The sun., 1903-11-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

TOAIASAL NOIES.
Grover Cleveland in his letter accepting
the nomination for President, Aug ls, 1884
said "A true American sentiment recog
nizes the dignity of labor together with the
fact that honor lies in honest toll"
william Mckinley in a speech at Canton
| July 80, 1895. said: THAT which we call
| money. my fellow citizens, and with which
values are measured and settlements made
must be as true as the bushel which meas
ures the grain Of the farmer and as homes,
as the hours OF labor which the man who
tolls Is required to give. The one must be
| as full and complete and as honest as the
| other"
Independent candidates for office do not
seem to fare very we'll at the hands Of the
voters nowadays In the recent mayor.
atty campaign in New York city many bets
were made that Devery would get Is .OOC
votes. and yet he polled only 2ss5 in the
whole city. The following is the record
for independent candidates for President
Palmer. National Democrat In 1890. received
i33i2i votes; lowering. Prohibition. re-
ceived in the same year 1872. .OO7: Woolley
Prohibition. In 1900. received 2o7 ,s8s: Debs
Social Democrat. received in the same year
9+.5o2; Barker, Peoples. received in the
same year 5oIe2. and Malloney. Socialist
Labor. received in the same year $3.50. all
over the United States.
The question now agtatne national poll
ticians In the Republican and the Demo-
cratic camps is: viii President Roosevelt get
solid delegation from the Southern States
In the Republican national convention
next year? Some politicians point out that
President Harrison at Minneapolis. in 1892.
received almost he solid vote of the Southern
States and was renominated, but was sadly
beaten at the polls.
II Is said that the longer political leader is
at the head OF affairs the more arroHant he is
likely to become. The story is told of Richard
Croker that when. number OF years ago.
he attempted to boycott q metropolitan news
paper which had offended him he went 40 far
as to direct that the newsdealers should not
sell that newspaper.
"You will be beaten in that fight. Mr..
Croker" said one of his friends.
NO. no." replied Mr. Croker.
"Yes. you will" persisted his friend. and
! will tell you why. That newspaper has in
Its office every day three hundred brains. and
| you have only one brain with which to beat
those three hundred"
| Mr.. Croker lost his fight
Politicians and newspaper men. as a rule.
! get along together pretty well. considering g
| the different motives which animate them In
their daily life. Politicians usually do not
| like to impart information of their doings.
| and the newspaper men. Of course. are work.
| ing day and night TO get this information.
| They are working at cross purposes. and yet
| the squabbles are few and in many instances
| firm friendship exists.
James q. Blaine, when he had a long state
| ment that he wished the public to read. kept
it so that it could be printed on Monday
morning. He learned this from Samuel j..
| Tilden, who always believed that the people
| after a good Sundays rest returned to their
work on Monday with brighter brains and a
keener interest in the affairs OF life.
Seldom Is a mans religion discussed In
politics nowadays. When John D. Herman
was elected to the United States Senate there
were comments as to the fact that he was
Roman Catholic; and when William r. Grace
was elected Mayor OF New York city there
was similar talk. but all that has disappeared.
Five influential Jews have been Lord Mayors
OF London. and the time is coming. in the
estimation OF politicians. when jew will be
elected Mayor of New York city.
An undercurrent OF gossip is going on in
Washington and elsewhere to the effect that
the national conventions OF the two parties
ought to be called next year for May so that
the strenuous labors incident to those func-
tions should come in cool weather. In recent
wears the conventions have been held in June
| and July, to the great suffering of almost
everybody concerned.
1t is observed that in recent years political
orators are not making such long speeches
as they used to. 1t should be remembered
! that this statement refers to political orators
and not men who believe themselves to be
such The real live political orator is very
chary of wearying his audiences and he is
perfectly well aware that the newspapers
hat 10 tnIin
From the moment Bryan appeared on the
political field in 1895 and Marcus A. Hanna
became Republican national chairman there
has been bad blood between the two
Mr., Bryan has said many sharp things about
Mr.. Hanna. and Mr., Hanna seizes the first op-
portunity to retort. Usually when I'M
portant men in public life differ they are
more or les conservative in their utterances.
MIR Hanna in a recent speech In Ohio on Mr..
Bryan's appearance in that state said: In
1895 and 1900 Bryan visited you like faker
selling his nostrums and you told him you
would not buy them. am surprised that
fellow should come back to Ohio"
United States Senator Francis NJ. Cockrell.
known for many years in the Senate ut WASH
ington as Garden Sass Cockrell." says he Ia
not to be hoodwinked by the practical poll
ticians of Missouri who nre speaking Of him
os a possibility for the Democratic Presiden-
tial nomination next year Senator Cockrel
savs that he wants to return to the United
States Senate. Gov. Dockcry, it is under
stood, seeks Senator Cockrell's seat
Some who attended the American Bankers .
Association convention at San Francisco a
couple of weeks ago believe that there will
be no national legislation regarding the cur
rency at Washington this winter.
Dan ic bninp ereotpd nv the
Mexican Government in the city Of Mexico.
the estimated cost being SIS 0oo. .OOO 1t is to
he at once q memorial and sepulchre for
Mexcos great men.
Some of the alliteratons in the recent
mayoralty fight in New York city were:
"Tammany is Greed. Graft and Grog."
cit is Loot, Lust and Lawlessness
1T is Doodle, Brutality and Blood Money
Gen. Nelson A. Miles has told his friends
that he is not candidate for the Democratic
Presidential nomination next year. Gen.