The Washington herald., 1913-11-02

- ihe game - piayeu IN Alhnois' HS'Si
fear.
Frank B. Kellogg. of Minnesota. long
famous as the foe Of sinful trusts and
long a member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. came to washington
yesterday not much inclined to talk poll
itics or make predictions. AS kellogg
has been one Of the best paid lawyers
In the United States during the last ten
years. with the Federal Treasury paying
big fees. he is not inclined to worry
much until another national campaign
Is on. He was active In the work OF
making William H. Taft the candidate
in 1S0S, but II did not require much po-
litical skill to bring about the nomina-
ton OF any Republican favored by
Roosevelt that year. or the election
either. Even SO, kellogg did his part
and kept on the pay roll with industry
and tenacity. He has long yearned to
be Senator from the Gopher State, and
learned his first practical lessons under
Senator Cushman X. Davis.
As Senator Knute Nelson promises to
live many years yet and remain in the
Senate until called to his eternal reward
and Senator Clapp Is yet a young man
blessed with vigor and returning Wis
dom In politics. the Kellogg hope for
a Senatorial term is a bit misty, but
he continues hopeful and real Repub-
lican.
Minnesota, thanks in great part to the
hard-headed methods Of Senator Nelson.
has kept remarkably well in line for the
real Republican party and sent but one
Democrat to Congress last year In a del
egation OF ten members. That one DEM
ocrat Is Winfield Scott Hammond, who
defeated James 7. Mccleary eight years
ago and has continued carrying the dis
trict Hammond Is a conservative sort
Of Democrat, with views that do not
conflict seriously with those OF his Min
nesota constituents. and, In fact. the
Hammond qualifications for statesman
ship Of the modern sort are given con-
siderable commendation by his Repub-
lican associates, In the House delegation
and by Republicans OF other States. who
really wonder why he remains a Demo-
crat anyhow.
A citizen of Washington who happened
in Maine for a little vacation season this
year tells of meeting Luther Franklin Nc
Kinney, once a member OF Congress, now
a merchant and preacher at Bridgeton-
The Mckinney career has been an un-
usual one as he told OF it to the citizen,
and Mckinney gives assurance that the
career is not yet ended. He Is a native
of Licking County, Ohio, just east of
Columbus, and served in the civil war.
Then he tried a few years or farming in
Iowa. taking care to teach school In the
winter. Next he sought additional edu-
cation at Canton, n. T., and moving to
Maine became a preacher. also Demo
erat. which was hardly wise In a rugged
Republican State like Maine. but McKin-
ley thought the Lord was on his side.
Sure enough the preacher-politician edged
In during an OF year and came to Con-
gress In 1SS6 He dropped out a term,
then came again, meantime having lived
short time In New Hampshire. His
second Congressional term expired with
the second Inauguration of President
Cleveland. who at once appointed Nc
Kinney Minister to Colombia. That as
signment LASTED four years. and McKin-
ney had a long wait OF ten years before
reaching another political honor, but he
finally won a term in the Maine Legisla-
ture. At the age of seventy-two he
counts himself good for many years of
activity. and would prefer another season
in Congress under a Democratic Presi-
dent.
Senator George Peabody wetmore, who
concluded three full terms In the Senate
last March, has taken apartments at the
Willard with Mrs. wetmore and the
family expecting to spend part Of the
winter In Washington Not SO very many
years back II was hardly thought pos
sible that either Senator Aldrich or his |
colleague. Wetmore, would leave public !
life until called by death, but Aldrich |
retired on his own account and Wetmore |
found the unusual proposition OF an un- |
friendly Legislature doing business at
Providence. At the age Of sixty-seven |
he continues the picture OF health and !
vigor SO that the inevitable shift OF !,
things political may see him again in |
the Senatorial list. Senator wetmore
has usually been fortunate in his !
political undertakings and he was nearly |
forty before he began operations for i
actual office holding. He was a Presi- |
Dental elector In 1850 and four years
later. but his first election to Office was |
when made Governor in 1885 and 1Ss6 He |
failed for q third term in 1857 and twol
years later tried to be Senator, but lost |
He waited five long years and then |
came the Senatorial honor which con-
tinued through three full terms
Ohio Republicans in Washington, visit
ing or resident have received clippings |
from modesto weekly paper published |
by Sherman Cuheo at Upper Sandusky, |
and the Cuneo editorial gives notice that |
X Is time for Ohio Republicans to think /
of electing Governor.
There has been no elected Republican |
in the Governors office since Gov. Her
rick, now Ambassador to France, was
chosen In 1905. HerTick lost out in 1895,
in spite OF the Senator Dick wisdom and |
and no Republican has
been chosen at the polls. Pattison, the
Democrat, who defeated Herrick, spert |
a single day in Office, going to a sick
room from the inauguration and died 4
a few months later. Then Gen. Harris,
the Republican Lieutenant Governor,
took hold with two years and a half IN
which to get the party right, but he
failed to connect and Democrats have
had their way without much trouble.
Editor Cuneo points out that the sal.
walton of the G. o. p. in Ohio depends
on a spontaneous gising up for Senator
]. 3. Foraker as the next candidate for
Governor. The Cuneo eloquence argues
that Foraker could arouse, unite, and all
else needed to put Republicans in power
again at Columbus, and the Lord knows
they have had hard shedding of late. |
While Foraker's closest friends are a bit |
doubtful as to his desire for return to
at the age Of sixty-seven,
they are no less anxious to see the sort
of campaign that he would put going
with vim and whirl. He comes from
Cincinnati, in the lower part of the