The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-10-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 18!
ssUpon what meat doth this, our Cesar, feed,
That he is grown 30 greatr -.....- --s..

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ssUpon what meat doth this, our Cesar, feed,
That he Is grown 30 greatF -..r.. .--t...
Well may this question be asked
concerning the man who at this mo
ment thinketh himself an American
Caesar, and whose dreams are doubt
less filed with pictures of his future
greatness and power. The most .au-
tocratic royalty of Europe is not sur
rounded with more rlgld exciusiveness
than Mr.. Cleveland now cloaks his
most august presence with. He deems
| it beneath the dignity of the American
Caesar 10 touch the hands of p.ebians;
therefore he has abolished the iong-es-
tablished custom Of holding public re-
ceptions in the white house. Being
applauded by the Fitznoodle press for
that ste., toward royalty, he has now
gone further and issued Il ukase that
no. person, excepting members Of his
cabinet, shall be admitted to his pres
ence until they shall have stated their
business ID HIS private secretary and
secured the consent Of that function
ary. Think of "A dignlfied justice of
| the supreme court, II senator or repre-
tentative, who was prominent before
Grover Cleveland was heard of out
side the circle OF his Buffalo chums,
having to state the nature of his busi-
ness to Mr.. Thurber and get his ap-
proval before being allowed to enter
the office of the president. Could
7unkeyism go farther under a republi-
can form of government Some peo-
pie say that this sudden exciusiveness
on the part of Mr.. Cleveland arises
from the morbid fear that he is in dan
ger Of assassination. Fear is not a
thing which Americans are in the hab-
it of ,attributing to their presidents, nor
is it quality they admire in any man.
The intense excitement over the bill
for the repeal of all federal supervis-.
ion of elections, which democrats ex-
pected to accompany the debate on
the bill in the house and relied upon
TO unite the factions Of their demoral-e
zed party, has not materialized, owing
to the good sense of the republican
leaders in the house, who wisely de-.
cline to assist the democrats to "get to-
gether," 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
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 the administration, was un-l
constitutional Mr.. Chandler remarked
that it was entirely fitting that its
members, should receive their pay
$40 a day and expenses -from what
is known as. theos'fraud fund.- Of the
.rg-5sel' al ID I'd sE-1 ''i .f''5
, The truce in the senate over the
Voorhees,, billais to be continued under
the present arrangsment-seven hours
talk day-for another week, unless
is sooner reached. Nearly |
everybody has now settled down to +
the belief thatiit must be compromise
81 nothing, and If the compromise
sn't reached by the 18th Of this month
hat it will be nothing, as it is regarded
IS probable that congress will take a
short recess about that time. ID % Il
No legislative body was ever more
sensitive to anything, having the APP /,
1earance Of outside dictation Or even
Interference than the u. s. senate.
Even if the proposition = Of Mr.. +
Wharton Barker, which has been en- +
ioused by many prominent PensYl- i
,ania' business men TO make a combine,
,etween the friends Of silver and those
i protection, met with the approval :
# any considerable number of sena-
ors, which it does not, the manner in /.
shich it has been brought to the at :
ention of the senate would almost GER.
ainly have been fatal to its prospects !
i adoption. Mr. Barker is man Of
gide political experience and it is SUR 3
rising that be did not proceed diff