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Show Ijji (Tribune Special Correspondence.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The late i! Senator Hanna was obllsred lo give w!' serious consideration to tho uec- of his a name for the Presidency. His personal I friends, as well as a number of Repub- Hcans who did; not want Roosavelt noml- nnted, urged him in the strongest terms LS to allow the use of his name. From tho a election last fall In Ohio until within j! a short time before his Illness ho was J constantly besieged with letters and Sj personal solicitations that he enter the j race and make a vigorous push for the ij nomination. That Mr. Hanna would ?). have liked the Presidency there is no question. Could' he have Kien a straight 1" victory for himself he would no doubt I have been In the field. Those who were y closest to him are aware that ho K weighed tho matter carefully and de- 1, termined that his candidacy at this time ijl Tvould have been unwise, and might -v have rendered Republican success it doubtful. Senator Hanna based hl9 judgment on ql past events, and lo his friends cited two 3 Presidential campaigns where the in- ' opportune candidacy of a popular man s -tended to. if it did' not actually, cause 31 the defeat of the party. It was his be-lief be-lief that the dofeat of Chester A. Arthur H3 ( for the Republican nomination In 1SS4 H'J, cau3til such apathy among; the friends KJi of the New Yorker, and actual reoent- Ej' fulness among some, that Blaine was Hjj) defeated' at tho election. Had Arthur K "been nominated after the strong fight Fr for Blaine, It was Senator Iianna's bc- I". lief the latter's" friends might have made ' the defeat of Arthur probable Again in 1S02 Blaine became a candidate, but was iinable to defeat Harrison in the convention, con-vention, although the latter was de- ' featedi at the polls. 1 Senator Hanna reasoned that his cau- j dldaey this year might have brought about a result at the polls like those of j 1881 or 1S32. Should he have entered I the race and' been successful, those who j -would1 havo been disappointed because Roosevelt was not nominated might Jl liave made Hanna's election Impossible. On tho other hand, if he had entered the race and been unsuccessful his friends might have contributed' to the defeat of Roosevelt. In any event, his candidacy would cause a wide breach in the party, which would, havo made Republican ouccess doubtful. Ho believed be-lieved that the defeat of the Republican nominee after such a breach would cause serious dissensions, and the friends of the man defeated In the convention con-vention would be charged with defeating defeat-ing the candidate at the polls. Such charges were made against the Arthur men in 1SS4 and also against the Blaine men In 1S92. To hl9 friends Senator Hanna said that Republican succe&s was Important, and he would not be the means of en- 1 gendering a strife- which might Jeopar- i dize the party. The Republican party, 1 he told them, was greater than any I man's personal ambition. He did not 1 agree with them that Rcosevelt could not be elected, or that he (Hanna) was necessary for the success of the party. His view wao that the Republican party must make Its campaign upon the administration ad-ministration of Roosevelt. To indorse the acts of the administration and repudiate re-pudiate the head of the administration seemed to him incongruous and not the proper course to pursue. Thus the distinguished politician and business .man weighed' the Presidential candidacy. Thoce cl09e friends who heard him outline his position ceasad to urge him for thje nomination. They understood his position, and the talk that has been Indulged In lately for the most part came from admirers of Hanna. but who could not understand his position, or who had not been Informed) In-formed) by him- of the tme reasons why he would not allow his name to be used. ' A number of Senators were dircussing Western conditions and especial reference refer-ence was made to the proposed changes ' In the land laws. It was found that the ' Western men In the group were not agreed as to what changes would be beneficial, though there was a general acquiescence In the statement that no man could make a llring on the homestead home-stead tract allowed him In sections where there was little or no rainfall un less thctre was a system of Irrigation which would bring water to the land. Senator Hoar listened) to the discussion pro and con, and made a number of suggestions and Inquiries. Ho finally ftated that in all these matters the Western men should he best advised. "I voted for your Irrigation proposition," proposi-tion," he said', "and I stand readv lo vote still more money when you gentlemen gentle-men agree that IL will be honestly and judicially expended and' that good results re-sults will follow. I think these lands should- be developed and covered with settlers, T think it will be for tho good of the whole country to have the West Increase In wqalth and population. Of course It will take power from us In tho East. But that has been going on for a great many years without detriment to any part of the country, and I realize that It must continue to go on. These problems you have mentioned are great questions and you who live where they exist ought to know best what should be done to solve them." The vigorous fight which Senator Dubois Du-bois is making against the Mormon church is exciting more than ordinary interest. "What do you expect to gain by unseating un-seating Smoot?" he was asked. "In other words, what result will follow?" "We will serve the notice on the Mormon Mor-mon church," replied Dubois, "that It must cease to take part In politics as an organization. Having thrown out a polygamlst. because he was such, and now to throw out a man high in tho church organization, will be a notice to the Mormon church that it must not mix church and state. Tho result will be that the Mormon leaders will find that they cannot be promoted to high places simply by church Influence, and they will not force the rank and' file to support them or the man they select for high office. If the leaders get out of politics and take the Mormon church out of It. the rank and file will divide between be-tween parties according to their convictions. con-victions. But now. when the church 1 issues the orders, their men obey. We ' are going to make it Impossible f6r a . church to dictate the politics of any State." ARTHUR W. DUNN. i my eyes to see two gillies antrldo my body, while a third bound my hands. With a naked dirk In the hands of one JMacIvor Campbell (the leader of the three) to nrlck me on I waB dragged back a weary way across the mountains moun-tains to the village I had. seen the day before. Here I was taken before Col. John Campbell of Mamore, afterward Duke of Argyle, Who had just arrived with a detachment of soldiers. Ills wife and daughter had been hurried here to live with their kinsman when the rising began. Mamore was more than surprised to see me. "Save us." he cried, gayly, "If It is not the Earl of Alrlle himself. You have done well, Maclvor. There are not three men In the whole rebel camp I had rather you had taken." "They took me while I was asleep," I explained stiffly. "Asleep or awake, dead or alive, you are welcome. The Duke of Argyle will be gey glad to see you. 'Tis a sight guid for sair een. Keep us, but you dlnna look eery braw. I doubt the Earl of Alrlle has had n rough week." "The week Is neithor here nor there, and I am thinking that If McCallum More had been so keen to see me he might have found me two weks syne with 600 clansmen at my bade" "Hoots! To every dog his day. The Campbells will take their turn now." "I think it likely. The3' generally do when the fighting is by," I retorted scornfully. "I do not remember to have seen any at Gladsmulr or Culloden." "If you mean,'" began Mamore with his chin in the air. "that the Campbells Camp-bells are less keen to fight than the Ogllvles " "I would I had then on the heath, man to man. There would be a wheen Campbells wha would not wear their bonnets after the flcht for the very good reason that they would not be aolo to find their head to put them on." "Sir, I would hae you know" "Havers, man! Dlnna get in a feery-farry." feery-farry." Then, to Irritate him, I hummed a verso of "Alrlle." " 'It fell on a day, on a bonnio summer day. When tho corn grew green and early, That there fell out a great dispute Between Argyle and Alrlle.' " Every body knows that the song Is a flout at the Campbells, so it Is no wonder won-der that Mamore grew black with rage and cried out: "You had better be saving your breath for your neck-verse. It Is a short shrift McCallum More will give you." I shrugged my shoulders and quoted him the Campbell saying: "It Is a far cry to Lochow." He smiled sourly at that. "Not so far, neither. In a week the Ogllvles will be crooning the coronach for their chief." " 'Tis a flno piece of music for the pipes," I said composedly, for I meant he should see I feared him not a straw. He began to question me about the Prince. ."Where did you last see Charles Edward Ed-ward Stuart?" he asked, eying me sternly. "If you speak the truth, it may avail you." gyle. Do your worst, son of DIarmld. I care not a dolt for all tho Campbells In Scotland." "You are a stiff-nocked' rebel, Ogilvle. Ogil-vle. I hae a mind to hang you where you stand for a lesson to you," he eaid with a rasp to his voice, looking up at the smoke-blackened rafters above, "I care not a pinch of snuff what you do," I cried, and gave him back his black look with Interest. We glowered at each other for full a minute. I could see his sword wa3 Itching to be out of the scabbard. In the nick of time came a diversion. My sleeping beauty, very much awake, strolled Into the room and looked in : surprise from one to the other of U3, as If she doubted that grown-up men 1 could bo quarreling. When she caught a second look at me, she stopped with puzzled face to place me, then ran forward for-ward with outstretched arms. At first I stood stiff as a poker; then to plague Mamore (I protest I had no other motive In the world) took her In my arms. She flung her arms around my neck and asked If I had come to see her. "Egad! Not exactly," I chuckled. "My business here Is less plcasanL" Meanwhile Mamore stood ill at ease, frowning prodigiously. "Fery sudden attachment, or hafe you met before?" he asked. "God sended him to me when I was lost," cried the child over my shouldor. She spoke in English, so that I Judged she had boon living In that countrv. Col. Campbell grew rigid. He was beginning be-ginning to find tho situation less tolerable. tol-erable. "Come here. Jessie," he commanded. She wriggled from my arms and went to her father with halting steps. And faith, he looked fiercely enough to eat her. "Tell me about it. Where did you ' meet this gentleman before?" he asked sternly. "He tooked me from where I had fol-len fol-len and carried mo to Evan," she whimpered. He turned to me. . "Ib this right, sir? Did you rescue-her rescue-her from the Devil's Loup?" "I did not know she was a Campbell," I explained hardily. "Od's life, I am more nshamed of It than you. Let us both try to forget our shame." He drew himself up very straight, swelling like a turkey cock and looked at me haughtily. "You are cursed Impudent rebel, John '.Ogilvle of Alrlle, but 1 wll hafe you know that a Campbell accepts no favors fa-vors from an Ogilvle that he cannot return. re-turn. You hafe put me under an obligation obli-gation and It shall not be the fault of John Campbell If you are taken. You will He In safety with me here or wlli you go to Alrlle, whichever you please, and be damned to you," I laughed at his cavalier statement of the matter and looked him over slowly from head to fool. "I think I will not he burdening the Campbell hospitality. I would go to mj-own mj-own people, but a hundred red hot pincers pin-cers are tearing at my ankle, and for twenty lives I would not walk a little. Egad, I think you will Just have to hand me over to Argyle, after all," I concluded lightly. "If you cannot walk you will ride, and if you cannot ride you will be carried, car-ried, but willy nllly to Alrlle you shall go," he cried. "A Campbell for obstinacy," I retorted, re-torted, shrugging my shouldero. "But I would have j'ou remember that the plan Is yours; I ask no mercy." "By Dlarmald of the Wild Boar, I gife you none. If It were not for last night's work I would see your head chopped off with fery good will. But It will never be said that a Campbell did not how to pay his honest debts." But he had his revenge. He tonr Jtlm C back to Alrlle with a troop of CampbW-horse CampbW-horse for a guard and every foot of tffr way hln pipers strutted ahead SwU dinged out "The Campbells Are CortfeE |