Middletown transcript., 1895-05-18

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| NEIHa@ b ministration
EE1E Es took in that
ky5Z6S@IOEz2 Nicaraguan bus
| il ess. This is not
a guess, but a positive statement of
fact obtained from trustworthy sources.
It has been known from the first that
the Republican Senators would demand
this information, but now sufficient
number of Democratic Senators have
pledged their cooperation to make it
certain that a resolution calling for all
the documents will be put through the
Senate with rush. And that isn't
all. 1t is on the programme for the
Senate to reaf1irm the Monroe doctrine
as the people, not the lawyers of the
Cleveland-Gresham stripe, have always
understood it-European hands off
American governments; and there is
little doubt that the Republican House
will promptly adopt the same. Whether
the Administration will De allowed to
60 with the tacit rebuke carried by a
Congressional reaffirmation of the
Monroe doctrine will depend upon the
nature of the explanation it sends
with the Nicaraguan correspondence.
That gallant old tar, Admiral Meade,
after forty years of service III the navy
of which any man might be proud,
has been so nagged by the present Ad-
minisl ration that he has asked to he
retire d fr' IN active stivics ;and, smart
ing Under the pet ty insults " ich have
been htamd upon hin, he ST. t"l forgot
himself as TO publicly express his opiE-
ion IF the Admihis, Iatirn. aid it
was far from complimentary. This
has greatly exasrerale ed Mr.. Cleveland,
and Secretary Herbert, who has de-
manded all explanation or denial from
Admiral Meade, holding out the
threat Of cOurt-martial for violation
of naval regulations if the Admiral
declines. Admiral Meade was unques-
tionably wrong in expressing his opin-
ion, but he Was also very human.
Brave men seldom stand dogging
silently, whatever the consequences of
resentment may be.
The conclusion of the long wrangle
over the Senatorship In Delaware has
attracted considerable attention in
Washington, because of its possible
bearing on the question of whether the
Senate shall or shall not be reorgan-
lied when Congress meets. The gen.
eral impression is that the Democratic
acting Governor of Delaware was
wrong iniclaiming the right tosxerciss
at one and the same time the functions
of Senator and Governor, and that his
vote in the last ballot for Senator was
illegal. Accepting that view of the
case Col. Dupont will be admitted to
the Senate as successor to Mr.. Higgins.
Senator Sherman said on the subject:
"Mr. Dupont will, in my judgment,
be seated-assuming that Gov. Wat
son, when he cast his vote as Senator,
was the then Governor of the state of
Delaware" In other words, Mr..
Sherman doesn't see how one man can
be State Senator and at the same
time Governor of state. Do youp
Although Mr.. GleYeland makes great
claims as to his devotion to ciyil service
reform, the Civil Service Reform Asst-
citation, of Washington, at it's annual
meeting, which was addressed by
of Currency Eccles, pnan:
imously adopted report made by its
secretary which contained statements
calculated TO raise doubts as to the
of Mr.. Cleveland's g claims in
hat direction. This was particularly
rue Of that portion of the report
iealing with Recorder of Deeds Tay.
or, whose violations of the civil ser.
rice law were so notorious that the
Jivil Service Commission recon.
nended, in report made to the Presi.
lent that he be dismissed from office.
Fhe report, which was unanimously
dopted, says: "At the direction of the
xecutive committee of the ASSOCIATION
inquired into the charges against
'aylOr and learned that most of them,
not all, were we'll founded, and 1 so
eported to the committee. A COM
,ittee of the association, in an inter-
lew with the President towards the
lose of the winter, urged immediate
Onsideration of the report and recon-
,endations of the Civil Service Com
lissi0n, which were made to him last
.ugust. So far as is known, however,
le case has not yet been disposed of.
is much to be regretted that in this
nd other cases where charges of vio-
tions of the civil service law have
ben made by the officials who admin
ter the law, there has not followed
! immediate consideration of them
! the Executive authority, and where
shat swift punishment has
1t been meted out to the offenders.
The Supreme Court has reached
cision on the income tax cases, but
is time there was no leak and the
cision will not be made public until
xt week. The impression was
neral up to the time the decision was