Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-15
DolNGS AT WASHINGTON.
Washingtoa. Aug. 9. 1895.

Republicans who are thoroughly
posted on the situation regard the
election OF a republican governor in
MARYLAND a a certainty this year.
Senator German ~overreached himself
as the smartest OF political bosses are
apt to do sooner or later. He now
has not only the Cleveland democrats
against the ticket he nominated but a
number OF his old-time lieutenants
have revolted because of his having
deceived them at the recent state com
vention. German has made n dea.
with Dan Lamont whereby that oily
tongued gentlemen undertakes 10 get
the Cleveland democrats into line to.
the German ticket. but those who
ought to know say that he cannot live
up to his contract. AS a sample Of
the eontiden . Maryland republicans
feel this language used bv Mr.. a. p.
Mekissick is given: THE republic
cans are going to carry MARYLAND 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 uet
them into line. Hundreds more will
Indirectly aid the republicans by re-
training from voting and the conse-
quence be a big republican victory.
Ii they do not win by at least Is. 900
majority. the best political Judges will
be mistaken"
A significant political move is the
action of certain prominent Cleveland
democrats in feeling the democratic
pulse by setting a boom for Senator
Villas. OF Wisconsin. to going. AL
though Mr.. Villas is neither the first
o second choice of Mr.. Clevelend. he
is a faithful cuckoo and would be far
preferable to e~x-Secretary Whitney,
who has a mind and will of his own.
The politicians who come to Washing
ton do not consider that Villas would
have any show for the nomination.
even if backed by the administration.
He might in certain contingencies Get
the support of Mr.. Cleveland and a
portion of his cabinet. but there are at
least two members of the cabinet who
would oppose with all the strength at
their command the nomination of Vi
las. Republicans would not object to
his nomination; he would be 80 easy to
beat.
The Department of State did a very
unfeeling thing when it refused to re-
ceiye public contributions for the as
sistance of the wife and children of t..
s. Consul Waller. who is in prison in
France. on what is believed to be a
trumped-up charge. This woman and
her children are in Madagascar, in
want. The officials of the Department
of State informed the counsel of Wal
Ter, who are trying to get the govern
ment to do something to get him out
Of prison. If he is uniustlv there, that
there was no public fund from which
money could be taken to relieve the
wife and children OF this American cit
lien. even though they were starving
in a foreign land. The counsel then
appealed through the newspapers for
public contributions. asking that they
be sent to the Department of State. So
that they could be transmitted al once
to the L. S. Consul in Madagascar.
The officials refused to either receive
or transmit contributions, on the
fimsy ground that there was no law
authorizing them to do so. There may
be 10 man-made law to Over a case of
this sort, but there is a higher law
that of humanity-which would have
furnished authority, which neither the
American people nor their representa-
tives in congress would ever have
questioned. had these democratic off
cials used it.
The arguments for the payment CT
the money appropriated by the last
congress for deferred sugar bounties
were made this week before His Maj
estv Comptroller Bowler. according
programme. ex-senator Henderson
leading off. for the Nebraska beet
sugar people, and the counsel for tie
Louisiana sugar men following. His
Majesty has not made his decision. or
rather he has not announced it. un-
derstand that he will not attempt to
decide the question, but will merely
decline to approve the payment of the
money until the courts have passed
upon the constitutionality Of the sugar
bounty. That will accomplish the end
aimed at by the administration-keep
the money in the treasury for a long
time.