Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-18

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certainly. one Of the most interestin. f:c-
ures in public life and every year mas seen
him grow In popular favor as a tactic
leader of unequaled ability In moiern ooli-
tics. Endowed by nature with resources
seemingly unlimited in the art Of political
strategy, he has by constant cultivation
made himself master and In such elner-
gencies as this he is at home
Senator Germans Opportuufty.
1t Is given to few men In public life IN
have such opportunities as those which
have come to him-if opportunities come to
men-and however great all others may
have been, this. all agree. is his golden o.
portunity. What will he do with z. This
Is alike the question asked by friend ana
foe and nowhere more than in MarIIani
Tor nowhere Is he watched with deeper In
terest than here.
UP to this time. since Congress met Mr.
19rman mas certainly been the subject Of
cnucism more adverse than favorable This
Is because his enemies. and those xho
Wnle not openly opposing him. -exard him
with the eye Of suspicion. are doing ali the
talking, while his friends. like himself. are
truth Is that Mr.. German is being unfusflv
ana unkfndly criticised. He is being con-
demned unheard. and roundly abuses for
something he has not done. and because
ne does not disclose his plan OF action AZ
period most critical in his own life 80
IN tnat OF the country. when the utn,ost
efficacy II required. IL In assumed thai he
mas done those things which he ought NOT
70 nave done. and left undone those things
which he ought to have done and thai
there Is no health In him.
Mr. Sorman has voted once for the r.
peal OF the Sherman law. 1t is hard 20 see
now ne could get away from this record
even II he wanted to- He has eycrvthinr
to gain by being in accord with the admin.
istration and everything to lose by being
at odds with it 1t Is most important at a
time like this that the party leadership
should be WISE conservative ana far See
ing. a. well as prompt and decisive. II
MI. German comes to the rescue of the ad-
ministratfon In the Senate end helps un-
tangle the financial knot his fame must
be established and his position as a ma
tional leader become more Formidable than
ever.
The friends Of Mr.. German seel that his
success or failure in the mana cement Of
his party's affairs in the United States Sen
ate Will have an immense bearing upon HIS
future political fortunes. They are largely
convinced that his great hope Is to round
up his successful political career in the
white House and every move he makes on
u
cussed and analysed by them II, here
fore. the eyes OF nobody else are rpon Sem
ator German. he need have 40 doubt about
the fact that the eyes Of the regular party
organization are riveted there.
But the anu-Gorman people are NOR -
gardless OF him. Unlike the regulars how
ever, his further success means another
crop OF bitterness in their cup. For 10
achieve success must require some degree
Of statesmanship-a quality which the OBJ
ponents of Senator German will not CON-
cede to him. They say that il is as ir,-
possible for him to rise from the plane OF
the politician to that OF The statesman as
for the camel to go through the eye OF the
traditional needle, and. without waiting for
a possible opportunity to AXE him to task
for any sins OF omission or commission.
they start with the hypothesis that he will
be guilty Of both and call him 20 account
for 1t. II is like the story Of he man who.
accusing unjustly the boy of stealing his
watermelons. thrashed him for fear he
might steal them
In Accord with the administration.
Senator German is in no way aiscon-
certed or disturbed by The hostile criticisms
Of his action. He is in accord with the ad-
ministration and he has undertaken the
fight for the repeal Of the purchasing clause
In the Sherman law, as the President has
recommended. but he is going to conduct
this fight on his own lines and not on
those laid down for him by other people.
He finds himself confronted at the outset
by the fact that the democratic opposition
to unconditional repeal in the Senate is
more than two to one. The difficult task
he has on hand becomes at once apparent
To approach II lightly or without the erav-
est consideration. would he not to appre-
ciate its magnitude and necesssarily. there
fore. to defeat the ends most desirable to be
accomplished.
Senator German is pursuing the only
course open to him for propsr and accept
n n NJ fha A.
volving upon him. that is, to bring these
divergent views together upon some COM
mon ground that will at once secure finan-
cial relief to the country and prevent an
open rupture among the democrats in the
Senate, which. OF course. would mean an
trreconcflable war with the President and
party breach not soon TO be repaired.
III he can do this. he will lave won his
greatest triumph and rilenced his critics
Then for the rest of Mr.. Clevelanf's term
at least his name will be secoai in prom
inence to that of the exec ltive. and after
that-what? This is why he Is silent and
why he will remain silent until IL Is Zine
he should show his hand. II ne fails in his
endeavor. his position will DC in no wise
changed from what ii now is but Il Is GER
tain that he can in no way further the
object he is seeking to obtain by disclosing
his plan of action.
One OF the most prominent members of
the Baltimore bar. who is IN intimate re-
latfons with Senator German, said. In speak
Ing OF MS course. nave every confidence
in Mr.. Germans judgment and have no
hesitancy in predicting that IL any man in
the Senate is competent TO meet the silver
issue now confronting he administration
II is he. do not. however. expect 20 see
the purchasing clause of The Sherman laxv
repealed in much less time than seven or
eight weeks"
John Quinn, one of the shrewdest ara
most far-seeing Of the political Leaders in
the regular organization here and p. WHO
comes as near knowing the inside OF eyer,.-
thing political as anybody can. saws: "Mr.
German will show his hand pretty soon.
ana wnen ne does. You mark my word.
things will get in shape before long after
ward, III not I'll be the most disappointed
man in the country"
Congressman Rayner's Course.
Another product of Maryland democratic
politics. Congressman Rayner. Is attracting
a great deal OF national attention at this
time. Indeed, Mr.. Rayner he's done his