Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-22
HANNA HURRIES HOME. Q

Closed the OIQceS or the N1liOual 1Ne-
 publican Committee in Washington.
 Washington, March 22.-The offices of the republican national committee in this city will close on April l. They will not open again until near the time for the next campaign. Neither will the republican committee meet again until the time and place of the next national convention are to be decided.
 Chairman Hanna has hurried up the headquarters work so that the i'm preSsion might not obtain that ma tional politics were being attended to for the benefit of some one or the other of the presidential possibilities.
 It seems likely to politicians here that the next contest will be between numerous favorite sons, With Govern- or Odell of New York strong possl- bility as the result of his independ- ence of action in Albany, which makes him Senator Platt'S superior
 Next to Odell will be Spooner of Wisconsin, who promises to be prime fayorite. Fairbanks of Indiana has assumed the position of administration candidate. but he has not pledge or promise from any authorized source. Hanna himself declares that he has no presidential aspirations, yet those
 
 lurking hope for his advancement.
 It is deemed exceedingly wise to shut up the headquarters before any of the incipient booms create embar- rassment. The distribution of patron age ill the south has been attended 10 by the national committee ill the selection of what are called referees. One of the referees in each state IS n member of the national committed. In states where there is republican representation, the senators are to have control of the court appoint ments,, the cOllectOrShips and more 1m- portant federal places. --... In the case of Delaware the name of John Edward Addicks appears ill the printed list of members of the repub- iican national committee. In follow ing the rule of political organization. which reaches through the national committee to the white house. Addlcks will. Derforce. have to be recognized by his position. as General Wilson was before him. Addicks'S title was passed upon by the last national con yention and confirmed unanimously but it is said the DuPont faction Will not be annoyed needlessly by the prominence which Addicks would as ,sume were there only a single party organization in the state. It is prob able that Chairman Hanna will sug- sest to Addicks the propriety of desig- l hating some state senator to represent him and others in consultation With l the administration.
 In Nebraska. where there promises 1 to be another failure to elect senators in q deadlocked legislature. R. B | Schnieder of Fremont is the. national committeeman. There will be no special recognition of any of the party l divisions in Nebraska appointments, although it is remarked that Rose water has not added to his influence by the uncompromising course which he has pursued.
 The question of appointments in the | next four years will hinge largely on l whether present incumbents are to be 1 indorsed and retained. Where changes are deemed advisable they will be l made. but the expectation is that they
 will be exceedingly few. In short, all I that is to be done hereafter. so far as the national republican committed is concerned, can be accomplished by
 wire or mail to Chairman Hanna
 whose headquarters will be in Ohio or with Perry S. Heath, the secretar, in Washington.