Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-05-23
Washington Letter
FROM OUR REaU LAR CORRESPONDENT,

WASHINGTON, ~. VI, way SVIh, 1ooo'
Members Of the administration, from
the President down, make no secret Of
the great interest they feel in the result
of Secretary Carlisle's crusade against
the free coinage of silver. Before leav
ing Washington Mr.. Carlisle carefully
prepared the speeches to be made at the
Memphis "sound none" Convention and
in Kentucky, and it may be said thai
President Cleyeland actively assisted in
their preparation and to put it in bust
ness vernacular. placed bis 0. K. upon
them. In other words, the speeches
made by Secretary Carlisle are intended
to be the platform upon which Presi-
dent Cleveland will try to unite
the democratic party for next
years National campaign, and either tc
get himself or man named by him
nominated for the presidency.
Some of the silver men, especially
those who belong to the democratic party
make light of Mr.. Carlisle's Crusade, Land
say that it will only serve to convince
the administration that its "sound mon.
ey" doctrine is only the tail of the dem
ocratic dog, the body being represented
by the free coinage element. Other sill
yer men regard the crusade as a more
serious affair, admitting the President
and the Secretary of the Treasury to be
powerful enemies, and they fear that
they will in one way or other be able
to greatly impair the strength of the
silver men in the South.
AS seen in Washington there is only
one thing certain about this fight, and
that is the intention of the admlnistra-
ton 10 make it to the death. Those
who hint ofcompromise are hooted down
by the administration men, who say
that the next democratic National con
venticn has either got to be silver or
anti-silver, which is about equivalent
to saying that it must be either Cleve-
land or anti-Cleyeland. It's impossible
to say how it will end; men who are
in positions to know public sentiment
disagree so widely in their predictions
Present movements can be noted and
studied; future results must be waited
for.
If ex-senator Warner Miller knows
anything about the republican machine
in New York that State will send solid
delegation for Gov. Morton to the re-
publican National copyention, unless
Gov. Morton shall himself prevent it
which isn't probable. At least that is
what Mr.. Miller. who is now in Wash :
ington, he says, on Nicaragua Canal
business, claims. There was time
when what Mr.. Miller said about New
York politics could be banked on, but
that was some years ago.
One not acquainted with the unani-
nifty with which the politicians and
hangers-on in Washington know every
thing official-after it is announced,
would, in view Of the general talk about
the income tax decision of the Supreme
Court, wonder why it was that any
doubt had ever existed as TO what that
decision would be, when so many peo-
pie can spin out arguments by the yard
to prove that they knew all the time
Just what the decision would be. No
community. however small, is free of
the I-told-you-so fiend, but he is prob
ably more numerous in Washington than
anywhere else. Had the decision been
exactly the reverse it would not have
phased the know-it-alls; they would
have come up smiling with their 81
told you SOS" just the same. and the
queer part Of it is that many of them
really believe they knew it all the
time. They are like the man who re-
peats an untruth SO often that he finally
gets to believing it himself
Quite commotion exists among a
certain class in Washington, because Of