The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-14


and cause the party to present solid front
all along the line. Also. it is thought that
he would poll many thousands of Repub-
lican votes. With Shively and the old
guard of Sc working for him, it is not
doubted that he would hold the Tree silver
vote together. His withdrawal from the
! Vice Presidential race removes Indiana
from the list Of States that will present
! the names of favorite sons to the Kansas
4 City Convention for the second place on
i the ticket 1t is believed that this will
very considerably simplify the Vice Presi-
Dental problem. 1t leaves Illinois the only
i Western State that will probably figure
I prominently in the second place matter.
And it is thought that the friends of the
? Hon. Adlai f. Stevenson will row know
how to proceed to business.
lis Foraker Doomed THE friends of
the Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker are just
4 beginning to realize that there is consid-
cradle danger ahead of him. The splendid
personal organization which he built up
while fighting the Hanna Mckinley crowd
has disintegrated since he attached HIM
self to the interests of the men who are
known very cordially to despise him. This
leaves him wholly dependent upon the
ley. He has been serving them well from
the beginning of his partnership with
I them. 1t is we'll known that had he been
| disposed to Eefentlessly pursue the VEN
delta he couid-have given Mr.. Mckinley
a form Of trouble in Ohio four years ago
that would have embarrassed the Hanna
machine in all parts OF the country. 1t Is
also we'll known that II Senator Foraker
had not kept faith with his new partners
nj nj I., A
istration. notably the Oxnard Porto Rcan
tariff bill. would not have got through
Congress. Mr.. Foraker has asked in vain
for reward for this faithful service. lie
was extremely anxious for his own benefit
to have the Porto Rican legislation en-
dcrsed by name in the Ohio platform re-
Gently adopted He wrote a plank en-
bodying this idea and entrusted this to
Messrs. Hanna and Grosvenor for inser-
tion in the platform. They accepted the
plank from him in this city. with the dis
tinct understanding that they would insert
it in the platform. When they presented
the platform to the convention at Column
bus for adoption they had Conveniently
forgotten all about the Foraker plank.
This leaves upon Senator Foraker all of
the odium CT the Porto Rican tariff and
other unpopular legislation affecting the
island. without an endorsement of his
that his hope now is to be made chairman
of the committee on resolutions at the
Philadelphia Convention, 81 that he can !
personally see to it that his Porto Ricln I
legislation Is endorsed by the party. The |
Legislature which will choose Senator For |
aker's successor will be elected next year. !
II President Mckinley is reelected n No /
vcmber. the chances are two to one that !
he could hold Ohio in the Republican line !
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patronage. despite the fact that the Demo-
cratic sentiment in that State is growing
very rapidly. But Fcrakers friends are
beginning to suspect that Messrs. Hanna /
and Mckinley will not attempt to hold
Ohio in line next year. Under the rule
which has governed Ohio politics for more
than generation. il will be up to- the
Democrats to elect a Senator in the Buck
eye State next year. Mr.. Hanna would
tor frcm the State. fer then he could con-
troll the patronage without causing SO
much adverse cclaineIt. With these pros
poets in view il cannot be claimed that
the future is altogether lovely for the
Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker.
Here IL Il Poscr.-The friends Of Major
George W. Kirkman of the Forty fourth
Volunteer Infantry are preparing nice
mess of trouble for the Administration.
Major Kirkman is a West Point graduate
and al officer in the Regular Army who is
now serving in the volunteer service with
n higher rank BY order of General Otis
he recently was court at Manila
under the Sixty-second Article of War, on
the charge of conduct unbecomiug an Off
Ger and gentleman. The sentence of the
court martial dismissal from the
Army, than which no greater disgrace can
be visited upon an Army officer. Mlj1r
friends, some of whom are
among the most influential men in I'LL
nois have carried his case to the War De-
partment for review, and will soon begin
10 bring very great pressure to bear upon
the Department for his reinstatement I:
Some delicate points are involved in the .
,ase. Major Kirkman had the misfortune
10 affront Catholic priest who was pas
senger on a transport with him to the
On arrival at Manila the
priest preferred charges of drunkenness
against the officer. General Otis is n Cath
,lic. The general Immediately ordered a .
curt martial, with the result stated. i
General Otis was the reviewing Off
er of the court. The statutes provide
hat only in time of war can a general
troops in the field thus cause 2
he dismissal of officers from the Army
ieneral Otis has been insisting, in harm
my with his political hackers in the Adj /
at Washington, that state of l
var does not exist in the Philippines. =
I this is true his summary dismissal of ,
'Iajor Kirkman was Illegal. If the War ,
Department and the President do not sus- :
ain his dismissal of Major Kirkman the
'atholic clergy all over the country will y
yet after them If they do sustain the ]
dismissal it will be tantamount to an off, ]
ial declaration that state of war exists
n the Philippines. So it is seen that there
S no way for the Administration to avoid
erious trouble over the Kirkman case.