New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-02
GOSSIP OF POLITICIANS.
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people are looking forward with keen interest to
the visit OF President Roosevelt the latter part of
the month. as. aside from his great popularity in
that section il is understood that he is to speak
with particular emphasis on the reciprocity ques-
ton In fact the trusts have formed his main
theme discussion in the East. reciprocity will be
the principal topic OF his speeches in the West.
Cuban reciprocity of course will receive the larger
share Of attention. although it is confidently eS-
pected that the President viii not conine his ad-
vocacy of the principle wholly TO that phase of IT,
On the contrary, It is believed he will deal with
the general subject rs frankly and thoroughly as
President Mckinley dealt with II in his great But
falo speech year ago This viii be done IN re-
4ronee to the growing demand among all classes
Of producers the West, and especially the Mssls-
sippi VALLEY. for enlightenment the reciprocity
question They much moro interested in this
question than they IN tariff revision. so that
the President touch the hitter question
at all unless he desires do OF hand Prrs-
dent Mckinley understood the Western people
better than any other Of his time, and when
he spoke boldly for reciprocity at Buffalo year
aEo he knew that he was voCinS a strong senu-
ment west Of the AlIeghanies that vii! soon find
ception the Republican Senators from The NTst
Senate and while they have not made themselves
obnoxious by pushing these treaties forward Tor
final consideration II Is regarded as certain tat -
the next session Of Congress They will procure SOM
Roosevelt 70 make their task easier .!
the reciprocity question N his western i1Gf as
the trust question IN New England IN me iast zen
days and the enthusiasm his assistance vii arouse
Ter senator's Aldrtch ard Lodge it IL thouEht |
Vii Gonne' gT r5e ePsonai rea lions With the
President are so close that their continued hostility
RooseveIt's predecessor VIII not Be of political sig
nihcance
EX-GOVERNOR LIND A POssIBLITY.-The |
Democratic managers are looking forward with
great Interest % the possibility OF eH-Gorcrnor |
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next House Under the new election law Of Mime
sofa none Of the Congress nominees Of either party
will be named until September Il. when The general
primaries of both parties will be held thToughont
the State Nj Lind is candidate for the Democrat
ic nomination in the Minneapolis district, which for
I'VE terms has been represented BY Loren Fletcher,
one Of the Republican leaders Of Minnesota Nh |
Fletcher Is having fierce struggle for renorlln4-
ton. thanks to his great pains IN opposing the
administrations Cuban policy at the recent session
Of Congress L he is renonnated the chances will
considerably favor the Democrats. aside from |
the unusual popularity Of Mr. Lind. Mr.. Fletcher |
has perceptbly eakened himself in the district by
his opposition to Cuban reciprocity. The eN-Cioy |
eraor served number of terms In Congress several
years ago as a Republican, and followed Charles |
A Towne first into the Popuhst party and then into
the Democratic fold He was elected Governor as a |
Populist and Just before the expiration OF his term
IN that Office he rewarded his old friend Towne by
appointing him to the Senate TO MI the vacancy |
for brief time caused by the death Of Cushman |
K Davis When he went out Of office Lind began |
the practice Of law in Minneapolis instead of re |
turning to his old home in the southern part Of the
in Minnesota IS OF unique personality rugged. frank
It is an open secret that his candidacy for Con
gress is largely due To the persistent urging of
the Democratic Congress campaign in the West, |
and his selection Of Lind candidate for Con |
sress is in line with his announced determination
to I'LL the ong-fct want Of his party in Congress
rnanag cement Of the western campaign declared |
that what the Democrats in CONGRESS needed more |
knew how to. do things and who would do them in |
T 40 1 Hi; %, b,,t aie ~" "s t b[d
Democrat in the present House.
KENTUCKY FAVORABLE GROUND.-WeU In |
formed Kentuckans in Washington of both parties |
declare that Colonel Henry Watterson's sensational
withdraw from the race the Governorship has
greatly simplhed the situation in that State for
the Republicans. At the same time they admit |
that ''Narse Henry continued in the he |
would have complicated the conditions for his |
own party that the Republicans would have had an |
chance. anyway. since a large element Of the |
Bryan crowd could never have been Induced 10 |
vote for him If he had been nominated However |
in his formal notice of withdrawal the contest
Mr. Watterson expressed In his characteristicaIlv
frank and forcible manner the tricks Of |
the Kentucky Democracy and this it is said has |
50 disguised large element of semi independent |
voters that If the Republicans nominate their |
1Il
cellant chance of carrying the State again. Mr. |
Wattersons withdrawal assures the denomination |
Governor Beckham. who owes his posi- |
tion the assassination of Goebel. the ticket |
with whom Mr.. Beckham ran as the candidate for |
Lieutenant Governor. 1t is believed that John " |
Yerkes. at present Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue will again be "A candidate for the Republican |
nomination, which will not he decided until next |
administration Washington hack of him. In the |
race he made years against unusual odds |
Mr. Yarkes pollei a which astonishing 10 |
the Democrats in view of the Circumst ance that |
sassination of CioebeI-an occurrence by the way,
with which the name of nearly every prominent |
Republican In Kentucky except that Of Mr. Yerkes |
has been connected. either directly Indirectly. |
belongs to the old arstocratc element of the Blue
Grass State. and is popular among the |
families any Democrat.
ADVOCATING THE IOWA PLATFORM.-One of |
the most interesting and probably significant feat
ures of the campaign thus far IS the persistency
with which nearly every stump speaker in Iowa is |
advocating every plank of the platform adopted by
the Republican State convention a month ago at |
Des Moines in which the demand for tariff re- |
vision is strong and plain When the platform was |
first enunciated it broadly ntmated that The |
tariff revision plank would be ignored in the cam
paign by the very who responsible for |
II but events have shown that this intimation was |
not founded on a knowledge of the real situation |
in the party in Iowa Governor cummins and |
Senator Dolllver. with the assistance of George f.
plank into the platform. and the fact that 1t is |
being adhered generally by the stump speakers |
in the Hawkeye State is accepted evidence that