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Show i POLITICAL SECRET. Some Inside Pacts Concerning the Downfall Down-fall of the Hon. Thomas M. Bayne. i , ...'.) YOUNG SHIBAS WANTED HIS SEAT An Intorebting Jit of History Recalled . by One of tho Visitors in Zion. " The presence of George ishiras, Jr., of Pittsburg, Pa., in the city adds interest inter-est to a little political muddle that promises to have considerable influence on national polities. The story involves the history of the downfall of Hon. Thomas M. Bayne, member of congress from Pennsylvania. George Shiras, Jr., is tho father of George Shiras 111. an ambitious young Pennsylvania politician, whoso great desire just now is to occupy a scat in the national house of representatives and who has mauaged to enlist on his side Nelson P. Heed, proprietor of the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, and who is the right hand man of Senator Quay and the dispenser of federal patronage pat-ronage in his district. BAYNli'S LITTLE WEAKNESS. Tom. Bayne has luring the present congress made for himself a natioual reputation. He is the author of the metal schedule in the McKiuley tariff bill and he has been constant in his advocacy ad-vocacy of the interests of the iron and steel manufacturers. His efforts got tho schedule through the house and has left it almost intact in the senate. Yet through the ingratitude of these very iron men and the puritanical ideas of tho editor of tho most influential republican repub-lican journal of the west, he has been compelled to retire. . Bayne has one little weakness, which he shares in common with mauy of his colleagues of the house. Some mouths ago, when the Carnegie free library in Alleghany City, Pa., was dedicated, he was billed as one of the speakers. The president was present, as were many other men of national reputation. The library is in Bayue's own district, but before the exercises he met some friends and drank too much wiue. As a consequence, con-sequence, he did not speak. Young Shiras, who lives in the same district, did not allow this to slip, and soon afterward there was talk of his candidacy candid-acy for Bayne's place. still another sur. Sometimo after the Carnegie library dedication, the Amertcus club gave its annual banquet. This is the club that inaugurated Harrison's boom for the presidency, and at their last banquet they attempted to start a boom for Tom Reed on the strength of his mastery of the house in the enforcement of his new rules. Bayiie spoke at this banquet, ban-quet, but he had again taken too much wine and made a "holy show" of himself. him-self. This made the opportunity for young Shiras. Editor Kecd became shocked and threw Bayne overboard. Bayne's term expires with the present cougrbss aud before the meeting of the nominating convention the pressure was so great that ho was compelled to withdraw his name. N. P. Reed at once became open in his advooacy of young Shiras and for a time it seemed as though his nomination was a sure thing. .' YOUNG SHIHASf RIX'ORl). George Shiras III. made for himself a record as the friend, of the whisky men during the last Pennsylvania legislature. legis-lature. The liquor men were howling at the decisions of a pertain Pittsburgh judge under the Brooks high license law and Shiras offered a resolution asking for au investigation of the judge. The resolution was, however, promptly suppressed sup-pressed by tluJ republicans, and for a time Shiras' chances looked blue By doing the "baby act" he, however, managed to get back into the good graces of Reed. . Tho young fledgling, however, missed his mark. In spite of the friendship of editor Rood tho convention failed to see his claims to Tom Bayne's seat, and nominated Col. William A. Stone, United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania, for the place. REED THREATENS TO BOLT. This last move stirred up Editor Reed to such an extent that he threatens threat-ens to bolt the party. His rule has before be-fore been unquestioned since the riso of Senator Quay. His following is large throughout western Pennsylvania, and should he persist in his threat of refusing to support Col. Stone, the plum will in all probability be carried off by a democrat. demo-crat. This will leave the most important impor-tant irou manufacturing center in the whole country with a representative who will advocate principles which t hey declare ruinous to their business. Whether Seuator Quay will permit this remains yet to be seeii. |