The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-09
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Presidential Tickets. - The signs
point to a larger number of Presiden-
tial tickets in the field this year than has
ever before been presented 20 this gem
Grafton Of voters. Besides the regular Re-
publican and Democratic tickets It seems
not improbable that an element OF voters
OF both Of the great parties who are always
| dissatisfied with the way party affairs are
handled will conceive it their patriotic
| duty to rush to the rescue of the country
| with independent tickets. II appears 70
| be a foregOne conclusion that there Will
| be an independent Democratic movement
| OF more or less Importance. Not TO be
| 0utdone by their prototypes in the Demo-
cratic party IT is likely that Republican
| MugwumpS also viii put ticket in the
! held. An aggregation of unhappy persons
| calling themselves Socialist Democrats
! already have nominated ticket headed
| by the mounting Debs. 1t is not at all
| likely that the Middle of-the- Road Popu-
| lists will let the opportunity pass TO fulmi-
| nate in their own interesting and peculiar
way. They are expected to set up in
| business for themselves. with the assist
| ance of Mr.. Hanna and other patriots who
appreciate the value of the Middle-of- the
Readers in such a time of stress Il soon
will be upon the country The mid
hammered Prohibitionist, of course, viii
feel called upon to make the usual quad
/ rieEnial exhibition OF the faith that IS
( in him, and just to show the scohers that
( he knows something Of politics will nomi-
nate candidates for President and wee
"a ulqTfnrm
differ from every other pronunciamento
of the season. Then there's the dtsputd-
tious and optimistic Single Taxer. Having
failed to force his doctrines upon any OF
the other numerous political cults. the
Single Taxer this year threatens to indulge
himself in the delights of national
ticket The female suffrasists. too, are
growing dangerously defiant of the tyrant
man who continues to Cypress them The
emancipated females doubtless will put
out a ticket. This. then. gives the pros
pect of at least ten full-fedged Presiden-
tial tickets this year, and the returns are
not all in yet
The Republican Chairmnnship.-
The story has again started on its rouncs
to the effect that the Hon. Mark Hanna
will not be reelected Chairman CT the
Republican National Committee. Il has
been fully a week since this story fouc
its way into print. How often it has been
detailed with redundant circumsta1tillity
during the past six months is difficult to
say. This time the positive statement
is made that Mr.. Hanna is TO be succt els
by the Hon. Henry c. Payne. of Wisconsin,
who is now Vice Chairman of the ccm-
mittee and the greatest Vice Presidential
boomer the country has ever known. Il
course II Mr.. Hanna wants to quit the
Craftsmanship he will quit it. Also Of course
il he wants Colonel Payre to succeed him
the colonel will be the next chairman OF
the committee. This point is not in doubt
or dispute anywhere. But there is no evil
dence either that Mr.. Hanna desires t. be
relieved Of the craftsmanship or that he
wants the Wisconsin man to be eleya cd
to the place. The plain truth IS that
Colonel Paynes health is so pr5carious
that even if il had been planned to put the Z
management Of the next campaign in his |
hands his physicians would not permit /
kim 70 undertake the wcrk. The best /,
informed opinion leans strongly 10 the /
theory that If fer any reason Mr. Ha' ma I
should conclude to be relieved of the /
Craftsmanship Re would be succeeded by /
the Hon. Perry :. Heath. Mr.. Eeath has /
absorbed his political wisdom nom Mr.. |
Hanna and could be relied upon impli -itiy /
to follow the advise Of his meter in /
everything pertaining to the maaa cement /
of the campaign. It is we'll understood /
that this tentative programme has the I
hearty approval Of Mr. Mckinley. 1t is /
conditioned upon tests Of the party $ D.
timent in Ohio which IL Is said are now
being made by the Hen Charles Dick
through the State machine, Ct VIII ch he Is
Chairman. II the quiet canvass now going
on shows that Mr. Hanns's recollection as
National Chairman would cause trouble in
Ohio. then Dir. Hanna. il is known, very
willingly will let it be known at the
proper time that his declining heath ad-
monishes him to relinquish the arduous
work OF the National Committee But
before this announcement is made care
will have beer taken to pave the way
for Mr.. Heath's election as Chairman. II
ii should turn out that Mr.. Heath is net
available the Hon. Charles G.. Dawes It
is reported. will step into the breach.
However. it is not believed that ary OBJ
lection will be urged to Heath when it
is made manifest that he is the choice
Of both the President and Mr.. Hanna
Prurosc for second PInce.-Travel-
ars from Philadelphia for the past week
have been bringing TO Washington reports
1f unusual excitement in that town. It is
said that groups Of men have been seen
standing about on the streets and in the
public places discussing with uuwonted
some topic which is kept a pro-
'0und secret from all strangers. Mean
lime the newspapers have been limiting
nat some Thing Of very great Importance |
Vas on the tapis. The Quaker statesmen /
nave been holding secret caucuses after
lightfall and the policemen have been
instructed to keen strangers from ap-
lroaching within earshOt the halls in
which these conferences were held It
urns out that all Of this is preliminary to
he launching Of a Vice Presidential boom
or the Hon. Boise PgnrOse. This languid
statesman has remained steadily al his
,ost in Washington through all Of the ex-
itemeut in his town ard il is not be
ieved that news Of the goings-o at home
las reached him yet. When that section :
# the Republican National Committee
which is looking after the arrangements
or the convention was in Philadelphia a !
week or two ago the Hon. Joe Manley OF
~. 4 IL. l.