Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-08
Mr.. Villas, the Modest Statesman.

The New York Tribune on Mr.. Villas
craftsmanship: Villas said the Presi-
dent. go to the capitol and make a speech
setting forth that | am lofty. majestic,
tender, cautious and wonderful; that my
mind is continually illuminated and di-
rected by the pure white light of an up
right purpose and that. in short, / am
the greatest man now living in the world.
1t has been done before, but for some
utterly incomprehensible reason it has
apparently got to be done over again.
1t would doubtless be a pleasure and ad-
vantage to you to assert that you are my
personal friend, and under the circum-
stances / have no objection SO the sena-
tor from Wisconsin rose in his place and
said all this, and Il good deal more which
it is unnecessary to repeat. The point to
which we wish to draw public attention
is this. that, though he acknowledged
that he was proud of the ineStimable hon
or privilege and blessing of association
with the President on these terms, he de-
clned to vaunt the friendship which he
was permitted to describe, thereby set
ting an example of seff-abnegatiOn as
the list of gentlemen who are known to
have sat up nights with Grover Cleveland,
we do not hit upon single one who has
made such sacrifice, at once delicate and
heroic, as Mr.. Villas. We cannot say that
the craftsmanship of Mr.. Villas is of the
sort that nations thrive on. but his mod
esty leaves nothing to be desired"
Cleveland and the Trusts.
In speaking of the two powerful trusts
which are working under the protection
of President Cleveland. the Chicago
News, Independent Democrat, prints the
following from its Washington CORE
Spondent:
1.-THE President has assumed very
singular attitude toward the bill and his
friends among the tariff refOrmers in
Congress are wondering what it means.
He seems anxious that the sugar sched-
ule should not be interfered with. and
that coal should go on the free list. This
bears out the theory that has prevailed
so long that the sugar schedule as pre-
pared by Mr.. Carlisle was the result of
bargain made with the trust during the
last campaign. and that the President will
not stand in the way of its fulfllment.
His anxiety to see coal on the free list
is not unnatural, for Secretary Lamont,
ex-Secretary Whitney and his intimate
friend, John E. Russell, Democratic can
didate for governor of Massachusetts last
fall. are the principal owners of the Nova
Scotia mines, which would be able to
dump all their produce into New England
at profitable prices were it not for the
duty on coal.
''ThOse mines were purchased by Whit
ney. Lamont & Co. through Charles e.
Bell, banker Of this city, who, by the
way. is a brother of the inventor of the
telephone, and. like him. a son-in-law of
Gardiner G. Hubbard. Bell got them an
option on the property until after the
elections in November. 1892, and when
it was found that the House had seventy
or eighty Democratic majority they re-
garded it as absolutely certain that coal
would go on the free list, and bought the
mines.
Mr.. Russell is here looking after the
interests of the company before the con-
ference committee, and goes over to the
white house to smoke a cigar with the
President nearly every evening. But he
has very little hope of winning his fight,
for Mr. German, Mr.. Gibson and Mr..
Camden own coal fields in West Virginia,
Mr.. Brice has large mines in Tennessee,
and a number of other senators are equal
ly well interested. They have votes and