The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-16
Our Washington Letter.
NFrom Our Regular Correspondent.)

1AAOm OU hSbuAaA NOAASSpOhNOhesJ
Republicans who are thoroughly
posted on the situation regard the cleo
ton Of a republican governor in Mary
land as a certainty this year. Senator
German o~Yerreached himself, as the
smartest political bosses are apt to do
sooner orlater. He pow has not only
the Cleveland democrats against the
ticket he nominated, but a number of
his old l~ieutenants have reYolted be-
cause of his having deceiyed them at
the recent state convention. German
made a deal with Dan Lamont, where
by that oily-tongued gentleman under
takes to get the Cleveland democrats
into line for the German ticket, but
those who ought to know say that he
cannot live up to his contract. AS a
sample of the confidence Maryland
republicans feel this language used by
Mr.. A. P. McKissick is given: 1.-THE
republicans are going to carry Mary
land this year as sure as fate. Mr..
German has alienated thousands of
democratic voters by his cooperation
with Raisin TO force the nomination
of Hurst for governor. Hayes was
promised the nomination, and was
dazed at the eleventh hour to find out
that the promise was not TO be kept. /
know of hundreds Of democrats who
will bolt the ticket, and all the fine
work Of Arthur p. German will not
get them into line. Hundreds more
will indirectly aid the republicans by
refraining from voting. and the conse-
quence will be a big republican vic
tory. If they do not win by at least
$4,000 majority, the best politicl judges
will be mistaken"
A significant political nov is the
action Of certain prominent Cleveland
democrats in feeling the democratic
pulse by setting a boom for Senator
Villas, Of Wisconsin, to goiug. AL
though Senator Villas is neither the
first nor second choice of Mr.. Cleve-
land he is a faithful cuckoo and would
be far preferable TO ex-Secretary Whit
ney who has a mind and.wlll of his
own. The politicians who come to
Washington do not consider that Villas
would have any show for the nomi-
nation, even if backed by the admins
tration. He might in certain contin-
gencies get the support of MIR. Cleve-
land and a portion Of his cabinet, but
there are ut least two members Of the
cabinet who would oppose with all the
strength at their command the nomi-
nation of Villas. Republicans would
not object to his nomination, be would
be so easy to beat.
The department of state did a very
u~nteeling thing when it refused to re-
ceive contributions for the assistance
of the wife and children of ex-U. S
Consul Waller. who is in prison in
France, on what is believed to be 9
trumped up charge. This woman and
her children r in Madagascar, In
want. The officials of the department
of state informed the counsel of Waller
who is trying to get this government
to do something to get him out of pris
on, if he is unJustly there, that Their,
was no public fund from which money
could be taken to relieve the wife ant
children of this American citizen
even though they were starving IN
foreign land. The counsel then ap
pealed through the newspapers TO
public contributions, asking that the
be sent to the department of state, 8
that they could be transmitted at ono
to the US. consul at Madagascar. TIL
officials refused to either receive O
transmit contributions, on the films
ground that there was no law author
iZing them to do 80. There may be n
man made law to cover a case of thi
sort. but there is a higherlaw-that {
Humanity-which would have tn,
nished authority, which neither ii
American people nor their represeI
tatives in congress would ever hay
questioned, had these democratic O
fcers used it.
The arguments for payment of IL
money appropriated by the last col