Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-17
0LlTICS AND POLITICIANS.

ULiIlCS AND POLlIIClANS.
"l.o is some talk in aKnsas of a
So al session of the legislature to
ST.. Shten out the kinks in the new
stas bank deposit guaranty law.
earn, of Nashville, who successfully |
pros ecuted the Coopers for the muir
der of Senator Carmack, is to be a i
andidate for governor of Tennessee.
Eleven candidates are already in
the race for the Democratic nomina-
tion for governor of Texas and the
several more entries at an early date
Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, will
not be a candidate for United States
senator to succeed Charles Curtis. He
desires another term in the guberna-
| torial chair to finish the task of put
| ting the state on a sound business
basis.
| The present outlook is that the first
regular session of the Sixty-First
| Congress will be given over as COM
pletely to currency legislation and the
reform of the monetary system as the
present session has been given over
to rvision of the tariff
Several prospective candidates are
mentioned for the vacancy in the
Sixth Congressional district of Illi
nois caused by the elevation of VIII
liam Lorimer to the United States
| Senate. 1t is expected that a special
election to fill the vacancy will be
held next fall.
Former Senator Thomas c.. Platt is
one of the very few public men of
national prominence who have never
visited Europe. For many years Mr..
Platt spent his vacations at Manhat-
tan Beach This summer he decided
| upon a change of base and is living
quietly in the town of Freehold, N. j.
~ Leaders Of the temperance reform
movement in Nebraska claim to have
assurances of most positive kind that
William J. Bryan will come out def
nitely and unreservedly for county
option in the near future, soon enough
to be of great value to them in their
plans for the approaching campaign.
Back of the murmurs heard con-
cerning the approaching city cam
paign in New York there is great GU
riosity concerning the successor of
EChauncey M. Depew in the United
States Senate. It is already known
that Herbert Parsons and Timothy L.
Woodruff are both aspirants for the
place of Senator Depew, whose term
expires March 8, 1911.
Representative John K. Tener, OF
ennsylvania, is the tallest member
of Congress. Mr.. Tener is a sedate
banker, and among the many visitors
TO House gallery only few old-time
baseball enthusiasts recognize in him
the former diamond star, Jack Tener
who was once one of the best known
pitchers in the National League.
Failure of Congress to provide in
advance for the organization of the
force required to take the next cen
sus will result in many of the ap-
pointments being made during the re-
!. cess of Congress. In making the list
e the supervisors and special agents ir
the South will largely be chosen upo1
the recommendation of the Republi
can referees in those states. Jusl
what the proportion will be in the
two parties will not be known in ad
vance of the completion of the lists.
William F. Baker, the successor O.
General Theodore A. Bingham as po
lice commissioner of New York, ha:
had more experience in office-holdins
than in police matters, though he ha:
been connected with the force for
long while. The prevailing opinion
seems to be that Mr.. Bakers appoint
ment was dictated by politics and tha
it means a renewal of friendship be-
tween Mayor Mcclellan and Boss
Murphy, of Tammany Hall, and har
mony between McCarren, the Brokly1
Democratic leader, and Murphy, the
combination having in mind the com
ing fall election for mayor and othel
officials of New York city.