The evening times., 1900-01-06
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP

dAlidDie master OF thdt mansion. " lth
characteristic Oklahoma directness. Dele
gate Flynn is said to have pumped this
question squarely at Mr.. Mckinley: Mr.
President, who is your choice for the sec
ond place on the ticket this year," The
President is reported to have promptly
answered the Oklahoma statesman's ques-
tion in this wise: Flynn" said he, that
Is a detail with which I am in no way
interfering The wisdom OF the party in
convention assembled can be relied upon
10 make the proper selection Ny only
wish is that he may be a big enough man
Tor President" II is said that Mr.. Flynn
has cOnfided this oracular Utterance TO
only few choice spirits and that II is
being subjected to every imaginable inter
probation. Is the Presidents health fail
ing? Does he expect to be reelected and
then break down in the middle OF the
TERM Is there imminent danger OF some
combination being formed that will force
on the ticket with him somebody not Dig
enough TO De President? How big a man
does II take to make a President? Does
Mr. Mckinley desire to have his running
mate OF 1900 "ueoeed him in 1904? Is
Theodore Ro,Evvelt big enough man for
President? "a Elihu Root? Is Timothy
Woodruff THESE and scores OF other
questions are being eagerly asked in whls,
2ers or Que another by the small coterie
OF statesmen TO whom the Hon. Dennis
Flyun has confided his great state secret.
senator CuIbersOn SAYS Mo- with
ecu would state for me in terms that are
Incapable OF misconstruetion that l am in
no sense a candidate for chairman of the
Democratic National Committee" ~said
Senator CulbersOn of Texas to a repre-
sentative OF The Times his morning.
Furthermore" the Senator went on to
say, Il am very sorry my OyerzealOus
friends have shown rue the compliment o.
mentioning me as a proper person for tie
position. do not believe I would be equal
to the demands OF the place. should il
come 10 me. and 1 know / should decline
ii IL IL should be proffered. Please stop
gUssiping about the matter as il is enbar-
RAISING TO me- even though it is an agIta-
ton which | IN no way helped start, and
which | sincerely hope my friends will
put an end to
But Senator CuIberson's admirers stub
horHly persist in booming him. The Texas
delegation say they are determined 20 force
their young Senator 10 the forefront Of tie
party management this yeGr- Representa-
tive BuriCSou. who seems % be the lelder
OF the movement is said TO be carefully
avoiding Senator Culberson for fear that
che Senator would commit him 10 q promise
contrary 20 the wishes and matured iuten-
. tiOus OF the Texans Senator CuibersOu, il
is stated has told Senator J. X Jones
Of his regret over the agitation, and as
suTcd the Arkansas statesman that he %
entirely satisfied with his management OF
the party organization.
Nutmeg Statesmen ITs = ROw--There
is said to BE a condition OF armed neu-
trality in the Connecticut delegation which
is causing considerable Uorriment at the
White House. The cause Of IL is partly due
TO The distribution OF patronage A. the
beginning Of the Mckinley Administration
| 1t is reported that the Connecticut delega-
tion IN Congress, including Senators Haw-
ley and Plat, agreed upon a list OF Fed
eral appOintees in their State which agree
meut was laid before the President and met
with his approval But in a little while it
developed that some OF the parties 10 the
agreement were ignOrins; IL by secretly
bringing influence 10 bear against certain
/ persons recommended by the delegation rs
"a whole. Mr. Mckinley. IL is sale. acted IN
several csses on these private recomeudC-
tIons and t1e delegation held him wholly
.
Only during the past ysar has the dele
cation learned OF the treacheTy Of some OF
I its member aud now there is a COOluess
f IN the Come" icut contingent which even
The warmth On Afr. McKinley's amiabiliry
I is unEble TO dispeI. IL IS said that onc-half
. Of the delegation refuses TO speak 10 the
other half and the fear is growing that IN
/ less something Is done ar Washington TO
heal the breach, there will be some disas-
/ trouS results ia the Nutmeg State In No
| yemher.
The Real DRnEer i'm Kentucky
Some OF the Democratic managers are be-
| ginning 70 fear that the real danger ia
/ GOebelism turks behind the big Republican
majority in the Fifty-sixth Congress.
I Whether or not the legislature at Frank
| fort finally seats Goebel. the bearing OF
the case on the Presidential contest this
year viii not be removed if the struggle for
the Presidency is sufficiently close to make
the Kentucky eleCtOTa vote the determin-
ing factor. The Tucker act Of 1887 has
never been invoked. but il is said that Re
publicans in both the Seuate and House
now view that statute with hope when
anything occurs to suggest the probability
/ Presidential campaign as would make the
thirteen votes of the Bluegrass State nee
| essary to the reelection Of Mr.. Mckinley
| The Tucker law invests Congress with the
/ power to act as a returning board in the
| case Of any State in which doubt is thrown
| on the result of the electoral vote through
any cause The much exploited GOebel
/ election law may be regarded as just cause
! for cOntesting the Kentucky vote in the
| event that the Democrats carry the State
( II Congress should take hold OF the mat
| ter the lawmakers. sitting as the court Of
| last resort under the terms of the Tucker
| act. would have the power either to throw
! out the vote or declare which ticket had
I carried the State. That this will be done
| regardless of how the Kentucky Legislat-
ure decides the Goebel-Taylor contest
/ many Democrats appear to have well
| grounded cause of fear. The GOebel cleo
/ tiOn law is now being contested in the
! Kentucky courts. II the State courts up-
/ hold that law the Presidential election
| will be held under it and this would give
I the Republicans an excuse for bringing the
matter before Congress. The agitation. OF
| course has not been started 70. any effect
one way or the other. on the Taylor Goebel
contest. because unless the State goes Re-
publican in November the Congressional
menace would beset its electoral vote any
! how. 1t is hinted, however. that the
| question has been raised at this time in or
der. if possible, to deter Colonel Bryan
! from visiting Frankfort during the pres
ent contests in the courts and legislature
/ upon which, it is thought. his presence
would have some effect not favorable to the
| Republicans.