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things have changed somewhat, and not
to his advantage. Nevertheless, he is
many laps ahead of all competitors.
But the way in which the name of Sen
ator Marcus \. Hanna hobs up contin-
ually III that connection must be I'M
pleasant reading in White House cir
cles. The latest contributor to the
Hanna literature is Hon. james j. Hill,
the puissant railroad magnate. The
Washington Times Is responsible for
the following gossip:
When James J. Hill was In the city re-
Gently, he hunted up Senator Hanna and
asked him to become q candidate for the
Republican nomination for the presidency
The railway magnate said that the Ohio
senator could rest assured that he would
have the hearty support of the strong
business interests Of the country and that
It would be powerful enough to make him
win: The senator gave the reply to Mr..
Hill which he has given dozens of others
that Is, that he did not want the job and
would not have it If he could get 1t.
That is most certainly important, if
true, for Mr.. Hill is q man of vast ill.,
fluence himself, and he trains with q
coterie of men who are powerful in
deed, and If he had the foregoing con-
versatien he was most probably not
speaking for himself alone, but also for
all those who have interests in common
with him. If he did speak for them,
there is more Importance to be attached
to what he said than to any other po-
litical action this year except what the
president did in the matter CT the coal
strike,
If Senator Hapna said that he did
not want the job and wouldn't have it
II he could get it, he spoke perhaps
eandidly, but unadfisedly. he had not
carefully examined his OWN mind and
heart, for it may be asserted without
the fear Of successful contradiction that
there is not n citizen of the republic
who would not accept that particular
job if he could get it. True that DiQ-
cletian abdicated the imperial crown of
Rome and that Charles Y. of Spain NIB
dicated several crowns, hut they were
satiated with power. They had sound
ed every slioal and depth of honor and
were weary of the world, and it will
be noted that neither niacletian nor
Charles declined crowns in the first in
stance. Nobody ever declined to be
president, ana nobody ever will. Some
day, perhaps In tho ages yet to be, some
president will immoptaiize himself by
ri 1>,,%l ,n S,o "a rfo
1t will be observed that Mr.. Hill made
no suggestion ns TO Il vice presidential
candidate to run With Senator Hanna.
While l am neither the spiritual nor
legal adviser of the Republicans in gen.
eral or Of Mr.. Hill in particular, per-
chance can aid them aud him to fill
out the ticket. How would Governor
Van SAINT of Minnesota strike them? 1t
is generally suspected that Senator
Hanna IS not unfriendly or unkind to
the trusts. Indeed, lie is looked upon in
certain quarters ~ their champion.
Van SAINT, on the other hand, ,is opposed
to trusts in general and to Mr.. Hills
merger in particular. Yes, the ticket of
Hanna and Van SAINT would add to the
gayety Of NATIONS at least.
"A Condition, Not Fheory.R
Unless all signs fail, our Republican
friends will be up against it good and
hard when the house of representatives
Of the Fifty-eigAth congress comes to
be organized. They are always loud in
protesting their love for the cplored
man and brother-at long range. They
shed copious crocodile tears at the po-
litical wrongs inflicted upon him. They
solemnly asseyerate before man and
God that he il worthy of high Office.
Now, they are about to BIO put to the
test as to the sincerity of their declara-
tons. Rev. William McGill, colored, OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, and Birmingham.
Ala, proposing to take them at their
word, has announced himself q candi-
date for the chaplaincy of the house
and is, now in Washington pressing his
claim. That the Rev. William McGill
will cause rafting of dry bones in the
Republican camp there can be no sort
of doubt. He seems to base his hopes
of success on what he is pleased to de-
nominate as president Roosevelt's rec
ignition Of the rights of the negro" in
the south and thinks he can secure the
support Of the administration in his
ambitious undertaking. In this Mr..
McGill may or may not be correct, but
the chances are ten to one that II the
president did nothing else betwixt now
and the first Monday in December, A.,
D. 1903, but press Mr.. McGill's candi-
dacy the latter would never be chaplain
of the house Of representatives. Mr..
McGill has not thoroughly considered
the situation: The Republican theory
is that the calored pan and brother is
good enough to vote the Republican
ticket in any part Of this great republic
and is good enough to hold any Office,
big or little, high or low-in the south,
But as to holding high Office in the
north-that is another story. a story
which Mr.. McGill and all his race
would do well to take to heart.
It is more than thirty years since the
right Of suffrage was conferred upon
the colored folks. There is no northern
state in which there are not negroes of
ability ard education, yet in all these
years and in all these states only one
negro has held high elective office
McCabe of Kansas, who was twice au-
ditor Of the Sunfiower State. He is the
exception Which proves the rule of eX-
clnsion Of the negro from prominent
political Office in the northern states.
Occasionally one is elected to the leg