Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-03
SELECTION Of PAYNE
h4S MANY Possibilities
IN National POLlllCS
Has Always Been kOUSegeltS Frient--
But He Will Not DiSplste
Hanna -. Presidents
Opinions.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The appoint.
ment OF henry Z. Peyne oil Wisconsin,
wee chairman OF the hepuDliCan Ma.
tional Committee, as Charles Emory
onIuns Successor as Postmaster Gen.
eral, has na,uraIIy Sc me gOsslps 70
talking. TneyN discover mos, In,eres,.
ing purposes on tue Presiuen, par,
III mdhIns ,nis appointment Iney IN
sist lnaL PTes.ucnI Roosevelt thus
practically announces ms candidacy
Tor the Presidency IN 1874, and ina,
Henry &. Payne is 10 be MS political
manager, ana snor,ly to succeed sen
aIor mark hanna as CHAIRMAN oil tne
hepuDuCdn NatIonaI committee.
In one sense theodore Roosevelt has
always been a canuIddte Tor Ine Presl'
dGnLiai nomInauon IN 1904. lie woulu
nave made a fight Tor IT mad rresiden
dCnIniey been spared, but wnen he
succeeded 10 the presidency by the
DEAN OF his predecessor, Theodore
NoosevelC puC aside all In,endon o.
openly seeking the nomination. He
determined to be satisfied with letting
his record speak Tor IIselr. ne Ger
tainly Is ambitious to succeed him
Htlts Dut lt VIII uOl pei NlidN dlll
bition to interfere with the perform
anCe oil his duly as ne sees ii, ana
maintaining a nigh and practical stan
dard for his administrator. He is no
out cunning Tor pontIcians," anu
whenever he can satisfy tuem and a,
the same time MAINTAIN mis- standar-
OF patronage and du,y, he will do so.
MIR. Payne has zen his persona
I..fA
ent upon his nomination Tor Vice Pres
ident in 1900, not as Messrs. Plat ant
Quay desired, in order to snelve him.
but because he seemed to MIR. Payne
% be the best man Tor the ticket, ant
because MIR. Payne also tho n, tina
in Theodore Roosevelts case the Vice
Presidency would not be des ,ructlv,
20 Presidential aspirations. Theodore
Roosevelt is a practical politician. IL
the broad sense. notwltns landing his
align ideals oil political life, and in So
lecling Mr. Payne he certainiy has no
overlooked the tact that such a seller
ion would not only secure stm the
services Of an able man as Postmaste:
General, but would Strengthen him In
the Northwest, where ne is not lacking
in strength. Both auminis rativel
ana politically the appointment wa
wise. Perhaps Mr.. Payne can be call
| ed President Roosevelts manager ir
the sense that he will be n wise D.
litical counselor. out certainly not II
-" cove 'h"' 'hn pos'nrr"a nar.r.
ment. which offers large opportunities
Tor creating a political machine
through ,ue appoin men, OF pvs.u.u.
tiers, will be used for that purpose, 70
the same high standard of characte,
In pos office appointments will b.
maintained as was the rule Will,
Charles Emory Smith was Postmaste.
General.
That Mr.. Payne will succeed sena
tor Hanna as chairman o. the Republ
can National Committee is not likely
ror one reason, Mr.. Hanna has not ir
dicated any desire to retire lust yet
and he Is probably strong enough wit
the committee TO uefeat even Mr.
Payne for the Chairmanship In case
4 contest. Then the committee woulr
hardly be guilty of such revolutionar,
tactics as TO remove ,enator Hanns
rom the craftsmanship. even II Pres
dent Roosevelt were to sanction an
demand suCn aCtion-that would b
absurd politics. A reason probabl
| IlOiC lupDTlduI lDhn cllnef oil ines
why Mr. Payne Wa. not succeed Sen
ator Hanna as National Chairman /
that President Roosevelt would rCgar,
L. as unbecoming in n Cabinet Office
% be chairman OF the Republican Mr.
tional Committec-It wouIu be decic
| cdly contrary to President Roosevelt
ideas of the duties and responsibilities
OF Government officer, as really be-
ing the abandonment OF his ideals
| political life. He would no NOR
countenance that than he would fac
tional activity on the part OF Fedora
officers. He has already removed sev
eral Federal officials for factionalisT
Mr.. Payne can remain vice chairma'
very properly. because he held tina
position prior to his selection as Pos
master General, and its duties ar
practically nominal Just now. and
Is even possible that Mr.. Payne ma
resign from the National Committee
but In that event come friend, equally
loyal, would doubtless succeed nm.
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