The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-08-23
NO. 36
ashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

| Ine antl-CleVeland democrats are
once more saying cuss-words in con-
nection with what they call "Cleve-
land luck" They say that the death
of Justice Jackson has given Mr..
Cleveland another lever to pull in his
efforts to control the next democratic
national convention, and every man
at all familiar with national politics
knows what a powerful lever vacan-
cy upon the U. .. Supreme Court can
be made by an ambitious president.
and Napoleon was never more ambi-
tious of obtaining personal power for
himself than il Mr.. Cleveland. There
is logic, too, in the rawlings of these
mad democrats. Of course it isn't
either right or decent to use the word
''luck" in connection with the death
of an eminent jurist like Justice
Jackson; but there can be no denial
that this vacancy in the Supreme
Court has added to Mr.. Cleveland's
power nor that he will make use of it
as he does of everything else. to help
him control the democratic conven-
ton. Circumstances will favor him,
too. Nobody will expect the vacancy
to be filled until after Congress meets,
although the next term of the Su-
preme Court begins in October, because
the nomination could not be acted
upon by the Senate until then, and
there is an unwritten law, which has
very seldom been ignored, against q
Justice taking his seat upon the bench
of the Supreme Court before his nomi
nation has been confirmed before his
nomination has been confirmed by
the Senate. This being the situation,
Mr.. Cleveland is at liberty to dangle
this tempting bait in front of every
democrat he wishes to control, and
he will not fail to do SO, although in
the end the place will probably 60 to
some one of his creatures like Wilson,
Olney, or Bissell. 1t is not surprising
under the circumstances that the
anti-Cleveland democrats should be
hot in the collar from other causes
than the sweltering weather.
Washington's G. A. r. men are
making preparations for sending big
delegation to the coming National
Encampment at Louisville, Kentucky.
September lib. Corporal Tanner is
very enthusiastic about it. He says:
"Everything censpires to make the
assemblage one of the largest and
most inspiring ever gathered together
in this country. 1t will be held at a
point that may be said to be central,
80 far as veteran organizations, both
Union and Confederate are concerned.
On the South will be Knoxville,
Chattanooga, Atlanta, New Orleans
and other cities, and on the North and
West are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
other states which are just alive with
Union veterans. In addition to all
these favorable circumstances the
dedication of the battle field of Chat
tanooga, which takes place only a day
or two before the opening of the en-
campment, will tend to greatly in
crease the attendance at the latter"
Public opinion can affect even DEM
ocratic administration. After saying
that this government had no fund from
which money could be taken to help
the wife and children of ex-U. S. Con-
sui Waller (who is in prison fin France
under q court-martial sentence believ-
ed to be unjust), who are stranded at
Port Louis, Mauritius, the State De-
partment changed front the news
papers what the public thought of such
inhumanity, and directed the U. S.
Consul at the place named to secure
transportation for Mrs. Waller and her
children on the French steamer which
sails for Marseilles, France, on August
20. The same power may eventually
compel the administration to do some.
thing for Waller, even though he be
only colored man. He is an Ameri-
can citizen.
1t is regarded as significant that the
manipulators of the Whitney boom
should have passed the word around to
the Whitney democrats not to allow
Mr.. Whitney to be spoken of as q Cleve-
: land candidate without contradicting
!, it. This means, if it means anything,
that Whitney's managers, who are
3 among the shrewdest democrats in the
!, country, consider Mr.. Cleyeland's
! friendship detriment rather than a
help. Another significant thing was
: the statement OF close friend of Sena-
E tor Hill, that Whitney would not be
able to get the New York delegation to