Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-21

cordial, as Mr.. Carlisle has never for
gotten that Eckels was appointed by
Mr.. Cleveland without his knowledge,
and Eckels has had the big head ever
since his appointment, acting as though
he considered himself entirely indie.
pendent of Secretary Carlisle and only
responsible TO Mr. Cleveland. Not
withstanding,these strained relations IL
is said that Secretary Carlisle sent fol
AIR. Eckels TO come 10 his private Office.
and placed the complaint before him,
thinking To win his consent to wha'
was desired with pleasant argument
The result was somewhat surprising.
Eckels got mad, and told Carlisle that
the financial opinions he held and made
public at every opportunity were pre-
cisely those held by Mr.. Cleveland and
that he should accept every invitation
that was eXter ded him TO spread them
by making addresses before financial
bodies. Mr.. Carlisle has temper
when il is aroused, and this young man
fully aroused it, and the next few min
utes a person in the next room might
easily have imagined themselves listen
ing to a kentucky teamster arguing
with a balky horse. 1t was probably
the worst quarter of an hour young
Eckels ever spent. 1t is said that Eek
els is inclined to carry the quarrel to
Buzzards Bay and to appeal TO bis pa
tron to stand by him. Mr.. Carlisle is
said to be willing to let it drop, pro-
vided, Eckels does not attempt 10 make
any more financial addresses or get
himself interviewed on financial mat
tiers during the remainder Of the cam
paign; and that his mind is fully made
up. if he does, to lief Mr.. Cleveland
choose whether his Secretary of the
Treasurer or his Comptroller of Cur
rency shall resign. This row occurred
before Mr. EckelS' Grand Rapids speech,
which Secretary Carlisle did not seek
TO prevent, but TO have made common
place and without decided opinions, SO
Secretary Carlisle is thoroughly inn
bued with the idea that members of the
administration should keep mum on
the financial question, allowing demo-
cratic stump speakers to make the most
OF the recent resumption of the coinage
of silver dollars by the minis, among
the silver men of the west and south,
that he has declined an invitation to
deliver an address before the American
Bankers Association, at Baltimore, on
the llth of next month. lie made the
excuse that it was because he had al
ready excepted an invitation to deliver
an address at Batavia. y. Y, on the
18th Of October, on the life and charac-
ter of Robert Morris, the revolutionary
patriot, that he could not address the
Bankers Association; but it is an open
secret here that if it would not have
furnished him reasonable excuse for
not speaking at Baltimore the people Of
Batavia would have been deprived of the
pleasure of hearing Mr.. Carlisle praise
the sturdy virtues of Robert Morris.
1t is the old. old story. Secretary Car
Isle wishes to aid the democratic can
didates for Congress to throw dust in
the eyes of the voters as to what the
democratic party intends to do with
the financial question. He wishes to
give thell al opportunity to appeal to
whatever happens TO be the dominat-
ing financial opinion in their respective
districts.
The few democratic politicians 10
Washington are quite busy gossiping
over the London interview in which
w llSOH II llltNlt ~ SAY
that he dosn't believe Mr.. Cleveland
desires to be a candidate in 1896. The
prevailing sentiment seems to be that
the staten ent was made Us feeler in
Mr.. Clevelands interest. and it is point
ed out that Mr.. Cleveland has haG
plenty of opportunities to personally
announce his intention not to be can
didate; also, that he is not in the habit
of making announcements of such an
important nature-to himself-through
third parties. The general belief
among republicans has for some months
been that Mr.. Cleveland was shaping
all his acts with the intention of again
becoming candidate.
The turning down of Breckenridge
by the democratic voters of the Sixth
Kentucky district was the cause OF