The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-05-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, May 10, 1895.

course the administration took in
that Nlcaraguan business. This is
not guess, but a positive state
ment Of a fact obtained from trust
worthy sources. It has been known
from the first that the Republican
Senators would demand this infor-
nation, but now a sufficient num-
Der 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 a rush.
And that isn't all. 1t is on the
programme for the Senate to reaf-
firm the Monroe doctrine as the
people, not the lawyers of the
Cleyeland-Gresham strip, have al
ways understood it - European
hands off American governments;
and there is little doubt that the
Republican House will promptly
adopt the same. Whether the ad-
aninistration will be allowed to 90
with the tacit rebuke carried by
Congressional reaffirmation of the
Monroe doctrine will depend upon
the nature of the explanation it
sends with the Nicarag1an cores
pondence,
The gallant old tar, Admiral
Meade, after forty years Of service
in the navy of which any man
might be proud, has been so nagged
by the present administration that
he has asked to be retired from
active service; and, smarting under
the petty insults which have been
heaped upon him, he so far forgot
himself as to publicly express his
opinion of the administration. and
that opinion was far from compli-
mentarv. This has greatly exas-
perated Mr.. Cleveland, and Secre-
tarys Herbert, who has demanded an
explanation or denial from Admiral
Meade, holding out the threat of a
court-martial for violation of naval
regulations if the Admiral declines.
Admiral Meade was unquestionably
wrong in expressing his opinion,
but he was also very human. Brave
men seldom stand logging silently,
whatever the consequences of re-
sentiment may be.
The conclusion of the long
wrangIe over the Senatorship in
Delaware has attracted considerable
attention in Washington, because
of its possible bearing on the ques-
ton of whether the Senate shall or
shall not be recognized when Con-
gress meets. The general impress
sion is that the Democratic acting
Governor of Delaware was wrong in
claiming the right to exercise 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 admit
ted 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. Watson, when
he c@5t his vote as Senator, was the
then Governor of the State of Del
aware" In other words, Mr..
Sherman doesn't see how one man
can be a State Senator and at the
same time Governor Of State.
Do you?
Although Mr.. Cleveland makes
great claims as to his devotion to
civil service reform, the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association, of Wash
ington, at its annual meeting which
was addressed by comptroller of
currency Eckles, unanimously
adopted report made by it's secre-
tary, which contained statements
calculated to raise doubts as to the
sincerity of Mr.. Cleveland's claims
in that direction. This was partic-
ularly true of that portion of the
report dealing with recorder of
deeds Taylor, whose violations of
the civil service law were so notori-
Ous that the Civil Service Commits