Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-28
Nebraska Politicians See the
:. - President.
STATE rs REPUBLICAN
LIVELYs CONTEST OVER THE BAL
.TIMoRE PosTMAsTERsHIP.
Irrigation Experts and Engineers Talk
About Their Work in the West
Others Of Today's Callers.

Others Of Today's Callers.
Three of the big cogs In the republican
| machinery of Nebraska were with the
| President today. They were Senator Mil
lard. D. E. Thompson. United States min
| lister to Brazil and Elmer B. Stephenson
| internal revenue collector. Mr.. Thompson
| has for many years been prominent figure
| IN Nebraska politics. He is still figure.
! one of the few men in the state whose con-
| troll of valuable political machinery makes
him sought and necessary to any develop
ment In the party and the political aspira-
! tions of any man. What has happened to
| Senator DIETRICH has been sufficient to
make it certain that he will not be return
| ed to the United States Senate at the ex-
piration Of his present term, March B. 1903.
All the Nebraska republicans with sena-
| torial aspira lions see the handwriting on
the wall, and they are proceeding to oil up
! the various pieces OF running gear over
| which they are supposed to have charge or
ownership. Mr.. Thompson has come all the
! way from Brazil. just on a visit, of course,
and he at once meets his personal friend
and manager. Mr.. Stephenson. They will
| see much of each other until Mr.. Thompson
goes back to Brazil, and what they will do
toward oiling their machinery will be suffi-
SiCht ~ hSSp. II III opcIdtlOu SOiIic tlihc.
Mr. Thompson was one of the leading cam
didates in the memorable senatorial strug-
gle in Nebraska in 1901.
Tne legislature became deadloclled and
would have been deadlocked today had MIR.
Thompson SAID the word. But he gave way
to the intercesSion of President Mckinley
and others that. two republican senators
were badly needed in the United States
Senate, and the result was the selection Of
two dark horses-Charles Henry DIETRICH.
who was at the time governor of the state.
and Joseph Hopkins Willard, president Of
the Omaha National Bank. Mr.. Willard
had never been IN politics before, and Mr..
DIETRICH didn't have the siighte st idea that
he would be chosen senator. But the bosses
compromised upon them, so that the repub-
,icans would have two more representatives
In the United States Senate. Now the
bosses see another fray ahead Because
he had been instrumental in electing two
senators and had suppressed his own am
bitions Mr.. Thompson was sent minister
to Brazil He has not announced whether
he will be a candidate to succeed Senator
DIETRICH. but. IL he is he will have great
strength The most prominently mentioned
candidate SO far is Representative Burkett,
who stands well in Congress. He is one of
the leading men on the appropriations COM
mittee. and has the confidence and respect
of President Roosevelt and the national
republican leaders. The fight of all the
candidates will be for the legislature. The
Legislature elected this year will select
Mr.. Deitrich's successor. William ].
Bryan IS understood to have aspirations
fO1 the same Vacancy, but the election OF
democratic legislature is not generally con-
sidered as proba BILE. The 'isms'' thar have
at different times captured Nebraska and
taken thu state away from the republicans
are not likely to be revived or new ones in
jected with strength enough to tear the re
publicanS away from the patronage barrel.
Mr.. Bryan is suspected by many of raising
his new, moral issue practically for tie sole
purpose of appealing to the mixture of
Nebraska politics that has heretofore sue
cumbed' to new ideas and issues.
Mr. Thompson's Views.
ct have nothing to say now relative 10
the charges of error which have been made
against certain officials and national rep
resentative of Nebraska said Mr.. Thomp-
son. 1.-THE only Information I have en-
corning the recent political troubles in the
state has been obtained from the news
papers. principally since my arrival in New
York city a day Or two ago. and upon that
meager information l do not desire to ar
rive at any conclusions OF to express any
opinions"
'.WiIl the recent official troubles of CO.
tain republicans in Nebraska operate -
change the political complexion of The
state in the next election Mr.. Thompson
was asked.
''They certainly will not. l am sufficient
u acquainted with the strength of the re-
publican party in Nebraska to make III At
statement. No diSsenSions between indi-
viduai politicians and no minor troubles OF
the nature which have occurred will have
any appreciable effect upon the ma j,rity
the republican party will roll up in
Nebra ska.
What about Mr.. Bryan's chances of
being elected to the Senate from
Nebra ska o.
Il was not aware that there is any s,r'-
Gus talk even of Mr.. Bryan's candidacy for
that position. There does not seem to DC
the slightest possibility that he could o..
hs. arta
senator. L am sure that the verdict of the
voters of the state with regard to NJ:
Bryans candidacy for senator would be
the same as that returned during the last
presidential campaign. Repubncanism in
Nebraska is solid. and any personal pop
uiarity Mr.. Bryan might possess would not
cause any change in the present political
complexion of the state
The Baltimore Postmastership.
An arrangement has been made for
visit from a delegation of Baltimore BUSH
ness men the last of this week to present
to the President objections to the appoint
ment of StQohen r. Mason as postmaster
at Baltimore. The fight over this office
has already begun. S. Davis WarfeId,
present postmaster, will not be candi-
date, and there is large number of men
who want the place. Representative
Wachter has not offered candidate and
Senator McComas is saying little. although
Mason Because of the bitter political
feeling in Baltimore between the McCo-
mas and Wachter elements the selection Of
a postmaster will be a disagreeable task
for the President and Postmaster Cen
eral. The opinion strongly prevails that
Senator McCemas will give his backing to
Mr. Mason, while Mr.. Wachter is holding
back, but Is said to have in mind E. Stan
ley Gary of Baltimore. son of James A.
Gary former Postmaster General He re-
fuses to say whom he will name for the
place The term of Postmaster Warfield
has already expired. but the President is
not being pressed by either McComas or
wachter. who 7know that the President
wishes party harmony in the state, and
that he has a number of matters of great
er consequence on hand at this time than
the nomination of a postmaster for Balti-
more. 80
Mrs Wilson Patterson and Mrs. VIM. G.
Mccormick Off Baltimore called on the
President and Invited him to attend Sc
ries of enterth ihments to be given In that
city early next month for the benefit of the
National Junior Republic. located near An
napoIis The President expressed his re-
grets. mo ~"
Representative Brownlow and Col. A. M.