The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-10-10
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON.

speeches against silver, and inc-
dentally to look after the control Of
the delegation which that state will
send to the next democratic Nation
al convention. The programmes
to the stump speeches can be caI-
ried out easy enough, but when it
comes to controlling the delegation
Secretary Herbert is likely 10 find
that Senator Morgan will have
something to say about it. Senator
Morgan is red hot silver man and
he knows more about the inside
tricks of Alabama politics than
Herbert will ever know. Still, it is
Pre- babie that Herbert's missionary
efforts in Alabama will be quite AS
productive of results as those of
Hoke Smith in Georgia.
Secretary Carlisle returned from
Buzzards' Bay this " eek, but no
one seems to know whether tle
ten days he spent there were de-
voted to the study of acting, with
Joe Jefferson for teacher, or to dis
cussing finance with Mr.. Cleveland
between nibbles and rebaiting.
One thing can be- stated on the
authority OF one of Mr.. Carlisle's
personal friends, and that is that
Mr.. Cleveland did not say that he
would not be candidate Tor an
other nomination, although it
would have greatly pleased MIR.
Carlisle for him to have done
SO, as that would have given him a
chance to feel the democratic pulse
as to his own boom, in little more
direct manner than he feels at lib.
erty to do under present circum-
stances. Secretary Carlisle isn't
the only prominent demOcratlwho
feels resentful towards Mr.. Cleve-
land because of his continued ST.
lence on the subject of a third term.
or course, these men do not speak
their resentment openly. but some
of their friends do; that's how its
existence is known.
Elk Congressman Kilgore, who
kicked himself into noteriety while
a member of the House, and who
at the expiration of the last Cor
gress was appointed one Of the
judges of the new Federal Court in
Indian Territory, has had serious
charges filed against him by law
yer named Davis who practices be-
fore him. The first charge is that
Kilgore lacks the legal knowledge
a judgr ought to have, which doubt
J less agrees with the opinion of
many of those who served in Con-
gress with him. He was next
charged WITH originating some in.
eXcusable methods of court proce-
dure, and with paying a lawyer
named Edy for legal advice given
the court by throwing judicial fa-
wore in his way and allowing him
exorbitant fees for what he does.
The Department of Justice has for
warded copy of the charges to
KilgOre, and asked him for an ex-
PLANTATION.
1t seems a little hard that along
with the gossip about the invention
of the adminis vation to notify
Great Britain that the Monroe doc
trines will be violated at her peril
in the dispute with Venezuela
about the boundry line between
that country ard British Guiana
comes that also which says that q
number of prominent democrats
are financially interested in the
syndicate which has obtained vala-
BILE concessions from Venezuela in
the territory embraced in the dis
pute. Should this prove true it
kWould be desire to put money in
the pockets of his friends, and not
patriotism, that would cause Mr..
Cleveland to use the power of this
government to prevent England
interfering with the concessions
granted to that syndicate by Ven
ezuela. Representative Living
stone, of Georgia, who has already
been widely advertised as the
friend of Venezuela, and who pro-
poses, so he saws, to advertise him
self some more along the same
line as soon rs Congress meets, is
credited with having finger in
those syndicate concessions. These
things are unfortunate.
The Withholding of the official
order designating Gen. Nelson A.
Miles to be commander of the
| army for four days after that an
nouncing Gen. Schofield's retire.
ment seems corroborative of the
rumor that Mr.. Cleveland made
the assignment unwillingly.
People in Washington smiled at
the announcement that Attorney
General Harmon was preparing to
attack the beef trust. Such an
nouncements were quite frequent
when Mr.. Olney was at the head of
the Department of Justice, but if
any trust was ever seriously at
taetad hv him he succeeded in