Middletown transcript., 1893-03-25

one of their number within the las
| forty eight hours. and it may prove th,
first step towards war between tn
President and the Senate as bitter ant
relentless as that which was part of
President Andrew Johnson's admins
tration. The most notable thing abou
the secret conference was the absene,
of such pronounced opponents Of th,
administration as Senators Hill
Murphy and Pugh. Although absen
these Senators are in sympathy with th,
objects of the conference, and il
is believed that they kept away
purposely, in order that certain
Senator's disposed to be conservative
might be induced to attend. Wtal
was stated to have been the immediate
cause of the calling of The conference
was the notice served upon Sen tors
by Mr.. Cleveland that he reserved the
right to sturn down" applicants for
Office even when they were indorsed by
both Senators and the entire state dele
gatian in the House. In other words,
that Congressional influence would not
count unless the bearer of it was other
wise satisfactory to the appointing
power. That was the last straw.
"This man intends to humilitate usand
to break down our power at home -
said indignant Democratic Senators to
each other, ''and unless we intend to
retire at The end of onr terms we must
fight" Nothing definite was deter.
mined at the conference, which was
held for free interchange of opinion
as to what ought to be done, but ma
jority favored sending Mr.. Cleveland
word in unmistakable language that
unless lie would agree to allow he
Senators TO exercise their old-time
privilege of controlling, when acting
in concert with the Representatives
from their States, the Federal
patronage of their respective States,
they propose to make war on him by
rejecting his nominations to Office. Al
though 10 formal resolution to that
effect was adopted by the. conference,
the talk of those who took part about
twenty enators-has been fully re-
ported to Mr.. Cleveland, and the few
that are in the secret are anxiously
waiting to see which side, if either,
will first show tho white feather. If
Mr., Cleveland does it will-be the first
time he has allowed himself to be
whipped without fight.
Secretary Hoke Smith is ambitions
of becoming known TO fame as heads
man. In addition to accepting the
of General Raum, as Com
missioner of Pensions, in advance of
the appointment of his snccessor-an
proceeding-he has asked for
The resignation of all the division chiefs |
in the General Land Office. That's
going at a much more rapid pace than !
he rest of the cabinet have yet struck.
Republican officials seem to enjoy the
confidence of this administration to a |
marked extent. For two days last
week the War and Navy Departments
we're in charge of Assistant S4creta
Grant and Solely, respectively, while
Secretaries Lamont and Herbert were
,ut of the city.
Uncle jerry Rusk ha been taking
.dvantage nf his vacation to do little
ight-seeiDg in Washington, which he
ever had an opportunity to do during
he four years lie was Secretary of Agri-
ulture. Although his Office was within
stones throw of the Washington
he never enjoyed the view
rom the top until since he was pro-
loted to lie private citizen.
The administration is trying 10 be
cry mysterious about its policy to.
ard Hawii, but it can be stated on
0od authority that it has had two sep
rate and distinct policies within
eek. The first of last week ex-Con-
ressman Blount, of Georgia, who
lille lie was chairman of the House
on Foreign Affairs, was an
ltspoken opponent Of annexation, was
tarted for Hawaii with authority and
to repudiate the protector
te established by Minister Stevens,
nd TO haul down the American flag, in
Idpt to see whether the provis-
,nal government was strong enough
, stand alone while negotiat-
Ig with this government. LITTER !
was received by the /
ADMINISTRATION, to the effect that Great ,
ritain's officials were prepared the
4 men: lie protection Of the United !,
tates was officially withdrawn to re- !,
ore the depoesd Queen to the throne,
nder British proteetorate- A cabi.
ct meeting was at once called, and t
S members made the fact very plain
the President that if he allowed
reat Britain TO get peacable control of
laval his administration would be
,nounced from the Atlantic to the 4
acitic for such an un- American policy.
D an entire set of new instructions
ere prepared and sent by teleg graph to i,
tercept Mr.. Blount at San Francisco. .
] these new ins ructions lie was told
recognize the existing protectorate, v
lille lie scours Hawaii for reasons t
.ainst annexation As he sails from O
an Francisco to-day or tomorrow, his :,
structions cannot again be changed :
-en if the administration should take
lother somersault. 2
Every train that goes out of WASH
gton is loaded with disappointed =
fec seekers, but as every train which r
rives is also loaded with office seekers :
ere is little or no dimunition in the !
owd which daily besieges the White
ouse and the Departments.