The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington. .tais.3 ~
Washington, Dec. 23.-The anti
Roosevelt squalls is over. 1T kicked
up considerable dust hereabouts while
it lasted, but itswas not very serious.
1t served to show, however, that un-
less there is avery great change from
present conditions; Roosevelt will have
no contest for the nomination. There
is an opposition,sbut he>is too strong
for it, &3@#i ra;i5
Goririan Is Busy. y.
Unusual ACTIVITY may be observed
these days in. the German camp: It is.
evident that the Maryland senator re-
CARDS his chances for the preside ntial
nomination 'as fiethilig more than
tlattering. slHe is.not the.tkind, either,
to wait to have honors of this sort
thrust upon fff1 @ He works; always
man in the country just now than
Senator German, and the work is not
all of a legislative character, either.
His conlmittee-room, on the top floor
of the capitol building, in the corner
near the painting of the battle of the,
Monitor and Merrimac. has been the
trysting place for scores of politicians
this past week. Some of them have
been from New York and Others have
been from other important states. But
it all has. been behind !. closed and
locked doors, and no one Will say
whether the deal with Tammany has
been closed or not. Nor will they an
swer other pertinent interr rogatories.
Cockrell Objects to Caucus.
Senator Ccckrell Of Missouri does
not exactly relish the efforts of Senat
tor German, ins his capacity of leader,
to crack the lash of party discipline
1,ie h n
the senate a good many years (about
thirty) and in that time has become
accustomed to the idea that legisla-
tion fr the United States senate is by
unanimous consent, and that It is the
God-given right Of any senator of any
party to object at any time, to any
thing and to any length. When Cor
man mustered the democrats in eau
Gus or conference in his room the other
day and read them q lecture on the
necessity for bowling to party expedi-
ency, Cockrell wiped his spectacles
and gaZed at Mr.. German with every
evidence Of vast astonishment. Then
he spoke ur and opined that he had
been f1the senate long time, and
never vet had found it necessary to
sink his personal opinion in the ex-
preston Of a two-thirds vote of his
fellow democrats in the senate. When
Mr.. lackburn, acting for Mr.. German,
put the proposition in the form of a
resolution and asked for a vote, Cock
rell announced that he would not
agree to any resolution and would not
vote on it. And he did not Now it
remains to be seen whether Mr.. Cor
man can whip him into line.
Hanna Stands for Heath.
The Hon. Perry eatll-Perry OF
the dimples and the smile-has been
more than usually dimpling and smil-
ing lately. Neither the anima DIVER
sions Of Joe Brist toW, NOR the ecOmmen-
taries thereon of President Roosevelt,
made that smile come off. And popu-
lar! Except Uncle Mark himself there
was not man about the Arlington
more sought after. One evening, in
trying to get to his room at the New
Willard, it is literal fact that it
took him an hour to walk from one
pillar to another, SO continuous was
the stream Of handshakers. And re-
sign! Why, the suggestion was too
absurd for serious consideration. OF
/ all which the moral is: There are
times when a good friend like Hanna
is convenient to have around. For,
whatever else may be said of Hanna,
he sticks to his own. i. Even sRathbone,
who fell under indictment and 4convic-
tion at Havana, has always boasted
! that Hanna was behind him, and
| WOuiu see lItdl lie gu q S44di 2 uCeli.
So Heath is one of. Hanna's boys, and
he stands by and for him; and it
makes no difference whether.it is the
president or the pickpocket on the
| other side, Hanna will stand pat.
1T was President Mckinley who first
! brought Hanna and Heath together
That was before Mckinley was. presi.
1 dent, and while Hanna was merely 9
prominent citizen of Cleveland. Han
] ma looked at thesyoung man a minute
and said: Perry. I'm going to cal
. you Perry IlltelI you why. I'm O.
Quaker peoples and, when we Quaker
i call man bys his. first nam At mean.
4 that we like hina-that he is a friend
4 / like your face. and I'm going to cal
4 you Perry And he never has callee
him anything else. And it's goot
gamble that Perry won't resign from
4 the national committee until Chair
4 man Hanna tells him to.
s Verde Water arid Power Company
4 So many Inquiries have reached tn,
4 interior Department. from all over TIL,
= middle west. WHO Want to know abon
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