New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-16
rRoL-sToRIEs ABOUT ACTORs.


TRoL-sTORIES ABOUT ACTORS.
Washington, Feb. 1J.-Nr. Clcvclands letter
on the silver question and Mr.. Wattersons letlei
% Maternal and kindly advice TO Governor Hi
hove been two Of the prevailing topics in Demo
cratic circles in the last few days The WAITER
con letter is REGARDED as stroke of mastery STRAIT
ery by the Southern statesmep, who hate new
York politics They regard Newly ork as troupic-
some quantity. They are thoroughly weary VI
IFS domination but at the same time they WIS"
10 avoid as far as possible any appearance 'rei0
If discord. The Cleveland letter has made the
Democrats at Washington furious III has clearlS
occentuated the fact that the majority OF the
members of the Democratic party favor tIee-colh
age of silver All of the Southern and Western men
are convinced that free coinage is the thing. 10
this they add sweeping demands for reduction
of the tariff Ia other words, the majority oi
the Democratic leaders at Washington to-day nave
gone more than halfway to meet the FARMERS
Alliance The percentage Of Democrats M No'I
gress who are opposed to the free coinage oil silver
is small. The Republican majority in Congress
is committed AGAINST it. The few Repuolicah
votes that have been cast for this measure came
from the representatives of extreme silver sec
tions The Republican party at Washington
as a body, is committed absolutely 10 mann,
tanning the present standard OF golu, anu IL wiz
use all possible means TO prevent the country ron
being swamped IS silver freecoinage IL Is ho'
clear where the Democrats are going for
their great issues in the coming rieS'-
Dental canaaign In all previous campaigns
prior TO the election OF Cleveland their laVorAe
warcry was, Turn the rascals out 1t was then
common f. charge dishonesty and corruption in
every department of the Republican Admlnlstra-
ton. When the Democrats came into power thcSe
charges were found TO have no basis NO APP
pointments have ever been made by any he
publican Administration that were as pad as
those made by Mr. Cleveland during the hrst
two years of bis Office. Democratic he"s-
paper in New-York, which wished at that time
10 criticisc Mr. Cleveland from point of lofty
independence in an Of-year, directed complla-
tion of the appointments of Mr.. Cleveland WIN
their exact character, taken State by State. This
list which was prepared with great care, as
closeS the most extraordinary condition of things
A number of appointecs were former conVlctS ana
some of them had even been indicted for murder.
TIE worst list of appointments was in the State
of Ohio. When this State had been completed, the
Democratic editor decided to stop his great
moral engine from cruising any further in that
direction. lie said that he had no idea they
were so bad. and that he did not care TO have
any investigation into the character of any more
of Mr. Cleveand's appointments The Civil
Service Commission of the State of Indiana pub
lished about that time list of Mr.. Clevelands
appointments there, and called attention to the
fact that there never had been such low grade
of officials appointed in the history of the State
as had been made under Mr.. Cleveland. They
also stated in formal report that every re-
quirement of an honest Civil Service had been
violated. Not a single Mugwump editor in the
East of those who pretend that their whole ideal
in politics lies in Civil Service reform ever con-
descended to notice the array of disgracefu facts
brought out in connection with the story of the
appointments printed during the second year of
Cleveland's Administration.
There have been no scandals under this Admins
tration. The management of the Treasury has
been especially directed against the financial
heresies of the day. The Republicans therefore
will 90 into the next campaign we'll equipped.
They are gaining every day in enthusiasm and
confidence. The Democrats. who have dwelt upon
the division in the Republican ranks. find them
selves much more divided. 1t is their union with
the Farmers Alliance throughout the country
which will be their downfall. They have gone
into the field Of cheap money, and, carried away
by the advocates of that. they will be forced
to take more advanced steps in the direction OF
absolute free trade than they have ever done
before
Mr. Lothrop, the Boston publisher, who has
been in Washington for several weeks. is shTewd
observer He has been about in the various
hospitable houses Of Washington, and while here
has met many Southern people. He says that
entertainers they are the most charming people
in the world. They have an ease and grace and
a kindliness in their way of receiving one which
he admires. He says that it does Northern people
good to come in contact with the more easy-man.
nered people of the South They learn to know
each other better when they meet in a social
way. If the disturbing element of politics could
be eliminated. the two sections would soon become
firm friends, and both sides would be the gamer.
Mr.. Lothrop's comment is just one. The best
Southern people at Washington are noted for their
characteristic methods of entertaining. In good
Southern house there is never any ostentation,
any desire to overawe or impress a guest with
display. The genuine Southern host or hostess
seeks TO please in the simplest and surest way.
The Southern people in society are easy in their
manners They are the best companions at the
dinner tables of Washington They tell the quaint
est stories, and appear 10 have a keen appreciation
of fun. This in a social way In politics they
are together. solid, and united against the North
which is regarded always with jealousy and with
the firm conviction that it should not be in the
position of control The Southern people are
ambitious to control this country. as they did
before the war. | heard q charming Southern
lady say the other evening that the South ruled
this country before the war. and that il was their
darling ambition 10 rule again. She said
I'VE are coming up now fast. and you will
soon see us where were
AS she is the wife Of one Of the leading politicians
Of the South, this remark means something. All
of the Southern ladies are furious politicians and
are even more ambitious than their husbands
When once the position of superiority is reached,
then they will be as agreeable need be to their
Northern associates. The union Of the South
and the West is a we-drected movement toward
such control
Several Kansas and Southern papers have ex-
pressed doubts as TO the correctness of my state
ment concerning the military administration of