The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-06-20
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
NIr. Cleveland said to be worried
Over the Polical Out
look.
He Looks Askance at the
Activity of the senior Sen.
at0r From New York.
The Pension bureau will Attract
congressional Notice by
Reason of Dismissals.
From our Regular Correspondent. !

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. G., June II, 1895.
Mr.. Cleveland goes on his summer
vacation IN a doubtful state of mind,
notwithstanding the personal assur-
ance of Secretary Carlisle that the adj
ministration democrats will control the
kentuckey state convention which
meets next week. He fears that
Carlisle is over sanguine. and he has
other political troubles on hand. He
has reason to believe that Senator
Brice, while standing on the administra-
ton platform in bis Ohio campaign, is
working for Brice and not for Cleveland.
He tried to get his fingers into the Ohio
muddle bv p.-suading Congress sman
Sorg to become he democratic candi-
date for governor, but. although Sorg
is multi-millionaire, he thinks he spent
enough in getting elected to congress
without being expected to open his bar
rel in the gubernatorial campaign and
he isn't inclined, even to please Mr..
Cleveland, to lead the democra tic for
lorn hope this year. Mr.. Cleveland and
his friends are also worried oyer Senat-
or Hills activity in democratic councils
in New York; they know that it bodies
no good either to Mr.. Cleveland or his
friends in The presidential campaign.
The eyes of republicans are now
turned toward Cleveland, Ohio, where
the National Republican League Con-
vention will meet this week, and all of
those who can make it convenient will
be there in person. No republican-not
even Senator Dubois, who has been in
Washington on business-with whom
your correspondent has talked, be-
lieves that the convention will try to
usurp powers belonging solely to a ma
tional convention of the party to the
extent of declaring by resolution what
the republican party shall or shall not
support in the presidential campaign;
that would be too much like playing
into the hands of the democrats.
The scheme to keep the democrats now
employed at the government printing
office upon Uncle Sans paw roll after
the republican administration takes
charge. March 4, 1897. has been ap-
proved by Mr.. Cleveland, and the whole
outfit, including its more than 25 90 en-
ployes, has been put under civil service
rules. This is entirely satisfact Glory to
the "ins", bnt the 'outs" will not be
apt to regard it with the same senti-
ment.
Commissioner Lochren, of the Pension
Bureau, may find himself in hot water
with congress, in connection with the
one hundred dismissals from that ofiic
which are to take effect July LIST. The
list OF dismissals has been kept secret,
but it has been learned that it includes a
number OF old soldiers whose dismissal
IS direct and fragrant violation of law,
as we'll as granddaughter of the
author of the "Star Spangled Banner,
who has record of fourteen years eff
cient service in the bureau, and already
steps are heing taken which it is believed
will result in searching investigation
by the republican house. There are also
a number of other matters connected
with Mr.. Lochren's, or rather Secretary
Hoke Smiths, administration of the
Pension Bureau, as it is well known that
Mr.. Lochren has never been allowed to
take any step OF Importance without
first getting Secretary Smiths approval,
which deserve a congressional inyes tiga-
ton.