The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

twas on. He could spare the time, and
Dougherty picked him to do the collect
ing, also the threatening, at this END.
Chase came on and had plenty Of time
on his hands between pay days. he
retained his fancy for the theatricai
proposition and studied the amusement
/ situation in Washington to the limit.
He figured out that the town needed
clean. modest vaudeville theater, and he
begged Dougherty and other politicai
| friends at home to invest in such an
enterprise They couldn't see it, and
Chase sought backing elsewhere.
Years later Dougherty watched the
crowds coming from the old Chase The
atre with the woeful remark that ne
might have had some Of that profit had
he been WISE but adding that he was
| happy to see his friend Chase enjoying
all or IL Politics alone gave chase ms
chance, and Ohio Republican managers
in big campaigns do not forget TO re-
mind him Of the fact.
| The old Tammany trick Of tremeline
| in fear of defeat, with eonsequeh,
pushing up of the betting odds, tolioWeo
by q sudden dash for the big bets WIN
a flood OF Tammany cash, has oeen re-
peated In Gotham town with neatness
and dispatch. Seems the New York
gamblers never learn. Ii has been an
| expensive campaign for the Tammany
| treasury, but the ) TO bets onereo
against 1t last week were quickly covered
and McCaIl's election will recoup all ex-
penses and then some
4 THE Senator o'Gornlan declaration for
Mccall was worth thousands Of dollars
! TO the Tammany gamblers, let alone It's
value in keeping voters in line
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky has
been stumping some for Democratic can
! didates in New York, New Jersey, and
New England without losing sight OF a
kSery important campaign at home next
Year and one which has already begun.
The James admirers at home assume
that he will be the dominant ngure IN
Democratic affairs next year ana many
years later; so they expect him 70 PICK
his Senatorial colleague from among a
half-dozen able and anxious Democrats
and tnen proceed 10 elect nIm- NO
thought Is given TO the possible slipping
in OF a Republican, and II Is hardly re-
called that only a few years ago q big
chap, named Deboe and doctor. was
given six years here in Washington
Then came a six-year term for William
O'ConneII Bradley, another resolute Re
publican of the old-fashioned sort. who
, is still on the job with nearly two years
to serve. Bolstered up by the buboling
enthusiasm OF Senator Ollie the Ken
lucky Democrats of his retinue can see
only the formality OF an election with
Augustus owsby Stanley crossing over
from House to Senate In March, 1915. TO
begin a full term. Other Democrats
older in politics, also in years, than
Augustus, do not concede him so easy
victory, even with the open aid OF
| his big friend, Ollie Indeed, there are
other candidates not openly defiant OF
the James program, but no less watch
ful and ambitious.
| Gov. James b. McCreary, who served
many terms In the House. term in the
Senate. and who was Governor some-
thing less than forty years ago when a
very ycung man, IL yearning TO conclude
his career with one more Senatorial term.
He is seventy-five years old. but pre-
serves the vigor and hope of youth,
! looking much younger and giving evil
dence that he has lost none OF his old
time skill in political manipulation.
Then there is John c. Calhoun Mayo,
. of Paintsville, who has figured as pri-
vate citizen in many Kentucky campaigns
without asking reward. Mayo has made
a few millions in the coal trade, and bfC
sides has been a philanthropist in devU
oping the eastern-section of his State.
He has been a member Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. delegate to
national conventions, and all that sort Of
thing, without the actual holding Of Of
lhce. He Is old enough now to think OF
J reaching out for an actual election TO
something that will put his name In the
history books and make his children proud
in later years. Both Mayo and McCreary
ton
much to think about before next years s
primaries, and the Republicans are hope
full of a tangle that viii let Bradley or
some other good citizen OF the faith come
in for another term
: Davis Elkins was the one Republican
who made a campaign for Senator In
West Virginia before the Legislature was
chosen, and was active when others older
and wiser thought it useless to contend
against Clarence Watson and his millions
added to his suddenly developed political
sagacity. The younger Elkins was the
only Republican of Senatorial size who
thought IL worth while quietly to back
up candidates for the Legisla IRE in close
counties and districts prior ID last No
| yember. and there was some l~vity, not
to mention sarcasm, on the part of vet
Grams who had fainting spells when the
returns indicated the Elki-- efforts.
Rapid recovery from the fainting spells
followed the Official figures giving the
Republicans twenty-five majority on
joint ballot, and the combination robbed
Elkins of what was due him for his faith
alone, apart from his efforts and expendi-
ture. He lost the Senatorship, but he
did not lose his nerve or courage, and
youth was on his side. Now that sister
Katherine has married fine American
] lad instead OF a titled foreigner, and
Grandson Davis, the head of the EIkins
family, there are Indications that an
other Senatorial year Will see the young
man again in the running. blessed with
more wisdom and discernment
However much West Virginia Republi-
cans rejoice in Senator Goff-grand old
man-and pray for his life and health to
continue, they appreciate that he will be
seventy-six at the close of his term and
hardly anxious to build up an orgariza-
hesitation about building up another or
ganiZation for young Elkins or any other
Republican either to secure the succession
to Chiffon three years hence or to Con
two years later. Democrats fear the FL
kins ambition and way of doing things,
not to mention the available campaign
fund, more than Republicans. who would
be content with Elkins, especially II he
makes another campaign like that OF last
year.
The doctor-Governor at Charleston
Hatfield by name-is credited with an
i ambition to make Senatorial campaign
against Chiffon. insisting too, that It is
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