The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown SO great?'

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Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown SO create
Well may this question be asked con.
cernlng the man who at this moment
thinketh himself an American Caesar,
and whose dreams are doubtless filled
with pictures of his future greatness
and power. The most autocratlc 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 Caesar to touch the
hands of plebians; therefore be has
abolished the long established custom OF
holding public receptions in the White
House Being applauded by the FItZ'
noodle press for that step towards royalty
he has now gone further aud issued
ukase that no person, excepting membe
of his cabinet, shall be admitted to his
presence until they shall have stated
their business to his private secretary
and secured the consent of that function
ary Think of diguified justice OF the
Supreme Court, a Senator, or Represent
alive who was prominent before Grover
Cleveland was heard of outside the
circle of his Buffalo chums having to
state the nature of his business to Mir.
Thurber and get his approval before
bcing allowed to enter the office of the
President. Could funkeyism 90 farther
under republican form of government?
Some people say that this sudden
cxclusiveness on the part of Mr.. Cleve-
land arises from the morbid fear that he
is in danger of assassination. Fear is
not thing which Americans are in the
habit of attributing to their President,
nor is it quality they admire in any
| man.
The intense excitement over the bill
| for the repeal of all Federal supervision
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 leaders in the House,
| who wisely decline to assist the democ-
rats to ''get together conteuting
themselves with opposing the bill upon
high legal and constitutional grounds,
and taking advantage of the debate to
visit the Worlds Fair.
Senator Chandler made one of his
sashing speeches-he isn't an orator.
but lie is an almighty plain talker- in
favor of his resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for his author
ity for appointing the Fairchild COM
mission, now engaged in an alleged
investigation OF the Appraisers office
| of the port of New y ork. After showing
| that the appointment of this commission
| as we'll as numerous other acts of the
| administration, was unconstitutional
Mr.. Chandler remarked that it was
entirely fitting that its members should
ICSCIFC lbSii PuJ -vlO q phJ abu GA pOh
ses-from what is known as the fraud
fund" of the Treasury.
The truce in the Senate over the Nor-
hees bill is to be continued under the
| present arrangement-seven hours talk
day-for another week, unless a com
| promise is sooner reached Nearly
| lv hos Sott1oI lpnn tn hp
belief that it must be compromise OF
no. hing, and if the compromise isl
reached by the 18th of this month tina,
| it will be nothing, as it is regarded as
probable that Congress will take a
short recess about that time.
No legislative body was ever more
sensitive to anything having the appear
ance of outside dictation or even inter.
! ference than the U. S. Senate. Even
if the proposition of Mr.. Wharton Barker
which has been endorsed by many
prominent Pennsylvania business men
to make a combine, between the friends
| OF silver and those Of protection, met
with the approval of any considerable
| number of Senators, which it does not,
| 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 a
man of wide political experience and 1t
is surprising that ne did not proceed
differently. Had the proposition come
| from soma Senator first and then been
endorsed by the Pennsylvanians Mr.
| Bankers trip to Washington might have
| had a different result, although the
chance were against his proposition
| anyway.
A poor crazy man was arrested in the
since those who justify the employment
of private detectives have been filling
up" gullible newspaper correspondents
with the details of the narrow escape
of the President aud the bloodthirstyness
of the wouldbe assassin. Its all poppy
cock; poor devil who is half witted
walked into the White House. and
because of his rambling talk was arrested
He had no weapon of any kind and could
not have hurt any body had he been SO
inclined.
The party whip is being brought into
use to force democratic Senators INTO
voting to confirm the nomination of Mr..
Van Allen to be ambassador to Italy, not
withstanding the general belief of the