth to twin boys, have the
honor to have you act as godfather?
Ceremony next Sunday morning at S:15
o'clock
Chairman BIumenthaI of the Commit
tee OF Speakers. says he Will give the
! han ha he's q
city.
Although the little town of Fernwood.
, N Y, has only one Democrat. he IS
making a lively campaign. He decided to
raise Bryan pole Tuesday. and after
making the arrangements he sent to
, Pulaski and neighboring villages for six
teen others, who came and assisted in the
pole-raising ceremonies, VII ch were held
! in the public square The town was
t filed with spectators, and they remained
and heard the addresses at the Democrat
ic meeting which followed
Rabbi Charles Fieizcher. of Boston, was
the star attraction at three anti-imperial-
5 it meetings in New York last night. Rabbi
FIeischer said in part:
1T is an insult to the intelligence Of this
5 people to attempt to force upon them any
issue but that of our national conscience
and moral integrity. That is the real is
: sue. We talk Of our honor Now is the
tine to be actively jealous Of it, by seeing
to it that we emerge from this crisis with
that honor untarnishsd by immoral con-
duct as nation
LAS for prosperity can conceive Of a
: connection between that and political con-
ditions, but if the Republican party Is to
receive credit for the comparative prosper
ity Of 1896 TO 1900, it must shoulder the
| blame for the panic Of 1873 and be prepar-
ed to assume responsibility, if continued in
power, for the hard times which eeono-
? mists tell US are sure to be with us again
= in year or two, whatever President is
5 elected
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