The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-12

S"AAA nhioCee OIL the SENATOR LODGE.
House having the matter in charge con-
nd'''tly exp cts to unearth Conspiracy
OF large dimensions involving prominent
Eastern authors and publishers.
When Mr.. Cleveland took the New
YORK World into his confidence, and
submitted TO that interview in which lie
declared that E lwarl Murphy. Jr.: was
not statesman such as he could en-
dorse to be United st It IS Senator from
the great State of New -YorH,
he probably had not fully considered
the ,anyer of pulling the ,ry y,r Of a
musket that had been overloaded. No
incident Of the entire winter has pro-
yokeI as much commeutin Washington
as that late. View. The President. eltct
y; 8 been more damned an pr,,ised for
that act than for any other probably, in
his entire career. And yet the inter-
view was very iunocuous in the seuli-
1nents it express ID. Like any other CIT
lien, Mr.. Cleveland, II uply said that.
Mr.: Murphy Was not his style of ystat,.s-
man. This he had al undvubted right
to do, aud really I cannot Comprehend
how so slight an Incl tent should have
provoked SO much lit, or comment. III
Walter WeIlman, famous w shiny
ton correspondent from 1C.icyo. HIS
passed throu 5h the nliseri<'s Of a swell
tea party in Wasliust ton aud here is
what he says Of it.:
The tea party should go. The idea is
absurd, stupid. haras>ing, seuseless. |,
is queer tumble Of humanity. The,
highest officers of the government are
here and also the lowest in rank. Mos
of the women are married. Halt. OF
them are old enough 10 know batter.
The young ami inter, s ing women do
not like to waste their strength IN such
unsatisfactory endeavors, for there are
no curners to sit down in an So Q pof~--
session OF any sort or 4 man is in'p: ssh
BILE. The men are Q Their old ,oun iers
who live on tea tables in order. to ave
expenses at their clubs or restaurants.
d ,nlomats old and glum or :youny and
Extensively dulish,, or politi, ms WHO
are here not SO much for esoclety's sake.
as for their wives and their re-elec i,n.
Nobody in Washington takes stock in
the St. Paul story that j; G. .Bulli,t is to
be attorney general u1der Cleveland.
Henry Willard might be able to do
some, hing tor Bullilt, but. a cabinet
position is, aiming LOO i4iyh.i If any
Minnesota mau goes into the cabinet it
will t. be j Judge Thomas: w llso1i, of
Wiuona. iison WAS in congress dur
ing Cleveland's adLiihi *tratlon,, aud was
high in the confidence Of Cleveland. He
was one Of the delegates at large to the
Chicago convention, and was an un-
swerving supporter of the ex-president.
He is in full sympathy with Cleveland
Oh the tariff. silver, ana other sui'jAcls,
and is certain to get something, though
his friends have not counted on q cabi--
net place for him. '''.sS4zt3,t=tt'. =, ::
~. The conflict betw cen tho civil and
the military authorities over the matter
of Indian control continues to be d q,les-
ton of much interest, and, the military
authorities seem to be having slightly
t the best of the argument up to the pres-
ent time. Those people who know the
Indians best recognize the fact that the
| Indians have much more respect for d
man in uniform and shoulder straps
than for an ordinary civilian in citizens
clothing. The Indian is aware that the
uniform means the power, and authority
of the government. fsssl ~
. -.5 FRANK g.. MEAD.