Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-23
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inundated 10 the eve. Of his own
countrymen as well as the entire
world. Such j. today the unenyiabIe
position Of the would-bs dictator,
Grover Cleveland. Even the most
pronounced opponent Of the admin
istratiou can aiTord 70 feel . little
sympathy for Mr.. Cleveland, VINO :
after all the President Of the United
States. Ii members Of Congress
would vote as they think, regard
less Of political ties, the impeach
ment Of Mr. Cleveland would be a.
certain a. the coming Of Christmas,
and, a. it is probable that only his
shrewdness 10 making the uncousti-
tutionai portions Of his instructions
TO Paramount Blount and Minister
Willis verbal instead Of written l.
all that will save him from that
fate. There is no reasonable
ground for doubt that in those YER
bal instructions be vas guilty of an
impeacbable crime which the writ
ten instructions do not entirely cor
roborate. 1t should be a terrible
warning even u a man as bull.head
ed as the President has shown him
self to be.
Senator Morrill, is the oldest man
in Congress, and his physical con
dition is somewhat feeble, but be
proved by an able tariff speech,
contrasting the English policy Of
free trade as outlined in Mr. Cleye-
lands message, with the American
policy Of protection which has
made the United States the most
pros porous country on earth and
given our wordiugmeu an oppor
tuuity to rise that Is not IN TO
wage-earners in any other country,
that there il no falling off in the
mental yigor that has for thirty
years made him a prominent figure
in Congress. He treated the mat.
ter from an American, not parti
san point Of view, and was coDser-
yatlyo in his language, as he al.
ways Is,
The democratic scheme for the
admission Of only such territories
as are likely to 90 democratic was
fully uncovered by the tactics used
to railroad the bill providing for
the admission Of Utah through the
House. The scheme viii be check
mated IN the Senate where the bill
will be amended to make il include
Oklahoma, and then the issue will
be squarely made to admit both or
admit neither,
Exciusiyeness seems to be getting
contagious under this administer
ton, and somebody at the capitol
appears to be desirious of making
that building even more exclusive
than the White House has been
made. First, orders were issued
shutting the public out of the Sen
ate chamber entirely; it has always
been a fayorite custom with visitors
to stroll through the senate chamber,
which has always been open To-
them until fifteen minutes before
the time for opening the daily
sessions until this order went into
effect Next, the public, with the
exception Of newspaper men, was
prohibited the use of the elevator
from the basement to the senate
galleries. To the credit OF the news
papermen, this exception has not
lesseued their criticism of this
student exclusiveness. But the
most unsatisfactory rule of all il
that which closes all Of the en-
frances to the capitol, except one
through the senate basement ana
another through the house basement
every day at $3.50 o'clock p. m. No
matter in what part Of the building
YOU we're or wished to 90 after that
time you had to use one or the
other Of these doors, about an eight
of a mile apart. This rule proved
SO Objectionable that it has already
been rescinied
Democratic distraction over the
tariff hill !. ia rrcaeiup instead Of