Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Will Secretaries Gresham and Car
Isle Retire?
Judge Jackson Decides Against States
Rights Doctrines.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent |

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Will Secretaries Carlisle and Gre,
ham retire from the Cabinet2 If tina
question has been asked once this wee
1T has been asked ten thousand times
The reason is not hard to locate, altho
to tell the truth no one expected famil
jars in the administration before tn
time usually allotted for the honey
moon had expired. These two Sec
retaries are the only two men of prov
en- strength and individuality in tn
Cabinet and the prediction was freel,
made, by Democrats as we'll as Repuh
licans, when they first accepted thei
present positions that it was only
question of time when they would re
volt. Well, they haven't exactly re
volted, but they have reached thai
state of mind which is next door +,
open revolt-they regret having joined
the Cabinet, and any day one or botf
of them may tender their designations
unless they are treated a little more
like advisers, instead of clerks, by Mr.
Cleveland, which is not at all proba
BILE. 1t is well nigh certain that il
these two men could have back the DO
sitions they gave up to enter the cabi
net, they would be very lively in get
ting out of their present unpleasant
situations. Secretary Carlisle's 8 pride
keeps his mouth shut; he entered the
cabinet against the wishes and protests
OF his strongest and closest friends and
as his wife says, he is trying to "grin
and bear it," Secretary Greshafsss
temper, which often gets the best OF
him, is responsible for the condition of
his mind having become known to
his friends, and friends, even the best
of them, You know, will talk.
Those who thought, or at least pre-.
tended to think that the names of Lin
coin and Grant would cause the pres
ent administration to allow Hon. Robt.
I. Lincoln to continue as U. S. Minis.
ter to Great Britain, and Col. Fred D.
Grantas Minister to Austria, now know
better. Ex Secretary Bayard, who
stands and has always stood for the
opposite of what lincoln and Grant
stood for, succeeds the first and be-
comes the first American Ambassador,
and Judge Bartlett Trip, of South Da-
kota, who first demanded the position
of U. S. Land Commissioner for the
part he took in sending Senator Roach
to the U. Senate from North Dakota,
succeeds the latter. So much for DEM
ocratic veneration for the names of
Lincoln and Grant.
The fact that Senator German has
not called at the White House since the
inauguration of the present occupant
has been the cause of no end of gossip.
According to Mr.. Germans friends he
has not called because he has not been
asked, and will not do so until he re-
ceives an invitation. Some of Mr..
Cleveland's talking friends say that he
has not forgiven the Maryland Sena
tor for his hesitation at the Chicago
convention, and intends to punish
him by ignoring him. By and by this
may brood trouble if it isn't fixed up
some way. German has been credited
with securing more appointments in
the Government Printing Office than
any other Democratic Senator, and il
was to make sure that his prestige in
that office would be maintained that
he had himself made chairman of the
Senate Committee on Printing. Now,
if Mr.. Cleveland's Public Printer at.
tempts the ignoring process, there will
be trouble right away, and it will be
serious trouble, too; see if it isn't.
1t is now stated that the administra.
ton is TO have financial bill, as well
as tariff bill, and that Mr.. j. H. Eek
els, of Ottawa, Illinois, who was this
week nominated for Comptroller of the
Currency, is the man who is to prepare
it, Mr. Eckels, who is here, admits
that he knows nothing of finance, hav.
ing devoted all his time to the practice
of law, and members of the Senate
Committee on Finance, to which his
nomination was referred, do not like
the idea of a man without financial
experience being put in such an i'm.
portant position, although they may
make favorable report, because OF
the otherwise good reputation of Mr.,
Eckels.
Gen. Harrison seems to have known
better than some of his critics did what
he was doing when he made Judge
jackson, of Tennessee, Justice of the
Supreme Court. This week Judge Jack
son handed down an opinion in a de-
cision that gave the States Rights doc
trine as hard single blow as it ever
received. The decision was that State
courts may try prisoner brought by
requisiti,n from another State on
charges other than those set forth in
the requisition papers; that States dc
not stand toward each other as indie,
pendent foreign nations do, their SOW
ereignty being limited by the Federal
Constitution.