Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-08-17
WASHING TONLETTER
Associate Jackson Passes Away--Who
VIII Fill the Vacanoy-The Coming
G. A. E. Enoampment-Aid for
Elk Consul Walters Family

(FrOm Our Regular Correspondent. }

(From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. u. 1925
The cleveland democrats are
once more saying cuss-wOrds i'm connec
ton with what they call Cleveland
luck" They say that the death of Jus
tice Jackson has given Mr.. Cleveland
another lever to pull in his efforts to
control the next democratic national
convention, and every man at all IA
miliar with national politics knows
what a powerful lever a vacancy upon
the United States Supreme Court can
be made by an ambitious president,
and Napoleon was never more ambi-
tious OF obtaining personal power
for himself than is VIZ Cleveland
There is logic, too, in the rawlings of
these mad democrats. OF course il
Isn't either right or decent TO use the
word Sluck" in connection with the
death of an eminent jurist like Jus
tee Jackson but there can be nodeni-
al that this vacancy in the Supreme
Court has added TO Mr. Cleveland's
power not that ne viii make use OF
It, as he does OF every thing else, to
help him control the democratic con
VentIOn. Circumstances viii favor
him, too. Nobody will expect the va
cancy to be filled until after Congress
meets, although the next term of the
Supreme Court begins in October, be-
cause the nomination could not be act
ed upon by the Senate until then, and
there is an unwritten law, which has
very seldom been ignored, against a
Justice taking his seat upon the bench
of the Supreme Court before his nomi-
nation has been confirmed by the Sen
ate. This being the situation, Mr.
Cleveland is at liberty to dangle this
tempting bait in front of every demo-
crat he wishes to control, and will not
fail TO do so, although in the end the
place viii probably go 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 max
ing preparations for sending big del
egation to the coming National En-
campment at Louisville, Kentucky,
September lib. Corporal Tanner
kgNery enthusiastic about it, lie SAYS:
= Everything conspires 10 make the as
semblage one OF the largest and most
inspiring ever gathered together in
this country. IL will be held at a
point that may be said to be the CEN
Ural, SO far as veteran organizations,
both Union and Confederate are con-
cerned. On the South will be Knox
vile, Chattanooga, Atlanta, New Or
leans and other cities, and on the
North and West are Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, and other states which are just
alive with Union veterans. In addi-
ton to all these favorable Circumstance
rs the dedication OF the battle field of
Chattanooga, which takes place only a
day or two before the opening of the
encampmenJ, 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 Iund
from which money could be taken t.
help the wife and children OF eX-Unit-
ed states Consul Waller, (who is in
prison in France under court-mar-
tlal sentence believed TO be unjust whc
are Stranded at Port Louis, AIauritus
the State Department changed front
after learning from the newspaper
what the pubic thought of such inhu-
manity, and directed the United
States Consul at the place named I,
secure transportation FOR Mrs. Wallel
and her children on the French steam
er which sails for MarseilJos, France
on August 10th. The same power may
eventually compel t,se administration
tO do something for Waller ever
though he b only colored man. lie
is an american citizen.
IL is regarded significant that the
manlpulatocs of the Whitney boon
should have passed the word around
10 the Whitney democrats not To al
low Mr. Whitney To be spoken of as
Cleveland candidate without contra
dieting it. This means, ii it mean
thing, that Whitney's managers
who are among the shrewdest demo
Gratis in the country, consider Nh
Cleveland friendship a deJrimen
rather than a help. Another signifi
cant thing was the statement of a clos
friend OF senator Hill, that Whitne
would not be able to get the New Yor
delegation 20 the nominating conven
ton. He said that Hill had never for
given Whitney for nominating CIeve
land in 81, and would use has infiu
b ence against him 1t is we'll know
that Hill controls the democratic ma
chinery of New York, bat it has here
tOfore been claimed that he would su
port Whitney.