West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-03-28
WAsHlNeToNLETTER.
TRYING TO PICK A SUCCESSOR TO
MCKINLEY.
Senator Morgan's Great Fight For The
Big Canal.

FROM our Regular correspondent.
WAsHINGToN, March 20, rooI.-
Mr.. Mckinley, Senator Hanna, and
Representatives Dick and Grosve-
nor, got their heads together this
week and arranged the program that
will be carried out months hence by
the Republican State convention Of
Ohio. OF course, the Ohio Repub-
licans will thank these gentlemen
for having relieved them of all
responsibility in the matter of NOM
mating State ticket, thus enabling
them TO turn the convention into a
ratification picnic. 1t was decided
that the entire State ticket, except
Lieutenant Governor Caldwell,
should be nominated. He will
be turned down because his being
the attorney for the State Liquor
Dealers Association has got him
the enmity of the temperance ele-
ment. Senator Foraker was not a
party to this White House confer
cnce, but he dropped in while it
was going on and asked whether the
bosses intended to have the State
convention endorse him for re-
election. They assured him that it
was, knowing that the Republicans
would have no votes to spare in
Ohio this year and that Foraker
had following enough to make
trouble if he was antagonized. Mr..
Foraker then left the Ohio big four
to complete their program.
/ / /
The deadlock of the powers, in
Pekin, on the question of the
amount of indemnity that shall be
demanded of China, is causing the
administration to realize that it has
been placing too much confidence
in Ii Hung Chang, that crooked
est of all Cinnamon. Commissioner
Rockhill has asked for new instruct
ions and the administration is in a
quandary as to what to say to him.
/ / /
The death of Hon. Mark S.
Brewer, member of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, added to Mr..
McKinley's worries by making
another desirable vacancy for him
to fill and for the Republican bosses
to fight over. So many of the high
salaried positions will be retained
by hold-overs that the fight is ex-
traordinarily bitter over everything
in sight. This has been shown by
the cat and dog scrapping over the
U. S. Commissionerships of the St.
Louis Exposition, and the office of
Commissioner of Patents, which
Mr.. DUEL has resigned.
/ I /
In discussing another matter, in a
private conversation, a prominent
Senator incidentally said of mat
ter that has been more or less talked
about in Washington-the admins
tration's favorite for the Republi-
can nomination in 1904 president
Mckinley is now serving his second
and last term, and everybod, is
casting about to decide the all
important question of his successor.
In the Senate there are various
gentlemen in whose bonnets the bee
is buzzing, but it is evident that the
Senator who at present has the best
chance of being nominated is Fair
banks, of Indiana. OF course, it is
too early to attempt to positively
pick the winner, but of the Senator.
lal candidates Fairbanks seems to
be the coming man. He is gener-
ally regarded as the administration
candidate, just as his wife was when
she was so easily elected to the
Office of President of the Daughters
ofthe American Revolution. Every
body who has an axe to grind has
an eye on Fairbanks, and is trying
to get next to him"
TIT
IA official Of the State Depart
ment said Of Senator Morgan, whom
he had just met leaving the private
Office Of Secretary Hay: Senator
Morgan is wonderful man, and
You can depend upon it that he will
have ground broken for an Amer.
lean Isthmian canal before he leaves
the Senate. ] have heard some
criticism Of his constant talking for
the Canal and this reminds me of a
Western Senator who blurtcd out
in the cloakroom on the Republican
side Of the chamber that Morgan is
dinging on the Canal again lie
was Immediately snapped up by
one Of the oldest men in the Senate.
also a Republican, who said /.
DONE you worry about Morgan
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