Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondence
WASHINGTON, D.. c., June, s, '95.

State who would have been more dis
pleasing to the Democratic leaders in
Congress than Attorney General Olney.
Mr.. Olney does not lack ability, but
the ability he has is not the kind which
makes a successful Secretary of State.
He is utterly devoid of that spirit of
affability in dealing with men which
has always been considered a prime
necessity in the makeup of a diplomat.
He has 80 conducted the business of
the Department of Justice that the
average Congressman prefers when he
has business with that department to
transact it in writing rather than to
take the chance of being personally
snubbed by Mr.. Olney, as his present
colleague, Postmaster General Wilson,
was, when he was Chairman of the
House Ways and Means committee and
the recognized leader of the Democrats
in that body. BY the way, speaking
of Wilson, if he had not been Post
master General he might have been
Secretary of State, but since be joined
the cabinet he has shown himself to be
too much of a narrow gauge man ever
for Mr.. Cleveland, who is certainly far
from being broad minded himself.
There is more or less dissatisfaction
among Democrats over Mr.. Cleveland's
method of selecting Attorney General
Olney for Secretary of State. Although
there were q score of men prominent
in Democratic councils near enough
Washington to have been called into
consultation without delaying the fill
ing of the vacancy or mountaineering
them, no advice was asked of any of
them, and about the only Democrat
outside of the cabinet who has seen
Mr.. Cleveland was Senator Gray, of
Delaware, who is known as a cuckoo,
but not as a leader.
The convention of the Republican
National League, which will assemble
at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 10th inst,
is regarded by most Republicans as the
virtual opening Of the Presidential
campaign. All reports brought to
Washington indicate that the attend
ance will be large and enthusiastic, in.
Guiding nearly every man who is recog-
nized as one of the national leaders of
the party. Ex-President Harrison,
Gov. Morton and Chauncey NJ. Depew
have not yet accepted the invitations
extended to them, but it is probable
that they will. Among those who
have accepted invitations and who will
attend the convention, barring sickness
or accidents, are ex. Speaker Reed, Gov.
Mckinley, ex'Gov. Foraker, Gen. Rus.
sell A. Alger, Senators Allison, Dubois,
Thurston, Carter, Lodge, Nelson, Bur-
rows and Patton. One of the features
of the convention will be a mammoth
harmony dinner to be given in the eve.
ming of the second day. This dinner
will be served on the ground floor of
Arcade building, and the tables will be
set for 1000 guests and provided with
the best eatables to be obtained. The
galleries above the ground floor are
half a mile in length and will accom-
modate more than 5000 Republican
men and women who will naturally
want to see the greatest harmony din.
ner ever proposed eaten by the dele.
gates to the convention and their guests.
Republicans are not alarmed at Demo,
mocratic predictions of trouble in the
convention, because they know that
the basis of the predicted trouble-the
silver question and the booming oil
some particular candidate for the Pres
idential nomination--is composed oi
matters over which the convention hat
no legitimate jurisdiction and with
which it will not attempt to deal.
R~etribution is sometimes almighty
slow, but it nearly always gets there
just the same. Charles B. Morton, {
Maine Democrat who was made Com
missioner of Navigation by Mr.. Cleve
land in his first administration anC
Auditor of the Treasury for the Nav,
Department early in the present AID
ministration as q reward for the scaven
ger work he performed in the cam
paign of dirty personal abuse that wa
waged against the late James G. Blain'
in 1884, vas this week summarily dis
missed from the latter office by Mr.
Cleveland, and, to make the delaye,
retribution all the more satisfactory tt
decent people, Morton was dismissed TO
, exactly the same reason that he wa
given office-for exercising his scavan
ger proclivities. But he made the mis-
take of abusing the nan who gave hin
office, this time, and was consequent
kicked out of office, greatly to the salts
faction of officers of the Navy, who's
a~ccountsit was Ills duty to pass upon
and with whom he has been in a cor
slant wrangle ever since he held tn
office. May his unlamented fate be
5 warning to those who try to travel int
Office over the sewer route.
Secretary Carlisle is going to Ken
lucky to make a last attempt to stel
I the tide of free silver which is appa,
= antly sweeping over the Democrat
s party of that State.
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