The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-06-29
wAsHINGr0N LETTER.

Washington, June %, 1893.
Mr.. Cleveland. according to democra-
tic authority, is about to duplicate his
unconstitutional action in sending "my
personal agent" to Hawaii by appoint
ing personal agent to take charge of
the government printing Office and re-
organize its entire working force and
system-another name for dismissing the
republican employees. His reason is
stated to be that he wishes this reorgan-
ization to be made by man who will
feel no responsibility to congressman or
congress. The personal agent who is to
have all the powers of the public printer
without any of his responsibility will
have no excuse or warrant of law forex-
isting, only the will OF Mr.. Cleveland,
which appears to be rapidly taking the
place of the law and the constitution.
Congress in Its wisdom enacted a law
compelling the public printer to give a
bond of $1o0, 0OO-the largest with one
exception given by any United States
ofhcial-for the faithful performance of
his responsible duties. This law will be
ignored If Mr.. Cleveland's personal
agent 10 given all the authority of the
public printer and not required to give
the same bond. The resignation of the
present public printer, Mr.. Palmer. has
been at Mr.. Cleveland's disposal for
months. His term expired more than
month ago.
There are a number of democrats at
present in Washington, including several
congressman, who are in open rebellion
against SO much of the Chicago demo-
cratic platform as declared protection to
be unconstitutional. These democrats
not only believe protection to be consti-
tutional, but that it is absolutely essen
tial to the preservation of industries
already well established in the United
States, not to mention new ones. They
are citizens of Louisiana engaged in
sugar-planting and they are here to i'm
press upon Mr.. Cleveland. Secretary Car
Isle and other democrats who are to
have hand in preparing the new tariff
bill the necessity tor putting tariff of
one, one and a half or two cents a pound
upon foreign sugar, if the present bounty
upon domestic sugar Is to be abolished.
From the above, it will beseen that there
win be democrats fighting for protection
~ well as democrats fighting for free
trade when congress takes up the tariff
question.
"If were one OF the pensioners
dropped" said a California lawyer, in
Washington on pleasure trip, "by rea-
son Of the reversal of the construction
placed upon the disability not Of service
origin, clause of the act of 1890 by Gen.
Raum and ex-Secretary Noble, should,
appeal to the courts for the proper con-
struction of that law. do not pretend
tossy which is right. but certainly both
cannot be. Ex-Secretary LobleisI think
better lawyer than Secretary Hoke
Smith, and Gen. Raum's reputation as a
lawyer is good; if not quite so high as
that OF Judge Lochren, his successor at
the head of the pension Office. Noble
and Raum put one construction on this
law and Smith ami Lochren another that
Is directly contrary. Now the courts
should be given a whack at it."
Representative Caruth of Kentucky, is
one OF the democrats who believes that
Mr.. Cleveland may again be the presi-
DENTAL candidate Of his party. When
some gentlemen were discussing the
availability of Gov. Flower of New York,
and several western men Mr.. Caruth
after expressing his opinion as to the
probable candidate remarked significant
": "All this. / want to add, is on the
presumption, ofcourse, that Mr.. Cleve-
land will not consent to allow his name
to be presented for third term" In
other words, Mr.. Caruth does not be-
lieve that any other man can get the
nomination if Mr.. Cleveland wants 1t,
and there is little doubt about his want
ing It.
Faymaster John c. Sullivan, Of the
navy, who received q lot Of unenviablc
notoriety and NARROWLY escaped being