Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-09-21
GENERAL MILES.
Democratic Attempt to FOist
 Politics Into the Army.
Senator Mills. of Texas. Changes his Position on the Silver
 Lssue.
(From our regular Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, lS9o. Senator Gray, of Del, was the frs democrat of any prominence to publicl. endorse the nomination of Mir. Cleve
 land for third term. But his endorse meut carries no weight with anybody because it is we'll known that MT. Ora, is exceedingly anxious to get the vaoan seat upon the supreme court left by tn, iats Justice Jackson. He may get 1t but if so 1t will surprise lots of peopl' ln Washington, including tt least twt members of the cabinet. Dan Lamon had powwow with Mir. Cleveland a Gray Gables this week, which VII doubtless have some effect upon ths third term business, either i'll pushing 1t forward publicly or in silencing for z ,ime the cuckoOs public support of it.
 Another thing about which Dan La mont talked tO MT. Cleveland was whC shali succeed Gen. Schofield, whose age will place him on tho retired list on the 18th inst, as commander of the army According to right and precedent the senior major genersl-Gen. Nelson A Miles-would succeed Gen. Schofeld But lot of democratic schemers wish to carry party politics into the army ignore right and precedent, and jump one of the other major generals over the head of Gen. Miles, because they say that Gen. Miles IS republican. There are reasons for believing that Dan La mont is in sympathy with those schemers also for believing that MT. Cleveland would like to ignore Gen Miles, but it IS far from certain that he will care to face the storm of indignation which would certainly follow such an act of injustice to as gallant an officer as ever drew sword. Gen. Miles is popular. and Mir. Cleveland knows it.
 Mir. John NJ. Reynolds, of Pa, at pres ent assistant secretary of the interior, evidently knows a good thing from a worthless article. He was nominated on the democratic ticket for judge of the new superior court of Pennsylvania, but knowing the impossibility of get ting elected and having no desire to give up his present very comfortable clinRtIOn of the nomination.
 
 accompanied bis declaration against the free coinage Ot silver with one against the nomination of MT. Cleveland for third term, in order to prevent the Texans accusing him of having become a cuckoo. Mir. Mills was once a silver man of the most radical type. He has been in Washington ever since congress adjourned, but he has until now refused to define his financial position. He was virtually forced into It, by letter from the chairman of the Texas democratic committee which he could not ignore unless prepared to drop out of politics at the end of his term in the senate. He will doubtless find when he gets back to Texas-he started this week-thst he did not improve his popularity with either silver or anti-silver men when he said that although opposed to the free cornage of eilver he would vote for it iu the senate if next years Texas democrat ic convention endorsed 1t.
 The Bowler farce is to be repeated. Secretary Carlisle has set September ooh us the date to hear ex-Sepator Mandersoh's arguments in an appeal from the decision of Bowler, referring the claim of the Oxnard company, Cf Nebraska, for sugar bounty, to the court of claims. Inasmuch as the order to hold up the money for sugar bounties came from Mr. Cleveland there is no probability that Secretary Carlisle will reverse Bowler, now matter now con vincIng the argument of Mir. Manderson may be, unless some other method of keeping the money in the treasury has been decided upon.
 Numerous fairy stories are being printed about Speaker Reed being boss ed by this or that man into selecting or not selecting thls or that member of the house for chairman of the most iu port ant of the house committees. Mir. Reed IS notoriously fond of joke. and he probably enjoys reading these stories. Every body who Is at all acquainted with Mir. Reeds character knows that while always open to being convinced by arQu- ment. and sometimes allowing himself to he persuaded, he cannot be bossed by any man. That very fact is the foun- dGtiOn of his public reDutation