Middletown transcript., 1893-10-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Upon what meat doth this our Cesar ieeo
That he is grown so great?"
Well may this question be asked
concerning the man who at this mo-
ment thinketh himself an American
Caesar, and whose dreams are doubtless
alled with pictures Of his future great
ness and power. The most autocratic
royalty of Europe is not surrounded
with more rigid exclusiveness than Mr.
Cleveland now cloaks his most august
presence with. He deems it beneath
the dignity of the American Cesar to
touch the hands of plebians; therefore
he has abolished the custom of holding
public receptions in the White House.
Being applauded BY the Fitznoodle
press for that step towards royalty he
has now gone further and issued q
ukase that no person. excepting the
members Of his cabinet, shall be adj
mitted to his presence until they shall
have stated their business to his pri-
yate secretary and secured the consent
Of that functionary. Think Of Dig
nifed justice Of the Supreme Court, q
Senator, or Representative who was
prominet before Grover Cleveland was
heard Of outside the circle Of his Buff
falo chums having to state the nature
of his business to MIR. Thurber and
get his approval before being allowed
to enter the Office Of the President.
Gould 1unkyism go further under Re-
publican form Of government? Some
people say that this sudden exclusive
ness on the part Of Mr.. Cleveland
arises from the morbid fear that he is
in danger Of assassination. Fear is not q
thing which Americans are in the
habit of attribnting to their Presidents,
nor is is a quality they admire in any
man.
The intense excitment over the bill
for the repeal of all Federal super
vision of elections, which Democrats
expected to accompany the debate on
the bill in the house and relied upon to
unite the factions of their demoralized
party, has not materialized, owing to
the good sense of the Republican lea
ders in the House, who wisely decline
to assist the Democrats to ''get
together, . contenting themselves with
opposing the bill upon high legal and
constitutional grounds, and taking ad-
vantage of the debate to visit the
Worlds Fair.
Senator Chandler made one of his
slashing speeches-he isn't an orator,
but he is an almighty plain talker-in
favor of his resolution calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury for his
authority for appointing the Fairchild
commission, now engaged in an alleged
investigation of the Appraisers Office
Of the port Of New York. After
showing that the appointment of this
commission, as well as numerous other
acts Of administration, was uncon-
stitutional Mr.. Chandler remarked that
it was entirely fitting that its members
should receive their pay $40 day and
expenses from what is known as the;
ssfraud fund.- Of the Treasury.
The truce in the Senate over the
voorhees, bill is to be continued under
the present arrangement -seven hours
talk a day-for another week, unless
a compromise is sooner reached. Nearly
everybody has now settled down to the
belief that it must be compromise or
nothing, and if the compromise isn't
reached by the 18th Of this mon that
it will be nothing, as it is regarded as
probable that Congress will take short
recess at about the time.
No legislative body was ever more
sensitive to anything having the ap-
pearance of outside dictation or even
interference than the U. s. Senate.
Even if the proposition of Mr.. Whar-
ton Baker, which has been endorsed by
many prominent Pennsylvania busi-
ness men to make a combine, between
the friends of silver and those of pro-
lection, met with the approval of any
considerable number of Senators,
which it does net, the manner in which
it has been brought to the attention of
the Senate would almost certainly have
been fatal to its prospects Of adoption.
Mr.. Barker is man Of wide political
exueE1ence and i is surprising that he
I'D aok proceed differe ntly. Had the
>ropos|tion come from some Senator
IIrst md then been endorsed by the