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Show BASE HALL MATTERS, CUtiriCNT NEWS AND "NOTES OF THE OMB. tlt rolltlml Amhllto. Sir. Ilroan liar llapinaal An Indiana llUtflit In (ltm-llu Nr Ilaao Known to 11. tux a (Inoit Thins llaa I ollllral Amlitllnn. "All you folks who live obtslde of Hie great stato of Indiana ' said tho Rise boosler to n ( t, cagu Inter Ocean icrlbe, "and arc foolish enough tn tako u Interest In this baseball business, will be glad to hear that my friend John T Brush, who Ihcs In Indian spoils, owns the Cincinnati ball club and dictates tho policy ot the National league, stands a good chance ot going lo congress Tho reason why John Is not taking such nn ncthc Interest In baseball Just now Is lhat he Is busy trertlrlg his political fences. John haa always been a republican nnd the handiest roan ypil eer saw to open up his pocketbook lit the right time Well, there la n chance) now for John lo get hla reward from the party and Jt you know the ninii ns well as 1 do you know that he makes It n point to never refuse n good thing John has not got the nomination et but lie It pulling In twelve or fourteen hours ever) day trying to ge( It and I think he will finally succeed In landing tho prltc A republican nomination In lhat congrcaslonil district Is Just about aa good as an election 1 would not be a bit surprised It John passed tip bascbill nflir this season and demoted de-moted all bis time to real politics of the nation It this startling bit ot news from the heart ot Indiana proves true, nnd tho chances nrc that It will, there lll bo n blew! of J"X and sorrow sor-row lo llio hearts of the worthy ant unworthy magnates of the National league Tho goo I Mr Brush Is beyond dispute the clevtnst politician In bite ball today. Ho haa forgotten moro about political Intrigue and diplomacy than hla fellow mngnales knew or ever wilt know, 'Figuratively speaking this 'really good man' broke Into baseball on a shoestring for when ha first purchased stock In the old Indianapolis club, he did not eyen know the playlus rules of the game, but John, twins n natural politician, made Ihc most of hla opportunities, oppor-tunities, nnif In a few brief years became be-came the most talked about the moat I feared nnd the most powerful roan In I b-icbalt It the goud nnd wise booster, I who Is In baseballi almpl) for the I money and the power he gains from It, I Jeiplte the eloquent assertions to the I contrary, does succeed In breaking Into I congress, It Is Ufa to predict that thero I will be. lively limes at tho capital ot tba nation. ' The cjinncci are that before tba good Mr. Brush has Weathered one full rettlonf congrcrVhe will Introduce a LIU creating n national reserve list snd a eatnry.llmn for dctrctftt-magnates Who.Vsva run, ogalolt, bit 'baseball Same" nH'tJalled tfl Wat It "A passlag glance at the good Mr Brush's career In batibal 'reveals but two failures. The first wss his recent humiliation by tho bad Andrew Freed-man Freed-man of New York, and the sccorid bis Inability to plare a pennant-wlpnlng team In Cincinnati, drtplte years ot faithful effort " |