The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-06-14
NO. %
" ashingt0n Letter.
from our regular Correspondent

Those who watch the undercurrents
rather that the surface of politics are
beginning To see that Mr.. Cleveland is
a far shrewder manipulation OF wires
than he is generally credited with
being. For instance, his object in
promising that he would support the
candidacy OF ex-Secretary' Whitney
for the democratic presidential nomi-
nation, if Mr.. Whitney would consent
to the use OF his name in that con-
nection, has now become apparent to
those who know the game of politics.
Instead of being renunciation OF
his own desire for another nomination
as many as first supposed it to be,
that promise of Mr.. Cleveland's is II
very clever move by which he expects
to retain control OF the democratic
nomination, whatever the result of
the contest now going on between the
e Id democrats and the silver demo-
Grass may he II the gold democrats
can control the next National copven-
tion Mr.. Cleveland will take the nomi-
nation himself, and if the silver demo-
Gratis control it the nomination will
go to exSecretary Whitney, thus
making 1T certain that no anti 5
Cleveland silver democrat can carry
off the empty honor Of the nomina-
ton.
That this move was taken by Mr..
Gle, eland with the Knowledge and
consent OF MI Whitney was proven
by the fact that Mr. Whitney had no
sooner got back from Europe than he
gave out an authentic interview
stating his position on thc silver qucs-
ton. His position is ii straddle, if put
to actual and Immediate test, but it is
so interlarded with ''tafi'y" for silver
and opinions as to its speedy rehabili-
tatiOn as a money metal by the great
nations OF the world. that
it leaves the impression that he is very
friendly to silver, which is Just the
impression it was intended to leave
1t is Whitney's part OF the game
begun by Mr.. Cleveland when he pro-
missed to support Whitney if he want
ed the nomination That Whitney
really wants the nomination is impro-
bable, although he would doubtless
willingly chip in four Or five OF the
Standard Oil Company's millions to
become President But he is too
smart to believe that any democrat
can be elected President next year
His part of the game is being played
just to please Mr.. Cleveland, whose
friendship has been valuable to corpo-
rations in which Whitney is interest
ed, and may by again.
Senator Carter of Montana who is
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, is in Washington. He
says the National Executive Com
mittee will probably meet the latter
part of October or early in November
to decide where and when the next
National Convention shall be held,
and that he would not be surprised if
it decided to hold it in May, instead
of June, which has been the usual
month, as he finds the sentiment in
favor of the former month strong and
growing. In reply to a question
Senator Carter said: "The National
Committee as an organization will
not take any position for or against
silver. 1t is no part OF the business of
the committee to undertake to declare
party position on currency questions.
That task is left to the party when
assembled in National convention.
There is rumor, too good to be
true, that Mr.. Cleveland will, in filing
the vacancy left in the Cabinet by
the death OF Secretary Gresham, en-
deavor to get democrat whose Ame-
rcanism is robust enough and suffi-
ciently we'll known TO the public to
reinspire confidence in the foreign
policy of the administration. 1t
would be a good thing for Mr. Cleve
land to make the attempt to do this,
,ut unless the tenor Of the public
.pinion has been misunderstood, there
only one thing that will make the
.ublic believe in the Amerleanism OF
| he administration, and that is a re-
publican President.
Lots of republicans from the north
| west, who drop into Washington from
time to time, put in a good word for
Senator Dubois, and lots of republi-
cans from all other sect ions meet
them with earnest "amens". Mr..
w. C. Leonard of Butte, Montana;
speaking on this subject said: sit
would please our people not only IN
Idaho but in the northwest generally,
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