Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-27


some days ago to ascertain what
if the exposition were opened on
Sunday. This is not question Of
the personal preferences of the in
dividual members Of the admins
tration. 1t is against law Of the
United States to open the fair on
Sunday, and every member Of the
administration has sworn 10 observe
and enforce the law, and failure
to do 30 will be violation of the
oaths they took upon assuming
Office. Attorney General Olney has
given an opinion, at the request Of
the Postmaster Genera, stating that
the opening Of the branch post
Office at the Worlds Fair on Sunday
would be unlawful and it is pre-.
sumed that orders will be issued in
accordance with that opinion not to
open the postotfce on Sunday
The administration is itself solely
responsible for the unique position
it found itself in when the Chinese
exclusion act was declared con.
stitntional by the Supreme Court.
1t had allowed those who control
the actions of nine.tenths of the
Chinese in this country to know
tnat IL expected the law to be de.
clared unconstitutional, and that it
was opposed to enforcing it any
way. With that knowledge it is no
wonder that these people advised
the Chinese not TO register, nor that
the Chinese so largely followed that
advice. Had the Chinese registered,
as they probably all would have
done if satisfied that the authorities
intended TO enforce the law, the
administration would not be in the
present embarrassing position of
being unable 10 carry out the law,
even if 80 disposed, for lack of
funds. There is only one redeem
ing feature about the situation
nobody here wants the Chinese al
ready III this country forcibly driven
away; and nobody seems TO expect
that Congress will appropriate the
five or six millions dollars that
would be necessary to send away
those VINO did not register.
Much amusement has followed
the refusal of Mr.. Cleveland to APP
point Georgia editor, backed by
eX-Speaker Crisp, to position be-
cause the aforesaid editor had once
SAID in his paper that Mr.. Cleveland
was a mugwump. 81 will appoint
no man to any Office" MIR. Cleveland
is reported to have augrily said,
"who has ever accused me of being
a mugwump." No man is to be
blamed for Directing to being
called a mugwump, but it had been
generally supposed that Mr.. Cleve-
land took a sort Of q pleasure in
being classed with them. The
amusement is caused by the knowl.
edge that some Of the very best
places at his disposal have been
given by Mr.. Cleveland 10 those
VINO have openly charged him with
mugwumpery, ex-senator Eustis, Of
La. for instance, who is nov am
bassador to France The real reason
for the failure Of tho Geo rgia
editor to get the Office he wanted is
believed to have been his refusal tC
recognize and bow down to the
greatness Of Hoke Smith.
1t was long ago predicted in thi,
correspondence that Representative
Springer would not be at the heac
| of the Ways and Means committee
of the next House, the committe,
which will have the very doubtful
honor Of ratifying and reporting t,
the House the tariff bill that tn,
administration is now having pre-
pared by such eminent free trader
as David A. Wells, and that pre-
dictiou was verified last week b,
the semi,oficial announcement tina
/ MIR. Cleveland had decided upoi
Representative w. L. Wilson, o
/ West Virginia, as chairman of tina
I committed When the House la