The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


" AShlNUlONs OCts AIS loJV'-
saw to-day what l most sincerely
hope will never again be seen-an
ex-President of the United States
Mr.. Cleveland-making an argument
before the U. S, Supreme Court,
upon the bench of which sat two
men-Chief Justice Fuller and JUS
tice Lamar-who were appointed by
him. Understand, do not wish to
even imply that the two Justices re-
ferred to would knowingly allow the
fact that they owed their places to
Mr.. Cleveland. as President, preju-
dice their minds in favor Of the case
represented by Mr.. Cleveland. the
lawyer, nut, there IS something in
the situation which jars discordantly
upon ones ideas of the fitness of
things. Mr.. Cleveland never had
a case before the Supreme Court be-
fore he was President. and he never
would have appeared in that court
but for the fact of his having been
President. and the suspicion nat
uraiiy arises that his client, in EN-.
ploying him, hoped to gain some adj
vantage through his relation with
the TWO men he had placed UPON the
bench. II may be uniust-pr0bably
is-but it will not down, and | trust
that no other ex. President. who has
appointed part of its membership
will ever again make an argument
before the Supreme Court. 1t would
not be bad idea for Congress to pass
a law on the subject, although it
might be supposed that the natural
Judgment and good taste of our eX-
Presidents should he sufficient. Mr.,
Cleveland is member of firm, sew
eral members of which are far better
advocates than he is. Why couldn't
one of them have made this argu-
ment? Simply because it was the
ex.Presi,lent and not the lawyer that
was wanted. Let Us have no more
of it, say /.
The Republican Congressional
campaign committee is apparently
confident Of controlling the next
House by q good working majority.
notwithstanding Democratic shot
guns in the South and outrageous
gerrymanderlng in the Northern
States which acc:dently have DEM
Ocratic legislatures. The committee
very sensibly refuses to make public
n list Of the districts it expects the
Republicans to carry. because it has
no desire to furnish the Democrats
with information.
Civil Service Commissioner Ro1se.
velti in stating officially that all Fed
eral office holders who violated the
civil service law as to receiving or
making contributions for political
purposes would be prosecuted, gave
the Democrats an excellent oppor-
tuniIy 10 prove some of their wild
statements about Government EN-.
ployes being compelled to contribute
! to the Republican campaign fund.
but they have not taken advantage
OF it, for the very good reason that
there has been no violation of law.
except in the imagination of excited
and dem0ralizod Democrats, who
seeing themselves beaten are trying
TO explain their defeat by yelling
"boodle." A party which starts d
ambaign as the Democrats did this
one, with the avoWed intention of
taking by legal frauds. in the shape
of legislative gerrymanders, 81 dis.
tricts. and by illegal frauds-sup'
pressed yotes-39 more to which it is
not Justly entitled does not show up
we'll rs an accuser.
The President and his cabinet will
take part in the unwilling Of the
Statue to the brave men who lost
their lives on the Jeanette Artic
expedition erected in the grounds of
the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Maryland. Thursday. The Statue
was erected by act of Congress.
Superintendent Porter of The Cen
sus Bureau has returned. He says
there will he no recount of the p@pu-
lation of New York City. Secretary
Noble is of the same opinion. They
ought to know.
The attempt of the Democrats to
make a little late political capital by
claiming that the Mckinley tariff
law was void, because the clause re-
lating to the reduction in the tobacco
tax was not engrossed in the copy of
the bill which the President signed.
fell very fiat here. In the first place.
Representative Bayne. who was one
of the conferees on the bill. says the
tobacco clause was Intentionally left
out, az it was not to go inta effect un-
til January /. next and in the next
place it's being left out could not pos