The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Now for the Cnmnnirn.-This We.

! political calm. Speeches of acceptance by
the candidates. interviews with the lead
ers. the comings and goings of the party
managerial of these things have failed
TO generate more than a passing breeze,
which has failed to move the political craft
cut OF the doldrums. But marked change
/ will be ushered in this week Mr.. Bryan
will invade the East and the Rough Rider
| will go cantering to the West. The Demo-
| cratic standard bearer will attack the Re-
/ publican ghold of Maryland at Cum
/ berland Tuesday evening, and the follow
| ing day he will enter West Virginia for a
! speechmaking tour. From West Virginia
| he will go into Mr.. McKinleys State and
/ tell the Ohioans at Cleveland and other
points not yet scheduled of the dangers
threatening the Republic under the rule of
Mr. Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley. From Ohio
| Mr. Bryan will continue his course west
ward through Indiana and Illinois, making
speeches at strategic points in both OF
those States, probably dipping down into
the edge of Kentucky before crossing the
Mississippi again. At st. Louis on Sep
TENDER Is he is to be the guest Of a big
Bryan and Stevenson club whose member
ship is composed wholly of commercial
travellers. He will on this occasion deal
exclusively with the subject of the trusts.
and it is expected that he will handle this
theme quite as exhaustvely as he handled
the subject of Imperialism in his Indian
apolis speech of acceptance. Then he will
return home to Lincoln for a few days
rest, after which he will resume work on
the stump In the West. Mr.. Bryan will
come East again about the 1st of October
and make speeches in New York, New Jer-
sey. Connecticut, and Delaware. The Rough
Rider will attend the Platt machines
State convention at Saratoga next Tuesday.
and though until recently he was violently
opposed to the nomination of the Hon. B.
B. Odell to succeed him as Governor. new
ertheless under the direction Of Mr.. Plat
he will make a speech for odell. and Of
course. will laud the lobbyist to the sky.
On Wednesday the Lone Hero of the Span
ish war will start for the far West and
he will remain on the other side of the
Allegheny Mountains until the last of Octo
Der. He is kicking much against this long
tour OF the benighted West, but Mr. Hanna
brusquely refuses to alter the itinerary IN
any particular. Friday the Rough Rider
went from his retreat at Oyster Bay to
New York, carrying his speeches to be re-
yised by Mr.. Hanna before they are de-
livered. Roosevelt will be whooping up
the cowboys of the new mountain States
for two weeks while Mr.. Bryan is ham
mering away at the Administration in
West Virginia. Maryland, and the Middle
West. Scores of other orators of both
parties will also be spouting eloquence and
wisdom from the hastings in all parts OF
the Union at the same time The pros
pect, therefore. is for an awakening all
down the line within the next ten days.
Thnyer's Hard Fight.-The friends of
the Hon. John p. Thayer. Of the Third
district Of Massachusetts,. fear that the
Democrats viii lose his able counsel in
the Fifty-seventh Congress. The district
he represents at present normally is Re-
publican by about 1000 plurality, and in
Presidential election it is thought the lines
will be drawn too close by his aristocratic
Yankee constituents 10 permit tribune
OF the people, such as he is, TO come to
Congress. Still, he is going TO make even
harder fight this year than he made two
years ago. when he defeated the Hon. Jo-
seph II. Walker and humbled that naughty
statesman's pride in The dust. The RepuD-
licans of the district have not yet nom-
mated their candidate. though 1t is likely
that they Will select as their standard
bearer the Hon. Frank R. BatcheIdeE who
is not unknown to fame or wholly ignorant
OF the devious ways OF craftsmanship, by
reason of the fact tha3 he has been much
in Washington as the private secretary OF
the Aforementioned Mr. Walker. It Is pre-
dicted that If the Republicans do select
Batcbelder Mr.. Thayer will stand a much
better show of reelection than he would il
they should pit against him statesman OF
more experience and prestige An advan-
tage which Mr.. Thayer will have in the
race is that his most distinguished con-
stitucnt was until quite recently the most
exuberantly verbose anti-imperialist In
the country. Reference is had to the Hon.
George Frishie Hoar Mr. Thayer is a
consistent and highly Intelligent anti-im'
pe-ialist and it is presumed that during
his days of despair over the fate of the
Republic because OF the criminal agrees
SION of the Administration in the Orient,
Senator Hoar educated heaps of his people
up to the evils OF Imperialism. and Mr..
Thayer will derive some benefit from This
in his race for Congress.
Depev Is HustIinE.-That great inter-
national orator the Hon. Chauncey Mitch
ell Depew, returned a few days ago from
his annual inspection of affairs in Europe,
and after relating at various dinners his
marvellous experiences and escapades with
the crowned heads Of the Old World he
has buekled on his armor and has gone
forth to do battle for the trusts and i'm
perialism. The first duty to which he was
assigned by Mr.. Hanna was to shake
down" his eminent clients, the Wander
bits and the distinguished Senator has |
gone to Newport to perform that service. |
Instead of going by the rail route DR.. De- |
pew accepted an invitation to become the |
guest of President Stillman. of the Stand |
ard oil bank, on his yacht, and it is ex-
pected that they will sail into Newport |
harbor some time today. 1t will be re- |
membered that one of the officials of Mr.. |!
Stillman's bank wrote Secretary Gage a |
queer letter during the tendency of the |
last bond transaction. reminding the Sec |
rotary of the Treasury of the fact that the |
was indebted to the Stand |
ard Oil bank for liberal contributions to |
Mr.. McKinley's first campaign fund. In
view of this fact IL is suspected that this |
sank does not feel obligated TO put up for
this campaign-that is. unless the obliga-
ton of the Administration of which Sec
rotary Gage was reminded has been dis
charged. The banks probable disincIina-
ton to help Mr.. Hanna out with funds
may account for the sudden friendship
that has sprung up between President
Stillman and Senator Depew. The Senator
is said TO be most seductive in the matter
Df getting campaign contributions from the
and il is thought that he has
to get money out of the Stand
ard Oil bank as well as out of the Wander
bits. BY the way it is related by men
who ordinarily do not talk idle gossip that |
in the campaign of 1892 DR.. Depew. who
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