Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-07-27
Washington Letter
From OUu REGULAR CoRREsroNDE,


FROM oUu REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON. d. G., July Gath, 1893.
Secretary Gresham must regard his
prospects for receiving the democratic
nomination in 1896 as we'll as for beng
elected as unusually good, OF he would
not have declined to accept an appoint
ment to the Supreme Court vacancy,
which his friends say be has done in
the last few days. Your correspondent
is inclined to believe with the late Sen.
ator Carpenter who once expressed the
opinion that no man ever declined a
seat on the bench of the q. S. Supreme
Court; but even if he wasn't, this Ores
ham story doesn't exactly dovetail with
the one that came from Il similar source
a few days ago, saying that be had been
promised that he should be the admin
istratlon candidate for President. Now,
one or the other of these stories is wrong
and it would not be surprising to find
that both are. If President Cleveland
had promised to make Secretary Ores
ham the candidate Of MS PARTY in 1890
what sense was there in bis rendering
him the present vacancy on the Supreme
Court There would not be the slight
est, unless the President regretted the
first promise and sought TO escape it by
putting Sec. Gresham on the bench.
The names of Sec Carlisle and At
tourney General Olney are also men,
toned by the gossips in connection with
that Supreme Court vacancy. They
havent been offered the place, but ac-
cording to aforesaid gossips, they would
like to be. 1t doesn't require amy srec.
ial knowledge to make Chat sort of II
statement. There are probably at least
100000 lawyers in the United States
who would be delighted to have this
place rendered to them and doubtless
Messrs Carlisle and Olney also Bissell
and lioke Smith are among the number.
Suppose Mr.. Cleveland in his mes
cage to Congress-, asked Treasury
Official, should recommend as a substl-
tute for the Sherman silver law II bill
providing for the free coinage of silver ?
Suppose the sky were to fall? retorteu
the gentleman with whom he Was con-
versing. You seem lncrcdulous, bat
you need not be, was the reply, for l
eau assure you that Mr.. Cleveland is
now earnestly considering that very
thing, the silver so coined to be limited
in its legal tender qualities to one hum
drc1 dollars or prob4bIy less. Mind
you, ] do not say that lie will make
such a recommendation, only that he
is considering that among other pro-
posed substitutes for the Sherman law,
having about come to the conclusion
that it will be impossible to secure the
unconditional repeal Of the Sherman
law, and being DESTROYS of making
known to Congress what sort of ii sub
stitute will be acceptable to the admin
lstration'
Speculation as to President Cleye-
lands message occupies considerable
portion Of the time OF those Congress-
men who are already here, and every
body who IS likely to have any infor-
nation on the subject is closely cate
chiesd. Few people have succeeded in
flndlng out in advance any Of President
Cieyeland' S autions-iti is said that some
times all Of the members of the Cabinet
do not know until the thing Is done
and Tor that reason impressions are II o;
to be relied upon III predicting W hat the
message will contain. Those who have
talked with him express the belief thai
it will be confined exclusively to finan
clal matters, aud that every thing else
will be left over for bis message to the
regular session, beginning in December
There is no doubt that Mr.. Cleveland
IN common with most people would
like the extra session to be a short one
but he has little Or no hope that 1t will
he. There are twenty good reasons
why The extra session will be prolonged
to the opening Of the regular session