The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-06-28
" aShingt0n Letter.
From our REGULAR Correspondent

i Mr.. Cleveland goes on his summer
vacation in doubtful state of mind
notwithstanding the personal assur-
ance of Secretary Carlisle that the
administration kemocrats will control
the Kentucky State Convention which
meets next week. He fears that Car
Isle is over sanguine, and he has other
political troubles on hand He has
reason to believe that Senator Brice,
while standing on the administration
financial platform in his Ohio cam
paign, is working for Brice and not
for Cleveland He tried to get his
| fingers into the Ohio muddle by per-
suading Congressman Sorg to become
the democratic candidate for Cover
nor, but, although Sorg is multi
millionaire, he thinks he spent enough
i'll getting elected to Congress without
heing expected to open his barrel in
the gubernatorial campaign and he
isn't inclined, even TO please Mr..
Cleveland, to lead the democratic for
form hope this year. Mr.. Cleveland
and his friends are also worried over
Senator Hills activity in democratic
councils in New York; they know
that it bodies no good either to Mr.
Cleveland or his friends in the D1esi-
Dental campaign.
The eyes of republicans are now
turned towards Cleveland, Ohio,
where the National Republican Lea
que Convention will meet this week,
and all of those who can make it con-
venient will be there in person. No
republican-not even Senator Dubois,
who has been in Washington on bust
ness-with whom your correspondent
has talked. believes that the Conven-
tion will try to usurp powers belong
ing solely to a National Convention of
the party to the extent of declaring
by resolution what the Republican
party shall or shall not support in the
presidential campaign; that would be
too much like playing into the hands
of the democrats.
The scheme to keep the democrats
now employed at the Government
Printing Office upon Uncle Sans pay
roll after the republican administra-
tion takes charge, March A, 1897, has
been approved by Mr.. Cleveland, and
the whole outfit, including its more
than 25o0 employees, has been put
under Civil Service rules. This is en-
tirely satisfactory to the "ins", but
the "outs" will not be apt to regard it
with the same sentiments.
The higher the mercury in the
thermometer climbs the more press
ing-in the eyes of Secretary Her
bert-grows the necessity for an Off
cial inspection of the North Atlantic
Navy Yards. Anticipating this nee
essity Secretary Herbert sometime ago
ordered that the dispatch boat Dol
phin be overhauled and put in proper
inspection condition, including her
commissary stores. This has been
done, and the inspection tour which
will take in all the swell ocean resorts
from Fortress Monroe to as far north
as Bar Harbor, will begin as soon as
Secretary Herbert completes his list
of summer guests, and Will last from
six weeks to two months. Last year
Secretary Herbert had as assistant in
spectors his daughter and Jolly
party, including rich widow against
whom rumor credited him with wag-
ing a losing matrimonial campaign
This year his daughter is in Europe
and the names of none of those
chosen for assistants have not yet been
announced. 1t is treason to refer to
this inspection cruise as being other
than performance of an official duty,
but if Secretary Herbert was a repub-
lican official every democratic paper
IN the country would call it private
junket at public expense. / call it
not at all; merely give the facts, and
leave the reader to do his own calling.
Commissioner Lochren, of the Pen
sion Bureau, may find himself in hot
water with congress, in connection
with the one hundred dismissals from
that Office which are to take effect
July /. The list of dismissals has
been kept, secret, but it has been
learned that it includes a number OF
old soldiers whose dismissal is direct
and fragrant violation of law, as
granddaughter of the author of the
.'Star Spangled Banner, who has a
record of fourteen years efficient SER
vice in the bureau, and already steps
are being taken which it it is believed
will result in a searching investigation
by the republican House. There are