Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-07-07

Dear Sir: have just returned from an in
tervew with the Pres ident at which showed
| him the note YOU left this morning and told
| him that had no doubt that your estimate
| of Judge Lucas was correct
| While he did not make any promise he
| said the Judge ought not to he discouraged
| from making an application for the mission
| TO Portugal. | think he was favorably i'm
pressed. Very truly yours.
Thus encouraged by the President
and the Secretary OF State, | present
ed an application endorsed as follows;
By every Democratic member of the
Legislature of West Virginia, with
three unimportant exceptions; by sew
eral prominent Republicans; by the
Supreme Court; by the Governor
elect, and all of the other executive
officers; by the president and faculty
Of the University; by scholars, judges
and statesmen from other States in
terms of commentator to which L
can only allude; by Senator Faux
ner, Congressman Wilson, Anderson
and Pendleton. To Senator Camden
| neither made nor authorized any
application, direct or indirect, and SO
informed the President To Con-
gresham Capehart did not apply,
because he was not in Washington.
In a few days Hon. John ID. Alder
son called upon he to inform me he
had withdrawn his endorsement.
The next day | learned that Mr.. Jno.
O. Pendleton had done the same
thing, although his sense of humilia-
ton and shame deferred him from
informing me of his attention.
/ was informed about the same time
that Mr.. Camden would oppose my
appointment, openly and actively.
Mr.. Camden's age does, of course,
preclude the idea that he will seek
any further Senatorial honors. I'm
pressed with this implied acknowledge
ment, he was at liberty to consult his
private resentments, rather than the
interest Of the Democratic party in
West Virginia. He must, however,
agree to abide by this decision. He
can not expect to run another speak
easy campaign in this State.
To the Democracy of Hampshire
and West Virginia | say frankly that
one reason why | desired to get out
of the country was an apprehension
that the policy of this administration
would not be in accordance with its
pledges.
The distinct and paramount issue
upon which Mr. Cleveland was elected
was Tariff Reform.
For three months past we have not
heard word upon this subject.
The whole energy of the admins
traton seems to have been coucen-
trated upon a scheme essentially and
peculiarly, in conception and con
spiracy, Republican,: the complete demon
citation of Silrer
To this scheme, originated i'll Wall
street, at the instigation of foreign
bondholders and bankers, am, as an
American, unalterably opposed.
An artificial crisis has been engi-
neered by these schemers in order to
frighten the Democratic party from
its position on this subject, and to in
duce it to surrender, without any ade
quate consideration in return, all that
has been gained in contest of TWEEN
ty years to remonetize silver. sin
cerely hope that our party can not be
bribed, cajoled, or frightened into
any such ignominious surrender of
its principles.
The same tactics were pursued by
the Bank of the United States against
General Jackson, and the same at
tempt was them made TO frighten the
administration, by curtailing loans,
and creating an artificial monetary
crisis Fortunately, Jackson was
then at the head of affairs, and the
Democracy of that day proved true
to the Gold and Silver currency OF
the Constitution" God grant we may
not prove recreant in the present
crisis
DANIRL Is. LUCAS.