Show the secretary of f the wants to be a senator special 4 F Chron tate service washington oct 13 naval cera cars who are close to the secretary of the navy believe there la Is a great deal of truth in the rumors connecting his name with the united states vice evarta evarts this conviction is is not based BO so much on any information they havo have as to the Secre aspirations in this direction as on the reports they have received from their personal friends in new york explaining pla ining the situation there were it necessary for mr tracy to leave the navy department at once in order to accept the he would probably be loth to do so but as be he would not be sworn in as senator until december 1891 he could still remain the head of tha the navy department another year by which time the bulk ot of the work connected with the building up of the navy so fir far as this Rd administration ministration is concerned will have been completed all the large contracts in including c lading vessels already authorized and those that may mav be provided for curing the coming session sion will have been let lot by that time under these circumstances navy officials believe that tho secretary will be willing and oven even anxious to relinquish one year of his career as a cabinet officer to become a united states senator tor for six |