Milford chronicle., 1893-08-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, July 81, 1898.
Secretary Carlisles friends would like the
public 10 be lisve that the Secretary and MI
Cleveland are on the best of lerms, but the
known facts indicate directly the contrary. II
is understood kere that Mr. Clevelsud's mes
sage to Congress has been completed, and
he has at no time since he called the extra
session consulted with Secretary Carlisle al
though there is every reason 10 suppose that
the message is entirely devoted TO sides.
One Of Mr.. Carlisle's assistants was summon
ed TO GRAY Gables to furnish Mr.. Cleveland
with desired financial information but MI,
Carlisle did not go, although It would have
been lust as easy for him to haYe gone as II
was for the assistant Secretary to go, but II
was the Assistant Secretary aBd not Mr..
Carlisle who was invited
Another thing pointing unmistakabiy 10 a
lack Of that confidence between tine two men
which should exist between President and
his Secretary Of the Treasury was Secretary
Carlisle's positive stat ment, made 10 per
sonal friend not an hour before Private Sc
cretary Thurber made public the appoint
,nepts of lanes T. Kiibreth to be Collector
and Walter II Bum to be Appraiser at the
port Of New York-two Of the most import.
/ ant appointments vet made by Mr. Cleveland
from a strictly political point Of view-that
he did not think the appointments would be
D
Washington MI Thurber did not even take
the trouble to go from his Office in the White
/ House to Secretary arlisle's Office III the
1 Treasury building scarcely stones throw
away. 10 inform Mr.. Carlisle that these i'm
4 portart appointments had been finally decid-
I ed upon, aud the first iutimation that Secre-
/ tary Carlisle received of them was from the
newspapers To appreciate the full signih-
cauce Of this snub, for il was clearly intend
! -,.of, t,1uef he rem bered that both
Of the officials named are subordinates OF the
1 Secretary Of the Treasury. Whether there
4 is any foundation for the rumor which Will
not down, that Secretary Carlisle intends to
/ leave the cabinet is more than your cores
pondent will undertake to say but It certain
4 iy looks as though AR. Cleveland were try
/ ing 10 freeze him out.
f'If Senators Hill and Murphy do not fight
the administration now, said Tammsny
! Democrat, speaking Of the appointments Of
collector and appraiser of the port OF New
/ York cit may be considered certain that
! they will not tight il at all, Il will be i'm
: nessible for Mr. Cleveland to more directly
insult them ihan he has done In making
/ these appointments Not Only are both ol
/ the app0intees anti Tammany, but they are
I also anti-Hill, in every thing that the ex
I Dression applies " No one at present III
/ Washington seems disposed to venture an
opinion as 10 wheiher Hin and Murphy viii
attempt to defeat these two nominations
when they come before the Senate fr con
! frmatiou. hut, as the Tammariie seYs If they
don't fsht them they will probably not bgh'
ANYTHING else that MI Cleveland may sec
ct to do
Tn addition to his duty as Secretary OF Wal
and those arising in connection with his as
sisting Mr.. Cleveland to boss the Democratic
partv. Dan lamont has a private job to lool
ont Tor The v hitney street railroad syndicate
wants a charter for an electric railroad II
Washington and Lamont has assumed the
task Of getting it from Congress II is pro
nosed to build this road on Massachusetts
Avenue from one end ofthe city to the other
Massachusetts Avenue is one of the hand
somest residence throughfares in Washing
ton, and various attempts to secure charleT
for building a street railroad thereon have
heeu defeated in Congress, but 1t remains t'
be seen what weight will be given the wishes
of It's residents by a Democratic Congress
particularly when those wishes are opposed
by the administration.
A stranger in Washington would to-da,
be unable to see anything which indicate
that in one weeh Congress will be tn session
Members are arriving unusually slow am
when asked one Of them the cause OF H. h
answered. whats the use Of any hurry tn
slate is all 6Eed up for the organization 0
the House; after that time individuals vii
have something 10 say, and they viii b
here to say it."
Senator Quay has arrived. He favors tn
. immediate repeal of the purchasing claus
of the Sherman silver law and an early ad
iournment of the extra session, but he aC
knowledges that he is in a minority when
comes to the early adjournment question.