Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-11-01
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular corresponder,
wAsHIEGToS. d. c.. Oct sos :.

f'''''st'IANNs " ~. Oct, e4d In.
MI. Cleveland has returned :.
Washington in very bad huna
He is convinced that his party ~
the eve of one of the worst d..
1t ever met, and, instead OF bein,
signed,puts the blame upon those IA,
ocrats in congress who thwarted ~
policy upon several notable occasion.
No better demonstration of eoo,;,s
run mad was ever presented Il ~
public than this state Of mind IN II
part of Mr.. Cleveland. In the or;r
ion of many if there had haen !,
democrats in congress willing thwa,
Mr. Cleveland's policies, annihilatior
instead of crushing defeat wonld
have been the fate Of the democrs,,a
party next Tuesday. Bad as tba
democratic record has been ii wona
have been worse if Mr.. Cleyelana
had been allowed to have his wav
The German tariff bill is quite bad
enough, but is a positive boon when
compared with the out and out fres
trade bill which Representative WIN.
son prepared under the direction ~
Mr.. Cleveland, and which Mr.. Clexa-
land tried so hard to get passed. The
German law does spare some Amer.
can industries, but the Cleveland.
Wilson bill would have knocked
them all down. Even Mr.. Cleyelars
must be able to see by this time that
thousands of democrats would have
left that party in disgust had he sue.
ceeded in carryine out his policy for
the restoration of the deposed queen
of Hawaii. Other cases might be
cited, but these are sufficient to show
that Mr.. Cleveland has no right TO
blame any other member of his party
for the present gloomy democratic
outlook.
Commissioner Lochren, after hay-
ing stated in the most positive terms
that no such letter had ever been
sent by the pension office to demo.
cratic postmasters as that made pub.
lie by the republican congressional
campaign committee, telling post
masters that any tales they might
tell on pensioners would be consid-
cred confidential by the pension
bureau, now acknowledges his con.
viction of falsehood by trying to ex.
plain how the letter came to be sent
out. 1t was useless for him to con-
tinue his denials after the republican
committee produced the original let
ter signed by Lochren in his official
capacity. 1T would seem that the
administration ought to be satisfied
with the large number of detectives,
known on the rolls as especial agents
employed by the pension bureau
solely to harass the poor old pension
ers, without trying to enlist the small
postinasters in the army Of sneaks.
Mr.. HoEe Smith stands in need Of
a little instruction in governmental
methods, particularly in those be-
tween the military and civil branch
| When he was notified that the in
capable democratic officials in the
| Indian Territory We're unable to cope
with the bands of law-breakers who
nna ,el,Ji,,r. traipS opI ,lganla and
generally terrifying the honest and
peaceable inhabitants of the terrific
ry, he thought that all he had TO do
to have the army of the United
States used as police force was to
notify the war department. And it
might have happened so, for young
Mr. Doe, whose hat band has been
growing larger ever since he was
brought to Washington to preside
over the war department, while Dan
Lamont does Mr.. Cleyeland's politl-
cal errands, was acting Secretary
when Mr.. Smiths communication
was received, He had good luci
enough to think that he had better
refer the matter to Gen. Schofield be-
fore issuing any orders. Gen. scho-
field was considerate, and merely en-
dorsed on the papers the suggestion
that ii would be well to inquire into
the legality of the action proposed
by Mr.. Smith.
The New York campaign attracts
more interest in Washington than
that in any other single state. TINS
is nearly always the case because Of
the commanding influence OF the
state in national politics, and 1t I
intensified this year by the PERSONAL
ity of the gubernatorial candidates
and the peculiar circumstances eS-
isting in New York city. There are
excellent reasons for the belief that
Senator Hill has made a deal Win
Grant, the new Tammany candidate
for mayor, whereby the Tammahy