Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-11-18
FREELAND, NOVEMBER IS, IS
WASHINGTON LETTER.


washington. November l0' 1850.
Does President Cleveland desire to be
renominated? That is about the first
question asked by every Democrat who
has arrived in Washington since it was
published that Vice President Steven
son had said that Mr.. Cleveland would
be nominated again il he wished to be.
1t is probably because many Democrats
have regarded Mr.. Stevenson as prob
able candidate for the nomination him
self that his opinion has attracted such
wide attention. Mr. Stevenson has the
reputation Of being an unusually shrewd
observer OF events in the political world,
and, although he has never had an open
rupture with the administration, it is
known that he has differed with it in a
number OF notable instances. 1t is be-
cause Democrats know these things that
they regard his words as significant, and
are asking whether Mr.. Cleveland wants
10 run again. 1t can be stated upon the
highest authority that he does not; but
the number Of Democrats who believe
that he will accept il the convention
nominates him is much larger today
than it was before the recent elections.
Nobody would be surprised if the story
placing Secretary Carlisle on the vacant
seat in the supreme court turns out to be
true. President Cleveland thought
enough of Secretary Carlisle as long ago
as during his first administration to
make him justice-the chief justice,
in fact-ot the supreme court, and
would have done so had not gossiping
tongue repeated where he would
be sure to hear of it bit of scan
dal connected with nights episode in
the private life OF Mr. Carlisle. Since
that the presidents admiration has been
increased for Secretary Carlisle in
numerous ways, not the least Of which
was his unqualified endorsement of the
presidents financial position, and it
would not be strange II he carried out
the intention he first had, provided, of
course, that Secretary Carlisle desires It,
Secretary Olney has received letter
from Rev. DR.. Fl. 0. Dwight, whose duty
it is to watch over the American mis-
sonaries in Turkish territory, highly
commencing the promptness and energy
which have been displayed by Mr..
Terrell, the United States minister to
Turkey, during the Armenian troubles.
DIR. Dwight says he speaks from person
al knowledge and adds to the force of
what he writes by informing the secre-
tary that Mr.. Terrell has no knowledge
OF his having written. This ought 10 be
sufficient rofutation Of the charges of
indifference and carelessness which
have been made against Mr.. Terrell by
his enemies in this country.
1t would be interesting to know
whether any politics WAS talked when
President Cleveland went to New York
to attend the marriage of ex-Secretary
Whitney's daughter. 1t was the first
time the president and his ex-secretary
OF the navy had met for several years,
and there was much they might have
said to each other that would have in
man in this country is better Judge of
trend of political sentiment than William
c. Whitney, and no man is better quail
fed to be safe adviser of the admins
tration.
Secretary Olney has received a copy OF
the proceedings OF the French court mar
tial which sentenced the negro Waller,
who is an ex-United States consul, to
twenty years Imprisonment under the
charge of having betrayed French mill
tary movements in Madagascar, and the
wife of the imprisoned man has given the
secretary all the information in her
possession, documentary and otherwise
1t cannot be stated what Mr.. Oney
thinks OF the case, but others who have
had access to the information regard the
outlook for Waller as a bad one, and say
that the case had been misrepresented
for political effect,
All the members Of the cabinet, ex-
cept Secretary Carlisle, have completed
their annual reports, and the president
is daily working on his annual message
to congress. Secretary Carllslc's report
like the presidents message, will not be
made public until after it goes to con-
gress. The Others will be given out in
few days. S.