The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-07-29
WARRINGTON LETTER.


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Secretary Gresham must regard his
prospects for receiving the democratic
nomination in 1895 as we'll AZ for being
elected ~ unusually good, or he would
not have declined to accept an appoint
meRt to the Supreme Court vacancy,
which his friends cay he has done within
the last few days. Your correspondent
is inclined to believe with the late SEN
ator Carpenter who once expressed the
opinion that no man had eve declined q
seat on the bench of the U. 8. Supreme
Court shut eyen ii. he wasn't this Ores
han, .story doesn't exactly dovetail
with the one that came from . similar
source . few days ago, saying that he
had been promised that he should be the
administration candidate for President.
Now, one or the other Of these stories is
wrong, and IL wouid iot BE- sarprisiss "a
find that both are. II President Cleve-
land had promised 70 make Secretary
Gresham the candidate Of his party in
1895 what sense vas there in his tender
ing him the present vacancy ON the
Supreme Ceurtf There would mot be
the slightest, ,unless the President re-
GREETED the first promise and sought to
escape it By putting Sec. Gresham on
the bench.
Suppose Mr.. Cleveland in his mes
sass q Congress-" ssked . Treasury
Official. "should recommend as o sub
stitute for the Sherman silver Law Q bill
providing for the free coinage OF silverf"
"Suppose the sky we're TO fall? 2" Rstort-
ed the gentleman with whom he wal
conyessIng. "You seem increduious, hut
ycs psed . BE-" YES the reply, ''ior
l can assure you that Mr.. Cleveland is
now earnestly considering that very
thing, the silver so coined 70 be limited
in its legal tender qualities to one hun
dPea Aelisss 81 probably less. Mad
you. ! d. not say that he will make
such n recommendation, only that he is
considering that among other proposed
substitutes for the Sherman law. having
about come to the conclusion that it will
be impossible TO secure. the uucondi-
tional repeal Of the Sherman law, and
being DESTROYS Of msking known to Cen
yress what sort Of substitute will be
acceptable 70 the administrstisa."
Speculation as to President Cleveland's
message occupies . considerable portion
of the time Of those Congressman who
ere already here, and every body Who il
likely to have any information. on the
subject is closely catechised. Few people
have succeeded in finding ont in advance
any Of f'resident Ciexsiand's actions
it is said that some times all Of the
members OF the cabinet do not know
until the thing 10 done-and for that
reason impressions are NOT. 70 be relied
upon in predicting what the message
will cohtain. Those who have talked
with him express the belief that it will
be confined exclusively o financial mat
tors, that everything else will be left
over for his message to the regular SEES
sion, beginning in December. There is no
doubt that Mr.. Cleveland in common
with usest people would like the extra
session to be y short one, but he has
little or nc hope that il will be. There
are twenty good reasons why the extra
session will be prolonged to the opening
of the regular session, and mono for Its
being 3 short one. Likes are not rea-
sons, in politics or in any thing else.