The Southern herald., 1893-03-24
or WnhIngion Letter.


AshlAlaoAs FL lfel 4fl lc5o-
Senator German, Who vas chair.
man Of ths caucus committee that
made the Senate committee assign
msnts, and therefore in q position
to know WhsFeofhe speaks, said, ]
am reliably informed, to personal
friend: "There has been a lot Of
nonsense talked and printed about
the positions upon the prominent
Senate committees having been
purpOsely arranged by the caucus
committee, SO as to be antagonistie
10 the President. There is absolute
ly no foundation for any such state
menis. The assignments of the
old Senators were made according
tothe wsll-known preeedents which
have governed such assignments
ever since / have been a member
Of the Senate, and for many years
before, and of the new ones accord
ing to the best judgment Of the
committee. " Although Senator
German did not intend his remarks
for publication, it is but justice
to him and the members Of the
committee that they should be
made public. This caucus COM
mittee had no authority to say that
this or that democratic Senator
should not have committee po
sitions, to which they were entitled
by seniority, because Of their views
upon this or that question, and had
it attempted such a thing its work
would have been repudiated by the
caucus, which had to approve its
report before it went into effect. 1t
is only in republican papers that
there is any antagonism between
President Cleveland and the demo-
cratic Senators. No administration
ever assumed office with more
harmonious party at its back than
the present, and neither the Presi-
dent nor any prominent democrat
in Congress expects or sees any in.
dicatiOn of anything TO disturb the
present pleasant relations between
the President and the party, in and
out Of Congress. Statements to the
contrary, If run down, will be found
in every case TO have originated
either with arepublican orajournal-
istic sensation monger.
Democrats should be extremely
careful about accepting as true
statements concerning the in.
tentions of President Cleveland
which appear in republican papers.
A little consideration will convince
them Of the imprObability Of re.
publican editors and correspondents
being taken into the confidence Of
Mr.. Cleveland. A case in point
was the sending broadcast by re-
publican correspondents, a few days
ago, of the positive statement that
MIR. Cleveland had said that demo-
cratic editors need not apply for
office, as he had made up his mind
not TO appoint them. Now, Mr..
Clevelandnever saidany such thing,
and the nearest approach to a fOun-
dation the story had was the Presi.
dents jocular remark 10 "a Congress.
man that editors must take their
chances with other applicants. In
order to impress the falsity of this
statement upon democrats Mr.
Cleveland took especial care thai
the first nomination Of a postmaster
sent to tie Senate by him should
be that Of a democratic editor
Mr.. Robert B. Brown, of Meadville
Pennsylvania.
If there had been any doubt o
the wisdom ofsending a commission
to Hawaii, which has been dom
by the administration, it woulC
have been dissipated by the talk o
the Hawaiian Commissioners afte
they learned that a commission
would be sent to make an investi
CATION. 1t is evident that the,
fear the result of that investigation
consequently the suspicion which
has existed for sometime in thl
minds ofa few people, that the Who'll,
business has been conducted upor
a one-sided basis, is inereasin,
very rapidly. Honest and straight
forward people never object to tn,
most rigid investigation of thei
at. Il - o1,un,,, Al Ill. -. .s.a Z.