The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-16
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.


ernor of Minnesota, is spoken of as
a possible candidate for governor
next year.
Samuel I. Gilmore, democrat, has
been elected to congress from the
Second Louisiana district, succeedins
the late Robert Davey.
Virginia republicans are becoming
active in anticipation of the state
campaign soon to begin. At present
a suitable candidate for governor is
being sought.
Edward w. Durant, whom Presi
dent Taft has appointed collector oil
customs at Charleston, S. c., is A
years old and a native of Minnesota
He is a graduate of the Sheffield Sci.
entific school.
The prohibition national commit
tee, displeased at the action of the
Iowa legislature in defeating the pro-
posed prohibition constitutional
amendment, purposes to make the
Hawkeye state the chief battle
ground for the anti-saloon fight next
year.
Mayor D. w. Lawlor, of st. Paul,
proposes to create a city cabinet by
appointing an advisory committee of
SO prominent business and profess
sional men to act as advisors in the
administration of municipal affairs.
Hon. Horace Chiffon, former
United States senator from Texas,
has been asked by Governor Camp
bell, of that state, to accept the place
on the state railroad commission left
vacant by the recent death of Judge
Leonidas J. Storey.
Governor Hadley of Missouri ex-
presses the opinion that one of the
political possibilities of the near flu
ture will be a titanic struggle be-
tween the democratic and republican
parties for the control of the south s
electoral vote.
A we'll defined movement is said to
be under way to dislodge Col Cecil
Lyon from the leadership of the re-
publican organization in Texas. A
conference of the opposing leaders
is to be held soon to take definite
action in the matter.
Ormsby McHarg, the new assistant
secretary of commerce and labor, is
credited to North Dakota, but he has
been in Washington many years. For
some years he was an instructor in
law at Washington university and
recently he took prominent part in
the investigation of the land frauds
in the west.
George H. Moses, who has been
appointed minister to Greece and
Montenegro, has been a prominent
figure for many years in New Hamp-
shire political life. He was a dele
gate to the last national republican
at Chicago and was an
ardent supporter Of Vice President
Fairbanks for the presidential nomi-
nation.
Representative Hughes of New
Jersey has been appointed as the
whip of the democratic party by
Champ Clark, the democratic leader.
Mr.. Hughes succeeds Representative
O'Connell of Massachusetts. The
party whip has a lot to do. 1t is
his duty to ascertain as nearly as
possible the sentiment of the mem
bers of his party on all pending
legislation depending on party ac-
ton, and to see that the entire men,
bership of his party is present when
The vote is taken on the question.
R. A. Taft, son of the president,
was chosen head of the Intercollegi-
ate Civic league at it's recent meet
ng in New York. The leagye is an
which plans to interest
in politics, to show them
xha their civic duty is and to inspire
hem to perform it, Thirty of the
leading colleges of the country are
embraced in the membership of the
league Young Mr. Taft is a stu
lent at Yale and represented that in
stitution at the league convention.