The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-10-04
Washington Letter.

Washington. D. c., Sept. 2oth, 1870
Secretary Oiney very naturally declines
to discuss the possibilities of an early
change in the attitude of government
towards the Cuban revolutIonlsts; but
recent happenings have made 1t sub
iect of discussion among those Demo
erals who may express their opinlnn
without a breach of international Ell
nuette or of diplomatic usage, and they
are doing it, Among the things which
indicate the drift of Democratic sentl
ment outside of Washington is the tTe
ouencv with which Democratic assem-
b!ages have of late been adopting resolu-
tions in favor of free Cuba, the latest
and most conspicuous instance being the
New York state Democratic convention
1t was noted also with pleasure that Sen
ator GRAY, OF Delaware, was lnStrdmen-
tai, as their chief counsel in getting the
CubanS recently arrested near Winning
ton, Delaware. as fiibuSters, released
| OF course 1t was in his capacity as a
lawyer, and not as chairman OF the sen
ate committee on foreign relations, that
! Senator Gray befriended those Cubans,
| bat all the same it has been taken as
| straw indicating much. 1t is argued
| that Senator Gray would not have be-
! come the counsel of those CubanS II he
! had not personally sympathlzed with
| them, and his relations with President
! Cleveland are such that ne would hardly
! have engaged in the case, even though
4, his personal sympathy had been with
the accused men and the cause they
represented, if he had not known the
! inc!iuations of the administration to
| lean the same way. A public meeting
| In favor of free Cuba is being talked up
in Washington and will probably short
ly be held Many Democrats hope to
see the administration act before the
matter comes up in congress, as 1t If
certain to do very early in the session
If proof were needed that the Harrl-
son boom is dead it is furnished by the
frequency with which Republicans OF
prominence who come to Washington
give it a kick. The latest kicking wa:
administered by Elk Senator SabIn, o
Mimi, who was once chairman of the
Republican national committee. Mr.
Sabin says he thinks Harrison ceased t.
be presidential possibility the momen
it was certain that Quay and Platt woulC
control the Pennsylvania and New 1orl
delegations to the Republican nationa
|
is going to have walkover for the nom
ination, or says he does.
According to those who are usual,
posted on inside Republican happenings
5 Mr. Foraker of Ohio, has with GOverno
McKinley's consent made a direct bid t
win Boss Platt over to the support o
McKinley's presidential aspirations. l
, is well known that Platt was IN 1SS
! IL -TA l. 1 ,a
he should be secretary of the treasury
: a place that Platt has been .hankerini
after for many years, if he would sup
port Harrison and he was elected. Mr.
Harrison repudiated that promise, claim
ing that it was made without his knowl
edge or consent, and thereby made ;
lifetime enemy of Piatt. Mr.. FOrake
has now made the same promise TO
Governor Mckinley and has told Mr.
5 Platt that Mckinley woult
make it in person if Mr.. PIatt wOul
agree to swing the New York delegation
to Mckinley after complimentary vot
is cast for Governor Morton, who is gen
orally regarded as merely brevet caudi
e date for the nomination. Foraker Wi
| also before he returns to Ohio endeavO
\ to make deal whereby he can secur
-, the support of Boss Quay for Mckinley
- Reed mas been supposed to have
: mortgage upon both Platt and Qua
= but they are very tricky IudIviC
uals, and will both be found on the sid
of the candidate who offers them th
most.
Representative Outhwaits, {
Ohio, brings cheerful news from tha
state. He says: Il have been great
II surprised at the way in which the Den
IS ocratic party in Ohio has rallied and g
n into fighting condition. There is non
y Of the feeling that prevailed last fall
;, Ohio now among Democrats. They al
a unit, and the gubernatoral campaig
d will be one of the hottest the state h'
D. known. The silver question has bee
&c put aside for the present by Ohio Den
! ocrats. l do not mean to say that siIv'
u men are giving up their fight for Il
white metal, but they have decided
2: lay aside every consideration that ma
l. interfere with Democratic victory
r the state. Next year they will con
:, forward again. Tie party to- day is al
solutely without a warning element
10 Interfere with its making a stror
Is fight NJ.