Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-09-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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are in crested in poll "a b, cry
body has n theory as "a iaat What
that position j., but, strange to
cay. nobody rletendS 10 speak
ny tie authority. of Mr.. Cleveland
himself. 4 gentIemau whose
ptrsoral aud politicll ASSOCIATION
with Mr.. Cleveland is OF the closest
n ,ture spoke very Interestingly on
This subject, bat under cIrcumstan-
ceS which prevents the use OF his
name. which wOuld add mach
weight to his words. He said:
"Few presidents have allowed
their intentions 10 be- mlSrepreSen-
ted TO the extent that Mr.. Cleye
lands are belug miSrepreSen,ed
today. Nobody knows this ANY
better than be does. He isn't
scheming tor another n0mlnltlon
rom his patty, although he W. lld
probably acceptit II he thought
to carry out tue lea
which governs the most OF his
officlal ac.s. Tat idea is to pre-
vent The silver men controlling
the next demONtAtlc national con-
vcrunn. NJ. Cleveland cOu d with
five VOID pat an end to the men'
ton Of his nInc Ia c)lle3ilon
with another nomination, but he
has had an idea that lis name Will
aid tue autl.Si.ve men 10 control
the convention AMI for that rea on
does not speak the Il. w leth1r
those words will be spoken when
a sufficient number OF de egates
have been elected to maze 1t Ger
tam whpih-r the cOl9entlOn Will
be silver orapti silver, or whether
by that time Mr.. Cleveland will
have decided that his name must
90 before the convention anyway,
lSatthis time a 10 liter OF DOUBT,
and will doubtless b3 determined
largely by ojrclms 1nceS, bit
whatever Mr.. OleYeIAn | does you
nav be- sure that it will be a part
of his general plan to keep silver
down. He Is thoroughly saturated
with the idea that the gold men o.;
the world regard him as their
special champion, as he also re-
CARDS himself"
The energy and success with
which government off ;ia!s are
running down Cuban flIbusterS
throws a very substantial doubt
upon the periodically reiterated
rumOr that the administration Is
preparing to recognize the CuOans.
In this world it is nearly always
"hke master like mau." 1t the
administration did not want these
flhbusters headed oft or cap ured
1t would nOt take the MINOR
officials long to be attacked with
fllbuster blindness. There are
hints til It an attempt is gong TO
be made when Congress meets to
make partisan political clpifal out
of American sympathy for the
Cuban reyOlutiOnistS.
The uucompromISing lG to l or
nothing silver men think that II
would have been better for ) .natOr
Vest, of Missouri, to have lett ou'
a portion of the statement he puo'
ifs led over his signature as a denial
of the report that he had followed
Senator Mills and changed his
opinion on tue silver question, al
,bough The statement was entlre'y
consistent with the S natOi'S Con-
gressional record. The part that
was Objectionable to the silver
men was where he said that II be
couldn't get free coinage at III 10 l
he would be willing to vote TO-
any other ratio that could secure a
mai rity in Congress. However,
as NJ. Vest stated, he has already
voted in Congress all the way
from 16 to l to 20 to l.
The movement to transfer the U.
S Fish Commission, now an III
dependent bureau, to the Depart
ment OF Agriculture has growd so
rapidly tbat the pre- fiction is now
made that it will 20 through Con
aress wi h a hirl. The Fish Com.
mission Is about the last one OF a
half dozen independent bureaus
thai for some years deded al Con
gressiOnal attempts to at ach them
to some of the executive depart
ments of the government, throug b
the shrcwd manipulation OF
patronage aud appropriations by
the men who were at their heads.
1t isn't creditable to COrgressmen,
b 1t it is none the less true, that
the appOin tment of sons or other
relatives to high salaried position
secured the votes and influence OF
even those who had earned the
popular titles of swatch dogs oil
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